You are from the Mississippi Delta if . . .

A big thanks to a recent mother-of-the-bride, Becky Hovas of Greenville, for forwarding me an email this morning with this fun list of "You know you're from . . ." lines. For all my friends that are form this area, I bet you get a nice chuckle out of it. For those of you not from the area -- well, this is all pretty true. Maybe this can help give you a better idea of this place that we live and love. I've added some links to help give you more information (and a few answers) in case you have questions.

Oh, and for you photographers, check out number 12 -- it is SO very true. I can look at the football schedules of Ole Miss and Mississippi State and pretty accurately depict which weekends in the fall I will receive the most requests for wedding photography. If there is a date when BOTH schools aren't playing, you can bet that will be the one when everyone wants to get married!

~wj





You are from the Mississippi Delta if...



You are from “the Delta” if you know:

· Hot tamales are the preferred appetizer before eating a steak.

· A “Vicksburg” tomato sandwich means light bread with the crust cut off.

· Booger Bottom is a real place and that it has the only Zip Code in the US ending with ½.

· Who the redhead from Drew is.

· What Tutwiler and Yazoo City have in common.

· Where the “Bear Store” is. (Same place as the plastic dinosaurs.)

· How to pronounce Tchula.

· That “muddy deer camp” is a redundancy.

· How to shoot a watermelon seed accurately by squeezing it between your thumb and forefinger.

· That Issaquena County has no county seat.

· What a “bar pit” is.

· That levees should be dry and bayous are never blue, but you like Don McLean and Roy Orbison anyway.


You are from the Mississippi Delta if...

1. You can properly pronounce Kosciusko, Ackerman, Avon, and Belzoni. (since when are Kosciusko and Ackerman in the Delta? oh, well)

2. You think people who complain about the heat in their states are sissies.

3. A tornado warning siren is your signal to go out in the yard and look for a funnel.

4. You know that the true value of a parking space is not determined by the distance to the door, but by the availability of shade.

5. Stores don't have bags or shopping carts, they have sacks and buggies.

6. You've seen people wear overalls at funerals.

7. You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.

8. You measure distance in minutes. (It's about 5 minutes down the road)

9. You go to the lake because you think it is like going to the ocean.

10. You listen to the weather forecast before picking out an outfit.

11. You know cow pies are not made of beef.

12. Someone you know has used a football schedule to plan their wedding date.

13. You have known someone who has a belt buckle bigger than your fist.

14. You aren't surprised to find movie rental, ammunition, beer, and bait all in the same store.

15. A Mercedes Benz isn't a status symbol.. A Chevy Silverado Extended Bed Crew Cab is.

16. You know everything goes better with Ranch Dressing.

17. You learned how to shoot a gun before you learned how to multiply.

18. You actually get these jokes and are 'fixin' ' to send them to your friends.

19. You have used your heater and air-conditioner in the same day!

Finally: You are 100% Mississippian if you have ever had this conversation:

20. "You wanna coke?"

"Yeah."

"What kind?"

"Dr Pepper."