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I stole this meme idea from

alicetiara! It is slightly abbreviated.

You Know You're From Alabama When...

You have a party or a barbeque whenever Alabama plays Auburn in football. A barbecue in November? Whateva. We don't usually have a party but it is treated like a big day. My favorite so far was in 2003, when the Iron Bowl fell on the same day as the the last show of Ratdog's fall tour. The bartenders in New Orleans were giving me free drinks after my team lost. :)

You go to Gulf Shores every summer. I've never been to Gulf Shores.

~~You would much rather visit Florida than California.~~

You don't "take", you "carry" or "tote"... as in "You want me to carry you down to the 7-11?" There aren't any 7-11s in Alabama...and I say "take," anyway.

A soft drink isn't soda, cola, or pop, it's Coke. You are correct, sir!

You call it a "buggy" and not a shopping cart. To non-southerners, I say cart. At home, it's a buggy.

You've said "fixin' to," "might could," or "usetacould" during the last week. *shame*

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

You know the meaning of the phrase "Fobbed again." Of course I do. Fob (James, a former governor) is responsible for one of my favorite lines of all time--"Gubment oughta be run like a Waffle House!"

You can properly pronounce Eufaula, Opelika, Bayou La Batre, and Oneonta. Considering I'm from Eufaula, it would be sad if I couldn't pronounce it correctly. (It's you-fall-ah, by the way. And oh-puh-lie-kah, bye-o luh bat-tree, and on-ee-on-tuh.) And those are easy. Why don't you try Arab, Attalla, Wedowee, or Cowikee?

The Talladega 500 is the biggest sporting event of any sort during the entire year. Sigh. You just had to bring it up, didn't you? Fuckin' Jeff Gordon. Also, my initial response to this one was "You mean Aaron's 499?"

You know exactly what chitlins and mountain oysters are, and you know someone who eats them anyway. I know what both are and I know lots of people who eat chitlins but mountain oysters aren't popular in Alabama. The mountain, after all, refers to the Rocky Mountains (not in Alabama for those of you that can't geograph).

You think that people who complain about the humidity in other states are sissies. Hahahaha. I'm sorry, Chimenti.

You aren't surprised to find rental movies, groceries, ammunition and bait all in the same store. I'm only surprised if there's not also a tanning bed.

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