Things Southerners Say
- Exclamations
- "Well, knock me down and steal muh teeth!"
- "Well, butter my butt and call me a biscuit."
- Threats
- "I'll slap you so hard, your clothes will be outta style."
- "This'll jar your preserves."
- "Don't you be makin' me open a can o' whoop-ass on ya!"
- Good Things/Compliments
- "Cute as a sack full of puppies."
- "If things get any better, I may have to hire someone to help me enjoy it."
- "Gooder than grits."
- The Weather
- "It's so dry, the trees are bribing the dogs."
- "It's been hotter'n a goat's butt in a pepper patch."
- Wintery roads are said to be "slicker than otter snot "
- Descriptions
- A bothersome person is "like a booger that you can't thump off."
- When something is bad then you say, "that ain't no count."
- If something is hard to do, it's "like trying to herd cats."
- He ran "like his feet was on fire and his ass was a-catchin"
- A hectic schedule keeps you "Busier than a cat covering crap on a marble floor."
- Insults
- "She's uglier than homemade soap."
- "Your momma's so fat, when she stepped up on the scale to be weighed, it said 'To be continued.'"
- "He fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down."
- "Uglier than a lard bucket full of armpits."
(any insulting statement is always followed by "bless his/her heart)
Submitted By: Anonymous
Oct 8, 1999 14:04