I must continue my discussion of my Farley Mowat book. After much
trials and very little tribulations, Farley and Jack ( the publisher) get
only a short distance down the Newfoundland coast. Engine breakdowns and
leaks force them into port twice. On the second beaching, Jack goes ashore
and phones his office learning he must return to Toronto. He sends in his
place, a friend. Mike is a big Irishman, librarian, and knows absolutely
nothing about ships. Now the adventure is on.
Mowat has a way with words and his descriptions of things that happen
are just too funny. I am laughing out loud to the point of tears and
cannot even see the words on the page. This book is only 200 pages. I
can't wait to finish it tonight and see what happens.
A friend sent me this. Have a good one.
Don't be surprised to find movie rentals and bait in
the same store.
Remember: "Ya'll" is singular, "All
ya'll" is plural, and "All y'alls'" is plural possessive.
Get used to hearing, "You ain't from around
here, are ya?"
Don't be worried at not understanding what people
are saying: they can't understand you either.
"Mom'n'em" is not one person. When someone
asks, "How's your Mom'n'em?" They are referring to the whole
family
Be advised that "He needed killin'" is a
valid defense here.
If you hear a southerner exclaim, "Hey, y'all,
watch this," stay out of the way. These are likely the last words
he'll ever say.
When you come up on a person driving 15 mph down the
middle of the road, remember that most folks learn to drive on a John
Deere and the rest learned to drive while road hunting in the back roads.
In both cases, this is the proper speed and position for that vehicle.
Do not be surprised to find that 10 year olds own
their own shotguns and are proficient marksmen. Or that their mammas
taught them how to aim.
Shakespeare is a rod or a reel, not a writer.
Duct tape is not only part of every survival kit, it
is the whole kit.
Rasslin' is not fake. Don't dare whisper otherwise
unless you want a kindhearted southerner to fix your busted head with duct
tape.
Grapefruit is not a substitute for biscuits and
gravy.
Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt and Elvis are good ole
boys. Jeff Gordon isn't.
Turkey hunters actually curse Noah for letting
coyotes and armadillos on the Ark.
If you hear a turkey gobble, get out of the way.
Some southerners view that sound like payoff bells at a slot machine.
Don't be surprised if an obituary mentions that the
deceased requested to be buried in his four-wheel drive truck because,
"It ain't never been in a hole it couldn't get out of."
"Ya'll come back now, ya here," is a
temporary statement. We love Yankees to visit, but damn Yankees are those
who decide to stay.
If you decide to stay in the South and bear
children, don't think we will accept them as southerners. After all, if
the cat had kittens in the oven, we wouldn't call 'em biscuits.