News gal yesterday did a story on a “samonilla” outbreak from cantaloupe.
That's funny--I and my parents were all raised in Oklahoma, my dad's people have lived in Oklahoma since before statehood, and my mom's people were from west Texas (all four of her grandparents were from Oxford, MS), and I can't recall ever having heard "bein' have" before.
Same here, Always told my wife you don't know redneck till you meet my family. After meeting them she very adamantly agreed.If your family was from a northern Alabama holler you would'a heard it...
When I met my wife she was worried about her/her family being central Texas rednecks and she thought I might not like them. I was like... "Baby...you don't even know redneck..."
You ain't an Okie, or a real southerner in general, if you've never said something like this:
(Hearing the kids making lots of racket in another room): "Do i need to get my flip-flop?"
That's why I left Houston, 20 years ago!I saw something recently that said there were twice as many people in Dallas, as the whole state of Oklahoma!! That is why i don't live in Dallas!
We left Houston 37 years ago and never gave it a second thought.That's why I left Houston, 20 years ago!
One of the reasons I left Whittier, CA, 50 years ago. And it's stunning how crowded things are there, now.That's why I left Houston, 20 years ago!
I understand the population of Wyoming, is less then the Tulsa City limits, and it's larger than the state of Oklahoma! Our favorite place to visit, not the Yellowstone area, it's to crowded, the Big Horn Mountains area, in the north central part of the state! If I were younger I would likely live there, but we have kids, grand-kids, and great grand-kids here, plus my old bones can hardly stand the cold weather we have here!When I explain to folks here how congested it is where I came from (Yorba Linda, CA) I usually say this….and numbers are within 5% so that’s close enough for me. The county where I lived, Orange County which is one of the smallest counties in the state is about the size of Comanche County where I live now and the population is just under the entire state’s population of Oklahoma. What’s funny is I didn’t feel like it was all that crowded.
Growing up in the deep South, the words Sir and Ma'am were instilled in me from a very young age. It was considered respect and not only that if my Granddad was around I had a sincere desire to keep my front teeth. More than one grandkid was backhanded for failure to do so. I promise that you only forgot once especially if speaking to grandma. It was definitely "Yes Ma'am and No Ma'am".
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