Things I’ve Learned While Living in South Carolina

Possums sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air.

There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live in South Carolina.

There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in South Carolina, plus a couple no one's seen before.

Squirrels will eat anything.

Unknown critters love to dig holes under tomato plants.

Raccoons will test your crop of melons and let you know when they are ripe.

If it grows, it sticks; if it crawls, it bites.

A tractor is NOT an all-terrain vehicle. They do get stuck.

“Onced” and “Twiced” are words.

It is not a shopping cart; it’s a buggy.

People actually grow and eat okra!

“Fixinta” is one word & used as a verb. Example: I'm "fixinta" go to the store.

There ain't no such thing as "lunch". There's only dinner and then there's supper.

Backwards and forwards means we know everything about you.

'Jeet? is actually a phrase meaning, "Did you eat?"

We don't have to wear a watch because it doesn't matter what time it is.

We measure distance in minutes.

We switch our home HVAC systems from "heat" to “A/C" in the same day.

Kudzu is the state flower & tree.

We know what a “gamecock” is.

There is always a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it, no matter what time of the year.

All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal.

We install security lights on our house and garage and then leave both unlocked whenever we leave.

We carry jumper cables in our cars... for our OWN car.

We know what "cow tipping" is.

We only cook with four spices: salt, pepper, Texas Pete and ketchsup
The local papers cover national and international news on one page but require 6 pages for NASCAR coverage.

The first day of deer season is a recognized holiday.

100 degrees Fahrenheit is "a little warm".

We experience all four seasons: Almost summer, summer, still summer, and Christmas.

We know whether another South Carolinian is from the low country, sand hills, or upstate as soon as they open their mouth.

Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past time known as "goin wal-martin" or off to "Wally World".

We describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good pinto-bean weather.

A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or pop...it's a Coke, regardless of brand or flavor. Example: "What kinda coke you want?"

Fried catfish is the other white meat!