01 — A possum is a flat animal that sleeps in the middle of the road.
02 — There are 5,000 types of snakes, and 4,998 of them live in Mississippi!
03 — There are 10,000 types of spiders, and all 10,000 of them live in Mississippi.
04 — If it grows, ... it'll stick ya. If it crawls, ... it'll bite cha.
05 — "Onced," "Twiced," and "Thriced" are words.
06 — It is not a shopping cart, it's a buggy.
07 — "Jawl-P?" means, "Did all y'all go to the bathroom?"
08 — People actually grow and eat okra.
09 — "Fixinto" is one word.
10 — There is no such thing as lunch. There is only brekkfuss, dinner, and then there is supper.
11 — Iced tea is appropriate for all meals, and you start drinking it when you're two. We do like a little tea with our shugar.
12 — Backwards and forwards means, "I know everythin' 'bout you.
13 — The word "Jeet" is actually a phrase meaning, "Did you eat yet?!"
14 — You don't have to wear a watch, because it doesn't matter what time it is. You work until you're done or it's too dark to see.
15 — You don't PUSH buttons! You MASH 'em.
16 — You measure distance in telephone poles or minutes.
17 — You switch from heat to A/C in the same day.
18 — All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, color, grain, insect, or animal.
19 — You know what a "dawg" is. (yes, an animal)
20 — You carry jumper cables in your car—for your own car.
21 — You own only five spices: salt, pepper, mayo, Tabasco, and ketchup.
22 — The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require six pages for local gossip and football.
23 — You know that that the first day of deer season is a national holiday!
24 — You find 105 degrees "a bit warm."
25 — You know all four seasons: Almost summer, summer, still summer, and Christmas.
26 — Going to Walmart is a favorite past time known as "Goin' Walmartin'" or "off to Wally World."
27 — You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good gumbo weather.
28 — Fried catfish is the other white meat.
29 — We don't need no dang Driver's Ed ... If our mama says we can drive, we can drive.
30 — It ain't soda pop, it's always Coke in different flavors.
31 — Now, you can understand these jokes and send them to all of your Mississippi friends and those who just wish'n they wuz from Mississippi!
