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(Message started by: BarbaraD on Apr 2^nd, 2007, 7:31pm)

Title: G.R.I.T.S
Post by BarbaraD on Apr 2^nd, 2007, 7:31pm

GRIT (Girls Raised In Texas ) Texas Women, Kittens and Biscuits

Someone once noted that a Texan can get away with the most awful kind of insult just as long as it's prefaced with the words, "Bless her heart" or "Bless his heart." As in, " Bless her heart, if they put her brain on the head of a pin, it'd roll around like a BB on a 6-lane highway."

I was thinking about this the other day when a friend was telling about her new transplanted northern friend who was upset because her toddler is just beginning to talk and he has a Texas accent. My friend, who is very kind and, bless her heart, cannot do a thing about those thighs of hers , was justifiably miffed about this. After all, this woman had CHOSEN to move to Texas a couple of years ago. "Can you believe it?" said her friend, "A child of mine is going to be "taaaallllkkin liiiike thiiiissss."

Now, don't get me wrong. Some of my dearest friends are from the North, bless their hearts. I welcome their perspective, their friendships, and their recipes for authentic Northern Italian food. I've even gotten past their endless complaints that you can't find good bread down here. And the heathens, bless their hearts, don't like cornbread!

I have a friend from Bawston, bless her heart, who thinks it's hilarious when I say I've got to "carry" my daughter to the doctor or "cut off" the light. She also gets a giggle every time I am "fixin" to do something. And, bless their hearts, they don't even know where "over yonder" is, or what "I reckon" means!

My personal favorite was my aunt, saying, " Bless her heart, she cain't help being ugly, but she could'uh stayed home."

Texas girls know bad manners when they see them:
1. Drinking straight out of a can.
2. Not sending thank you notes.
3. Velvet after February.
4. White shoes before Memorial Day or after Labor Day.

Texas girls always say:
1. "Yes Maam."
2. "Yessir."

Texas girls have a distinct way with fond expressions:
1. "Yawl come back."
2. "Well, bless yer harrt."
3. "Drop by when ya can."
4. "How's yer mama?"
5. "Love yer hair."

Texas girls know their three R's:
1. Rich
2. Richer
3. Richest

Texas girls know everybody's first name:
1. Hunny
2. Darlin'
3. Shuger

Texas girls know the movies that speak to their hearts:
1. "Gone With the Wind"
2. "Fried Green Tomatoes"
3. "Driving Miss Daisy"
4. "Steel Magnolias"

Texas girls know the three deadly sins:
1. Bad hair
2. Bad manners
3. Bad blind dates

G.R.I.T. = Girls Raised in Texas !

Now you run along, Shuger, and send this to ANY females aspiring to be GRITS--Even the northern ones, "Bless Their Hearts".

"Just because you move to Texas does not make you a Texan. After all, if a cat had kittens and moved them to the oven, that wouldn't make them biscuits."

Title: Re: G.R.I.T.S
Post by Linda_Howell on Apr 2^nd, 2007, 9:37pm

Did someonme say "grits"? (private joke at the Atlanta convention.) sorry.

Title: Re: G.R.I.T.S
Post by stevegeebe on Apr 2^nd, 2007, 10:08pm

You write just like you tawk.

Steve G

Title: Re: G.R.I.T.S
Post by Yorky on Apr 2^nd, 2007, 10:19pm

cut off" the light. She also gets a giggle every time I am "fixin" to do something. And, bless their hearts, they don't even know where "over yonder" is, or what "I reckon" means!
do you come from yorkshire ;;D

. After all, if a cat had kittens and moved them to the oven, that wouldn't make them biscuits."

no but if you put chocalate on them.....i suppose it would make kit kats . ;;D

Title: Re: G.R.I.T.S
Post by deltadarlin on Apr 3^rd, 2007, 7:56am

Ain't dat *GRITS*-girls raised in the south [smiley=laugh.gif].

Title: Re: G.R.I.T.S
Post by Cathi04 on Apr 3^rd, 2007, 8:10am

Hey! I was born in the South!!!!!!!!!!!!

* Suhthin Cal-if- fornia!

Cathi 8)

Title: Re: G.R.I.T.S
Post by Brewcrew on Apr 3^rd, 2007, 9:29am

on 04/03/07 at 08:10:51, Cathi04 wrote:

Hey! I was born in the South!!!!!!!!!!!!

* Suhthin Cal-if- fornia!

Cathi 8)

Cath - We promise not to hold that against you.

(ducking)

Title: Re: G.R.I.T.S
Post by ClusterChuck on Apr 3^rd, 2007, 10:27am

on 04/03/07 at 08:10:51, Cathi04 wrote:

Hey! I was born in the South!!!!!!!!!!!!

BULL$HIT!!! You were not born .. you were created in some demented scientists lab ...

Chuck

Title: Re: G.R.I.T.S
Post by Paul98 on Apr 3^rd, 2007, 11:23am

on 04/02/07 at 22:08:58, stevegeebe wrote:

You write just like you tawk.

Steve G

Are ya sayin she is from Yahnkas or Si Owset?

-P.

Title: Re: G.R.I.T.S
Post by JeffB on Apr 3^rd, 2007, 12:40pm

Just had my first biscuits and gravy from BoJangles here in Wake Forest. Should be having my first open heart by next month. Now about them grits...................... ;;D

Title: Re: G.R.I.T.S
Post by BarbaraD on Apr 3^rd, 2007, 4:51pm

on 04/03/07 at 07:56:11, deltadarlin wrote:

Ain't dat *GRITS*-girls raised in the south [smiley=laugh.gif].

Why Bless your heart ;), you sweet little thing for correcting this old lady. I put an "S" on that didn't I. Silly old me. That should have been G.R.I.T. Kinda localizes it don't it. :D

:) :)Hugs BD

Title: Re: G.R.I.T.S
Post by ClusterChuck on Apr 3^rd, 2007, 6:33pm

on 04/03/07 at 16:51:42, BarbaraD wrote:

Why Bless your heart ;), you sweet little thing for correcting this old lady.

OMG!!! She used the dreaded "bless your heart" phrase!!!

DUCK!!!!!

Chuck

Title: Re: G.R.I.T.S
Post by Charlie on Apr 3^rd, 2007, 9:48pm

Quote:

You write just like you tawk.

Some of us tawk like dat up here too.

Charlie

Title: Re: G.R.I.T.S
Post by kayarr on Apr 3^rd, 2007, 10:40pm

bless yer haart, I always heard it was a BB in a box car.