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Bumper you are talking about rednecks....not "true southerners" (Think Rhett and Scarlett, Andy Taylor, Aunt Bea ) not Dukes of Hazzards and Cooter !!!!

Nothing but Crazy Cajuns here in South Louisiana...(here is how you can tell)
YOU KNOW YOU'RE A NEW ORLEANS/LOUISIANA NATIVE IF ...
Enjoy, dawlin'.

Your burial plot is six feet over rather than six feet under.
You can pronounce and spell Tchoupitoulas.
The major topics of conversation when you go out to eat are restaurant meals that you have had in the past and restaurant meals that you plan to have in the future.
You judge a restaurant by its bread.
You think `drinking water' when you look at the Mississippi
The white stuff on your face is powdered sugar.
The four seasons of your year are crawfish, shrimp, crab and oyster
You have stood "da line" at Galatoire's.
A friend gets in trouble for roaches in his car and you wonder if it was palmettos or those little ones that go after the French fries that fell under the seat.

Eating Crawfish
Suck da head, squeeze da tip...Someone at a crawfish boil says, and "Don't eat the dead ones," and you know what they mean.
You don't really teach people the right way to eat crawfish, so there's more for you.

Carnival Time
You don't learn until high school that Mardi Gras is not a national holiday.
You push little old ladies out of the way to catch Mardi Gras throws.
Little old ladies push you out of the way to catch Mardi Gras throws.
You have a parade ladder in your shed.

Drinking
You're out of town and you stop and ask someone where there's a drive-thru daiquiri place (then they look at you like you have three heads).
You consider a Bloody Mary a light breakfast.
You know better than to drink hurricanes