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Carolina country if‌
Submitted by the readers of Carolina Country magazine Designed and illustrated by Warren Kessler
Y O U K N O W Y O U’R E F R O M
Carolina country if‌ Submitted by the readers of Carolina Country magazine Designed and illustrated by Warren Kessler
Copyright ©2010 by North Carolina Association of Electric Cooperatives, Inc., publisher of Carolina Country, the monthly magazine of North Carolina’s Touchstone Energy cooperatives. All rights reserved Printed by Acculink, Greenville, N.C. First edition 2010 ISBN 978-0-615-40536-0
Soon after we began running these in February 2004, “You Know You’re From Carolina Country If…” became one of the most popular sections of Carolina Country magazine. Readers sent us new entries on a regular basis, and we published them. Recently, the well of new submissions began running dry, so we decided to collect some of them in a book. Thanks to Renee Gannon, Jenny Lloyd and Tara Verna of our staff for selecting and editing the ones we publish here. Thanks to designer Warren Kessler whose original illustrations were published in the magazine. And special thanks to everyone who sent these to us. There are many more of them still living on our web site. You know you’re from Carolina Country if this was the first page you turned to when you opened your magazine. Michael E.C. Gery, editor Carolina Country
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…your huntin’ dog costs more than the truck you drive him around in. —From Michael Taylor
Your luxury car is a 4 x 4. —Elizabeth & Joe Burkel
Every real man owns a truck, or at least dreams of it. —The J.E. Moore family
You know that “barbeque” means cooking pork on an open pit and “cook out” means hamburgers and hotdogs. —Patsy Davis
Your car has a “boot” instead of a trunk. —Lorrie Stanger
You mow out back and find the car you drove in high school. —Tian Rodreguez
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…you have entered or seen a hollerin’ contest. —From C.S. Heafner, Lincoln County
You hear people say “barn backer” instead of “tobacco.” —Gail Austin, Four Oaks
You are still hiding your Confederate money from the I.R.S. —F.N. Stanton, Maxton
You have waded in a ditch behind your house and found crayfish and minnows. —Ronnie and Connie Dudley
Fried catfish is the other white meat. —Thelma Vann, Eure
It’s OK to insult anybody, as long as you follow it up with, “Bless his/her heart,” as in “He ain’t too bright, bless his heart.” —Janine Atkinson, Windsor
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…Dawn dish detergent doubled as your family shampoo. —From Gail Harrington, Asheboro
You know pastry is a chicken stew, not a dessert item. —Terri McKay, Mt. Olive
Your father or mother used a cereal bowl to give you a hair cut. —Dennis Hunter, Wadesboro
Your favorite toys were a stick shaped like a gun and a piece of bark you used for a walkie-talkie. —Cheryl A. Richardson, Iron Station
You buy “Cheerwines.” —Alice Carter of Lexington
You know a hamburger “all the way” means it has chili and slaw on it. —Zinny
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