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Things You Learn in Mississippi...Possums sleep in the middle of the road with theirfeet in the air.There are 5,000 types of snakes on earth and 4,998live in Mississippi.There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live inMississippi plus a couple no one's seen before.Onced and Twiced are words.It is not a shopping cart; it is a buggy.People actually grow and eat okra.'Fixinto' is one word.There is no such thing as 'lunch.' There is onlydinner and then there is supper.Iced tea is appropriate for all meals and you startdrinking it when you're two. We do like a little teawith our sugar!Backurds and forwurds mean 'I know everything about you .Djeet? is actually a phrase meaning 'Did you eat ?'You don't have to wear a watch because it doesn'tmatter what time it is. You work until you're done orit's too dark to see.You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH them.You measure distance in minutes.You've ever had to switch from 'heat' to 'A/C' in the same day.'Fix ' is a verb. Example: 'I'm fixing to go to thestore.'All the festivals across the state are named after afruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal.You install security lights on your house and garageand leave both unlocked.You know what a 'DAWG' is.You carry jumper cables in your car . . . for your OWN car.There are only four spices: salt, pepper, Tabasco and ketchup.The local papers cover national and international newson one page, but require 6 pages for local gossip and sports.The first day of deer season is a national holiday.100 degrees Fahrenheit 'a little warm.'We have four seasons: Almost Summer, summer, stillsummer and Christmas.Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past time known as'goin Wal-martin' or off to 'Wally World.'A cool snap (below 70 degrees) is 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.We don't need no stinking driver's license . . . ifour mama says we can drive, we can drive.EVERYONE can't be a Mississippian; it takes talent.You might say it's an art form or a gift from thegrace of God!