Guest guest Posted August 13, 2009 Report Share Posted August 13, 2009 We have fire ants, too. Cute little suckers. I first encountered them while hanging laundry out for my late MIL (before she died, that is). I stepped near the bed, they came out to express their displeasure and my leg felt as if it had been dipped in napalm. JJJJJJJJJJimminy Cricket it HURT. I was howling, jumping around, trying to dust the little ba....... insects off my leg, getting bitten on the hand, and so on. MIL thought it was hilariously funny. Carl ended up taking me to the ER when the welts swelled up impressively and it got a bit hard breathing. We also have mosquitos who are undoubtedly akin to the bugs described in Revelations, minus the demonic faces, but I'm not that sure, come to think of it. When grandson number I can't remember, moved in with us, he got several mosquito bites. Poor pale little piece of mosquito meat. They swelled until he looked like a smallpox victim. He itched and moaned and bit.....kvetched until Carl went to the store for benedryl cream for the itching and benedryl tablets to shut him up. Well, he got the kid some pocky (a Japanese sweet), gummi worms and a 2 liter bottle of Mountain Dew. I gave him access to the internet and he bragged to his buddies about how badly he had suffered under the sucking probiscis'sss or probisci or whatever the plural is for mosquito sharp sucking things. Aaand the heat. For many parts of the country, air conditioning is a luxury. Try living without it down here. You Will DIE. There is a reason that you see lots of people sitting outside on their shaded porches fanning themselves rather than mowing yards, building storage buildings or whatever. IMO, after living down here for over 30 years, no Southerner goes to hell. We've already endured the heat of a southern summer, so where's the incentive? If you do come to live, the phrase " Well, bless her heart, " doesn't mean what you think it means - rather just the opposite. We Southern ladies don't say things like " That scum sucking slimeball weasle fart, may he rot in.... " But do try it out before moving down here. You need to have the mental visual of you in hose, heels, white gloves, hat and proper female go to church attire whilst supping your tea with the pinkie extended. Got that? OK, now let your voice absolutely drip with sugar (pronounced sug ah). Bat your lashes and repeat after me, " Well, bless her heart. " BTW, it Ko Kola, not Pepsi. Carl has to smuggle the diet Pepsi into the house down here, lest someone think he isn't a proper southern boy. (pronounced boi). Ya'll be good now, you heah? Jeanne in GA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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