Apparently, You Know if You're From NC If...

So I came across a blog that listed the top 16 signs that "you know you're from NC if..." and I thought that I would share it on my blog since it highlights some main things which I find interesting down here (versus BC) and have added my comments beside them below.

You know you’re from NC if:

1. You give directions using KFC and Waffle House as landmarks. (This happens a LOT actually. Before I came down here, I thought that the Waffle House was something that only existed in rap songs ;))

2. You can't imagine life without sweet tea. (They sure do love their sweet tea. I myself, still prefer the Nestle powdered version)

3. Your 'heavy winter clothing' consists of a sweater and a London Fog with lining. (Heavy winter clothing in NC??)

4. You get your carbs from biscuits, rolls, pancakes, and grits. (Have still resisted grits but biscuits are starting to grow on me.)

5. You own at least one t-shirt from Burt’s Surf Shop and The Sanitary Fishmarket. (No idea what those things are.)

6. In summer you have home-grown tomatoes with every meal. (Even if you don't grow them yourself, your co-workers will give you home grown produce in the summer)

7. You can recognize a copperhead and your heart drops when you see one. (Not yet, but I have heard lots of talk recently on snakes)

8. You have an opinion about UNC. You either went there and loved it or you hate everyone who did. And when you think of Duke, it’s mayonnaise. (School rivalry is huge here)

9. You sold Krispy Kreme doughnuts for a school or church fundraiser before those glazed doughnuts went global. (I actually found in a Paula Deen cookbook a recipe for Krispy Kreme cake which consisted of a dozen torn up Krispy Kreme donuts in a sort of bread pudding type thing, as if the donuts themselves weren't heavy enough in calories. I do have to admit that a Krispy Kreme donut fresh from the oven IS AMAZING)

10. You remember watching the ACC Tournament on television at school. (ACC?)

11. You know it's pronounced APPALACHIAN and not "App-a-lay-shun.” (App-a-lay-who?)

12. You can spell words such as Ocracoke, Fuquay-Varina and Chocowinity. I can spell the second one, the others, I'm not even sure how to pronounce.)

13. You know that barbecue is a food and not an occasion and it applies to pork, not hotdogs or hamburgers. (this was a shocker to me when I went to my first bbq. What? No hotdogs??)

14. You carry jumper cables in your car.

15. You have been skinny dipping. (yeah. Not a big skinny dipping kind of gal.)

16. One inch of snow closes school and shuts down the city. (This makes most imported folk laugh but I do have to say that it's because they're not equipped with handling even the smallest of snowfalls since it only happens once a year, maybe. It's not their fault)