Differences

[God's Country]

North: dentists
south: dentures

north: long hair guitar players
south: toothless banjo players

north: knife in your back
south: bat upside your head

north: girlfriend
south: cousin

[Xringshooter]

North: Cheese steaks
South: Grits

North: Oatmeal
South: Grits

North: Bacon, eggs, homefries
South: Bacon, eggs, grits

I do like shrimp and grits (well the shrimp anyways, LOL)

North: Can't use a semi-auto to hunt
South: Can use a semi-auto to hunt (North hasn't come to its senses on this yet)

Yes, it is hoagie, a sub is a Navy vessel (or a non-full time teacher)

North: Scrapple
South: Grits

North: Pumpkin Pie
South: Sweet Potato Pie
Dead even on those choices

North: Amish baked goods made with fresh lard
South: Biscuits made with fresh buttermilk with a molasses/butter mix to spread on them
Even on those also

North: Amish moon pie and ?
South: Moon Pie and RC Cola

North: Big pot of Chili
South: Big pot of red beans and rice
South: Big pot of Jambalaya

Got to quit, making myself hungry

[avizpls]

Words like "hoagie", "crick", "chipped ham", and "pop" actually mean something to you.
...
You constantly refer to Pennsylvania as "PA" (pronounced Pee-ay). How many other states do that?
...
You measure distance in hours.
...
You know several people who have hit deer more than once.
...
You know what a "State Store" is, and your out of state friends find it incredulous that you can't purchase liquor at the mini-mart.

I've been called out on all of these in the last week.

As a landmark, I instructed a friend who is from New Jersey to go past the crick. He says its only a crick if you do your laundry in it every day.

My North Carolina friend had no idea what I meant when I asked when she was coming to PA.

When asked by his brother how far away the mall is, I told him about an hour and a half.

I told my phillidelphia friend (hardly PA) about my having hit three deer in a summer. He accused me of being a bad driver. Then I told him fo the hundreds I've avoided.

[PA Rifleman]

North: Bacon, eggs, homefries
South: Bacon, eggs, grits

I do like shrimp and grits (well the shrimp anyways, LOL)
...
South: Big pot of red beans and rice
South: Big pot of Jambalaya

Got to quit, making myself hungry

Yes, please, stop. Next thing, you'll be listing shrimp gumbo, dirty rice, cheese grits...et al. My stomach hasn't left Louisana yet.

[SGTUSArmy]

North: Cheese steaks
South: Grits

North: Oatmeal
South: Grits

North: Bacon, eggs, homefries
South: Bacon, eggs, grits

I do like shrimp and grits (well the shrimp anyways, LOL)

North: Can't use a semi-auto to hunt
South: Can use a semi-auto to hunt (North hasn't come to its senses on this yet)

Yes, it is hoagie, a sub is a Navy vessel (or a non-full time teacher)

North: Scrapple
South: Grits

North: Pumpkin Pie
South: Sweet Potato Pie
Dead even on those choices

North: Amish baked goods made with fresh lard
South: Biscuits made with fresh buttermilk with a molasses/butter mix to spread on them
Even on those also

North: Amish moon pie and ?
South: Moon Pie and RC Cola

North: Big pot of Chili
South: Big pot of red beans and rice
South: Big pot of Jambalaya

Got to quit, making myself hungry

Alright...so you mentioned food. I have never had a sweet potato pie. Every year for Christmas and Thanksgiving, and when I am home, my grandmother makes Chess Pies, homemade Pecan Pies, and Apple Pies.

Didn't have Red beans and rice until I was stationed in Okinawa. We have Redbeans, fried taters, and cornbread. Tastes the best if all mixed together. Another favorite meal is fried taters, fried squash, corn bread, and chicken livers.


I saw an ad the other day for a bull roast. I got excited. Asked a guy about it, and it wasn't a bull roast. It was a barbeque. A bull roast is also called a "calf fry." Visit http://www.tumbleweedconcerts.com/calffry.htm to get a better idea of what a Calf Fry is. Used to be Chris Ledoux and a Calf Fry, that was when I was hanging around in Stillwater. Then Chris died. And yes, there are some differences between mountain oysters and Calf Fries. Mainly that mountain oysters are sheep.

As for the different seasons. Where I'm from, we have different seasons. We got winter, tornado season, summer and tornado season, and then we got fall. Fall is marked with breeding, state fairs, deer season, quail season,and livestock shows. Winter is marked with strong cold winds and ice. Spring is breeding, livestock sales, rodeos, the start of fishing season, planting, cutting seaon, birthing, what not and of course calf fries. Summer is marked with of hay season, more bass fishing, scorching sun, hot winds, grassfires, of course some more birthing, and produce stands.

I have yet to see a good sized deer on the east coast. My first deer was a small one, a 5-pointer, and he field dressed at 165 lbs.

Oh, and most of the states out there, and down there, are shall issue states with castle doctrine, and states that protect people who carry and leave guns in their cars.

[Xringshooter]

SGT,

Beans with anything are good. Beans are just plain good.

My wife grew up on NW Colorado cattle ranch and they called them Rocky Mountain oysters. Could never get myself to try them.

Love good pecan pie (pah-kahn not pee-can, pee-can is what a trucker uses). But since I am diabetic I have to be careful what and how much I eat.

Pennsylvania is trying (but won't listen to the hunters) to increase the size and number of trophy deer.

PA is a "shall issue" state and where I live (Centre County) the sheriff's office is, I believe, the largest issuer of permits to out of state applicants. It takes me about 15 min to get my LTCF (License to Carry a Firearm) renewed.

I believe that the castle doctrine is being debated in the legislature (someone will correct me if I'm incorrect).

Back to the subject-

North: So-So BBQ (although I personally can do a mean rack of ribs and brisket)
South (Carolinas): So-So BBQ (I don''t care for the vinegar based sauce)
South (TX, OK, etc.): Great BBQ (don't care if it is beef, pork, sausage, turkey, chicken,ham, it's all good)

Good meal:
BBQ (any meat)
Beans
Potato Salad
Corn Bread (Jalapeno)
Sweet Tea

After a meal like that I don't care if there is desert or not.

Back to subject -

North: Studded snow tires
South: "What are snow?"

North: ATVs with 15" tires
South: Swamp buggys with 6 foot tires

North: Can't hunt with dogs (except rabbits, etc)
South: Can hunt with dogs

North: Some (not all) Idiot lawmakers who think the guns kill people
South: Lawmakers who know that guns protect people and the nation

North: 4wd trucks
South: 4wd MONSTER trucks

That's it for now. Oh by the way sarge, I noticed that you show you are in Maryland, thats not really south, now is it? LOL

[Frenchy]

Since this is a North VS. South thing, I am going to do Québec VS Florida…

North Snow
South Sand

North If your car gets stuck in the snow after a blizzard, you don’t get out with out lots of sand…

South If your car gets stuck in the sand after a hurricane, Snow (cocaine) will help you get it out…

North: The beach.
South: The Beach.

North: residents average age 30 tourist average age 65
South: residents average age 70 tourist average age 30

North: Cement basement to keep floors warm.
South: Cement or terracotta tiles on roof to keep house on floor.

North: SUV used to stay on winter roads.
South: SUV used to impress neighbors.

North: Ski lift $35 per day, Ski rentals $35 per day,
South: Yacht to pull on skis $250 + gas per day, none buy your own skis, sharks and barracudas free..

North: when you go out hunting, you don’t bring a watch or calendar, you bring an old squaw. When she starts to look sexy, you know its time to come home.
South: When you go hunting you are looking for a better mermaid then the one who is accompanying you.

North: Indians still wear Moccasins.
South: Moccasins never wore Indians.

North: A Black man will proudly say he is Canadian.
South: A Black man will say he is African American.

North: To a Montréal resident, going south is Vermont to Florida.
South: To a Floridian, going north is Miami to Georgia.

North: Canadian going to Florida is going on vacation,
South: Floridian going to Canada is visiting relatives.

Montreal: Official Language French %60 English %40
Florida: Official Language, Spanish %70 English %20 French %10
Exception for Florida, during tourist season French %50 Spanish %25 English %25

North: Quebeckers claim they can make 2 and a half blueberry pies with one blueberry.
South: Floridians will sell fresh orange juice at $2.50 per 6 ounce glass and say they are losing profit.

[LastManOut]

I love PA.

Go anywhere else in the country and try to get a good cheesesteak, or shoo-fly pie, pretzels (not those scrawny Goods
brand), cream soda, Yuengling Lager, schnitz and knepp, chicken pot pie, chow-chow or pickled-eggs.

Not to mention all the major sports teams that get to the finals (once in a while).

The Shore is close and you still don't have live in the Socialist Republic of New Jersey.
And we have the Pocono's (west of the new colonies of N.Y.C. like Stroudsburg and Tannersville)

[Mtbkski]

Only PA's use:

Jagger Bush

Slippey

North - Salt (on roads)
South - WHY

North - School Delays for snow or cold
South - WHY

But how is Youns spelled. Is it Youns or Yinz. I guess it would depend on how you use it in a sentence.

How far did youns haul that deer out of the woods?

How have yinz been?

[SGTUSArmy]

Yes..I am stuck in the DPRM, and no...it is too damned far north to be the south. I am from Oklahoma. Just stuck in DPRM.

We don't use salt on the roads out in OK. We use Sand.