Regional Weirdness Examples

hotbyte wrote:

Francesca Knowles wrote:
My husband grew up in Louisiana, and the weirdest thing he does that he blames on regional influence is putting peanuts in his Coke bottle before he drinks it.

That is a wonderful thing to do! The Coke has to be in the small 6-1/2 ounce green glass bottle and peanuts have to be a bag of Tom's (Lance will work in a crunch). It taste even better sitting on an empty Coke crate (which is standing on end) in front of a corner "fillin' station."

You mean he's been telling the TRUTH all these many long years??? :S

Next thing I'll find out is that his favorite breakfast, "kush" ( stale cornbread crumbled and topped with poached eggs), is also a regional delicacy and not just something he invented as a Desperate College Student....

Francesca Knowles wrote:
My husband grew up in Louisiana, and the weirdest thing he does that he blames on regional influence is putting peanuts in his Coke bottle before he drinks it.

That is a wonderful thing to do! The Coke has to be in the small 6-1/2 ounce green glass bottle and peanuts have to be a bag of Tom's (Lance will work in a crunch). It taste even better sitting on an empty Coke crate (which is standing on end) in front of a corner "fillin' station."

One of the strangest I've encountered is the driving on the shoulder in Texas. I believe they refer to just about any two lane with a 4 foot shoulder as "a Texas Four Lane". They would arrest folks for doing that in many states (including mine). The only scary thing for me is trying to figure out what I'd do if I had a flat tire. Thinking maybe park in the middle of the road lol cause almost NOBODY drives there.

Another that I've noticed in a NUMBER of different areas is folks drive almost every night with both headlights and fog lights on but when it's foggy during the day they don't bother turning either of them on at all. Never did understand either one of those myself. :H

My husband grew up in Louisiana, and the weirdest thing he does that he blames on regional influence is putting peanuts in his Coke bottle before he drinks it.

I myself have lived in the Pacific Northwest all my life and therefore HAVE no weird regional habits. :B

the bear II wrote:
Towards the east coast and northern states the folks there take these big wide shovels and move this white stuff around...they don't like it on their walkways and driveways but seem to like it on their trees and lawns.

The really weird part is, we could move where there is no or little white stuff.
But, we chose to stay here..........and I don't know why. :?

Towards the east coast and northern states the folks there take these big wide shovels and move this white stuff around...they don't like it on their walkways and driveways but seem to like it on their trees and lawns.

On hiking trails and on the beaches of California folks will stack rocks. You see these stacks of 4 to 8 rocks, stacked on a larger rock.