Alabama is Weird

Over the past few weeks I have been keeping track of all the little ways that Alabama is different from Minnesota. Here is the list so far:

• Cornbread isn't sweet. Tea, however is so sweet it's like drinking syrup.
• Shopping carts are referred to as "buggies"
• Nobody uses their turn signal if they're already in a turn lane. It's just assumed that if you're in the lane then, duh, you're going to turn.
• It's rude to reply with "yeah" or "yup". It's always "yes ma'am" or "yes sir"
• If you walk by someone and don't acknowledge them it's considered rude. People randomly greet you wherever you are and ask how you are. It's weird.
• Cherry Coke is not commonly available in restaraunts and movie theaters like it is at home.
• Alabamans live, eat and breath college football.
• Do not under any circumstances insult the Alabama Crimson Tide.
• In the school that I work at I've been told that Megan is not really a common name and therefore is hard to remember.
• Parking ramps are called "decks"
• When something is funny they say "that tickled me"
• Alabamans seriously do not know how to merge. They think that stopping at the bottom of the entrance ramp is an appropriate way to merge.
• If you go to a fair and ask your Alabaman boyfriend if the fair sells cheese curds he will look at you and say "what are cheese turds?"
• When a movie has parts that are not appropriate for kids they are called "ugly parts" or if someone says something mean/rude they'll say "I don't mean to be ugly, but it's true" or something to that effect
• Don't end a sentence with "with". They won't know that you're done talking.

This list will grow I'm sure...