Louisiana is a very cultured state. People from all kinds of different backgrounds, along with our original settlers, are very different. You also know that some things are very rare to find anywhere else. It's only a Louisiana thing. Others just don't get it and we sometimes we get pissy with people who don't understand our daily struggles. You know you're from Louisiana when...
1. You understand the lingo.
"Where yat?" "Say brah, what's good?" "Want a cold drink?" "How's your mom and them?" The list can go on, but we'd be here for hours.
2. The only way to recycle newspaper correctly is to use it to eat crawfish.
Why throw it away?? We can use that for crawfish season!
3. We have our own compass.
It's something like "up the road," "down the road," "uptown," "downtown," "across the river," or "across the lake."
4. You say "go cup".
Go cup instead of to-go cup or go box instead of a to-go box.
5. You honestly get tired of being asked about Hurricane Katrina.
Yeah, we all lost everything we ever worked for and sometimes you think things will never be the same as it was before. But we came back, better than ever. Don't ever doubt us Louisianians!
6. Whenever you meet someone new you find out they know "ya mom and them."
Whenever someone new comes into your life, you always find connections between the both of you. "Oh I went to school with her!" or "Actually Taylor, she's your cousin from your aunt's uncle's dad." With that being said...
7. You're related to almost everyone you know.
Honestly everyone under the fricken sun.
8. New Orleans has street cars.
Not "cable cars" or "trolleys"...street cars.
9. There are two types of shotguns.
You either use a shotgun to go hunting with or you live in one.
"What kind of house do you live in? One story? Two?"
"Oh, I live in a shotgun off of St. Ferdinand and Dauphine."
10. Your hair can never be decent.
It's always hot and humid. People understand if your hair is up on a rainy day.
11. It's always 5 o'clock.
Wake up...drink. Eat lunch...drink. Drink when you're in a port-a-potty at a parade.
12. Mardi Gras is your absolute favorite time of year.
You'll never be too old for Mardi Gras. And you'll never get tired of it even if you said the year before you're not feeling Mardi Gras. It's basically church on a Sunday morning.
13. LSU football is all you know.
Despite what college you go to, LSU football is a priority. It's sacred, just like Mardi Gras is on a Monday.
14. You geaux!
You geaux to the store, not go to the store.
