little known facts 'bout Carolina.

• Possums sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air.
• There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live in North Carolina.
• There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in North Carolina, plus a couple no one's seen before.
• Unknown critters love to dig holes under tomato plants.
• Raccoons will test your crop of melons and let you know when they are ripe.
• If it grows, it sticks; if it crawls; it bites.
• A tractor is NOT an all-terrain vehicle. They do get stuck.
• "Onced" and "Twiced" are words.
• It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy.
• People actually grow and eat okra.
• “Fixinto” is one word.
• There ain't no such thing as "lunch". There's only dinner and then there's supper.
• Sweet Tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're 2.
• Backwards and forwards means I know everything about you.
• 'Jeet? is actually a phrase meaning "Did you eat?"
• You don't have to wear a watch because it doesn't matter what time it is. You work until you're done or it's too dark to see.
• You measure distance in minutes.
• You've had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
• You know what a 'tar heel' is.
• You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it, no matter what time of the year.
• You use "fix" as a verb. Example: I am fixing to go to the store.
• All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal.
• You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
• You carry jumper cables in your car... for your OWN car.
• You know what "cow tipping" is.
• You only own four spices: salt, pepper, Texas Pete and catsup.
• The local papers cover national and international news on one page but requires 6 pages for local gossip and sports.
• You think that the first day deer season is a national holiday.
• You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit "a little warm".
• You know all four seasons: Almost summer, summer, still summer, and Christmas.
• You know whether another North Carolinian is from east, west, or middle North Carolina as soon as they open their mouth or the barbecue they eat.
• Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past time known as "goin’ Wal-martin" or off to"Wally World".
• You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good pinto-bean weather.
• A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or pop...it's a Coke, regardless of brand or flavor.
• Example: "What kinna coke you want?"
• Fried Catfish is the other white meat.