[Batpuff]

*Your idea of a traffic jam is 10 cars waiting to pass a coal truck on a mountian.

*You wait all year for April... because you know that means one thing: HILLBILLY DAYS.

*School gets cancelled for Hillbilly Days.

*The Eastern KY Expo Center is the coolest thing Pikeville has gotten in your lifetime.

*You know were all the bootleggers live... and that the door is always open.

* You've seen all the big bands 10 years after they were popular.

* You measure distance in minutes.

* You know several people who have hit a deer.

* You think ethanol makes your truck "run a lot better."

* Stores don't have shopping carts; they have
"buggies."

* You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it.

* You use "fix" as a verb. Example: I am fixing to fix dinner.

* All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit or vegetable, with the exception of Hillbilly Days.

* You install security lights on your doublewide and leave it unlocked.

* You only own three spices: salt, pepper and tabasco.

* You think everyone from a bigger city has an "Northern accent."

* The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require 6 pages for sports.

* Friday night football games are required for conversation in Sunday school.

* You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.

* There is a Dairy Queen in every town with a population of 1,000 or more.

* Any time you order tea to drink, the waitress asks, "sweet or unsweet?"

* Going to Walmart is a favorite pastime known as "goin wal-mart in" or off to "Wally World."

* A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or coke ... it's a Pop, regardless of brand or flavor.

* You can be satisfied with a meal consisting only of a hunk of bread, with flavored flour and water on top of it: a delicacy known as "biscuits n' gravy".

*The word "air" can you be used in various ways. Ex. "We breath air."; "Yeah, Tater's over air at Beechnutt's house."

* You "warsh" your clothes.

* You "might could" or "use-ta could" do something.

* You pronounce Pike County like "pIKE County"

* Your MySpace has a counter that tells how many days, minutes, and seconds until Hillbilly Days.

* If you live in or up a holler.

* Your English teacher says things like "Y'all" and "Ain't Got None"

* No matter how bad UK's basketball team actually is, you still belive they'll pull it off and make it to the Final 4 anyway.

*Even if you hate Belfry High School.. Come playoff time during football season you find yourself pulling for them just because they are a mountain team.

* It's not an uncommon site to see a fat man in overalls and a cowboy hat drivin' down the road in a beat up Chevy with a confederate flag hangin' off the back with music from Johhny Rebel blastin' out of his radio

* Wakin' up with coons and squirrels on your back porch is not an uncommon thing

* To you, huntin' aint killin', its sorta like grocery shoppin'

* You only own a pair of church shoes and winter shoes

* In the summer you don't wear shoes

* Even your grandmother chews tobacco

* Your church parking lot is filled with pickups

* The first words out of your mouth every time you see friends are "Howdy!", "HEY!" or "How Y'all Doin'?"

* You actually know who Hank Sr., Hank Jr., George Jones, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylong Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Keith Whitley and all the other LEGENDARY COUNTRY SINGERS are.

*Everytime you hear Family Tradition you throw your hand in the air and give a hillbilly scream no matter when or where you're at....

* You refer to Pikeville as "P-Ville" and Prestonsburg as "P-burg".

* You don't use signal turns because everyone knows where you're going, anyway.

* No social events can be scheduled when the school gym floor is being varnished.

* You call a wrong number and they supply you with the correct one.

* Everyone knows all the news before it's published; they just read the hometown paper to see whether the publisher got it right.

* A "Night on the Town" takes only 11 minutes.

* The New Year's baby was born in October.

* School gets canceled for state sporting events.

* You had senior skip day.

* Your car stays filthy because of the dirt roads, and you will never own a dark vehicle for this reason.

* Even the ugly people enter beauty contests.

* You decide to walk somewhere for exercise and 5 people pull over and ask if you need a ride.

* Your teachers call you by your older siblings' names.

* Your teachers remember when they taught your parents.

* Driving to the party on a four wheeler is quite normal.

* Weekend excitement involves a trip to Wal-mart.

* Your favorite weekend hangout is the Bull Creek Trade Center!

* Your idea of couture are the knockoff Louis Vuittons and Coaches.

* You use words like "skint" and your favorite dinner is pinto beans, corn bread, sauerkraut and weiners, salmon cakes, mustard greens, and fried taters and ketchup.

* When you meet new people, they already know where you're from, just by hearing your accent.

* Your daddy, papaw, uncles.. hell everyone in your family owns a camoflague coat!

* Deer horns serve as a hood ornament!

* You never use a clean word when a "cuss" word would work just as well!

* Your daddy drives a Chevy, and the word "Ford" pisses him off and he thinks Toyota's should be left in Japan.

* Massey Energy.. 'nuff said.

* Wal-Mart is your shopping mall.

* On= own, Can't= cain't, There=thur, School=skew

* You know at least one person who has scraped a 'possum' out of the road and ate it for dinner. l

* You've had a coyote carry off at least one pet.

* You live in a place called Meathouse, Pigeonroost, Dix Fork, Rockhouse, Big Creek, Turkey Toe, Turkey Creek, Coon Creek, Greasy Creek, Hurricane Creek, Long Fork, Crooked Fork, Brushy Creek [=.. pretty much anything with "creek" or "fork" in it.

* Your girlfriend can bait her own fishin' hook.

* You never put the final "G" on words.

* You got excited when they finally put a dollar store in Phelps/Belfry.

* You live at least 10 minutes from real civilization.

* You're no stranger to a back up horn blaring at 4:00 AM.

* You can grease a coal truck.

* Hell, you know everything about a coal truck.

* You didn't know your daddy was white as a child because you only saw him black with coal dust.

* You rent out the volunteer fire department for a wedding/reception.

* It's considered old to get married if you're 23 or older.

* Your dream car is a 40-year-old Mustang.

* Vienie Weenies are the REAL name for Vienna Sausages.

* People in society determine your REAL worth by who your daddy is.

* Your field trip to big ole Pikeville College got cancelled cause a coal truck "turned over" and you couldn't get across the train tracks.

* When you "bum" chewing tobacco off your granny all the time! RED MAN ONLY!

* KFC is the premier hangout on weekends

* You consider Pikeville the "BIG CITY"

* School gets cancelled just because there are some snow flurries outside.

* You're shocked to learn that everyone doesn't fry their food.

* You've eaten deer, wild turkey, squirrel, and rabbit.

* Walking the railroad tracks is a favorite past time of yours. When you're not graffitiing stationary trains.

* HORNETS

* El Azul Grande

* Only a true Pike County resident knows that the term "booger" can be a resident of the nose, an adjective, as in "that ol' booger," a first name or something that jumps out at you in the dark and scares you senseless.

* You know where there's a fight because everyone and their mother is running to the parkin' lot.

*The 3rd is considered a county wide holiday

*Hurricane Creek is pronounced "hur-i-cun"

[-STAT-]

hahahaha, those are awesome!!

[The Private]

very funny but true! I enjoyed reading them.

[-STAT-]

And Ive Lived In Turkey Creek!!!!

[BelfryJustice]

That was great. I miss those things so much.

[BelfryJustice]

But remember guys they have Big Ugly Creek in WV.

[ComeFlyWithMe]

LoL, that's great, used to live up Indian Creek, now live on Caney Creek.

[pillsburythrowboy]

LoL, that's great, used to live up Indian Creek, now live on Caney Creek.

Caney Creek is the greatest place ever!

[cig107]

...

Another post like this and you will spend sometime on the bench.

[Batpuff]

...

Another post like this and you will spend sometime on the bench.

[-STAT-]

...

Another post like this and you will spend sometime on the bench.

I dont get this post Puff? lol, maybe you can help me out. But posting "..." isnt really bright.

[Tomcat68]

I believe BP edited out the bad stuff and replaced it with the ....

[-STAT-]

I believe BP edited out the bad stuff and replaced it with the ....

Ohh, well that makes sense I guess, lol.

[baseballfan]

Those are very funny but true

[SE04]

I loved em.

[cig107]

I didnt post anything bad I just couldn't think I meant it to be like "DUH"!...lol I like how I get threatened before even being asked what it meant.

[Batpuff]

I didnt post anything bad I just couldn't think I meant it to be like "DUH"!...lol I like how I get threatened before even being asked what it meant.

You wasnt threatend you were warned.

[-STAT-]

I didnt post anything bad I just couldn't think I meant it to be like "DUH"!...lol I like how I get threatened before even being asked what it meant.

Yeah man I didnt know what it was for so I made a mistake by saying what I said, but like it goes post padding isnt liked very much on here, and apparently that was a padded post.

[cig107]

Yeah i've never even heard of post padding...I didn't even know the arcade was up and going until about a week ago and those games don't look too interesting anyway.

[NEXT]

And Ive Lived In Turkey Creek!!!!

Really, where?

[StrikeoutKing]

That was hilarious. But kind of sad when you realize 95% (if not all 100%) are true. haha

[warriorpride]

lol yea I loved reading these.

"* You live in a place called Meathouse, Pigeonroost, Dix Fork, Rockhouse, Big Creek, Turkey Toe, Turkey Creek, Coon Creek, Greasy Creek, Hurricane Creek, Long Fork, Crooked Fork, Brushy Creek [=.. pretty much anything with "creek" or "fork" in it."

I have lived in half of these places before lol.

[thetribe]

The ones about your grandmothers and tobacco are the only one that I saw right off that didn't apply to Pike Co. in my opinion but I'm sure that SOMEONE's grandma does it, just not anyone that I know of.

[TidesHoss32]

lol, and whats so funny about that is, that Pike, Floyd and Letcher counties all have a Turkey Creek, Long Fork, Big Creek (or Branch, lol)..and if your on 80 going from Prestonsburg to Hazard, you'll see Softshell, Vest, Kite, and my two personal favorites, Rowdy, and Dwarf, lol..thats what makes this place different than aaaannnnnnnyyyyyy other place on earth, lol..

lol yea I loved reading these.

"* You live in a place called Meathouse, Pigeonroost, Dix Fork, Rockhouse, Big Creek, Turkey Toe, Turkey Creek, Coon Creek, Greasy Creek, Hurricane Creek, Long Fork, Crooked Fork, Brushy Creek [=.. pretty much anything with "creek" or "fork" in it."

I have lived in half of these places before lol.

[rallo316]

i liked them very funny and true.

[Blue-N-Gold]

Don't forget Hell-fer-Certain in Leslie Co.

[Scotty doesn't know]

*Your idea of a traffic jam is 10 cars waiting to pass a coal truck on a mountian.

*You wait all year for April... because you know that means one thing: HILLBILLY DAYS.

*School gets cancelled for Hillbilly Days.

*The Eastern KY Expo Center is the coolest thing Pikeville has gotten in your lifetime.

*You know were all the bootleggers live... and that the door is always open.

* You've seen all the big bands 10 years after they were popular.

* You measure distance in minutes.

* You know several people who have hit a deer.

* You think ethanol makes your truck "run a lot better."

* Stores don't have shopping carts; they have
"buggies."

* You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it.

* You use "fix" as a verb. Example: I am fixing to fix dinner.

* All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit or vegetable, with the exception of Hillbilly Days.

* You install security lights on your doublewide and leave it unlocked.

* You only own three spices: salt, pepper and tabasco.

* You think everyone from a bigger city has an "Northern accent."

* The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require 6 pages for sports.

* Friday night football games are required for conversation in Sunday school.

* You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.

* There is a Dairy Queen in every town with a population of 1,000 or more.

* Any time you order tea to drink, the waitress asks, "sweet or unsweet?"

* Going to Walmart is a favorite pastime known as "goin wal-mart in" or off to "Wally World."

* A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or coke ... it's a Pop, regardless of brand or flavor.

* You can be satisfied with a meal consisting only of a hunk of bread, with flavored flour and water on top of it: a delicacy known as "biscuits n' gravy".

*The word "air" can you be used in various ways. Ex. "We breath air."; "Yeah, Tater's over air at Beechnutt's house."

* You "warsh" your clothes.

* You "might could" or "use-ta could" do something.

* You pronounce Pike County like "pIKE County"

* Your MySpace has a counter that tells how many days, minutes, and seconds until Hillbilly Days.

* If you live in or up a holler.

* Your English teacher says things like "Y'all" and "Ain't Got None"

* No matter how bad UK's basketball team actually is, you still belive they'll pull it off and make it to the Final 4 anyway.

*Even if you hate Belfry High School.. Come playoff time during football season you find yourself pulling for them just because they are a mountain team.

* It's not an uncommon site to see a fat man in overalls and a cowboy hat drivin' down the road in a beat up Chevy with a confederate flag hangin' off the back with music from Johhny Rebel blastin' out of his radio

* Wakin' up with coons and squirrels on your back porch is not an uncommon thing

* To you, huntin' aint killin', its sorta like grocery shoppin'

* You only own a pair of church shoes and winter shoes

* In the summer you don't wear shoes

* Even your grandmother chews tobacco

* Your church parking lot is filled with pickups

* The first words out of your mouth every time you see friends are "Howdy!", "HEY!" or "How Y'all Doin'?"

* You actually know who Hank Sr., Hank Jr., George Jones, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylong Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Keith Whitley and all the other LEGENDARY COUNTRY SINGERS are.

*Everytime you hear Family Tradition you throw your hand in the air and give a hillbilly scream no matter when or where you're at....

* You refer to Pikeville as "P-Ville" and Prestonsburg as "P-burg".

* You don't use signal turns because everyone knows where you're going, anyway.

* No social events can be scheduled when the school gym floor is being varnished.

* You call a wrong number and they supply you with the correct one.

* Everyone knows all the news before it's published; they just read the hometown paper to see whether the publisher got it right.

* A "Night on the Town" takes only 11 minutes.

* The New Year's baby was born in October.

* School gets canceled for state sporting events.

* You had senior skip day.

* Your car stays filthy because of the dirt roads, and you will never own a dark vehicle for this reason.

* Even the ugly people enter beauty contests.

* You decide to walk somewhere for exercise and 5 people pull over and ask if you need a ride.

* Your teachers call you by your older siblings' names.

* Your teachers remember when they taught your parents.

* Driving to the party on a four wheeler is quite normal.

* Weekend excitement involves a trip to Wal-mart.

* Your favorite weekend hangout is the Bull Creek Trade Center!

* Your idea of couture are the knockoff Louis Vuittons and Coaches.

* You use words like "skint" and your favorite dinner is pinto beans, corn bread, sauerkraut and weiners, salmon cakes, mustard greens, and fried taters and ketchup.

* When you meet new people, they already know where you're from, just by hearing your accent.

* Your daddy, papaw, uncles.. hell everyone in your family owns a camoflague coat!

* Deer horns serve as a hood ornament!

* You never use a clean word when a "cuss" word would work just as well!

* Your daddy drives a Chevy, and the word "Ford" pisses him off and he thinks Toyota's should be left in Japan.

* Massey Energy.. 'nuff said.

* Wal-Mart is your shopping mall.

* On= own, Can't= cain't, There=thur, School=skew

* You know at least one person who has scraped a 'possum' out of the road and ate it for dinner. l

* You've had a coyote carry off at least one pet.

* You live in a place called Meathouse, Pigeonroost, Dix Fork, Rockhouse, Big Creek, Turkey Toe, Turkey Creek, Coon Creek, Greasy Creek, Hurricane Creek, Long Fork, Crooked Fork, Brushy Creek [=.. pretty much anything with "creek" or "fork" in it.

* Your girlfriend can bait her own fishin' hook.

* You never put the final "G" on words.

* You got excited when they finally put a dollar store in Phelps/Belfry.

* You live at least 10 minutes from real civilization.

* You're no stranger to a back up horn blaring at 4:00 AM.

* You can grease a coal truck.

* Hell, you know everything about a coal truck.

* You didn't know your daddy was white as a child because you only saw him black with coal dust.

* You rent out the volunteer fire department for a wedding/reception.

* It's considered old to get married if you're 23 or older.

* Your dream car is a 40-year-old Mustang.

* Vienie Weenies are the REAL name for Vienna Sausages.

* People in society determine your REAL worth by who your daddy is.

* Your field trip to big ole Pikeville College got cancelled cause a coal truck "turned over" and you couldn't get across the train tracks.

* When you "bum" chewing tobacco off your granny all the time! RED MAN ONLY!

* KFC is the premier hangout on weekends

* You consider Pikeville the "BIG CITY"

* School gets cancelled just because there are some snow flurries outside.

* You're shocked to learn that everyone doesn't fry their food.

* You've eaten deer, wild turkey, squirrel, and rabbit.

* Walking the railroad tracks is a favorite past time of yours. When you're not graffitiing stationary trains.

* HORNETS

* El Azul Grande

* Only a true Pike County resident knows that the term "booger" can be a resident of the nose, an adjective, as in "that ol' booger," a first name or something that jumps out at you in the dark and scares you senseless.

* You know where there's a fight because everyone and their mother is running to the parkin' lot.

*The 3rd is considered a county wide holiday

*Hurricane Creek is pronounced "hur-i-cun"

GOOD GOSH man! Lol I hope you copied and pasted that from somewhere because if you actually typed it out you probably developed Carpal tunnel syndrome in the process.

[thetribe]

It was going around on Myspace and people just added to the list as it went on...

[Scotty doesn't know]

It was going around on Myspace and people just added to the list as it went on...

WOW! That is pretty cool. I could probably add a few myself. Has anyone mentioned the area of eastern Ky. named Beefhide?

[The Guru]

WOW! That is pretty cool. I could probably add a few myself. Has anyone mentioned the area of eastern Ky. named Beefhide?

How about Froghonery in Johnson Co.?
Or Banjo....pronounced Banjer!