....down South, y'all...

...if you've never watched Paula Deen,Southern cook supreme, on the Food Network, or heard many "Southern" expressions, they can really catch you off guard...we've all heard",,busy as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs..." today, Paula got me with one I'ld never heard before..."busy as a cat covering it up..."...I rarely laugh out loud at the TV, but this was one of those moments...In 1977, I toured for 3 months with a musical group[40 total: singers,instrumentalists,techs...]...we had several Southerners from Georgia,Florida and TEXAS... the few from Texas were the most entertaining when it came to "original and colorful" turns of a phrase...it wasn't long before all of us[even the girl from Minnesota,don'ca know ?] were "fixin' to do this or that and just plumb tuckered-out when it was over, but pleased as punch to do it again...aside from my tour-mates, some of the more "interesting" ways to "talk Southern" include the phrases,"..well, butter my butt and call me a biscuit"...or .."put on your big-girl panties and get over it.."...so I recommend that if your life is spinning out of control...Stop !...and rest a spell, watch Paula talk[and cook] Southern...she is the genuine article and a vacation in a half-hour...y'all come back now, y'hear ?