>
> G.R.I.T. = Girls Raised in Texas !
>
> Texas Women, Kittens and Biscuits
>
> Someone once noted that a Texan can get away with the most awful
>kind of insult just as long as it's prefaced with the words, "Bless her
>heart" or "Bless his heart." As in, "Bless his heart, if they put his brain
>on the head of a pin, it'd roll around like a BB on a 6-lane highway."
>
> I was thinking about this the other day when a friend was telling
>about her new transplanted northern friend who was upset because her
>toddler is just beginning to talk and he has a Texas accent. My friend, who
>is very kind and, bless her heart, cannot do a thing about those thighs of
>hers, was justifiably miffed about this. After all, this woman had CHOSEN
>to move to Texas a couple of years ago."Can you believe it?" said her
>friend, "A child of mine is going to be "taaaallllkkin liiiike thiiiissss."
>
> Now, don't get me wrong. Some of my dearest friends are from the
>North, bl! ess their hearts. I welcome their perspective, their
>friendships, and their recipes for authentic Northern Italian food. I've
>even gotten past their endless complaints that you can't find good bread
>down here because the heathens, bless their hearts, don't like cornbread!
>
> I have a friend from Bawston, bless her heart, who thinks it's
>hilarious when I say I've got to "carry" my daughter to the doctor or "cut
>off" the light. She also gets a giggle every time I am "fixin" to do
>something. And, bless their hearts, they don't even know where "over
>yonder" is, or what "I reckon" means!
>
> My personal favorite was my aunt, saying, "Bless her heart, she
>cain't help being ugly, but she could'uh stayed home."
>
> Texas girls know bad manners when they see them:
> 1. Drinking straight out of a can.
> 2. Not sending thank you notes.
> 3. Velvet after February.
> 4. White shoes before Memorial Day or after Labor Day.
>
> Texas girls always say:
> 1. "Yes Maam! ."
> 2. "Yessir."
>
> Texas girls have a distinct way with fond ex pressions:
> 1. "Yawl come back."
> 2. "Well, bless yer harrt."
> 3. "Drop by when ya can."
> 4. "How's yer mama?"
> 5. "Love yer hair."
>
> Texas girls know their three R's:
> 1. Rich
> 2. Richer
> 3. Richest
>
> Texas girls know everybody's first name:
> 1. Hunny
> 2. Darlin'
> 3. Sughar
>
> Texas girls know the movies that speak to their hearts:
> 1. "Gone With the Wind"
> 2. "Fried Green Tomatoes"
> 3. "Driving Miss Daisy"
> 4. "Steel Magnolias"
>
> Texas girls know the three deadly sins:
> 1. Bad hair
> 2. Bad manners
> 3. Bad blind dates
>
> G.R.I.T. = Girls Raised in Texas!
>
> Now you run along, Shuger, and send this to ANY females aspiring to
>be GRITS -- Even the northern ones, "Bless Their Hearts".
>
> "Just because you move to Texas it does not make you a Texan.
>After all, if a cat had kittens and moved them to the oven, that wouldn't
>make them biscuits."
