Things I Have Learned About Oklahoma

Courtesy of Suzie S.

• Armadillos 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 Oklahoma.
• There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in Oklahoma, plus a couple no one's seen before.
• If it grows it sticks, if it crawls it bites.
• Nothing will kill a Mesquite tree.
• There are valid reasons some people put razor wire around their house.
• A tractor is NOT an all-terrain vehicle. They do get stuck.
• The wind blows at 90 mph from October 2 until June 25, then it stops totally until October 2.
• Onced and twiced are words.
• People actually grow and eat okra.
• Green grass DOES burn.
• When you live in the country, you don't have to buy a dog. City people drop them off at your gate in the middle of the night.
• The sound of coyotes howling at night only sounds good for the first couple of weeks.
• When a buzzard sits on the fence and stares at you, it's time to go to the doctor.
• Fix-in-to is one word.
• A tank is a dirt hole in the ground that holds water for irrigation, waterin' the cows, or swimming.
• There ain't no such thing as lunch. There's only dinner and then there's supper.
• Tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're two.
• 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.

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