“The Realities of Living in Louisiana: 40 Funny Truths”
- “If you can’t handle the humidity, you might as well move to Antarctica.”
- “Gumbo is a food group down here.”
- “Our mosquitoes are so big, we call them state birds.”
- “We measure distance in drive-thru daiquiri shops.”
- “If you don’t like spicy food, don’t bother coming down here.”
- “Mardi Gras isn’t just a day, it’s a whole season.”
- “We don’t have four seasons, we have two: hot and less hot.”
- “Our po’boys are better than your subs.”
- “We don’t say ‘ya’ll’, we say ‘y’all come back now, ya hear?’”
- “We have more festivals than we have weekends in a year.”
- “Boudin is a breakfast food.”
- “If you don’t know how to Zydeco, you’re not from around here.”
- “We don’t just put hot sauce on our food, we put it on our hot sauce.”
- “Our state bird is the mosquito, our state flower is the magnolia, and our state sport is football.”
- “We don’t just have crawfish boils, we have crawfish-eating contests.”
- “Our Saints aren’t just a football team, they’re a religion.”
- “If you want to know what real hospitality is, come to Louisiana.”
- “Our beignets are better than your donuts.”
- “We don’t just have hurricanes, we have hurricane parties.”
- “In Louisiana, we don’t have traffic, we have crawfish boils on the interstate.”
- “Down here, we don’t sweat, we glisten.”
- “We don’t just fry our food, we baptize it in hot oil.”
- “If you can’t handle a little bit of spice, you might as well stay in the Midwest.”
- “We don’t just have alligators, we have pet alligators.”
- “Our accents are so thick, you could cut them with a knife.”
- “If you’re not eating boiled peanuts, you’re not living your best life.”
- “We don’t just drink sweet tea, we drink syrup with a splash of tea.”
- “We don’t just have parades, we have second line parties.”
- “Our music scene is so good, even our funeral processions have a brass band.”
- “We don’t just have hot sauce, we have hot sauce with personality.”
- “We don’t just have one Mardi Gras, we have Mardi Gras on steroids.”
- “Our state flag has a pelican that feeds its young with its own blood. That’s how we do things down here.”
- “We don’t just have fried chicken, we have Popeyes on every corner.”
- “Our humidity is so high, it feels like you’re swimming through the air.”
- “We don’t just have football, we have LSU football.”
- “Our Cajun seasoning is so good, we put it on everything – even our toothpaste.”
- “We don’t just have gumbo, we have gumbo wars to see whose is best.”
- “Our potholes are so big, we call them swimming pools.”
- “We don’t just have beignets, we have beignet-eating contests.”
- “Our food is so good, we don’t just eat it, we have a relationship with it.”
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