Got this in an email. Thought it was hilarious since the whole thing is true. (I live there so I have first hand experience)

Armadillos sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air.

There are 5,000 types of snakes on earth and 4,998 live in Florida .

There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in Florida, plus a couple no one's seen before.

If it sticks in the sand, it grows

If it crawls, it bites.

Onced and Twiced are words.

It is not a shopping cart; it is a buggy.

People actually grow and eat okra.

'Fixinto' is one word.

Iced tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're two.

Backwards and forwards means 'I know everything about you.'

DJeet 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 don't PUSH buttons, you MASH them.

You measure distance in minutes.

You'll probably have to switch from 'heat' to 'A/C' in the same day.

'Fix' is a verb. Example: 'I'm fixing to go to the store.'

All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal.

There are only own four spices: salt, pepper, Tabasco and ketchup.

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

100 degrees Fahrenheit is 'a little warm.'

We have four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, still Summer and Christmas.

Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past time known as 'goin' Wal-martin' or off to 'Wally World.'

A cool snap (below 70 degrees) is good pinto-bean soup or Chili weather.

A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola or pop. . . it's a Coke, regardless of brand or flavor. Example: 'What kinda coke you want?'

Fried catfish is the other white meat.

I remember hearing that! xD

I visited Florida during last Christmas vacation and in restaurants they would ask me what kind of Coke I wanted even if I wanted Sprite.

o.o

Born and raised in Florida, and I pretty much have to disagree with 3/4 of this :[

what part do you live in ? o.o

I'm from the northern part of the state. Since Florida's demographics are switched and most of the rednecks live up here and the snowbirds and others live down in the south.

Ahhh, no wonder, the North. That's what I was thinking. :P

30 (or so) reasons why [H1]FLORIDA SUCKS[/h1]

i hate florida so much ):<

That sounds more like Alabama than Florida. :b

-says the girl from Birmingham-

lol. yeah. the north of florida is like the rest of the south. north and south florida are like two different places.

dies laughing as I nod to all of these It's all so so very true. But I am a proud Floridian and I enjoy my catfish dagummit! And my okra. And my iced tea. ^_^;

haha, that is pretty true i go to florida every year

Wow. I think I'm kinda afraid of Florida now. ):

You guys sound a little crazy.

actually, Florida is considered the "northern" state of the South I grew up in long island lived in florida, south carolina, alabama, tennesee, and now I reside in Rome, GA and I just have to say that those sound like every state I listed except Florida...

err.. :/ this is why I don't label

I've spent my whole 18 years down here in FL, so I've at least heard of everything on this list before, although I can't say its all true in my specific area... thankfully. xD

aaallll of those apply to me. x) of course, i'm raised by a man from georgia and a woman from alabama, and lived in florida for nine years. (i used to live in panama city, hehe. <3)

Wow, I lived in Florida for like 90% of my life and most of these I don't agree with. Lived in Southern Florida though.

You measure distance in minutes.

You'll probably have to switch from 'heat' to 'A/C' in the same day.

Those are like the only ones that applied to me.

I've lived in South and Central Florida...I agree with some of this stuff...not much.

Not true in Fort Lauderdale.

Maybe in Central Florida, like in Okeechobee or something, or possibly North Florida. But not in South Florida, nooo. We're northerners down here.

:(

"100 degrees Fahrenheit is 'a little warm"

Hahaha no. Not even here. Try Central America. That's ridiculous.

You don't sound like a local at all to me.

Trust me, I've lived in Florida for almost all my life, excluding the past year and a half or so in North Carolina, and I'm moving back in autumn.

Seriously though, I remember one winter where it was 30 degrees or something.

"Armadillos sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air"

I've never seen an armadillo in my life.

"There are 5,000 types of snakes on earth and 4,998 live in Florida"

Never seen a snake in my life.

"There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in Florida, plus a couple no one's seen before"

Partly true, actually.

"If it sticks in the sand, it grows"

Not sure about this one. I don't get it.

"If it crawls, it bites"

See above stereotype.

"Onced and Twiced are words"

I have never said those in my life.

"It is not a shopping cart; it is a buggy"

EW, NO, I HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE CALL IT THAT. It is a cart, people!

"People actually grow and eat okra"

Who is Okra?

"'Fixinto' is one word"

wat

"Iced tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're two"

Maybe true for some people.

"Backwards and forwards means 'I know everything about you'"

Never heard that phrase used in my life.

"DJeet is actually a phrase meaning 'Did you eat?'"

That's actually semi-true for me, I speak quickly if I'm exited however. Never heard anyone else use it.

"You don't have to wear a watch because it doesn't matter what time it is"

Not true.

"You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH them"

That takes a mixture of impatience and video-game skills.

"You measure distance in minutes"

Yes.

"You'll probably have to switch from 'heat' to 'A/C' in the same day"

No, generally the AC is on all day.

"'Fix' is a verb. Example: 'I'm fixing to go to the store'"

No.

"All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal"

I don't know, I've never been to a state festival.

"There are only own four spices: salt, pepper, Tabasco and ketchup"

No.

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

Not sure about that one.

"We have four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, still Summer and Christmas"

No, we have two seasons: Hurricane Season and Dry Season.

"Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past time known as 'goin' Wal-martin' or off to 'Wally World'"

I have never heard anyone use that phrase in my life.

"A cool snap (below 70 degrees) is good pinto-bean soup or Chili weather"

Probably not.

"A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola or pop. . . it's a Coke, regardless of brand or flavor. Example: 'What kinda coke you want?'"

You're thinking of Atlanta, Georgia.

"Fried catfish is the other white meat"

I've never had catfish in my life.

Yeah...one of me friends calls Wal-Mart Wally-WorldXD Though that's the only person down here I remember calling Wal-Mart by that nameO.o

AIRIGH I got this in an email :D. Didn't make it up myself (not that clever :p). Thought it was funny so that's why I posted it. I've lived in North Florida all my life and we're the rednecks of the state. lol. You've never seen an armadillo? Dang, they must not be around in the southern part of the state. I saw five dead ones on the road and that's just from today.