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My name is Beth, and I am a Coke whore. And now that I know about Coca Cola's latest soft drink innovation, I may need to go ahead and submit my application for an Intervention. Launching early next year in the UK, Coca Cola fans will be able to enjoy a Super Chilled Sprite. The drink bottle will contain technology that will cool the drink by creating ice from the Sprite when the top is twisted off.
One word of warning, dropping a Mentos into a Super Chilled drink might put an eye out.
I grew up in the South, and still live here. So, I'm about as Southern bred and biscuit fed as a girl can get. I've always felt at home among Southern sayings, and have been known to describe myself as as "nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rockers" on occassion. You can imagine how happy I was this morning to read that the Southern Drawl is apparently spreading across the country, and it is now estimated that up to 50% of Americans now use linguistic clues that are Southern Drawl in origin.
Of course there are some naysayers out there that believe that we are actually moving to a more monotone "American" dialect. What do you think? Spend some time this week listening to the people around you. Are they gliding their diphthongs or using a quieter "R" sound? Do they say, "I'm fixin' to turn down the bed?" or "I'm about to pull back the sheets." Do they tell you, "We're going down 85 to the Burger King?" or "We're taking the 85 to Burger King?"
Dr. Phil is certainly helping the Southern Drawl become more of a part of mainstream culture, and uses Texas sayings he learned during his time growing up in Texas, such as "You're about as happy as a tick on a fat dog." These Southern style expressions are fun, folksy, and I think every person in Wacko Nation should have at least tucked in their pocket for a rainy day.
Here are a few to choose from:
Try this pick up line: "You're finer than frog hair split four ways."
Use this one the next time somebody tries to pull a fast one on you: "Don't piss on my foot, and tell me it's rainin'!"
Drop tihs one at will: "Honey, this ain' my first rodeo."
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