HUMOR: YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM NEW ORLEANS IF...
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Posted By: Siebra Muhammad on April 11, 2009 Dedicated to all my New Orleans Family!!! Too Funny! These will make any New Orleans native (25 and older) smile a little. When they mention the B.W. Cooper on the news, you're confused 'cause you know all the housing projects by their old names... Magnolia, Calliope, Desire, Florida, Iberville, St. Bernard, etc... Someone has ever told you that you look like you from the 7th Ward.. You still sing the Rosenberg's furniture commerical: "Rosenberg's, Rosenberg's...1825...Tu-lane!"-- You remember the "Seafood City" commercials... You went to Bachemin's Meat Market on St. Bernard for hot sausage or PATTON'S on Delery Street or in St. Bernard Parish! You can't get pickled tips (ham) anywhere but New Orleans and surrounding cities... You know what "snap beans" are... You don't eat everybody's gumbo or potato salad (I DEFINITELY do not do this!!!) Once you met your girlfriend's (or boyfriend's) mother or grandmother and they asked, Who's your family?" or "Is your family from the 7th Ward?" If you or someone you know is related to a Broussard, Boutte, Pichon, or Doucette or Mercadel they or you are from the 7th Ward... You know where the "Point" is on the Lake.... Your mama used to whip your a** with Daniel Green slippers...(Mine Did) You remember Pontchartrain Beach... How about The Bottom Line, Crash Landing and Nexus (Nightclubs)? You still want to sing or scream "Hey Pocky Way" You know "It Ain't My Fault" and "They All Axed for You" , "Who shot the LaLa", and Mr. Big Stuff" You only ate Chinese food at Chinese Kitchen or Five Happiness... You remember that manager (With the Jheri Curl) at Circle Food Store... No matter what part of the Eastern New Orleans you are from, you will drive to Hayne Boulevard to get seafood from Castnet's... You remember when Harrah's Casino was at the Municipal Auditorium (calling out all casino visitors:) You went to a St. Mary's and 35's Talent Show (to go to any high school's talent show was a big deal!) - OH YEAH!!! You remember Maison Blanche, K&B and DH Holmes (Department Stores)...- You remember McKenzie's and Tastee's (Bakeries) You lived in Michoud (Eastern New Orleans) and people didn't want to visit because you lived too far... You knew what the 3rd floor at Charity Hospital was all about! (Psych Ward) Someone asks you where you are from and you reply 9th ward, Uptown, the East, the Gentilly, Downtown or the Westbank (you never give your street name)..... You know that THE GAME at Tad Gormley was 35 vs. St. Aug, and that was a major social event, even if you didn't go to either high school... You refer to the French Quarter as "the quarters" and really don't go to the Quarters like talkin' about it, just when you have family from out of town that want to go there... You refer to St. Bernard Parish as "The Parish"... You know how to pronounce Tchoupitoulas (Street)... You know that Mardi Gras really goes down on Claiborne Avenue under the bridge and not on Bourbon Street... You knew if somebody important or ghetto died, there would be a jazz funeral .... Dressing up to go "uptown" aka Canal Street. Going to Woolworth's to eat at the lunch counter. Eating those good donuts at Woolworth.... (and they were greasy!!!) You remember the little old lady who sat in front of Woolworth's with her karaoke machine singing "Amazing Grace" and "Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus" (God bless her soul) - OH MY GOD..THESE ARE CLASSIC! You know what huckle bucks are...(snowballs without any syrup) You used to shop at Krauss... You always got a new outfit for Easter off Canal Street....- LOL Someone at your job used to sell "suppers"... You know where Lincoln Beach or Little Woods is... You know the real story behind New Orleans Saints football player Pat Swilling's wife and his "kids" You remember the rap song "Buck Jump Time" You know who Sheriff Harry Lee is (China Man) so you don't hang in Jefferson Parish! You take the Huey P. Long Bridge to get from The Westbank to the Eastbank, 'cause you don't want to pay that dollar on the Crescent City Connection Toll Bridge... You end each sentence with "yeah" or (now the youngsters say) "ya heard me?" Example: "It's hot out here yeah" or "Holla at cho' boy, ya heard me?" Your grandmother "made groceries" at Economical Supermarket on Gentilly and Elysian Fields Avenue... Your grandmother referred to mayonnaise as "my-naise" You drank "earange juice" and got your "earl" changed in your car on the "cornder" (ok all of us has mispronounced at least one of these during our lifetime) You still go to the Lafitte Projects or Orleans & Claiborne Avenue to watch the Mardi Gras Parade...YEAH! You remember the "Gondola" and the "84 World's Fair" You drove by restaurant owner Al Copeland's house every Christmas (then talk about how he stole the Popeyes chicken recipe from an old black man) You USED to refer to Betsy as New Orleans' worst storm (not anymore) You were looking for YOUR house on TV during the CNN coverage of Hurricane Katrina...--- You are still chuckling after reading this... If you enjoyed this article, Join HBCU CONNECT today for similar content and opportunities via email! |
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Siebra Muhammad
A Registration Clerk/Specialist, New Orleans Public Schools Other College... class of 2001 Member Since November 2008 |
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