You know you live in Louisiana when:
- The main clothing store in town is Jordan and Booth but the first name is pronounced "Jerdin" with a hard emphasis on the first syllable
- A creek isn't a creek, it's a bayou (pronounced "buy-you")
- The police chew you out at traffic stops for coming across the river/bayou/bridge from the adjoining town to drive weird in "their" town
- French accents which would drive a Parisian crazy are the norm
- The state's most famous comedian (Justin Wilson) was funny mostly because of his Cajun accent (and he really was a funny guy)
- The state's most famous city is below sea level
- The state's most famous party is designed to get all your sinning out into the open so you have something you can really repent about
- A beloved former governor (Edwin Edwards) spent significant time in federal prison for taking a bribe - which he claimed wasn't illegal because he didn't do what he was bribed to do
- You have four seasons: warm and sticky, hot and sticky, not quite so hot and sticky, and hoe the garden
- Any accumulation of snow is a de facto local holiday
I may come up with more later. I spent 14 years in the Bayou State and don't go back except to visit family.
