Wacky America

29/10/2024

I’m from A..La..Bama! Hahaha!

24/10/2024

THINGS YOU NEED TO TEACH YOUR NORTHERN FRIENDS WHEN THEY MOVE TO THE SOUTH!

1. A possum is a flat animal that sleeps in the middle of the road.
2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in the South.
3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in the South, plus a couple no one’s seen before.
4. If it grows, it’ll stick ya. If it crawls, it’ll bite cha.
5. Onced and Twiced are words.
6. It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy!
7. Jawl-P? means: Did you all go to the bathroom?
8. People actually grow, eat, and like okra.
9. Fixinto is one word. It means I’m going to do something soon…. Maybe.
10. There is no such thing as lunch. There’s dinner and then there’s supper.
11. Iced tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you’re two. We do like a little tea with our sugar. It is referred to as the Wine of the South.
12. Backwards and forwards means I know everything about you.
13. The word jeet is actually a question meaning, ‘Did you eat?’
14. You don’t have to wear a watch, because it don’t matter what time it is, you work ‘til you’re done or it’s too dark to see.
15. You don’t PUSH buttons, you MASH em.
16. Y’all is singular. All Y’all is plural.
17. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect, or animal.
18. You carry jumper cables in your car for your OWN car.
19. You only own five spices: salt, pepper, Cajun seasoning, Tabasco, mustard, and ketchup.
20. The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require 6 pages for local high school sports, motorsports, and gossip.
21. Everyone you meet is a Honey, Sugar, Miss (first name), or Mr (first name)
22. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.
23. You know what a hissy fit is..
24. Fried catfish is the other white meat.
25. We don’t need no dang Driver's Ed. If our mama says we can drive, we can drive!!!
26. While driving, everyone lifts a finger off the steering wheel in a sort of mini wave when meeting another vehicle. And if it’s someone you know, you stop to ask “how’s the weather?”
AND one more:
27. Why did the chicken cross the road? To show that stupid possum that it CAN be done!’

24/09/2024

This was originally posted by the Michael Berry Show. I’m not so sure about depending on Florida Contractors and Florida Man to defend the Great State of Florida. Your thoughts?

30/07/2024

08/07/2024

Found this working pay phone at a convenience store 99 miles outside of Charlottesville, VA — the last one of these I personally saw was in Brooksville, FL a few years ago.

01/04/2024

Tomorrow is April 1st, April Fools— here are the most revered April Fool’s jokes ever played… https://www.wackyexplorer.com/historys-biggest-april-fools-pranks-ever/

31/03/2024

On this day in 1890, this giant Capercaillie was shot by Lord Breadalbraine. Rumored to be one of the heaviest avians that ever existed, it fed a local school for nearly a week.

02/01/2024

No. I’m not an Alabama fan. But found this interesting as I was watching Alabama and Michigan tonight. Did you know? In 1926 Alabama played the University of Washington Huskies in yes….. the Rose Bowl!! The Star of the game was a kid from Dothan, Alabama named Johnny Mack Brown, an All-American running back for the University of Alabama who was lauded for his efforts in a stunning upset of the heavily favored Huskies. However, Johnny Mack Brown never returned home. A Hollywood director, King Vidor, recruited Brown to take a screen test and Brown went on to a successful career as an actor in film and television.

01/01/2024

John Tyler, America’s 10th President, was born in 1790 just after the American Revolution. He has a living grandson. Yep, we said grandson.

John Tyler's son Lyon Gardiner Tyler Sr. was born in August 1853, when the former president was 63 years old. Then His son Harrison Ruffin Tyler was born in November 1928, when his father was 75 years young. Harrison is now 95 and living in a nursing home. He is also a descendant of Pocahontas! Wild isn’t it?

01/01/2024

Athens, Georgia- year unknown?

19/12/2023

This was originally posted in a travel trailer group. Why would you do this?

14/12/2023

Seen in the Panhandle of Florida.

12/12/2023

A friend of mine shared this new Florida map today. Thought I’d pass it along. Lol - so true so true.

04/12/2023

On this date in history, General Washington bids an emotional farewell to his troops.

https://www.wackyexplorer.com/general-washingtons-emotional-farewell-at-fraunces-tavern/

28/11/2023

Glenn Curtiss invented the streamlined Aero-Car trailer in 1927 and had them manufactured in Opa-locka. The first photo is of Curtiss with the Aero-Car at his home, the Curtiss Mansion at 500 Deer Run in Country Club Estates(Miami Springs) in 1929. The second photo is a picture of Curtiss in 1927 standing next to an earlier version of the Aero-Car. The third photo is of the Aero-Car Ambulance that was to be used at Hialeah Park and Madison Square Garden in New York. Curtiss also had an Aero-Car dealership in Coral Gables.

23/11/2023

Remember!!!

23/11/2023

Winner: best picture TG 2023. Thank you Vicki Oler for the pic. (Oh, thanks Skip Mahaffey who’s page I took this from)

15/11/2023

Longtime Miami Springs resident Francis S. (Franny) Taylor -1924-1982- “was the founder and President of the Airboat Association of Florida and a member of many other conservation organizations. He was a tireless conservationist known as the “Johnny Appleseed of the Everglades”. He dedicated his time, effort, and money to save the Everglades for future generations to enjoy.
He sought no fame or recognition for his work (which he called a labor of love); however, many posthumous honors have been bestowed in his name, including the Florida Wildlife Federation’s annual “Outdoorsman of the Year” award given in his honor. The single greatest tribute, was the renaming of the “Everglades and
Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area” throughout the State. What an honor and joy it is to drive throughout the Everglades and see signs honoring his hard work and selfless dedication to wildlife conservation.
Franny was considered to be the father of the modern day Airboat. He designed and built the first aircraft aluminum Airboat in the world. Franny’s many innovative design concepts are still the most widely imitated; and, if you own a Taylor Hull, you know the quality that is unsurpassed, as each boat was custom built by hand with great precision.
Franny was a “flag waving patriot” and a decorated WWII Veteran, serving in Europe as a Combat Engineer under the great General George Patton. He deeply loved and honored this great Country and instilled that patriotism in his family."
Information published in the Miami Herald Sept 20, 2007 ”