FW: Real Cajuns

FITZGEREL@aol.com (FITZGEREL@aol.com)
Mon, 29 Mar 1999 13:46:15 EST



  "Boat For Sale"
  
  Thibodaux was driving his car past Beaudreaux's  house and
  saw a sign that read: "Boat For Sale". 
  "Thibodaux marches up to Beaudreaux's front porch and wraps hard on
   the door and Beaudreaux opens it.
   Thibodaux say, "Beaudreaux ! How long we ban    frands ?"
   Beaudreaux say, "Well.........All our lives Thibideaux"
   Thibodaux say, "Why don't you told me you gotta   boat?"
   Beaudreaux say, "I ant gotta boat !"
   Thibodaux say, "Da' sign say; "BOAT FOR SALE".
   Beaudreaux say, " OH-NO Thibodaux !" ....See dat old   '72 ford
   pickem'up  truck over-dare"
   Thibodaux say, "yas, I see dat old pickem'up truck"
   Beaudreaux say, "See dat '76 Cheverloet Ce-dan"
   Thibodaux say, "yas, I see dat Ce-dan"
   Beaudreaux say, "Well, dey boat for sale.
  
  
  You might be a Cajun if:
  
   a.. You start an Angel Food cake with a roux.....
  
   b.. Watching "Wild Kingdom" inspires you to write a   cookbook.....
  
   c.. You think the head of the United Nations is
   Boudreaux-Boudreaux-Guillory.....
   
   d.. You think a lobster is a crawfish on steroids.....
   
   e.. You think Groundhog Day and Boucherie Day are   the same
   Holiday.....
  
    f.. You think boudin, hogshead cheese and Bud is a    bland diet.....
 
    g.. You take a bite of 5-Alarm Texas chili and reach    for the
    Tabasco.....
  
    h.. Fred's Lounge in Mamou means more to you than    the Grand Ole
    Opry.....
  
     i.. You have an "envy" for something instead of a     craving.....
  
      j.. You use a gill net to play tennis, volleyball or     
 	badminton....
  
      k.. The "horsepower" of your outboard motor is      greater than the
      "horsepower" of your car.....
  
        l.. You pass up a trip abroad to go to the Crawfish       
 	Festival in Breaux Bridge.....
  
       m.. Your children's favorite bedtime story begins       with "First
 	you make a roux".....
  
       n.. Your teacher explains the four basic food groups       as fried
       seafood, boiled seafood, broiled seafood and       seafood
       gumbo.....
  
      o.. You're asked to name the four seasons and reply,      "Onion,
       celery, bell pepper and garlic".....
  
      p.. Your description of a gourmet dinner includes      the words
      "deep  fat fried".....
   
      q.. You let your black coffee cool, and find that it has jelled.....
  
       r.. You describe a yard of boudin and cracklins as breakfast.....
  
        s.. Your mother says, "Well, I got the rice cooking.        What do   
        y'all  want for supper?".....
  
      t.. None of your vacation destinations are north of the old Mississippi
River 	Bridge.....
  
      t.b.  You know where the old Mississippi River      Bridge is.
  
       u.. You refer to Louisiana winters as "Gumbo       weather".....
  
       v.. You get a bad look from your wife and say, "She       passed me
       a pair of eyes.".....
  
       w.. You greet your long lost friend on arrival at Lafayette            
             Airport  with, "TiiEeeeeeeeeeeeee,  KeeeeYaaawwwww".....
  
       x.. You sit down to eat boiled crawfish and your host says,            
        "Don't  eat the dead ones", and you KNOW what that means.....
  
         y.. You learned to play Bou-ree the hard way, holding
 	yourself up  in the crib.....
  
        z.. You give up Tabasco for lent.....
  
        aa.. You know the difference between Zatarain,  Zeringue and          
         Zydeco.....
  
        ab.. Your high school band's rendition of the  National Anthem        
      begins with, "Jambalaya, crawfish pie, file        gumbo".....
  
         ac.. You stand when they play Jolie Blanc.....
  
         ad.. You think the Mason-Dixon line runs through Bunkie.....
  
        ae.. You consider Breaux Bridge the capitol of the state and
        Lafayette the capitol of the nation...