"Pardon me, Sir, but can you help me to find *****?"
"Why yes, ma'am! If you'll just follow that dirt road down a yonder ways until the grass starts up the middle, you're about half way. Keep on a goin' down and watch for that sharp curve as you're commin' down the hill; cows cross there, so you'll hafta watch for thems too. When you get to the big oak tree with the old gray dog sleeping under it, go just a bit further and take the paved road on the left. You cain't miss it!"
I have literally been given these directions before.
Now I live in a large city in Texas complete with road signs, traffic lights and of course - rush hour. You would expect things to be a little different here than they were in smalltown, Mississippi, but no, they're really not.
"Pardon me, Sir, but can you direct me to the airport?"
"Uh yeah, whichun you tryin' to git to?"
"***"
"Ok, well now you're gonna hafta get on thisa road right here (major highway) and go over that bridge down thar (we call it the High-5 for a reason) and keep headed straight until you get to exit ***. Git in the lef lane cause them folks drive crazy."
I suppose it depends on who you're talking to. We have a LOT of transplants here from all states and nations around the world, so the directions can come out differently if you're talking to someone from let's say, Washington ;~D
There are many things I appreciate about the north! Direct-ness is one of them.
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Well, up here, one can drive down a highway for miles without seeing any signage indicating anything at all! Streets go off well-paved, well-traveled highways, and one may never know what the name of the street is.
ReplyDeleteWe can even be driving down a freeway, of all things, and lanes will suddenly just disappear -- no warning! They're just gone. They even do that on the 60-mph freeway toward Seatac Airport, which they like to say serves 31.3 million passengers per year! Well, unless they fix the disappearing lane problem, it will soon be 21.3 million passengers, while the funeral industry sends the rest off on their final trip.
Ever heard of J.Z.Knight? Well, apparently, just because she has her little compound of -- uh -- interesting people, channelers, and other assorted Ramtha-like beings, the State of Washington thinks that we just . . . know (read that last word with a hushed and tremulous voice).
ROFLOL! TX signage isn't that great either, if it wasn't for TomTom I'd be a lot worse off. Mississippi, on the other hand, a LOT less traffic - GREAT signage. They'll post a sign to your exit at every mile marker to make SURE you know where you're going. lol Great!
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