THE CRAZY CAJUN RESTAURANT

YOU MIGHT BE A CAJUN IF....
--You never ran Halloween BUT always ran Mardi-Gras
--You consider the four seasons as Winter, Spring, Summer, & Hunting.
--You think the opening week-end of Squirrel Season is a legal hoilday,
AND local schools & stores in town are closed for that week-end.
--Your high school band's rendition of the National Anthem begins with,
"Jambalaya, Crawfish Pie, and File Gumbo"
--You stand up when they play "Jolie Blonde"
--You think the your State bird is the Mosquito
--You consider Breaux Bridge the Capital of the State, & Lafayette the Capital of the Nation.
--You think the Mason Dixon Line is at Bunkie.
--You think way up North is Sherverport
--Watching "Wild Kingdom" inspires you to write a cookbook.
--You think a lobster is a crawfish on steroids.
--You think boudin, hogshead cheese, and a Bud is a bland diet.
--You think Ground Hog day & Boucherie Day are the same holiday.
--You take a bite of 5-alarm chili and reach for the Tabasco.
--Fred's Lounge in Mamou means more to you than the Grand Ole Opry.
--You have an "envie: for something instead of a craving.
--You speak english but some words come out in Cajun.
--You use a #3 washtub to cover your lawn mower or your outboard motor.
--You use 2 or more pirogues to cover your tomatoes to protect them from the late frost.
--You use a gill net to play tennis, badmitton, or volleyball.
--The horsepower of your outboard motor is greater than that of your car motor.
--You pass up a trip abroad to go to the Crawfish Festival in Breaux Bridge.
--You wear those white rubber boots to clean up outside & call them your "Cajun Reboks"
--Your children's favorite bedtime story begins with "Clovis the Crawfish..."
--Your school teaches the four basic food groups as
"Boiled seafood, broiled seafood, fried seafood, and beer"
--Asked to name the four seasons & your reply is, "onions, celery, bell pepper, and garlic"
--You are asked to name the "Fab Four" and your respond,
"Paul Prudhomme, John Folse, Justin Wilson, and Vernon Rogers."
--Your description of a gourmet dinner includes "deep fat fried"
--You let your black coffee cool and find that it has jellied.
--You describe a yard of boudin and cracklins as "breakfast"
--Your mama announces each morning,
"Well, I've got the rice cooking, what will we have for supper?"
--None of your potential vacation destinations are
north of the old Mississippi River Bridge (US 190)
--You refer to Louisiana Winters as "Gumbo Weather."
--You get a dissapointing look from your wife & describe it as "She passed me them pair of eyes"
--You greet your long lost friend at the Lafayette International Airport with
"AAAAAAAYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!"
--You sit down to eat boiled crawfish & your host says, "don't eat the dead ones",
and you know what he means. (I do, do you?)
--You learned Bourre the hard way, holding yourself upright in your crib.
--You learned how to add & subtract playings cards with your family.(I did)
--You don't know the real names of your friends, only their nicknames.
--You give up Tobasco & hot sauce up for Lent. (One our grandson does every year!)
--Your son brings home his future wife and you ask
"Who's your mama, is she Catholic, & can she make a roux?"(an old saying)
--You know the difference between Zatarains, Zeringue, and Zydeco.
--Your dog thinks the bed of your pickup is his kennel.
--Your husband thinks the back of his pickup is the garbage dump
--You can look at a rice field and tell how much gravy it will take to cover the rice.
When eating in a Mexico restaurant you think the hot taco dip is a soup & drink it.
AND
--at least once a day in conversation you say "Mais cher, I like that, me.