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By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week: Fat, dumb and happy: What we become in a tryptophan stupor after consuming a hefty Thanksgiving meal and turkey...
Amid the chaos of the excessive conversation that preludes any meal in our large family, there is one thing that brings it all to a halt...
By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week: About as useless (or useful) as a rubber crutch: Whatever it is, that thing won’t even hold up a...
A turn at the intersection of Highway 6 and Thacker Road is a new restaurant where The Shak and Ezell’s Fish Camp were: Route 6, a...
Jim Stark, an Ole Miss grad from Greenville, will cook off against an unknown celebrity chef tonight on NBC’s Food Fighters show. Stark, 58, now lives...
By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week: Poor mouthing: A verb that describes how a person moans and groans in self-deprecation about lacking funds or capability...
By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week: Well that just dills my pickle: Uh-oh. Something has turned everything sour and I’m het up about it…...
By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week: Sweetie Pie Sugar Pie Honey or Honey Bunch: All refer to someone in an attempt to be...
Frankly, in growing up, I never liked summer squash as the Yankees call it or yellow squash, the Southern name. Now that I’ve been a damn...
By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week: Happy as a tick on a lazy dog: Exactly what it sounds like, this expression refers to being satisfied...
