You know your from South Louisiana when......

- The crawfish mounds in your front yard have over taken the grass.

- You greet people with "Howzyamomma'an'dem?" and hear back "Dey fine!"

- Every so often, you have waterfront property.

- When giving directions you use words like "uptown," "downtown," "backatown," "riverside," "lakeside," "other side of the bayou" or "other side of the levee."

- When you refer to a geographical location "way up North," you are referring to places like Shreveport, Little Rock or Memphis, "where it gets real cold."

- You can pronounce Tchoupitoulas but can't spell it.

- You don't worry when you see ships riding higher in the river than the top of your house.

- You judge a po-boy by the number of napkins used.

- You can eat Popeye's, Haydel's and Zapp's for lunch and wash it down with Barq's and several Abitas, without losing it all on your stoop.

- The four seasons in your year are: crawfish, shrimp, crab, and King Cake.

- You don't learn until high school that Mardi Gras is not a national holiday.

- Your last name isn't pronounced the way it's spelled.

- You know what a nutria rat is but you still pick it to represent your baseball team.

- You have spent a summer afternoon on the Lake Pontchartrain seawall catching blue crabs.

-You describe a color as "K & B Purple."

- You like your rice and politics dirty.

- You pronounce the largest city in the state as "Nawlins."

- You know those big roaches can fly, but you're able to sleep at night anyway.

- You assume everyone has mosquito swarms in their backyard.

- You realize the rainforest is less humid than Louisiana.

- When out of town, you stop and ask someone where there is a drive-through Daiquiri place, and they look at you like you have three heads.

- Your burial plot is six feet over rather than six feet under.

- You push little old ladies out of the way to catch Mardi Gras throws.

- You have a parade ladder in your shed.

- Your first sentence was "Throw me something mistah" and your first drink was from a go-cup.

- You get on a bus marked "Cemeteries" and don't think twice.

- Your sunglasses fog up when you step outside.

- No matter where else you go in the world, you are always disappointed in the food.

- You get up in the morning and start cooking a pot of rice before you give any thought to what you'll fix for dinner.

- You ask, "How dey running?" and "Are dey fat?" when you're inquiring about seafood quality.

- When it starts to rain, you cover your beer instead of your head.

- You call tomato sauce "red gravy."

- You eat sno-balls instead of throwing them.

- Your house payment is less than your air conditioning bill.

- Your grandparents are called "Maw Maw" and "Paw Paw."

- You fall asleep to the soothing sounds of four box fans.

God I hope New Orleans can come back...