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You might be a Cajun if: 

* You start an Angel Food cake with a roux.....
* Watching "Wild Kingdom" inspires you to write a cookbook.....
* You think the head of the United Nations is Boudreaux-Boudreaux-Guillory.....
* You think a lobster is a crawfish on steroids.....
* You think Groundhog Day and Boucherie Day are the same Holiday.....
* You think boudin, hogshead cheese and Bud is a bland diet.....
* You take a bite of 5-Alarm Texas chili and reach for the Tabasco.....
* Fred's Lounge in Mamou means more to you than the Grand Ole Opry.....
* You have an "envy" for something instead of a craving.....
* You use a gill net to play tennis, volleyball or badminton....
* The "horsepower" of your outboard motor is greater than the "horsepower" of your car.....
* You pass up a trip abroad to go to the Crawfish Festival in Breaux Bridge.....
* Your children's favorite bedtime story begins with "First you make a roux".....
* Your teacher explains the four basic food groups as fried
seafood, boiled seafood, broiled seafood and seafood gumbo.....
* You're asked to name the four seasons and reply, "Onion, celery, bell pepper and garlic".....
* Your description of a gourmet dinner includes the words "deep fat fried".....
* You let your black coffee cool, and find that it has jelled.....
* You describe a yard of boudin and cracklins as breakfast.....
* Your mother says, "Well, I got the rice cooking. What do y'all want for supper?".....
* None of your vacation destinations are north of the old Mississippi River Bridge.....
* You refer to Louisiana winters as "Gumbo weather".....
* You get a bad look from your wife and say, "She passed me a pair of eyes.".....
* You greet your long lost friend on arrival at Lafayette Airport with, "TiiEeeeeeeeeeeeee, KeeeeYaaawwwww".....
* You sit down to eat boiled crawfish and your host says, "Don't eat the dead ones", and you KNOW what that means.....
* You learned to play Bou-ree the hard way, holding yourself up in the crib.....
* You give up Tabasco for lent.....
* You know the difference between Zatarain, Zeringue and Zydeco.....
* Your high school band's rendition of the National Anthem begins with, "Jambalaya, crawfish pie, file gumbo".....
* You stand when they play Jolie Blanc.....
* You think the Mason-Dixon line runs through Bunkie.....
* You consider Breaux Bridge the capitol of the state and Lafayette the capitol of the nation.....
"You might be a Cajun if..." was sent to me by a new, and hope-to-be long time g'friend.


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