Saturday, August 06, 2022

How Country Are You?

 Let's see just how country you really are: I scored a 39ish.

10-20 a little country
20-30 pretty much country
30-40 bonafide country

1. Owned a pellet/BB gun? Yes
2. Owned a real gun? Yes
3. Shot a gun? Yes
4. Gone squirrel or rabbit hunting? Yes
5. Gone fishing? Yes
6. Owned or used a slingshot? Yes
7. Plucked a chicken? Yes
8. Gathered wild ginseng? Looked for it, but didn't find it. Going hunting for it again May 2023, Lord willing
9. Eaten deer meat? Yes
10. Eaten frog legs? Yes
11. Fed a baby animal with a bottle? Yes
12. Gathered fresh eggs? Yes
13. Driven a stick shift? Yes
14. Started a vehicle using a manual choke? Yes
15. Rode in the back of a pick-up truck? Yes
16. Shucked corn? Yes
17. Waded barefoot in a creek? Yes
18. Caught fireflies in a jar? Yes
19. Tasted wild honeysuckle? Yes
20. Gathered wild blackberries? Yes
21. Used an outhouse? Yes
22. Rode a horse? Yes
23. Smelled the scent of cured tobacco hanging in a tobacco barn? Yes, played underneath
24. Taken the ashes out of a wood stove or wood heater? Yes, still do
25. Carried in wood? Yes, still do
26. Walked barefoot down a gravel or dirt road? Yes
27. Slept in a tent? Yes
28. Been attacked by a rooster? Yes
29. Ate raw apple, potato, or turnip off the blade of a pocket knife? Yes
30. Dipped skoal or chewing tobacco or had it put on a bee sting? Yes. Sigh. My grandmother put it on me. Blech!
31. Ate homemade snow ice cream? Yes
32. Used a hand pump to draw water from a well? Yes
33. Been on a hay ride? Yes
34. Jumped on a pile of raked leaves? Yes
35. Carved your initials into a tree? Yes
36. Sucked on a piece of water hose to siphon gas out of a gas tank? Yes
37. Been shocked by an electric fence? Yes
38. Split wood with an ax? Yes
39. Hung laundry outside on a clothesline to dry? Yes
40. Eaten fried bologna? Yes