You may have heard about the “Shit People Say” meme that’s taken the internet by storm in the past month. It began with the “Shit Girls Say” video, in which a guy dressed in drag recites stereotypically girly phrases. This went viral after a few million people said “OMG this is soooo true!” and shared it on Facebook. Next came the copycat videos, which became increasingly specific/offensive — “Shit Guys Say,” “Shit Black Girls Say,” “Shit Drunk Girls Say,” “Shit Girls Say to Gay Guys,” “Shit Middle-Aged Guys Say While Waiting In Line at the Bank,” and so on.
A recent sub-genre of the “Shit People Say” meme has been the rise of the geographically focused videos, ranging from the obvious (“Shit New Yorkers Say“) to the less-obvious (“Shit Austinites Say“). Fashionably late as always, there still hasn’t been a Shit Vermonters Say video, but Vermont’s Twitter community filled the void admirably today, beginning with @whitneyinvt. Here are a few of our favorites. Thanks for giving us an excuse to stare at Twitter instead of doing real work today, Whitney.
This article appears in The Health & Fitness Issue 2012.
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That Whitney is hilarious. So true.
Oh, so don’t I! #Vermontalk
“You guys going to the rally?”
Ain’t half bad. (Pronounced: Ain’t haahf baahd.) #Vermontalk
Not too shabby. #Vermontalk
Oh, don’t I know it! #Vermontalk
‘druther not. #Vermontalk
Apocryphal Vermontism, spoken in response to question, “Why don’t you use your turn signals?”: ’tain’t none o’ your business which way I’m goin’. #Vermontalk
“why that wouldn’t amount to a fart in a whirlwind” funny shit my granny said
“I’m a ______-generation Vermonter,” as if it mattered where one was from or how long they’d been there. I’ve never heard such elitist/xenophobic idiocy integrated into the culture as I do here.
“You’ll be happy you live up here once the shit hits the fan!” #shitvterssay
Q: “Does it matter which road I take to get to Rutland?”
A: “Not to me it don’t!”
Not really Laurie, it’s pride in one’s heritage (from a fourth-generation Vermonter.)
Doesn’t amount to bug dust.
spoken like a true flatlander…
Believe me, there are no real perks to being a woodchuck as we’re typically the ones working in the service industry serving the wealthy flatlanders that make our economy run. So let us enjoy being proud of our heritage eh?
Answer to a dubious question:
“Hard tellin’ … not knowin’
Yes!
Heh… this one’s a personal favorite.
Leaf Peepers, Stick Season, Mud Season
Snalbans (St. Albans); Burln’n (Burlington); How’re you doin’? Ohhhhh, not t’bad. Jeezum Crow! Crimos’ sakes! Let’s go get a creemee. Anger: he could chew nails and spit tacks. Confusion: like a pig lookin’ at a wristwatch.
‘Yup.
No, it’s not. Pride in one’s heritage is not to be confused with a disdain for others.
I’m not a flatlander; I’m a North Country girl. Moreover, “woodchucks” are not just in the service industry for “wealthy” flatlanders, as if all out-of-staters were wealthy. Some perspective is needed here.
Ugh, there was lots of traffic on the way to Winooski tonight, it took ten minutes to get home.
Let’s go sugaring!