Gully Washers
Growing up in California, we did not have gully washers.
Here in Hickville, we do.
Gully washers are sudden, intense rainstorms that come out of nowhere, flood the landscape, and wash the gullies.
What's a gully?
A gully is a gutter or a ditch.
You see how educational this blog is???
And it's pronounced warshers, not washers.
Repeat after me:
Gully.
Warshers.
Hicks and rednecks are very accustomed to gully washers.
If it's a mild gully washer, you'll find your neighbor's garden gnomes on your front porch.
If it's a doozie of a gully washer, you'll find your neighbor's granny on your front porch.
If it's the mother of all gully washers, you'll find your neighbor's other granny on your front porch - you know, the one who died last year.
I am still amazed that it can be a bright, sunny, cloudless day, and within minutes the sky is black, thunder is clapping loudly, and I'm running for cover so I don't get drenched.
Also, when it rains here in the south, the temperature doesn't change.
I'm used to rain being associated with cold.
In the south, I can actually sweat in the rain.
I just made some sweet tea.
I think I'll go sit a spell on my back porch and drink some.
Did I say "sit a spell?"
I meant to say, "sweat a spell."
Y'all send a smile my way cuz I'm sendin' one to y'all.
posted by Jamie Dawn @ 20.6.07
32 Comments:
hahaha! WARSHER!
If it's a doozie of a gully washer, you'll find your neighbor's granny on your front porch.
I thought this means Ba Doozie ends up on your porch. Are you sure?
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I'm having flashbacks of horror movies past after reading about the gully warshers. Especially the part about the other grandma. ::::shudders::::
Laugh, I thought I'd die!
Yep, if you're setting on the porch sipping sweet tea, you have done made it home.
Ralph
We have gully gushers here in California. You bet we do! You just think yer high n' mighty because you're from Pasadena.
Y'all are soooo funny Jamie D.
Them gully's sure git filled up!
And about 'passing the plate'....GREATR IDEA! I think I'll start a New Church. The Church of The Birds, Bees & Flowers! Donations Are Welcome!
I think this could be a very popular religion, don't you?
Oh and about those rains that flood...Think of the streets in The Valley......They fill up and overflow in a millisecond....!
I have seen a gully warsher go warshing down the gully. Noisy as a train. Awesome, intriguing and scary. In an hour, it's all over and done with. Hardly a trickle of it left. (In Arizona)
Around here, if your gnomes are on your neighbor's lawn it means some neighborhood kids are messin' with you and you'll probably stay up the next night watching through your shutters.
And granny? She just forgot where she lives ;)
I must be a redneck or a hick because I use that gully washer word all the time! And I do say it using the 'washer' word, not 'warshers!'
I'd like to sit a spell on your porch JD and sip some sweet tea. We could sip, talk, sweat, and watch for gully washers.
After our rain yesterday it was so humid you did sweat just being on the porch.
I'm smiling at y'all too. (You spelled y'all wrong ya know!!!)
Don't believe me? Go here and see
http://www.pbase.com/image/3072580
That is the water tower at Florence, KY.
Enjoy that porch and the tea JD!
Ha! You made me smile! A couple generations back my family lived in Gully Warsher land. Which could explain why they call Washington, Warshington, eh? My grandmother visited Nebraska a couple years ago and commented on the gully warshes, and said they were gullies because of the warshes :) (btw...Grammy speaks perfect English, I think she just had fun with warshers!)
a gully warsher huh?..shoot..
Well I hope you do not have oe bad enough where the other granny rolls up on your porch...shoot jamie, now u have me worried for your safetly;)
JD, You make me smile - a lot!!
:) :) :) :) ;)
Junie Rose
We need a gully washer here!
The wash/warsh thing drives me crazy. It's on my list of deal breakers for a potential date.
Warsher?? You're in Arkansas, aren't you?
Do they say "ruff" for "roof" also?
My grandpa used to have gullywashers where he grew up! That was in eastern Iowa though.
Gully Warsher: aka Cob Floater, Toad Drowner, Rained like a cow peeing on a flat rock, Rained pitchforks and hammer handles...
Have I told you lately that I love you? Should have....You're a beauteous b**gger.
Good gully! what a report you have here. Hope you don't get washed to the ocean on the next one
I'm with Nora. We need a good gully washer around these here parts. Y'all are hoggin' all the rain. Give it up!
I clearly need one of these for my office.
I sure love how you write. My granny from Missouri always said 'set a spell,'
*grins from one earlobe to another*
you better be careful in those gully washers, don´t wanna end up on soemone´s front porch and be mistaken for next dorr's dead granny :)
Here's your smile Jamie... do ya like my tooth?
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I love your humor.
Take Care
Michael
As usual, I came here anticipating a laugh and was not disappointed. We desert folk look at your gully warshers as pure adventure. Gladly trade one Santa Anna hot wind for a small gully warsher any day.
I've had me some gully warshers here in NC, too, Jamie Dawn, but never have I found the other grandmother on my porch! That's just too weird! LOL
You must of hanged the clothes out on the line. There's always gully washers when you hand up clothes outside to dry! It's the natural rinse cycle.
Great Humour as usual, Here's your smile.
Cheers Margaret
I thought that was, "set a spell". When we lived in South Carolina, there was an enormous ditch at the back of our yard. I didn't know why, but we moved in July, and I knew within a few days. There were times that the ditch was full of wee swimming creatures - it never completely dried out during the gully washer season
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