"You're a mess."

[Sugar Smack]

LOVE IT!!! It's one of my favorite Southern sayings. When someone looks at me if I just made them laugh, and says that phrase with a smile on his/her face, I go away happy. When I tell someone he's a mess, I always mean it fondly. I'm telling him or her,"You're as cute as a button."

When someone says, "You're a mess," and gesticulates, an all-inclusive head-to-toe wave of the hand, without the smile, I tend to balk a little.

When I've just done a favor for an elderly southern lady and she says, "Bless you", I think she's saying "Thanks".

When anyone says,"Bless your heart" to me, first-I wonder what stupid thing I've told them about myself. Then, I go to the mirror and check my teeth to see if I've got anything stuck there.

Anyone ever told you you're a mess?
I think all y'all are cute as buttons.

:)

[trof]

1. Bless your heart.

You're just a mess.
I bet you're cute as a button too.

Yeah, "bless his/her/your heart" is usually reserved for some less than brilliant act.

"Bless his heart, if Lonnie had a know'd that gun was loaded he woulda NEVER pointed it at Lurlene and pulled the trigger."

Another favorite: Bubba's last words were "Y'all watch THIS!"
Welcome to DU.
:hi:

[Sugar Smack]

2. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You're a mess!

Loved that Lurlene. Bless her heart, I heard her sing and it sounded like a cow dyin' in a hail storm!

I think, "tore out of the frame" is a good one to express anguish.

And, I'd forgotten that Bubba story! Thank you so much for the laugh and the welcome, trof.

:bounce:

[Cannikin]

3. I'll be dat burn. I say that.

[Cannikin]

4. and.."Well, loook at yooooooooooooou"

[trof]

5. Y'all clean up real nice.

Translation: Dressed to the nines.
aka: "Sunday-go-to-meetin" clothes.

[Sugar Smack]

9. Y'all clean up real nice

Butcha haven't seen the ball since kickoff-

According to my friend in New Bern, NC, that would mean, "You look real snazzy but you haven't got the good sense God gave a pumpkin."

:)

[Sugar Smack]

8. WELL, Lookit-choooooooo!

Cannikin, I love that one, too! To me, that means, "Aren't YOU all fancy and better'n the rest of us?" But there's still that "you're precious" vibe.

Cannikin, I just have to say this.










You're a mess.

;-) WAINK!

[MrSlayer]

6. I wasn't aware it was a southern saying.

Quite common up here in Philly.

[Sugar Smack]

10. Do you mean, "You're a mess"?

If so, I've got my facts screwed up. MAN, I am used to being called "Honey" in a restaurant setting, but I never, EVER KNEW it may have been a Northern expression. My father says Grandmommy used to call him that. He's 75, and from Greensborro, NC.

[MrSlayer]

13. Yes.

Quite common around here.

[Longgrain]

7. I've been told I'm messed up, that's a Northern expression...

Usually after a long night drinking...

[Sugar Smack]

11. But you've never been told you're a mess??

BLESS YOUR HEART!

You, Longgrain, are a mess.

And I don't mind saying so.

;-)

[Longgrain]

12. Thanks, now that I know what you mean...

:evilgrin: