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slayda · 07-03-2008, 11:19 AM

Seeing RickyMaveeta's new avatar, reminded me of a local Colloquialism. We have had so many armadillos come into the Alabama area that it is common to see them killed on the roads.

So do you know what we call armadillos in the South US? " 'Possum on the half shell."

07-03-2008, 11:19 AM	#242
slayda Retired & reading more! Posts: 2,764 Karma: 1884247 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: North Alabama, USA Device: Kindle 1, iPad Air 2, iPhone 6S+, Kobo Aura One	Seeing RickyMaveeta's new avatar, reminded me of a local Colloquialism. We have had so many armadillos come into the Alabama area that it is common to see them killed on the roads. So do you know what we call armadillos in the South US? " 'Possum on the half shell."