The other day, I walked into a room full of ladies and one of them said, "Well, if it isn't 'Miss Priss!'" Hmmmm, I'm still unsure if she meant it as a derogatory statement, but, I took it as a compliment. Yes ma'am, I AM PRISSY! I have been called "Miss Priss", "Priss Britches", "Priss Pot," and other Prissy names since I was a child. It's a Southern thing y'all! My mama, Miss Pauline, is the Queen of Prissiness and is the Prissiest-thing ever! Her friends are all prissy, as well. She taught me everything I know about being Prissy.
What is Prissiness? How does one come about being called a "Priss Pot?"
~Are you high maintenance? Miss Janice is extremely high maintenance...Check.
~Is your idea of camping staying at a Day's Inn? No Camping. No Day's Inn. Don't think so...Check.
~Do you behave in a dainty-like manner? Hmmmmm, I guess I do...Check.
~Are you prim and proper...most of the time? The older I get, the more prim & proper...Check.
~Do people say that you are bossy sometimes? No, people say I'm bossy ALL the time...Check.
~Are you particular? Miss Janice is very particular...Check.
~Are you very neat? OCD neat...Check.
~Do you get upset and in a tizzy when you get dirty? In the garden no. In a room with no air conditioner, absolutely!...Check, just because I get in a tizzy about everything!
~Are you squeamish? Certain private things def make me squeamish. Check.
~Do you identify with any of the following famous ladies? Absolutely! All of them. Check.
Prissy, in Gone With the Wind, is my first runner-up as Miss Priss--behind the Queen of Priss, my mama. Dainty. Squeamish. Lord have mercy, she was definitely Prissy.
What is Prissiness? How does one come about being called a "Priss Pot?"
~Are you high maintenance? Miss Janice is extremely high maintenance...Check.
~Is your idea of camping staying at a Day's Inn? No Camping. No Day's Inn. Don't think so...Check.
~Do you behave in a dainty-like manner? Hmmmmm, I guess I do...Check.
~Are you prim and proper...most of the time? The older I get, the more prim & proper...Check.
~Do people say that you are bossy sometimes? No, people say I'm bossy ALL the time...Check.
~Are you particular? Miss Janice is very particular...Check.
~Are you very neat? OCD neat...Check.
~Do you get upset and in a tizzy when you get dirty? In the garden no. In a room with no air conditioner, absolutely!...Check, just because I get in a tizzy about everything!
~Are you squeamish? Certain private things def make me squeamish. Check.
~Do you identify with any of the following famous ladies? Absolutely! All of them. Check.
Prissy, in Gone With the Wind, is my first runner-up as Miss Priss--behind the Queen of Priss, my mama. Dainty. Squeamish. Lord have mercy, she was definitely Prissy.
My next fav prissy lady is Delta Burke, who played Suzanne Sugarbaker, in Designing Women...Bossy. Very particular. Oh-so prissy!
Here I am...Miss Janice. Squeamish. Somewhat dainty. Def bossy. Extremely neat, and ever-so prissy!
Who can forget Rue McClanahan's role as Blanche Devereaux in Golden Girls? Prissy in midlife personified! Yes, she was a Priss Pot and very good at it!
Loved, loved, loved Reese Witherspoon in Legally Blonde...Very prim and proper and very Prissy!
Marcia Cross, as Bree in Desperate Housewives. Oh yes ma'am--my fav character on the show. She's got her prissy principles and she's sticking to 'em! Presentation and appearance is everything to Miss Priss Britches of Wisteria Lane. Bree is extremely particular y'all and I've learned a few prissy traits from her!
Now this last lady, Megan Mullally, who played Karen Walker in Will & Grace, would probably not like the fact I'm calling her prissy. Sorry Miss Karen, but you are prissy to me!
So, are you Prissy?--'cuz it's not a bad thing y'all!
