Subscribe or I’m moving your possum to the road.

Wait til he gets to fractions and has to figure out "smidgen."

As someone who has grown up in the South, "couple" meaning any small amount has always infuriated me. Also "the other day" can mean literally any day in the last month.

As a professor of mathematics at a research university in the south. This is all absolutely correct. I’m pretty sure that Cantor discovered uncountable infinities when he first started to determine how many dollar generals there were.

The fact that when he said the word problem the first time I immediately blurted out "whatever's left after were all done"

It’s Matt’s throwaway lines, like “this was made in China”, that always put me on the floor. The man’s brilliant!

As a teacher, I now want to change my clip chart to a opossum chart.

As a Georgia girl, the sad (and funny) thing about this great video is that I understood everything this teacher said. I am crying laughing. Welcome to Georgia 🤣

Wait until he tries to figure out how far away "around the corner" is, how far a "fair piece" is, and exactly how many meals you gotta pack for "a ways away".

As a southerner in college in the north I was baffled when someone corrected my use of “a couple them over there.” (I was referring to like 4). My roommate just looked at me like I was dumber than a tide pod for like a minute and then sat me down and explained for a couple minutes (like 3 or something) how “a couple” means specifically 2.

No lie, this is what moving from Boston to NC just in time to start 2nd grade felt like. I was just sitting in class like "I don't understand half of these words"

“Unless we’re at Krispy Kreme, where a dozen could be 24, depending on the kind of special they’re running.” Omg so true!!! 😂😂😂😂😂

My high school math teacher loved saying something was “yay big” without ever telling us how big a yay was.

In fifth grade (in NC), we got a list of colloquialisms like “cattywaumpus” and “as the crow flies” as a vocab list. It was the most useful vocab list I ever had in school! 😂

I was expecting Matt to say "ALL of them" in response to "how many of them get tea" ... I mean, who doesn't make enough tea for a hundred people when having a dozen friends over? If you don't have enough leftovers to feed a battalion after a gathering, you're doing it wrong 😂

“Backtalk me again and I WILL move your possum from the trash can to the road”. I’m implementing this behavior system in my classroom next week. Perfection. 🎉🎉😂

I'm a southern teacher of southern students! This was hilarious because it's true with our colloquial words and phrases. My students know that possum will get moved in a heartbeat! I can't wait to start teaching in rural Northern Ireland 🤣

You forgot the whole section of Southern math that involves measuring distance.

"the back says 'Made in China'" hit me hard--good one

Having been raised in the Mississippi public school system, I can confirm that this is exactly how they teach mathematics and why my degrees are in history and theology. 😂

Being a southerner born and bred, I can relate to this math class. But, you forgot to use the numbers passel and bunch as in, "They's a passel of people comin' toonaht. Better cook a bunch of food." My mom used to say grunch, too.

I’ve been helping out in kindergarten at my kids’ school recently. They use a color chart for behavior there too. The bit about moving the possum from the trash can to the road killed me. It’s a better chart than just colors.

I was also taught that a couple is anywhere from 2 -5, but a few started at 3. The overlap was because it depended on context. A few potato chips is certainly more than 5, but a few cars in your yard could be as little as 3 or 4.

Coming from a person born in Texas and raised in Oklahoma, this is brilliant! So classically Southern thinking and speaking! It makes perfect sense! Loved it! ❤

Funny, I learned a lot about southern cooking ( math+science) and it's always something weird, like I use a cup of flour, ( the cup is a small coffee cup) a pinch of this and a smidgen of that, also one of my favorites is, oh I just add til it looks right then I bake it 😹 I'm a master at not measuring anything anymore.. this is why southern people don't need numbers 😜🥰🐈🐾

Need to do one of these for distances in the south! Midwest distances include: "Headed to the neighbors" (1-2 miles), "Not too far" (about 1hr), "A bit" (about 2 hrs), and "Visiting family" (5+ hrs). Of course "Headed on down" is any direction.

Single: 1 Couple: 2 Few: 3 Several: 4-7 Quite a few: 8-11 Dozen: 12 Bakers dozen: 13 A bunch: 14-22 A whole bunch (sometimes said as a lot, although a lot has a different meaning as well): 23-32 A lot: 28-42. (Can also go above for certain things) A gross amount: 1000+ For smaller things these numbers usually go up. For example a few beans or a few/3 spoonfuls. A bunch of sand doesn’t describe the number of sand particles. There are more rules but this is a good starting point.

I would pay an unreasonable price to take this class if it was real

I am 100% using "Backtalk me again - and I'm moving your possum from the trash can to the road!" today!

The number of Dollar Generals just made me laugh too hard.

Born in AL, live in TN, you are the most correct person I've ever met.

Was glad to sit a spell and spend a bit watching this. Now I gotta go down over yonder a piece. Y'all have a good one.

“It’s a word problem, Jimbo!” - Quote of the Year

Love the “move the possum to the road” ! This is my favorite so far.😂😂😂😂

I lived in the south as a preschooler, and moved to the Midwest as a kindergartner. A couple/a few/some was the biggest struggle! I never knew what to expect.

I can't believe the algorithm kept this comedy gold away from me for a whole year! I laughed the whole time 😅❤

Having worked as a teachers aide in all elementary grades this is a gem! I especially love the possum 😂. Puts a new perspective on behaving 😊

But weren't you supposed to divide Shoo by the number of tornado sirens you get before noon then multiply by the number hours of winter you had this year? Asking for my northern friends..

It’s amazing what happens when you give a tired premise to a good writer. At first I was like “here we go again” but by the end I was like “I need to comment on how good this was”

I laughed so hard at this. This sounds like the discussions with my son, Matt. You Matthews are hilarious!!

Matt you have the best evil laugh, such a great sense of humor!

We're missing "a handfull" A handfull of my buddies went fishin and saw Nessy.

I am so glad i found this channel. This was absolutely hilarious.

This is prolly my favorite out of your whole mess of videos 😂😂😂

It's become painfully obvious who the writing talent was for "It's a Southern Thing"!!! Loving this channel, Matt! Keep up the hilarious work!!!

Ok, I'm from Colorado, and the teacher actually made sense in the description of Couple, Few, and a whole mess. Why couldn't I have him as my math teacher? I probably would have made it to quantum mechanics.

😂😂😂 "Back talk me again and I'm gonna move your opossum from the trashcan to the road." As an Elementary teacher, THIS moment was gold!!😂😂

Just watched your math class. Liked,subscribed, notifications and shared. The answer to everything is always 4, or a towel. You’ll go far.

When the question came up about ‘how long is this class?’ It felt like we slipped into the twilight zone. LOL This was so good, but scary at the same time. Loved it!

Well, shoot, maybe this explains my child's current math grades!! Keep 'em comin' Matt!

I love these, as a Southerner now living in the Pacific Northwest, I look at these vids and just laugh to myself going "yeah, that's about how it is" lol

This one is my top favorite! Thanks for the laughs!

This channel is very helpful for us southerners who moved up north. It's like a pocket translator for our Yankee friends.

Marvelous. Matt, you are a treasure. That possum idea is clever, all by itself, and all the rest rocks. Your acting is superb - there were three little extras that really made it snap - Bravo!

This is invaluable. Thank you so much for the free resource!

“I will move your ‘possum from the trash can to the road!” I shot coffee out my nose…

The possum had me laughing so hard!

Southern Math needs to be a series.

First time watching your channel. I'll just slide right over here to hit that subscribe button if you don't mind and begin my unhealthy binge watching your channel. Thank you 😂

That was absolutely hilarious. Thank you. That made my day😂

"Back talk me again and I will move your possum from the trashcan to the road" 😂😂

Finally, a math teacher that makes sense. I've been mad as all get out with all the free loaders showing up to the bbq

Thanks for the pinch of laughter in my day.

You, sir, are hilarious! I'm subscribing.

In 5th grade, our math teacher wrote out all of the quantity words (couple, few, some, many, etc.) and made us assign values to them individually then as a group. Was intended as multiple lessons rolled up into one and I'll never forget it; individual vs group think (generally consensus decision is better), how people give different meaning to vague descriptors so you can't assume you understand the same, the meaning of the words, etc.

The genius required to make this cannot be overstated! Pure comedy gold!

Omg I about died laughing. Thank you random recommendation. I so needed this. Best part is this is so legit

Had the hardest day, and this video finally made me laugh. Thank u.

Hilarious as usual although you forgot the "he aint no bigger than a minute" or "It's been a minute since I've seen you." Southern sayings go on forever!

you forgot a baker's dozen which is more than 12 cause a baker would make an extra one making it 13.

Good grief! You have no idea how frustrating the “couple” part got me!

The evil chuckle/laugh at the end is, just, the cherry on top😂

I lost it when you said you'd move the possum from the trash can to the road, lollll

Yes! I had a whole mess of laughs during this one. Thank you for finally explaining a couple.

Hilarious 😂😂😂 I can't stop watching these!!!

This made more sense than it should've!

All the Dollar General stores ♾😂😂😂

I am proud to say I am southern, I hate math, and I aced this class. I understand southern math. 😁

I don't remember my math classes like this, but the example of using tea... that always seemed to be a thing.

This was the funniest thing I didn't know I needed

This is like me talking to my husband... Where I'm the smart teacher 🤣🤣🤦🏻‍♀️

I love the "Not southern" guy meets "southern everything". These are absolutely the best! Now I'm gonna go make a whole mess'a biscuits ta go wit my sausage gravy.

Thanks man, I needed this.

This was excellent. Cattywompus is real lingo Tight script. Good job I subbed

This is my kind of math 🤣

C'mon, Matt! Ya didn't even get into distance measurements! This Yankee is still tryin' to figure out how far a country mile is! 😁

'Move your possum from the trash can to the road'! That's a new one!

" I’m moving your possum to the road." Genius

I'm going back to school as an adult and started college algebra yesterday....first math class in 14 years....this is exactly how it felt.

It was like being around my North Carolina family again. Aaaah, the memories of the accents, ideas and definitions. Sweet memories, that is. Thanks for the laughs. God bless you.

Lesson 2 should be units od measure. " a touch vs. a pinch of seasoning," "around the corner", "a minute vs. A hot minute" " a while"

This was the most HILARIOUS yet frustrating thing I've ever seen on UKposts! 🤣🤪🤣😖

I can be having the worst day and Matt always makes me laugh! Plus he always makes my day better too! 😂

Brilliant. This math makes more sense than the new math.

This was great. It made my day. Thank you.

This was very enlightening. I always wondered how math didn’t seem to work with some people.

The Southern vs. The Realist set is perfect... keep 'em coming!

When I first saw Matt on the other channel I didn't think he was very funny. But he has really upped his comedy game and is very creative and hilarious. Definitely a very funny guy now.

I appreciate your sense of humor. I’ve experienced this math while shopping at a gas station. My goods were charged double until my travel Buddy who shared the same ethnicity said she’s with me. She got her stuff free and I paid the true price instead of double.

That was a whole mess of fun but I could only watch that a few times!