You must be from Indiana if... -Youve never met any celebrities -Your idea of a traffic jam is 10 cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway -You measure distance in minutes -Down south to you means Kentucky -You know several people who have hit a deer -You have no problem spelling or pronouncing Terre Haute -Your school classes were cancelled because of cold -Your school classes were cancelled because of heat -You know where all the Yoders live -Youve ridden the school bus for an hour each way -Youve ever had to switch from heat to A/C in the same day -You think ethanol makes your truck run a lot better -Stores dont have bags, they have sacks -You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition -All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, or meat -Detassling was your first job -Your idea of a really great tenderloin is when the meat is twice as big as the bun and accompanied only by ketchup and a dill pickle slice -You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked -When asked how your trip was to any foreign or exotic place, you say, It was different. -You consider being called a Pork Queen an honor -You carry jumper cables in your car -You drink pop -You know what cow tipping is and....... You know youre from Indiana when: You think the state bird is Larry. Theres actually a college near you named Ball State. At your county fair, you see all the biggest bands ten years after they were popular. Youve heard of Euchre, you know how to play Euchre, and you are the master of Euchre. Youve seen a running car, with nobody in it, in the parking lot of the grocery store, no matter what time of year it is. You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. Example: Wheres my coat at? or If you go to the mall I wanna go with. You install security lights on your house and garage, then leave both of them unlocked. You think of the major four food groups as beef, pork, beer, and Jell-O salad with marshmallows. When asked how your trip was to any foreign, exotic place, you say, It was different. You carry jumper cables in your car regularly and your wife/girlfriend >knows how to use them. You drink pop. Kids and dogs ride in the passenger seats of cars and the backs of pickups. You think nothing of it in spring and fall to be stuck behind a farm implement driving on the roads. You just hope its not a hog truck >or a manure spreader. High school basketball games draw bigger crowds on the week- >end than movie theaters, IF you have a movie theater. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow. Newspapers have international news &headlines on one page but requires six for local sports. You can repeat the scores of the last eight NBA games, but, unless the MVP is a Hoosier, you are not sure who he is. You can see at least two basketball hoops from your yard. The biggest question of your youth was IU or Purdue. Indianapolis is the BIG CITY. Getting stuck by a train is a legitimate excuse for being late to school. You know several different definitions as to what a Hoosier really is. Everyone knows who the town cops are, where they live, and whether theyre at home or on duty. To you, tenderloin is not an expensive cut of beef, but a big, salty, breaded piece of pork served on a bun with pickle. You design your kids Halloween costume to fit over his snowsuit. You know all four seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, construction. You actually understand these jokes and...... -You know what the phrase knee-high by the Fourth of July means. -You could never figure out spring forward-fall back, so screw Daylight Savings Time! -You can say French Lick without laughing out loud. · Theres actually a college near you named Ball State . -You know Batesville is the casket-making capital of the world and youre proud of it.· -You could never figure out spring forward-fall back, so screw Daylight Savings Time! - Youve seen a running car, with nobody in it, in the parking lot of the grocery store, no matter what time of year it is. -Detassling was your first job. Bailing hay, your second. Or you could stack hay, swim in the pond to clean off and then have the strength to play a couple of games of hoops, all in the same barn lot on the same day. -You say things like catty-wampus and kitty corner and know what they mean. - You catch frogs at the crick. -If you want someone to hear you, you holler at em. -You know that baling wire was the predecessor to duct tape. -You know that strangers are the only ones who come to your front door. -Kids and dogs ride in the passenger seats of cars and the backs of pickups. -You think nothing of driving on the roads and being stuck behind a farm implement in spring and fall. You just hope its not a hog truck or a manure spreader. -High school basketball games draw bigger crowds on the weekend than movie theaters, IF you have a movie theater. -Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow. -The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page but requires six for local sports. -Youve been to the Covered Bridge Festival. And you took back roads to get there. Why sit in traffic? -You end your sentences with prepositions, as in Wheres it at? or Wheres he going to?
Posted on: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 23:04:05 +0000