Monday, November 17, 2008

You can find anything with Google, I know I'm from Ohio because...

You Know You’re from Ohio When...

  • You've never met any celebrities.
  • Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.
  • "Vacation" means going to King's Island.
  • You've seen all the biggest bands ten years after they were popular.
  • You measure distance in minutes.
  • Down south to you means Kentucky.
  • You know several people who have hit a deer.
  • Your school classes were canceled because of cold.
  • Your school classes were canceled because of heat.
  • You've ridden the school bus for an hour each way.
  • You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
  • You think ethanol makes your truck "run a lot better."
  • You know what's knee-high by the Fourth of July.
  • Stores don't have bags; they have sacks.
  • You see people wear bib overalls at church.
  • You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it no matter what time of the year.
  • You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. Example:"Where's my coat at?" or "If you go to the mall I wanna go with."
  • All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, or grain.
  • You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
  • You carry jumper cables in your car.
  • You only own 3 spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup.
  • You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
  • Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
  • You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.
  • The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page but requires 6 pages for sports.
  • You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
  • You find -20 degrees F "a little chilly".
  • You know all 4 seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter, and Construction.
  • You know what a real buckeye is, and have a recipe for candy ones.
  • You know if another Ohioian is from southern, middle or northern Ohio as soon as they open their mouth.
  • You can say words like Cuyahoga and Tuscarawas.
  • You know that Serpent Mound was not made by snakes.
  • You actually get these jokes and forward them to all your Ohio friends.
  • Isn't it sad? You just said "yup" and "uh-huh" or aint that the truth" to most of these!!!

It was only fair after the Utah post that I throw this one on. I am most definitely from Utah now, but you can erase 18 yrs of livin it up in the Great Ohio!! Here's to us born and raised Buckeye's.

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