Just for the record ..... these don't ALL apply to us!!!
*You think the state Bird is Larry.
*You can say "French Lick" without laughing out loud.
*There's actually a college near you named "Ball State."
*You know Batesville is the casket making capital of the world, and
you're proud of it.
*You could never figure out spring forward-fall back, so screw Daylight
Savings Time!
*Your feelings get hurt whenever someone points out the acronym for
Purdue University is PU.
*You know several people who have hit a deer.
*Down south to you means Kentucky.
*You have no problem spelling or pronouncing Terre Haute.
*Your school classes were canceled because of cold.
*Your school classes were canceled because of heat.
*You know what the phrase "knee-high by the Fourth of July" means.
*You've heard of Euchre, you know how to play Euchre, and you are the
master of Euchre.
*You've 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 katty corner.
*You install security lights on your house and garage ... then leave both of
them unlocked.
*You carry jumper cables in your car regularly.
*You drink pop.
*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 it in spring and fall to be stuck behind a farm
implement driving on the roads. You just hope it's 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.
*The local paper covers national and international 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.
*You can name every one of Bobby Knight's exploits.
*The biggest question of your youth was IU or Purdue.
*Indianapolis is the BIG CITY.
*Every one knows what you mean when you say "The Race".
*Getting stuck by a train is a legitimate excuse for being late to
school.
*The Wabash River is the biggest body of water near your house.
*You know several different definitions as to what a Hoosier really is.
*Everyone knows who the town cops are, where they live, and whether
they're at home or on duty.
*You've been to the Covered Bridge Festival. You took back roads to get
there. Why sit in traffic?
*To you, tenderloin is not an expensive cut of beef, but a big, salty,
breaded piece of pork served on a bun with pickle.