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medic
11-03-2003, 05:25 AM
> *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,
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Floyd
11-29-2004, 05:17 PM
Thats Good Medic http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-faces-toast-beers.gif

jdhowe75
11-29-2004, 05:30 PM
I&#39;m not from Indiana but that was great!

inchr48
12-07-2004, 01:28 PM
My old neighbor when I was growing up summed up Hoosier logic pretty well. He said, "I wear a size 8 shoe, but 9&#39;s feel so good, I&#39;ll buy 10&#39;s ".