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| To you, tenderloin is not an expensive cut of beef, but a big, salty, breaded piece of pork served on a bun with pickles. You learn algebra just so you can figure out what time it is in your section of the state. An hour isn't that long of a drive if it means you can buy beer on Sunday . You've made a potato gun and have tried cow tipping Indy seems like the "Big City" You know people that would sell their children and their soul for better 500 tickets You know that Indiana has only 2 seasons....Winter and Road Construction You will always call it The Hoosier Dome and Deer Creek You have the right to call that five hundred mile race "Indy" rather then the Indianapolis 500 You don't have to take the Camel out of you mouth to tell some one to fuck off You have heard of the Superbowl and NBA Championships, but have no idea what the trophies look like. It's JUNE and you have your winter coat in the trunk of your car...JUST IN CASE. Your parents save up for the big family vacation in GATLINBURG, TN. You know why the two Kentuckians in the back of a pickup truck drowned when their truck went off a bridge... You get cold chills and cheer every time Hickory wins the State Championship game. You know Michael Jackson, Axl Rose and John Mellencamp's home towns. The smell of Pig shit remidns you of home. If you know what Ace No Face, Shitty Kitty and Screw the Dealer is. You are still a die-hard Notre Dame fan. If you know what a FIP is. You can remember where the Hook's Drug Store used to be. You not only go to the State Fair but your home county's 4-H fair at least once every year. You start every game for your high school team in all three major sports for four years of high school. You think that New Castle, In is the center of the basketball universe. You know that Corydon was the original capital. You know where Corydon is. You know that Dan Quale and Evan Bayh are different people. You can drive 3 minutes to a bar but have to go 90 minutes to get to a decent shopping mall. You know the difference between a field cultivator and a rotary hoe. You still can't figure out the county roads. (2193 South 700 West) ?? Is it a GPS system You know the gestation period of a pig.(3 months, 3 weeks, 3 days.) You say stuff like that's a damn nice lookin heifer you got there, son. She'll make a nice brood cow. You have had your hand in a cow's ass at one time in your life. You know that you will most times hear the rain coming across the corn before you see it. You know that there is a big difference between red and white and cream and crimson. You think it must be hard for people to live within 1000 yards of their nearest neighbor. You might use the word "colored" to refer to an African-American. You know that the only thing dumber than a FIP is someone from Kentucky. You can identify which county people are from by the numbers on their license plates and it makes a big difference to you which county they are from. For more Information on Indiana License Plate and HOW to figure out which county people are from, CLICK HERE Cricks are creeks, things aren't ruined, they are runt, and no one is mentally hadicapped, they are touched. You still get goosebumps when you hear "Back Home Again in Indiana" before the 500. You read out of state newspapers, cause the Indy Star sucks! You think the State Bird is Larry. You know that "Mellencamp" went to "Cougar" and back to "Mellencamp." You can say "French Lick" without laughing out loud. There's actually a college near you named "Ball State" You graduated from a college named "Ball State" You know Batesville is the "casket making capital of the world," and you're proud of it. The last "g" is silent in any word ending in "ing." You could never figure our "spring forward-fall back," so "Screw Daylight Savings Time!!" Your feelings get hurt whenever someone points out the acronym for Purdue University is "P-U". You know several people who have hit a deer. You've never met any celebrities . You've seen all the biggest bands 10 years after they were popular. You have no problem spelling or pronouncing "Terre Haute". Your school was cancelled because of cold. Your school was cancelled because of heat. You know what the phrase "Knee-high by the Fourth of July" means. 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. You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. Example: "Where's my coat at?" 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". You install security lights on your house and garage, then leave both of them unlocked. You drink "pop". You know that bailin' 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. High school basketball games draw bigger crowds on the weekends than movie theaters, IF you have movie theaters. 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. Can repeat the scores of the last eight IU games, but unless the MVP is not from the state, you are not sure who he is. You can see at least two basketball hoops from your yard and are proud of it. Damon Bailey was your childhood hero. The biggest question of your youth was "IU or Purdue?" "Getting caught 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. __________________________________________________________________ What is a Hoosier Anyways...? Here are some of the other popular theories: When a visitor hailed a pioneer cabin in Indiana or knocked on its door, the settler would respond, "Who's yere?" Indiana rivermen were so spectacularly successful in trouncing or "hushing" their adversaries in brawling that they became known as "hushers" and eventually Hoosiers. There was once a contractor named Hoosier employed on the Louisville and Portland Canal who preferred to hire laborers from Indiana. They were called "Hoosier's men." "Hoosier" was used throughout the South in the 19th century to refer to woodsmen or rough hill people. The word traced back to "hoozer," in the Cumberland dialect of England. This derives from the Anglo-Saxon work "hoo" meaning high or hill. _____________________________________________________________________ People at your high school chewed tobacco. Everyone knows who the town cop is, where he lives, and whether he is at home or on duty. To get to school you had to drive on a gravel road, a road with several right-angle turns in it, or if you were really lucky, over a covered bridge. People in your neighborhood really, REALLY like NASCAR. You actually know what the CART vs IRL debate is about and have taken a side. The vehicle of choice in your area is not a car, but a jeep or pickup. You've actually been to the Covered Bridge Festival. You took back roads to get there. "Why sit in traffic?" New Hoosier-isms !! You know what a "Pacer" is. You know what a "Cutter" is. You deny the Colts were ever in Baltimore You know "The Dunes" are in Indiana (not Egypt) You can name every one of Bob Knight's "exploits" over the last few years. You shop at Marsh. You've ever had toswitch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day OR "Stoke the fire" and "fling open the windows" for the older version. |
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