Thursday, July 12, 2007
You Know You're in Missouri When...
I'm a Missouri Girl - born and bred right here in the heartland. I've never lived anywhere else. Even during my college tours, I never left Missouri. So when my Aunt Sandy sent me this email, I had to post it here. It's just so funny... if you're from Missourah!
I've decided to place in bold the ones that truly are descriptive of me or my family...
Growing up in Missouri
1. You've never met any celebrities.
2. Everyone you know has been on a "Float Trip."3. "Vacation" means driving to Branson, Silver Dollar City, Worlds of Fun or Six Flags.
4. You've seen all the biggest bands ten years AFTER they were popular.
5. You measure distance in minutes rather than miles. For example, “Well, Webb City 's only 20 minutes away."
6. Down south to you means Arkansas .
7. The phrase "I'm going to the Lake this weekend" only means one thing.
8. You know several people who have hit a deer.
9. You think Missouri is spelled with an "ah" at the end. (That would be my husband!)
10. Your school classes were cancelled because of cold.
11. You know what "Party Cove" is.
12. Your school classes were cancelled because of heat.
13. You instinctively ask someone you've just met, "What High School did you go to?" (I do this all the time!)
14. You've had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day. (Truly this does happen in my house!)
15. You think ethanol makes your truck "run a lot better."
16. You know what's knee-high by the Fourth of July.
17. You see people wear bib overalls at funerals.
18. You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it, no matter what time of day.
19. You know in your heart that Mizzou can beat Nebraska in football.
20. You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. Example: "Where's my coat at?"
21. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, or grain.
22. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
23. You think of the major four food groups as beef, pork, beer, and Jell-O salad with marshmallows.
24. You carry jumper cables in your car and know that everyone else should.
25. You went to skating parties as a kid.
26. You only own three spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup.
27. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
28. You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie.
29. The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page, but requires six pages for sports.
30. You think I-44 is spelled and pronounced "farty-far." ( St. Louis only.)
31. You'll pay for your kids to go to college unless they want to go to KU.
32. You think that "deer season" is a National Holiday.
33. You know that Concordia is halfway between Kansas City and Columbia , and Columbia is halfway between St. Louis and Kansas City , and the Warrenton Outlet Mall is halfway between Columbia and St. Louis.
34. You can't think of anything better than sitting on the porch in the middle of the summer during a thunderstorm.
35. You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
36. You've said, "it's not the heat, it's the humidity."
37. You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, Still Summer and Football.
38. You know if another Missourian is from the Boot-heel, Ozarks, Eastern, Middle or Western Missouri soon as they open their mouth.
39. You know that Harry S Truman, Walt Disney and Mark Twain are all from Missouri.
40. You failed World Geography in school because you thought Cuba , Versailles , California , Nevada , Houston , Cabool , Louisiana , Springfield , and Mexico were cities in Missouri . (And they are!)
41 You think a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor.
42. You know what "HOME OF THE THROWED ROLL" means.
Why else would he want to pass up the home of the throwed rolls?!
If you are reading this and are from Missouri, please leave me a comment and let me know how true you think this is... and which number is most descriptive of you!
More about our trip to Branson soon...
Labels: fun
4 Comments:
Well I'm not from Missouri, but I thoroughly enjoyed reading this. But one question -- what's a "Float Trip"?
Funny! Of course I'm not from MO either. However, I did grow up in Missouri City, TX, and my mom always passed rolls by throwing them to the individual who wanted one!
"You'll pay for your kids to go to college unless they want to go to KU." This would be hubs philosophy.
#42! OMG! That's where I came from! Sikeston!!! I have to say that SEVERAL fit the bill in my book!
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