You know your from indiana when:

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You Know You're From Indiana When...


You drive for three hours and the scenery outside doesn't change.

There's three feet of snow on the ground and school is still in session.

You only go to the mall once a year 'cause it takes too long to get there.

While driving all you see is corn.

People still have Christmas decorations up at Easter.

You start saying to yourself "More than corn in Indiana my butt."

Anyone with a cell phone looks out of place.

Walking through Wal-Mart with two carts full of kids is normal.

Wnyone with a tan is rich.

The hip hang-out place is McDonald's.

There really is more than corn in Indiana. There’s soybeans, too.

When you plan an orgy and a Euchre game breaks out.

A restaurant has an invisible wall in the non-smoking section and you believe it works.

Speeding consists of 2 miles over the speed limit.

You think you don't have to use a turn signal on your car because you don't use it on your tractor.

You build your dream house on a cornfield, and you considered it posh.

You warsh your clothes and you think George Warshington was the first president.

You're proud to be called a Hoosier, even if you don't know what one is.

You have no problem spelling or pronouncing "Terre Haute"

Detassling was your first job. Bailing hay, your second.

You can 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 day.

You say things like "catty-wumpus" and "kitty-corner".

You own a dirtbike or a ATV.

You live in a city ... and there's a cornfield in your backyard.

High school basketball game draws a bigger crowd on the weekend nights than movie theaters.

You can see at least 2 basketball hoops from your yard.

You can name every one of Bob Knight's "exploits" over the last few years.

You shop at Marsh.

Damon Bailey was your childhood hero.

The biggest question of your youth was "IU or Purdue?"

Indianapolis is the "big city".

"Getting caught by a train" is a legitimate excuse for being late to school.

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.

You actually know what the CART vs IRL debate is about and have taken a side.

To you, a raccoon is simply a "coon".

The vehicle of choice in your area is not a car, but a pickup.

Someone you know is BIG John Mellencamp fan.

You've been to the Covered Bridge Festival.

To you, a tenderloin is not an expensive cut of beef, but a big, salty, breaded piece of pork served on a bun with pickles.

You call a green bell pepper a "mango".

Sometimes, you call the toilet the "commode" or the "stool".

In the fall, one of your favorite pranks was corning cars.

You know what FFA and 4H stand for.

You know what chip-and-seal is, and your high school was located on just such a road.

You go the county fair every night of it's week-long duration.

You can say "French Lick" without laughing out loud.

There's actually a college near you named "Ball State."

The last "g" is silent in any word ending in "ing."

You think the state Bird is Larry.

You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Indiana.





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“Is this Nicole AGAIN?”

“You mix up the possessive "your" with the contraction for "you are".
last edited: 1/12/05 2:43:12 PM”

“I am guessing yes”

“your sayin we ain't no good at talkin???
lmao”

“Many of these apply of Michigan people as well. God help 'em. ;)”

“You warsh your clothes and you think George Warshington was the first president.

ok..I am from Ohio...NW....north of Lima...and we wondered where I got "warsh my clothes"...it must be from my mother, who's family is from the Ft. Wayne area......”

“You don't think of Florida first when someone mentions Miami.

You snicker when someone's from Tiffin, because you think of the State Hospital.

You think Pro football teams are supposed to wear orange!

You've heard of 3.2% beer.

Schools close for the state basketball tournament.

You're proud of your state fair, but would rather go to Cedar Point.

You live less than 30 miles from some college or university.

You know what a buckeye really is, and have a recipe for candy ones.

"Toward the lake" means "north" and "toward the river" means "south."

You've heard of the Great Nickel Beer Night Riot.

You know if other Ohioians are from southern or northern Ohio as soon as they open their mouths.

You root for a college team though you've never taken a class there.

You can spell words like Cuyahoga, Olentangy, Bellefontaine, and Tuscarawas

You always visit more than two amusement parks in one summer.

You know that Serpent Mounds were not made by snakes.

You know what game they're playing when the Mud Hens take on the Clippers.

Vacation" means spending a day at Cedar Point or King's Island.

Down south to you means Kentucky.

You thought that the Michael Stanley Band was the most popular band in the country.”

“...your new governor (republican) got rid of Six top Indiana Department of Environmental Management administrators because they impede economic development.

http://www.indystar.com/articles/0/208801-1310-009.html

(fuego)”

“I'm actually not surprised The Goat...enviorment isnt top priority in Indiana...clearly....”

“But to get rid of those who are trying to protect citizens from corperations which pollute the very world we live in? Weren't most of Indiana's waterways considered polluted last year? Where shall I bathe now, eh?
I see this as another attack by the National Republican leadership in their war on our environment.”

“"I see this as another attack by the National Republican leadership in their war on our environment.”

You may want to look into glasses then. LOL! This is a STATE governor making STATE cuts and replacements.”

“LOL!

My dad's wife still says "WARSCH" eventho they have been married for 20 years and live in WisKONsin for that long!”

“You wake up in the bottom of a oubliette, just like you have for the last six months, and there's a bottle of hand lotion in a bucket above you.”

“That's Ohio bit. :)”

“there is NO place BETTER than


CEDAR POINT!!!!!!!!”

“Nothing greater than being at the top of the Magnum looking out across the lake as far as the eye can see...and then choking on yer nuts at 65 MPH.”

“Nigal....have you been on the Millenium yet>>>>
O M G”

““Nothing greater than being at the top of the Magnum looking out across the lake as far as the eye can see...and then choking on yer nuts at 65 MPH.”
Nigal
4:10:52 PM
1/13/05
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OH MY GOD! That had to be the coolest feeling I ever had! If I remember right, you cannot even see the track. That was the thing that freaked me out.

We are thinking about a weekend trip there this summer. Anyone interested?”

“The Magnum is a great coaster.....so it the Gemini.....but I still love the Blue Streak!!!!!!......
LOVED the Raptor!!!...omg........

WK...that sounds wonderful....wooo hooooo....I haven't been there in a few yrs...
I took my kids...we waited in line 3 hours to ride the Millenium.....it was worth it.....I could not get a comb thru my hair after......it goes like 80 some MPH?????...and the first drop is like over 300 ft.........when you are driving towards CP all you can see is the Millenium....wooohoooooooo”

“Try 100 mph Div. That is torwards the end of the night. I was too chicken to ride it. It was the first year for that coaster. They have a new coaster as of a year or so ago.

Get a load of this...

http://www.cedarpoint.com/public/inside_park/rides/thrill/ttd/specs/index.cfm”

“O M G


I can't imagine......120 MPH????????


and over 400 ft tall??????

here...hold my glasses.....

LOL”

“Big time on that! Plus, it's a 90 degree drop!

Totally sweet! Don't eat lunch before this ride, your liable to loose it.”

“I like the Demon Drop too....wooohoooo”

“here....hold my lunch...
LOL.hahahahaha”

“NO NO NO...Not in my hat!”

“not in your hat....BUT in your lap!!”

“A Cedar Point trip would be cool if everyone could blow off a day of work and go during the week.”

“Nigel... Please share with us your knowledge of the new Indiana Governor and his connections to the National Republican leadership.”

“but even during the week it is busy!!!.....”

“...when you have a record high and a record low forecasted for the same week.

it's supposed to be 87 today and a low of 34 on saturday...and of course i'm going camping saturday so i'm gonna freeze me arse off”

“Puss! Wear clothes!”

“...but i don't like to wear clothes ;)”

“C'mon, 34 is WARM!”

“34 is NOT warm. Warm is 94....



ugh....

thats it, im not going anywhere. im gonna spend my vacation curled up nice and warm at home!”

“Bring on the cold baby!”

“So I'm watching this story on MSNBC last night about this lovely family that gets their kids taken away from them cause they were beating them when the t-shirt the dad was wearing catches my eye. I look closer and it's an Indiana University shirt. Of course, later in the program they confirm that they are indeed from Indiana. Classic, it never fails. I remember back in the day when I was a restaurant manager I'd see guys on the Jerry Springer show and the caption under their picture was always "Restaurant Manager from Indiana". Well I got out of the restaurant business, now I guess it's time for me to move too. LOL

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9612031”

“Move to upstate NY. We need more TTers.”

“We don't need any more like that in Florida.”

“huh...just why did I move here anyway? :P”

“

"Come wander Indiana!"”

“Cause I am here Nicole!”

“I think I saw that guy when my car broke down in Gary.”

“no, i'm sure you didn't see THAT guy in Gary lumber, and that's all i'm gonna say”

“Actually I didn't see much of Gary except a lot of garbage lying on the side of the highway.”

“You've been to Hudson Lake, the Indiana Sand Dunes and Kokomo.”

““Actually I didn't see much of Gary except a lot of garbage lying on the side of the highway.”
lumberzac

gary IS a lot of garbage lying on the side of the highway”

“LOL, from what I was told a few days later it was also the murder capital of the world. At least that's what my buddy in Bloomington said.”

“it is. they annually finish at or near the top in murders per capita for the u.s.”

“then again, ive never seen an official chart, maybe its just an urban legend”