Bruce Freeman
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Subject: YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM INDIANA WHEN...
> 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 %#$@#$ 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.
>
> 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. (THE TIDE HAS
> TURNED!)
>
> 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 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
> weekend than movie theaters, IF you have a movie
> theater.
>
> 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.
>
> 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 over
> the last few years.
>
> 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.
>
> 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 cop is, where he lives,
> and whether he is 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.
