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You Know You're From Indiana When...

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

• 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've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day Or "stoke the fire" and "fling open the windows"for the older version

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

• You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked

• You carry jumper cables in your car regularly

• You drink "pop"

• You know what "cow tipping" is

• You know that Bailin' wire was the predecessor to Duct tape

• You know that strangers are the only ones that come to your front door

• Kids and dogs ride in the passenger seats of cars and the backs of pick ups.

• You think nothing of it in spring and all to be stuck behind a farm implement driving on the roads

• High school basketball game draws a bigger crowds than movie theaters

• Driving is better in the winter because the pot-holes are filled with snow

• The local paper covers national and international headlines on 1 page but requires 6 for sports

• Most can repeat the scores of the last 8 IU games, but unless the VP is a Hoosier, we aren't sure who he is

• If you can see at least 2 basketball hoops from your yard

• You can name every one of Bob Knight's "exploits" over the last 20 years

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

• Indianapolis is the "big city"

• The Wabash River is the "biggest body of water" near your house

• You know of several different definitions as to what a Hoosier really is

• 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

• People in your neighborhood, really, REALLY like NASCAR

• You actually know what the CART vs. IRL debate is about, and you 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

• 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 pepper a "mango"

• Sometimes you call the toilet the "commode" or the "stool"

• Everyone in your town knows the high school quarterback and basketball starters..personally

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

• You know what "corning" is

• Half of the kids at your high school were related to each other...and knew about it

• The rest of the kids at your school eventually discovered they were--after running into each other at family reunions

• Wal-Mart is the most exciting place in your hometown

• Technically, you don't even live in a town

• The County fair is THE social event in your area

• You go to the fair every night of it's week-long duration

• Everyone at your high school has dated each other. Literally

• You know what FFA stands for

• A typical party at your high school consisted of a bunch of people driving trucks into the woods or an empty field, lighting a bonfire, and staring at it while drinking a few beers

• "Y'all is an acceptable form of address for groups of three or more people

• Your friends' parents had all the same teachers in high school that you had

• You are so used to the smell of pig poop that it doesn't really disgust you anymore

• You had friends who wore their mud/poop/dirt covered "barn shoes" to school

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

• You think that Notre Dame is a college in South Bend, and not a cathedral in France

• You know at least five people who own belt buckles with their initials on them

• Cows have been known to graze on your high schools baseball diamond.

• The first time you made love was in the back seat.

• Your grandfather drove you to the grade school prom when you we're 15...

• Bobby Knight is Like Bill Clinton neither should be fired. Their book will be on your book shelf after it's written!!!!