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Date Posted: 05:42:44 06/29/01 Fri
In reply to:
Relo from StL
's message, "You know you are from Missouri if ..." on 04:50:01 06/29/01 Fri
And I make fun of my hubby for being from Texas all the time--apperantly I've got some hillbilly/redneck thing going on too,cause I certainly got almost all of those :)
Thanks for the laugh!
>I got these from a friend in St. Louis ---
>
>Most of these are on target others are a little less
>than accurate, but the last one is the true test of if
>you are a true Missourian or not.
>
>You Know You're from Missouri If:
>1. You've never met any celebrities.
>2. Everyone you know has been on a "Float trip"
>3. "Vacation" means driving to 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.
>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.
>10. Your school classes were canceled because of cold.
>11. You know what "party cove" is.
>12. Your school classes were canceled because of heat.
>13. You instinctively ask someone you've just met,
>"What High School did you go to?"
>14. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in
>the same day.
>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 the
>year.
>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 3 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 6 pages for sports.
>30. You think I-44 is spelled "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 ever said, "it's not the heat, it's the
>humidity."
>37. You know all 4 seasons: Almost Summer, Summer,
>Still Summer, and Construction.
>38. You know if another Missourian is from the
>bootheel, 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 actually get these jokes and forward them to
>all your Missouri friends!! :)
>43. You know what "HOME OF THE THROWED ROLLS' means!!!
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