Shamelessly stolen from BiW who did a hilarious one on Washington. So here's the Oklahoma version:
You could be from Oklahoma if:
1. You can properly pronounce Eufaula, Gotebo, Okemah, and Chickasha. (U-fall-a, Go-tee-bo, O-key-ma, Chick-a-shay.)
2. You think that people who complain about the wind in their states are sissies. (Yep. The Windy City isn't Chicago.)
3. A tornado warning siren is your signal to go out in the yard and look for a funnel. (Guilty.)
4. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway. (Or waiting behind a truck hauling a doublewide.)
5. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day. (We call that Spring.)
6. You know that the true value of a parking space is not determined by the distance to the door, but by the availability of shade. (Especially in August.)
7. Stores don't have bags, they have sacks. ( I still call them bags but I'm not a native.)
8. You see people wear bib overalls at funerals. (Yes, I have.)
9. You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.
10. You measure distance in minutes. ("im about 5 minutes away")
11. You refer to the capital of Oklahoma as "The City."
12. It doesn't bother you to use an airport named for a man who died in an airplane crash. (Will Rogers World Airport in OKC.)
13. Little smokies are something you serve only for special occasions. (Like the Super Bowl.)
14. You go to the lake because you think it is like going to the ocean. (No, to me, lakes are like big mud puddles.)
15. You listen to the weather forecast before picking out an outfit. (Yes.)
16. You know cowpies are not made of beef.
17. Someone you know has used a football schedule to plan their wedding date. (What I will do if I get married again. I had to miss the OU/TX game one year for my niece's wedding. Pissed me off.)
18. You have known someone who has had one belt buckle bigger than your fist. (Half the men in this state.)
19. A bad traffic jam involves two cars staring each other down at a four-way stop, each determined to be the most polite and let the other go first. (Guilty.)
20. You know in which state "Miam-uh" is and in which state "Miam-ee" is. (The first is in northeast Oklahoma. The second is in South Florida.)
21. You aren't surprised to find movie rental, ammunition, and bait all in the same store. (Nope. One stop shopping.)
22. Your "place at the lake" has wheels under it. (No, but I have seen them.)
23. A Mercedes Benz is not a status symbol. A Ford F350 4x4 is. (A Ford? Try a Chevy.)
24. You know everything goes better with Ranch. (These people keep Kraft in business.)
25. You learned how to shoot a gun before you learned how to multiply.
26. You actually get these jokes and are "fixin" to send them to your friends..
Finally, you are 100% Oklahoman if you have ever heard this conversation:
"You wanna Coke?"
"Yeah."
"What kind?"
"Dr. Pepper."
However, I added a few:
27. If you had a state legislator introduce a bill to provide boxing gloves for roosters.
28. You know Barry Switzer's complete win/loss record. (157-29-4).
29. You firmly believe that Les Miles is a traitor.
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3 comments:
Cool list.
"Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweeping down the plain" isn't just a song lyric I guess, but point of fact, The Windy City was originally a reference to Chicago politicians and their long-winded political speeches.
If you think lakes are mud puddles, its because you never dipped your toes into the Great Lakes.:-)
HILARIOUS!!!
"You wanna Coke?"
"Yeah."
"What kind?"
"Dr. Pepper."
Yep, I've been guilty of that my entire life. I always thought it was just a Texan thing.
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