This is so true.......... Jeff Foxworthy says you must be an Iowa if.............
- You've never met any celebrities...and you don't really care.
- Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.
- "Vacation" means driving through the Amanas or going to Adventureland.
- You've seen all the biggest bands ten years after they were popular.
- You measure distance in minutes.
- Down south to you means Missouri.
- You know several people who have hit a deer.
- You have no problem spelling or pronouncing Des Moines.
- Your school classes were canceled because of cold.
- Your school classes were canceled because of heat.
- You know what "Hawks, Panthers, and Clones" are.
- You've ridden the school bus for an hour each way.
- You've had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
- You think ethanol makes your truck "run a lot better".
- You know what's knee-high by the Fourth of July.
- Stores don't have bags, they have sacks.
- You see a car running in the parking lot at the Quick Stop with no one in it no matter what time of the year.
- You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. Example: "Where's my coat at?"
- All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable or animal.
- You can locate Iowa on the US map.
- Detassling was your first job or that of a brother or sister.
- Your idea of a really great tenderloin is when the meat is twice as big as the bun and accompanied only by ketchup and a dill pickle slice.
- You learn your pickup will run without a muffler.
- You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
- When asked how your trip was to any foreign, exotic place, you say "It was different".
- You consider being called a "Pork Queen" an honor.
- You carry jumper cables in your car.
- You drink "pop".
- You know what the numbers 80, 35, 280 and 380 mean.
- You know what "cow chips" are.
- You actually understand these statements and pass them on to all your Iowa friends.
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