Time Out Tuesday: I’m an Indiana girl

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You know you’re from Indiana when…

 

You don’t know what a “Pacer” is, and have never even wondered.

You know that “Mellencamp” went to “Cougar” and back to “Mellencamp.”

You know what a “Cutter” is.

You deny the Colts were ever in Baltimore.

You know “The Dunes” are in Indiana (not Egypt).

You can say, “French Lick” without giggling.

There’s actually a college near you named “Ball State.”

You still can’t understand why Knight got fired.

You know Batesville is the “casket making capital of the world.”

The last “g” is silent in any word ending in “ing.”

You’ve never heard of “Daylight Savings Time.”

You know several people who have hit a deer.

You’ve never met any celebrities.

You’ve seen all the biggest bands ten years after they were popular.

No matter how bad it gets, you’ll always have Kentucky to pick on.

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. [Note: Greatest. Card. Game. Ever.]

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.

You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. Example: “Where’s my coat at?”‘ or “If you go to the mall, I wanna go with.”

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

You’ve ever had to switch from “heat” to “A/C” in the same day.

You say things like “catty-wumpus” and “kitty-corner.”

You have jumper cables in your car.

You drink “pop”.

You know that bailin’ wire was the predecessor to duct tape.

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.

On game night, the high school basketball gym is the most populous “city” in the county.

Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.

The local paper covers national and international headlines with one page, but local sports requires six.

You can see at least 2 basketball hoops from your yard.

You can name every one of Bob Knight’s “exploits” over the last few years.

You shop at Marsh.

Damon Bailey was your childhood hero.

The biggest decision of your youth was “IU or Purdue?”

The second biggest decision was “Ford or Chevy?”

“Getting caught by a train” is a legitimate excuse for being late to
school.

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

People at your high school chewed tobacco.

To get to school you had to drive on a gravel road, a road with several right-angle turns in it or if you were really lucky, over a covered bridge.

You actually know what the CART versus IRL debate is about and 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 are a BIG John Mellencamp fan.

You’ve been to the Covered Bridge Festival

You “take back roads to get there.” Why sit in traffic?

To you, a “tenderloin” is not an expensive cut of beef, but a big, salty, breaded piece of pork served on a bun with lettuce, tomato, pickles, and mayonnaise.

 

Tawny

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