How to tell if you are "Country"..........
Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor
and combine crew on the highway.
You've seen all the biggest bands ten years after they were popular.
You
measure distance in miles. Not minutes.
You've been to a tractor rally.
You know people who have hit deer
or cattle.
You know who has to pay for the damage to your truck and the dead cow when you hit one.
Your school
classes were canceled because of cold, but only when it was -40 F or colder and the schools boiler ran out of coal.
You
know what a red beer and a whiskey ditch are.
You think the best beers available on the market today are Rainier, Oly,
and Coors.
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've seen people wear bib overalls at funerals.
You
see a car running in the parking lot at the store 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?" or "If you go to the mall I wanna go with."
You
often reply "you bet!" or "hell yes!"
All the festivals across the state are named after fruits, vegetables, grain
or testicles.
You've gotten a "To Go" drink from the local bar.
You've stopped by the local bar to cash a check.
You
install security lights on your house and barn and leave both unlocked.
You think of the major four food groups as
beef, pork, beer, and Jell-O salad with marshmallows.
You carry jumper cables in your car.
You know what "Cow
Tipping", "Garden Raiding" or "Snipe Hunting" are.
You only own 3 spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup.
You understand
that it is simply not proper to put ketchup or steak sauce on a good steak.
You know someone who's lost their license
due to a DUI and have seen their tractor or snowmobile parked at the local bar.
You design your kid's Halloween costume
to fit over a snowsuit.
You've gone to the grocery store on a snowmobile.
Driving is better in the winter because
the potholes are filled with snow.
Driving in the winter is often simply a matter of staying between the fence
posts.
You think that washing your pickup is a waste of time and money.
You have never owned a vehicle that
did not have cracks in the windshield.
You think everyone from a bigger city is stuck up.
You think sexy
winter lingerie is a flannel ! nightie and tube socks.
You know how many cords of wood it will take to get through
the winter.
The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page but requires 6 pages for High School
Sports.
You think that the opening of elk season should be a national holiday.
You carry a roll of toilet paper
in the glove box in case you have to stop and go by the road.
Your radio antenna is an old clothes hanger or piece
of baling wire.
You find -20 degrees F "a little chilly".
You know all 4 seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still
Winter, and Construction.
You know what a real Rocky Mountain Oyster is, and have a recipe for them.
You
know what a Pasty is.
You know how to properly pronounce the capital.
You know someone who's shot themselves
accidentally.
Driver's Education was a joke for you and all your classmates since you all had been driving since you
were 10.
You actually understand these jokes and forward them to all your
Ole Country friends
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