Raised in a Small Town, Grew Up in the City
After looking over a couple of entries on my f-list that were the "You Know You're From (insert state here) When..." meme, I decided to do one myself! I have plenty of time to kill anyway. Though, like some people have chosen, I'm just going to list the ones that I know/apply to me instead of pasting them all and bolding. STOLEN FROM A BUNCH OF PEOPLE.
Unsurprisingly, more of the South Dakota ones are known/apply to me, and really, the Oklahoma one seems to apply more to those that live in the country, not the city like myself, but anyway.
Let's start with the lovely state in which I raised. :)
You Know You're from South Dakota When...
You have worn shorts and a sweater at the same time.
Your town has an equal number of bars and churches. (Pretty much. 3 churches, a bar, and a tavern, which is pretty much the same thing.)
You've had to correct someone on how to pronounce Pierre.
You know people who have hit a deer more than once.
You see people wearing hunting clothes at social events.
You don't lock your house or your car. (Of course, I do this NOW, but when I lived there, my parents didn't do either.)
The local gas station sells live bait.
You don't buy all your vegetables at the grocery store. (To this day, I can NOT eat canned corn. GROSS. And I can tell the difference.)
You can tell the smell of a skunk and the smell of a feed lot apart.
You know not only 'what' but 'where' Sturgis is.
Your first big trip in life was to see Mt. Rushmore and visit the Flintstone's Bedrock City in Custer.
You enjoy eating your state bird.
You don't leave the house during the summer without covering yourself in mosquito repellent.
You've been snowmobiling.
You freak out when you see Mt. Rushmore on a TV show or a movie. (Sad, I know.)
You consider 50 degrees in March a warm day.
You know what a "farmer wave" is.
You know what a jackalope is.
You know the difference between the Hutterites and the Amish.
School wasn't canceled unless there was over 2 feet of snow on the ground.
You consider any place with a population over 5,000 to be a city, not a town. (Most people consider places under 25,000 small, and I can't for the life of me think that way.)
You measure distance in hours.
You Know You're From Oklahoma When...
Bedlam is a BIG deal. (A HUGE deal. You'd think it was Superbowl weekend or something.)
You've worn flip flops in the winter.
There are at least 2 to 3 Sonics, McDonalds, and Little Ceasars in your town.
You know that Miami, Oklahoma and Miami, Florida are pronounced two different ways.
You can properly pronounce Eufaula, Gotebo, Okemah and Chickasha.
You learned how to shoot a gun before you learned how to multiply. (Though, that was when I lived in South Dakota, haha.)
You have heard the following conversation: "You wanna Coke?" "Yeah." "What kind?" "Dr. Pepper." (I WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND THIS D: I made so many mistakes at the movie theater at the beginning because people kept saying they wanted "2 large cokes" or something of the sort and when I, you know, started to put Coke in it, THEY TOLD ME THEY WANTED SPRITE/SOMETHING ELSE)
Your high school football team is a big deal. (SO TRUE. They would air are games on local television, and there were actually a couple of games that were aired on ESPN. My high school had one of the top 25 high school football teams in the nation. Yep yep.)
Unsurprisingly, more of the South Dakota ones are known/apply to me, and really, the Oklahoma one seems to apply more to those that live in the country, not the city like myself, but anyway.
Let's start with the lovely state in which I raised. :)
You Know You're from South Dakota When...
You have worn shorts and a sweater at the same time.
Your town has an equal number of bars and churches. (Pretty much. 3 churches, a bar, and a tavern, which is pretty much the same thing.)
You've had to correct someone on how to pronounce Pierre.
You know people who have hit a deer more than once.
You see people wearing hunting clothes at social events.
You don't lock your house or your car. (Of course, I do this NOW, but when I lived there, my parents didn't do either.)
The local gas station sells live bait.
You don't buy all your vegetables at the grocery store. (To this day, I can NOT eat canned corn. GROSS. And I can tell the difference.)
You can tell the smell of a skunk and the smell of a feed lot apart.
You know not only 'what' but 'where' Sturgis is.
Your first big trip in life was to see Mt. Rushmore and visit the Flintstone's Bedrock City in Custer.
You enjoy eating your state bird.
You don't leave the house during the summer without covering yourself in mosquito repellent.
You've been snowmobiling.
You freak out when you see Mt. Rushmore on a TV show or a movie. (Sad, I know.)
You consider 50 degrees in March a warm day.
You know what a "farmer wave" is.
You know what a jackalope is.
You know the difference between the Hutterites and the Amish.
School wasn't canceled unless there was over 2 feet of snow on the ground.
You consider any place with a population over 5,000 to be a city, not a town. (Most people consider places under 25,000 small, and I can't for the life of me think that way.)
You measure distance in hours.
You Know You're From Oklahoma When...
Bedlam is a BIG deal. (A HUGE deal. You'd think it was Superbowl weekend or something.)
You've worn flip flops in the winter.
There are at least 2 to 3 Sonics, McDonalds, and Little Ceasars in your town.
You know that Miami, Oklahoma and Miami, Florida are pronounced two different ways.
You can properly pronounce Eufaula, Gotebo, Okemah and Chickasha.
You learned how to shoot a gun before you learned how to multiply. (Though, that was when I lived in South Dakota, haha.)
You have heard the following conversation: "You wanna Coke?" "Yeah." "What kind?" "Dr. Pepper." (I WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND THIS D: I made so many mistakes at the movie theater at the beginning because people kept saying they wanted "2 large cokes" or something of the sort and when I, you know, started to put Coke in it, THEY TOLD ME THEY WANTED SPRITE/SOMETHING ELSE)
Your high school football team is a big deal. (SO TRUE. They would air are games on local television, and there were actually a couple of games that were aired on ESPN. My high school had one of the top 25 high school football teams in the nation. Yep yep.)