On a Lighter Note

I saw this on a blog somewhere and stupid me forgot to copy and paste the originator of this list. So, sorry if I couldn't/didn't give credit where credit is due!

My comments (of course I have to give them) is in the parenthesis.

Zan and Megan should be able to agree with a few of these!

If you grew up in Missouri like I did, some of this just might hit home.
Growing up in Missouri

1. You've never met any celebrities. (But Brad Pitt and John Goodman were born here)

2. Everyone you know has been on a "Float Trip,"

3. "Vacation" means driving to Silver Dollar City, Worlds of Fun or Six Flags. (my family we to Silver Dollar City once in Branson... two words NEVER AGAIN)

4. You've seen all the biggest bands ten years AFTER they were popular.

5. You measure distance in minutes rather than miles. For example, "Well, Webb City's only 20 minutes away." (I honestly thought everyone did that)

6. Down south to you means Arkansas.

7. The phrase "I'm going to the Lake this weekend" only means one thing.

8. You know several people who have hit a deer. (Yeah, Several)

9. You think Missouri is spelled with an "ah" at the end. (uh, disagree on that.. only the inbreeds do)

10. Your school classes were canceled because of cold. (‘Cause half the schools don’t have heat)

11. You know what "Party Cove" is. (Wanna get nude and party…. Go there) (sidenote an entire girls gone wild was taped there)

12. Your school classes were canceled because of heat. (no AC in the schools either)

13. You instinctively ask someone you've just met, "What High School did you go to?"

14. You've had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day. (the electric company loves you for it)

15. You think ethanol makes your truck "run a lot better." (eh, doesn’t make it smell any better though)

16. You know what's knee-high by the Fourth of July. (certainly do, do you?)

17. You see people wear bib overalls at funerals. (I plead the fifth)

18. You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it, no matter what time of day.

19. You know in your heart that Mizzou can beat Nebraska in football.

20. You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. Example: "Where's my coat at?" (I thought everyone that was American did)

21. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, or grain. (or Beer)

22. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.

23. You think of the major four food groups as beef, pork, beer, and Jell-O salad with marshmallows.

24. You carry jumper cables in your car and know that everyone else should. (Yeah damn right you should)

25. You went to skating parties as a kid. (Every Saturday… and this was on roller skates not those silly inline skates)

26. You only own three spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup.

27. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit. (or a raincoat and snowsuit combo)

28. You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie.

29. The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page, but requires six pages for sports.

30. You think I-44 is spelled and pronounced "farty-far." (St. Louis only.)

31. You'll pay for your kids to go to college unless they want to go to KU.

32. You think that "deer season" is a National Holiday.

33. You know that Concordia is halfway between Kansas City and Columbia, and Columbia is halfway between St. Louis and Kansas City,
and the Warrenton Outlet Mall is halfway between Columbia and St. Louis.

34. You can't think of anything better than sitting on the porch in the middle of the summer during a thunderstorm.

35. You know which leaves make good toilet paper.

36. You've said, "it's not the heat, it's the humidity." (It is fucking true windchills make a difference in the winter and so does humidity in the summer).

37. You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, Still Summer and Football.

38. You know if another Missourian is from the Boot-heel, Ozarks, Eastern, Middle or Western Missouri soon as they open their mouth.

39. You know that Harry S Truman, Walt Disney and Mark Twain are all from Missouri.

40. You failed World Geography in school because you thought Cuba, Versailles, California, Nevada, Houston, Cabool, Louisiana, Paris, Springfield, and Mexico were cities in Missouri. (And they are!)

41. You think a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor. (Believe me it’s a son of a BITCH)

42. You know what "HOME OF THE THROWED ROLL" means. (Good food, just gotta learn to DUCK)

43. You actually get this and forward it to all your Missouri
friends (Yes, yes I am)