Personally, I consider these truths!

[SIZE=2]You're 100% Alabamian if…….


1. You can properly pronounce Arab, Opelika, Lafayette, Oneonta, and Eufaula.

2. You think people who complain about the heat in their states are sissies.

3. A tornado siren warning is your signal to go out in the yard and look for a funnel.

4. You know that the true value of a parking space is not determined by the distance to the door, but by the availability of shade.

5. Stores don't have bags or shopping carts, they have sacks and buggies.

6. You've seen people wear bib overalls at funerals.

7. You think almost everyone from a bigger city has an accent.

8. You measure distance in minutes.

9. You go to the lake because you think it is almost like going to the ocean.

10. You listen to the weather forecast before picking out an outfit.

11. You know cowpies102 are not made of beef.

12. Someone you know has used a football schedule to plan their wedding date or other important event.

13. You have known someone who has a belt buckle bigger than your fist.

14. You aren't surprised to find movie rental, ammunition, beer, and bait all in the same store.

15. A Mercedes Benz isn't really a status symbol. A Ford 250 Extended Bed Crew Cab is.

16. You know everything goes better with Ranch.

17. You learned how to shoot a gun before you learned how to multiply.

18. You actually get these jokes and are "fixin' " to send them to your friends.

Finally:

19. You are 100% Alabamian if you have ever had this conversation:

"You wanna coke?"

"Yeah."

"What kind?"[/SIZE]

[rjose]

Originally Posted by SvilleKid

12. Someone you know has used a football schedule to plan their wedding date or other important event.

There are a lot of weddings in Michigan on U of M's bye week.

[5thDan]

Great post Cliff. Here is one I found For michigan

* If you define summer as three months of bad sledding.

* If you think Alkaline batteries were named for a Tiger outfielder.

* If you can identify an Ohio accent.

* If your idea of a seven-course meal is a six pack of Strohs and a bucket of smelt.

* If owning a Japanese car was a hanging offense in your hometown.

* If you know someone from Porch Yeurn.

* If you know what a "Yooper" is.

* If your car rusts out before you need the brakes done

* If you know what a panczki is.

* If half the people you know say they are from Detroit, yet you don't personally know anyone who actually lives in Detroit.

* If the Big Mac is something you drive across.

* If you believe "Down South" refers to Toledo.

* If "Up North" means north of Clare.

* If you drive 75 on the highway and always pass on the right.

* If your little league baseball game has ever been snowed out.

* If you know what a pastie is.

* If you knew how to drive a boat before you learned to ride a bicycle.

* If you know Mackinac rhymes with Mackinaw.

* If you occasionally cheer "Go Lions-and take the Tigers with you."

* If the word "Thumb" brings to mind a geographical rather than an anatomical definition.

* If you've ever experienced frostbite and sunburn in the same week.

* If you expect Vernor's when you order Ginger Ale.

* If you know that Kalamazoo not only actually exists, but isn't too far from Hell.

* If your favorite holidays are Christmas, Thanksgiving, and the first day of deer season.

* If your snowmobile and fishing boat have big block Chevy engines.

* If either your Mother or Father disowns you for the week of the Michigan-Michigan State game.

* If your year has two seasons-winter and construction.

* If you know what a millage is.

* If traveling coast-to-coast means going from Port Huron to Muskegon.

* If half of the change in your pocket is Canadian.

* If you point to the palm of your right hand when explaining to people where you grew up.

* If you call Lake Michigan the West Coast.

* If your definition of a small town is one that doesn't have a lake

* If your family breaks into violence during the UM-MSU game (any sport!)

* If snow tires come standard on all your cars.

* If at least 50% of your relatives work for the auto industry.

* If you learned to pilot a boat before the training wheels were off your bike.

* If you don't understand what the big deal about Chicago is.

* If someone asks you if you've been to Europe and you answer, "No, but I've been to Ann Arbor".

* If you have any idea who Bob Ufer was.

* If octopus and hockey go together as naturally as hot dogs and baseball.

* If traveling coast to coast means going from Port Huron to Muskegon.

* If you think "going up north" would be a great vacation....in January.

* If you refer to your relatives in southern Michigan as "trolls" or "lopers".

* If the "Big Three" can mean either Ford, Chrysler and GM or Domino's, Little Ceasers's and Hungry Howie's.

* If you have no problem spelling Mackinac Island.

* If you had to get a passport to go to Ohio.

* If you have as many Canadian coins in your pockets as American ones.

* If your kid's baseball and softball games have ever been snowed out.

* If the trees in your backyard have spigots.

* If you know that a place called "Kalamazoo" really exists.

* If you bake with "soda" and drink "pop".

* If you drive 70 mph on the highway and pass on the right.

* If your favorite hockey team's mascot is an octopus.

* If you have a favorite hockey team.

* If you don't have a coughing fit from one sip of Vernor's.

* If you know how to play Euchre.

* If you know how to pronounce Euchre.

* If you see nothing wrong with watching fireworks in Detroit on July 2nd.

* If you find yourself incapable of throwing cans and bottles away when you are in another state.

* If you use the term "party store" to describe a store where you buy snacks, beer and liquor.

* If you know how to pronounce Sault Ste. Marie.

* If you get excited about turning 19.

* If you or your child has ever watched Sesame Street in French.

* If you've used the term "Yooper."

* If you've heard the band "Da Yoopers."

* If you know the words to any song by Da Yoopers.

* If you've ever told someone that your move to Alpena was a move to "a big city".

* If you've totaled more than three cars bagging a deer.

* If you met your spouse in a bowling alley.

* If you can't understand why the government feels threatened by the Freemen.

* If Paradise and Climax are not states but towns to you.

* If you know that Kazoo is not a toy, but a town (who actually calls it Kalamazoo anyway?).

* If you refer to Ann Arbor as A2.

[Darb85]

Originally Posted by SvilleKid

[SIZE=2]

19. You are 100% Alabamian if you have ever had this conversation:

"You wanna coke?"

"Yeah."

"What kind?"[/SIZE]

hell yeah and i thought only SoCal Did that

[Darb85]

Originally Posted by 5thDan

Great post Cliff. Here is one I found For michigan

* If you define summer as three months of bad sledding.

* If you think Alkaline batteries were named for a Tiger outfielder.

* If you can identify an Ohio accent.

* If your idea of a seven-course meal is a six pack of Strohs and a bucket of smelt.

* If owning a Japanese car was a hanging offense in your hometown.

* If you know someone from Porch Yeurn.

* If you know what a "Yooper" is.

* If your car rusts out before you need the brakes done

* If you know what a panczki is.

* If half the people you know say they are from Detroit, yet you don't personally know anyone who actually lives in Detroit.

* If the Big Mac is something you drive across.

* If you believe "Down South" refers to Toledo.

* If "Up North" means north of Clare.

* If you drive 75 on the highway and always pass on the right.

* If your little league baseball game has ever been snowed out.

* If you know what a pastie is.

* If you knew how to drive a boat before you learned to ride a bicycle.

* If you know Mackinac rhymes with Mackinaw.

* If you occasionally cheer "Go Lions-and take the Tigers with you."

* If the word "Thumb" brings to mind a geographical rather than an anatomical definition.

* If you've ever experienced frostbite and sunburn in the same week.

* If you expect Vernor's when you order Ginger Ale.

* If you know that Kalamazoo not only actually exists, but isn't too far from Hell.

* If your favorite holidays are Christmas, Thanksgiving, and the first day of deer season.

* If your snowmobile and fishing boat have big block Chevy engines.

* If either your Mother or Father disowns you for the week of the Michigan-Michigan State game.

* If your year has two seasons-winter and construction.

* If you know what a millage is.

* If traveling coast-to-coast means going from Port Huron to Muskegon.

* If half of the change in your pocket is Canadian.

* If you point to the palm of your right hand when explaining to people where you grew up.

* If you call Lake Michigan the West Coast.

* If your definition of a small town is one that doesn't have a lake

* If your family breaks into violence during the UM-MSU game (any sport!)

* If snow tires come standard on all your cars.

* If at least 50% of your relatives work for the auto industry.

* If you learned to pilot a boat before the training wheels were off your bike.

* If you don't understand what the big deal about Chicago is.

* If someone asks you if you've been to Europe and you answer, "No, but I've been to Ann Arbor".

* If you have any idea who Bob Ufer was.

* If octopus and hockey go together as naturally as hot dogs and baseball.

* If traveling coast to coast means going from Port Huron to Muskegon.

* If you think "going up north" would be a great vacation....in January.

* If you refer to your relatives in southern Michigan as "trolls" or "lopers".

* If the "Big Three" can mean either Ford, Chrysler and GM or Domino's, Little Ceasers's and Hungry Howie's.

* If you have no problem spelling Mackinac Island.

* If you had to get a passport to go to Ohio.

* If you have as many Canadian coins in your pockets as American ones.

* If your kid's baseball and softball games have ever been snowed out.

* If the trees in your backyard have spigots.

* If you know that a place called "Kalamazoo" really exists.

* If you bake with "soda" and drink "pop".

* If you drive 70 mph on the highway and pass on the right.

* If your favorite hockey team's mascot is an octopus.

* If you have a favorite hockey team.

* If you don't have a coughing fit from one sip of Vernor's.

* If you know how to play Euchre.

* If you know how to pronounce Euchre.

* If you see nothing wrong with watching fireworks in Detroit on July 2nd.

* If you find yourself incapable of throwing cans and bottles away when you are in another state.

* If you use the term "party store" to describe a store where you buy snacks, beer and liquor.

* If you know how to pronounce Sault Ste. Marie.

* If you get excited about turning 19.

* If you or your child has ever watched Sesame Street in French.

* If you've used the term "Yooper."

* If you've heard the band "Da Yoopers."

* If you know the words to any song by Da Yoopers.

* If you've ever told someone that your move to Alpena was a move to "a big city".

* If you've totaled more than three cars bagging a deer.

* If you met your spouse in a bowling alley.

* If you can't understand why the government feels threatened by the Freemen.

* If Paradise and Climax are not states but towns to you.

* If you know that Kazoo is not a toy, but a town (who actually calls it Kalamazoo anyway?).

* If you refer to Ann Arbor as A2.

oh yeah so true

[Warhorse545]

Originally Posted by Darb85

hell yeah and i thought only SoCal Did that

We do the same thing here.

Tornado siren warning is your signal to go out in the yard and look for a funnel. Man did this all the time as a kid in West Texas. Mom used to get mad as all get out. Don't have them around here. Heck most people probably do not know what one sounds like now days.


Stacey

[Darb85]

Originally Posted by Warhorse545

We do the same thing here.

Tornado siren warning is your signal to go out in the yard and look for a funnel. Man did this all the time as a kid in West Texas. Mom used to get mad as all get out. Don't have them around here. Heck most people probably do not know what one sounds like now days.


Stacey

they test one here every tuesday
10:00 pm right outside my window
scares the hell out of me

Originally Posted by Darb85

they test one here every tuesday
10:00 pm right outside my window
scares the hell out of me

Yeah, but do you go out in the yard and look for tornados when they test it!!??

[billysglitch]

Damn that reminds... Years ago on assignment in Arkansas I hit a fast food place and ordered a diet coke, the gal said what kind of coke? I said diet... She said what kind of diet coke? I said large... She's now upset and in a very southern accent says what kind of LARGE DIET COKE DO YOU WANT? Confused I said a large diet coke is correct... She screams at me to drive around and I approach the window with her and a manager looking at me as if I did something wrong. I ask them what is the problem? The manager says what kind of coke do you want? At this point I am stunned and sheepishly say a large diet coke... He then says do you want Coca-Cola? Afraid to answer I say yes if that would be alright? He then says where are you from? I say Minnesota. He says you have to tell us what kind of coke you want when at the speaker. I ponder this statement for a moment take my food and my Large diet coke and decide it is best to leave. As I start to drive away I hear from the first gal "Damn Yankee's holdin everybody up!"
It wasn't until later when talking to business associates that pop or soda is called coke throughout the area, and that even if you ordered a pepsi you would order a pepsi coke. I told them I was returning home...
Just thought I would share.

Originally Posted by billysglitch

Damn that reminds... Years ago on assignment in Arkansas I hit a fast food place and ordered a diet coke, the gal said what kind of coke? I said diet... She said what kind of diet coke? I said large... She's now upset and in a very southern accent says what kind of LARGE DIET COKE DO YOU WANT? Confused I said a large diet coke is correct... She screams at me to drive around and I approach the window with her and a manager looking at me as if I did something wrong. I ask them what is the problem? The manager says what kind of coke do you want? At this point I am stunned and sheepishly say a large diet coke... He then says do you want Coca-Cola? Afraid to answer I say yes if that would be alright? He then says where are you from? I say Minnesota. He says you have to tell us what kind of coke you want when at the speaker. I ponder this statement for a moment take my food and my Large diet coke and decide it is best to leave. As I start to drive away I hear from the first gal "Damn Yankee's holdin everybody up!"
It wasn't until later when talking to business associates that pop or soda is called coke throughout the area, and that even if you ordered a pepsi you would order a pepsi coke. I told them I was returning home...
Just thought I would share.

Yep, that's pretty much the size of it. Coke or Cola does not, in any manner indicate a brand name. Like asking for a soda in many parts of the U.S. Done south, Soda is what you put in your bread dough to help it rise when baking!

[billysglitch]

Yea it was a learning experience for me, I get a kick out of it now but I haven't been back to Arkansas since.

[Warhorse545]

It happens that way. And face it not many working the fast food industry have a lot of cultural experience. I would be just as lost trying to order something that far north I am sure. But a coke around here could mean any thing.


Stacey

[Jeff]

Originally Posted by 5thDan

* If you've heard the band "Da Yoopers."

* If you know the words to any song by "Da Yoopers."

I admit I've heard of Da Yoopers, but thankfully don't know any of the words to their songs.

[Kayak_Rat]

Why is this in the jokes forum? To be a citzen in arkansas you havr to have this checklist completed.




I love it.

[Darb85]

Originally Posted by SvilleKid

Yeah, but do you go out in the yard and look for tornados when they test it!!??

the first time it went off i did!!