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Jennifer Hutchison (Schoonover)
Johnnette Redd Sayre had this posted on myspace.com ~ I couldn't resist.......thanks jojo
**Growing up in Arkansas
You know you're from Arkansas if:
1.
'How 'bout them Hogs' is a common phrase around
your house.
2. Everyone you know has been on a 'Float Trip.
'
3.
'Vacation' means driving to Hot Springs or maybe
even Branson.
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, Conway 's only 20 minutes away.
'
6. Up North to you means Missouri .
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.
9. Your school classes were canceled because of cold.
10. Your school classes were canceled because of heat.
11.
You instinctively ask someone you've just met,
'What High School did you go to?'
12.
You've had to switch from 'heat' to 'A/C' in the
same day.
13.
You think ethanol makes your truck 'run a lot
better.
'
14. You see people wear bib overalls at funerals.
16.
You see a car running in the parking lot at the
store with no one in it, no matter what time of the
year.
17.
You know in your heart that Arkansas can beat
Texas in football.
18.
You end your sentences with an unnecessary
preposition.
Example: 'Where's my coat at?'
19.
All the festivals across the state are named after
a fruit, vegetable, animal or grain.
20.
You install security lights on your house and
garage and leave both unlocked.
21.
You think of the major four food groups as beef,
pork, catfish, and Sweet Tea.
22.
You carry jumper cables in your car and know that
everyone else should.
23. You went to skating parties as a kid.
24.
You only own four spices: salt, pepper, ranch and
ketchup.
25. You eat dinner at noon and supper at night.
26.
The local paper covers national and international
headlines in one column, but requires six pages for
sports.
27.
You think I-40 is spelled and pronounced 'ah
fahty.
'
28.
You'll pay for your kids way through college
unless they want to go to UT.
29.
You think that 'deer season' is a National
Holiday .
30.
You know that you can't get anywhere without going
through Little Rock first.
31.
You can't think of anything better than sitting on
the porch in the middle of the summer during a
thunderstorm.
32.
You know what time to be home for curfew -- not
because of the law, but because of the mosquitos!
33.
You've said, 'It's not the heat, it's the
humidity.
'
34.
You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer,
Still Summer, and Football.
35.
You know if another Arkansan is from the Ozarks,
Northern, Central, or Southern part of AR as soon as
they open their mouth.
36.
You failed World Geography in school because you
thought Paris , London , Bismark & Nashville were cities
in Arkansas (& they are)!
37.
You think a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to
pass a tractor.
38. You know what 'Wooooo Pig Sooie ' means.
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