You Might Be From Ohio
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Introduction
Some of the items on this list have been attributed to comedian, Jeff Foxworthy, but others apparently originated elsewhere. I am unable to determine for certain the sources of these.
You might be from Ohio if.......
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Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.
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You've never met any celebrities.
I know the mayor of Bryan on a first name basis----does that count?
3
Vacation means visiting Hocking Hills, King's Island, or Cedar Point.
I've been to Hocking Hills and King's Island a couple of times. Cedar Point I have been to more times than I can count. :->
4
You've seen all the biggest bands ten years after they were popular.
usually at the state or county fair
5
You measure distance in minutes.
"How far is it to Defiance?"
"Oh, it's about 20 minutes from here."
"Oh, it's about 20 minutes from here."
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You know several people who have hit a deer.
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Your school classes were cancelled because of cold.
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Your school classes were cancelled because of heat.
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You've ridden the school bus for an hour each way.
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You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
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You know what should be knee-high by the Fourth of July.
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If someone yells out O....H....., you immediately yell back I.....O..... without even realizing you've done it.
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You know the "Hang On Sloopy" song by The McCoys.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hang_on_Sloopy
www.scarletandgray.info/osu/songs/hang_on_sloopy.…
And you know where to put in the "yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah" parts too!
Click the second link and scroll down the page to find the sound clip if you want to hear it.
Click the second link and scroll down the page to find the sound clip if you want to hear it.
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You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it no matter what time of the year.
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All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, or grain.
www.popcornfestival.com/index.htm
I grew up in the Marion, Ohio area. We went to the very first Popcorn Festival ever. I've also been to the Circleville Pumpkin Festival--see pictures below. In the area where I live now, the town to the north of us has Montpelier Bean Days Festival which I have been to a few times. The McClure Radish festival is also fairly close to us here, but I've never been to that one.
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You install security locks on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
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You think of the major four food groups as beef, pork, beer, and Jell-O salad with marshmallows.
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You carry jumper cables in your car.
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You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
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Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
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You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie.
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The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page but requires six pages for sports.
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You've been camping enough to know which leaves make good toilet paper.
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You find -20 degrees F "a little chilly".
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You know all 4 seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter, and Construction.
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You know what a real buckeye is, and have a recipe for candy ones.
allrecipes.com/Recipe/Buckeyes-I/Detail.aspx
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You know that Serpent Mound was not made by snakes.
I visited this spot many years ago when I was just a kid.
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You wear shorts the first day of the year it isn’t below zero and snowing…just because you can.
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You see Christmas lights up in July.
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You think all Pro football teams are supposed to wear orange.
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You live less than 30 miles from some college or university.
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"Toward the lake" means "north" and "toward the river" means "south."
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You can spell words like Cuyahoga, Olentangy, Bellefontaine, Tuscarawas, Wapakoneta and you know which letter is doubled in Cincinnati.
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You know what "pop" is.
our word for "soft drink" or "soda"
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You know who "Buckeye Chuck" is.
www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2399
our version of the groundhog who comes out on Groundhog's Day to see whether or not he will see his shadow which predicts if there is to be an early spring
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You know what euchre is, how to say it, and how to spell it.
A friend of mine plays euchre at least once a week in an ongoing tournament.
These are great miss daisy, a lot of them would apply to Missouri too.
Excellent list, daisydear. Made me love my little missoury town, also.
Steve is our mayor.
We know the occupants in the three other vehicles at the 4-way stop.
The policeman will return a basket that fell off your car if it has a paper in it with your name.
The guy at the service station will tell you when your daughter had FIVE people in the front of her dad's truck!!!
The coffee shop lets you come back later to pay when you forget your money...
M-I-Z-Z-O-U! MIzzorah!
Hope you are thawing out a bit!
Steve is our mayor.
We know the occupants in the three other vehicles at the 4-way stop.
The policeman will return a basket that fell off your car if it has a paper in it with your name.
The guy at the service station will tell you when your daughter had FIVE people in the front of her dad's truck!!!
The coffee shop lets you come back later to pay when you forget your money...
M-I-Z-Z-O-U! MIzzorah!
Hope you are thawing out a bit!
Thank you all for your very kind words. You made my day. :)
Kathybelle, I'm afraid we're not thawing quite yet. More like we've been on ice so long that freezer burn is starting to set in! }8-{
Two new inches of snow yesterday, four more so far today--it is still coming down. Schools were open yesterday but have closed back up again for today.
I bet if Steve and Doug--our mayor--- got together they'd have some good mayor stories to swap!
Also, "it takes a village" is true here too. On more than one occasion my sons have wished that the good folks of our town weren't quite so "caring." ;-)
Kathybelle, I'm afraid we're not thawing quite yet. More like we've been on ice so long that freezer burn is starting to set in! }8-{
Two new inches of snow yesterday, four more so far today--it is still coming down. Schools were open yesterday but have closed back up again for today.
I bet if Steve and Doug--our mayor--- got together they'd have some good mayor stories to swap!
Also, "it takes a village" is true here too. On more than one occasion my sons have wished that the good folks of our town weren't quite so "caring." ;-)
I am sorry there is still frost on your pumpkin! :-(
I had to tell you this story - another virtue of villages.
Just now, my mom ran into a deep ditch at the intersection of Hamrick and Hawthorne.
Jamie, an office employee returned from lunch and said, "Kathy, my grandpa just went to tow a car out of the ditch that looks just like your mom's!'
I headed out.
Two minutes later, the editor of the paper called..."Kathy, I just thought I better let you know there is an incident involving your mother..."
It was a crowded intersection. There was the wrecker and his wife (Jamie's grandpa and grandma) James (a man who helps us with yard work) and Rita (a fellow church member.)
My mom looked at me with great disappointment.
"OH NO," she said, "I wanted to get out of here before you saw me!!"
She was fine.
It takes a village.
I had to tell you this story - another virtue of villages.
Just now, my mom ran into a deep ditch at the intersection of Hamrick and Hawthorne.
Jamie, an office employee returned from lunch and said, "Kathy, my grandpa just went to tow a car out of the ditch that looks just like your mom's!'
I headed out.
Two minutes later, the editor of the paper called..."Kathy, I just thought I better let you know there is an incident involving your mother..."
It was a crowded intersection. There was the wrecker and his wife (Jamie's grandpa and grandma) James (a man who helps us with yard work) and Rita (a fellow church member.)
My mom looked at me with great disappointment.
"OH NO," she said, "I wanted to get out of here before you saw me!!"
She was fine.
It takes a village.
Wonderful story, Kathybelle. News travels fast! Your mom should have known you'd hear about it even if she had gotten out before you arrived. :-> I'm so glad she is OK.
I would like to clarify something. Kathybelle would know the occupants of the vehicles if she EVER LOOKED. I remember sitting at that four way stop, waving & waving at KB, she sitting there oblivious. Then going into the newspaper office where we both kind of worked and saying, "Kathy, why didn't you wave at me?" And she says, I didn't see you and I don't have any idea what vehicles people drive.
I love your village. It helped raise my children, too.
I love your village. It helped raise my children, too.
I'm not getting any better, Pambellina!
Update on my 81 year-old ma. She said so many people stopped that it looked like there was an auction going on nearby! She had a great time. I'm a little concerned she has the wrong idea about ditch diving!
Oh me O my O lets get back to OhiO!
Update on my 81 year-old ma. She said so many people stopped that it looked like there was an auction going on nearby! She had a great time. I'm a little concerned she has the wrong idea about ditch diving!
Oh me O my O lets get back to OhiO!
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