how to know if you’re from ohio (pronounced uh - hi - uh):

• you think all pro football teams are supposed to wear orange...
• you know the 4 seasons: winter, still winter, almost winter and construction...
• you live less than 30 miles from some form of college or university...
• you know what a buckeye really is and have a recipe for candy ones...
• "toward the lake" means north and "toward the river" means south...
• you know if other ohioians are from southern or northern ohio as soon as they open their mouths...
• you can spell words like cuyahoga, olentangy, bellefontaine, tuscarawas and wapakoneta and you know which letter is doubled in cincinnati...
• "vacation" means spending a day at cedar point or king's island...
• you measure distance in minutes...
• your school classes were cancelled because of cold...
• your school classes were cancelled because of heat...
• your school classes were cancelled because of high water...
• you've ever had to switch from "heat" to "a/c" in the same day...
• you know what should be knee-high by the fourth of july...
• you end your sentences with a preposition, example: "Where's my coat at?"...
• you also add "then" to the end of most of your sentences, example: "So what'd you end up doing then?"...
• you install security lights on your house and garage but leave both unlocked...
• you carry jumper cables in your car...
• you know what "pop" is...
• you design your kid's halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit...
• you think driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow...
• the local paper covers national and international headlines on one page but requires 6 pages for sports...

*i guess this was a jeff foxworthy bit…but whatever…it’s still funny…

######Note: This post is from a very old Xanga blog of mine. A very, very old blog. In fact, it’s practically a museum. Be sure not to touch any old references or links. You won’t break them, they are most certainly already broken.