1. You can properly pronounce Eufaula, Gotebo, Okemah, and Chickasha .
2. You think that people who complain about the wind in their states are sissies.
3. A tornado warning siren is your signal to go out in the yard and look for a funnel.
4. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.
5. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
6. 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.
7. Stores don't have bags, they have sacks.
8. You see people wear bib overalls at funerals.
9. You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.
10. You measure distance in minutes. ("I'm about 5 minutes away.")
11. You refer to the capital of Oklahoma as "The City."
12. It doesn't bother you to use an airport named for a man who died in an airplane crash.
13. Little smokies are something you serve only for special occasions.
14. You go to the lake because you think it is like going to the ocean.
15. You listen to the weather forecast before picking out an outfit.
16. You know cowpies are not made of beef.
17. Someone you know has used a football schedule to plan their wedding date.
18. You have known someone who has had one belt buckle bigger than your fist.
19. A bad traffic jam involves two cars staring each other down at a four- way stop, each determined to be the most polite! and let the other go first.
20. You know in which state "Miam-uh" is and ! in which state "Miam-ee" is.
21. You aren't surprised to find movie rental, ammunition, and bait all in the same store.
22. Your "place at the lake" has wheels under it.
23. A Mercedes Benz is not a status symbol. A Ford F350 4x4 is.
24. You know everything goes better with Ranch.
25. You learned how to shoot a gun before you learned how to multiply.
26. You actually get these jokes and are "fixin" to send them to your friends..
27. Finally, you are 100% Oklahoman if you have ever heard this conversation:
{ 12:12, Tuesday, April 29, 2008 }
{ Posted by Squeaker }
I loved it. Believe it or not, my husband was born in EUFAULA in 1932. I believe it is under water now, isn't it??? I loved Oklahoma and my introduction to poke salet (Sp?) My mother in law, loved it and I thought it was pretty good too. That and black eyed peas. Thanks for the memories
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{ 05:11, Tuesday, April 29, 2008 }
{ Posted by GypsyFarmGirl }
Oh my word I am not Oklahoma Native, just transplanted here via military orders, but I am laughing because unfortuantly I can answer almost all of those(even chickasha :)
Too funny, but you gotta also remember when speaking of Oklahoma City you dont say the full name you say OKC.lol and every where you go someone or somthing is wearing OU outfits
These are so true
{ 05:28, Tuesday, April 29, 2008 }
{ Posted by homesteadnpink }
I am from oklahoma and have seen this before, but laugh evertime I see it, because it soooo true.....lol.
I live in one of the above named towns, and laugh every time someone pronounces it wrong. Thanks for sharing these. I can honestly admit that I said yes to almost all of them. lol.