You know you grew up in Arkansas if...

This is the forward I was referring to in the previous post. There was a period in my life where I used to allow people to discredit me for being from Arkansas. I know that sounds a little over the top, but I promise you it is true. But I love my home state. It has so many talented, genuine people who are salt of the earth. Now there are definetly jerks and snooty people in Arkansas, but it just seems that people's acceptance is not as contingent on your socio-economic level as it is in other places. I learned that when I moved to Tennessee (which is funny b/c it's not like Tennessee is the taj mahal or anything). Now don't get me wrong- I love Tennessee! I am just saying that I feel like Arkansas made me a more well rounded person. - I love that I am capable to hold my own at a classy event, but also feel perfectly comfortable talking to some man from the back woods in the aisle of Walmart about how if you buy the jelly in the jar with a handle, you also get a free mug (True story- he was really excited about this discovery and had a pressing need to tell the world about it. I was intrigued). I love that no matter what your social level, you aren't above raising your arms in the air and calling those Hogs. So anyway, I got this forward from a fellow Arkansan, and I thought it was funny how many I related to (I highlighted in red the ones that were true for me.)

You grew up in Arkansas if...

1. You've never met any celebrities.
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. You think Arkansas is spelled with an "ah" at the end.
10.Your school classes were canceled because of cold.
11.You consider riding a mechanical bull true entertainment!
12.Your school classes were canceled because of heat.
13.You instinctively ask someone you've just met, "What High School did you go to?"
14.You've had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
15.You think ethanol makes your truck "run a lot better."
16.You know what's knee-high by the Fourth of July.
17.You 've seen people wear bib overalls at funerals.
18.You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it, no matter what time of the year.
19. You know in your heart that Arkansas can beat Texas in football.
20.You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. Example: "Where's my coat at?"
21.All the festivals across the state are named after a flower, fruit, vegetable, or grain.
22.You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
23. You believe the four food groups are beef, pork, beer and Jell-O Salad with marshmallows.
24.You carry jumper cables in your car and know that everyone else should.
25.You went to skating parties as a kid.
26.You only own three spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup.
27.You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
28.You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie.
29.The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page, but requires six pages for sports.
30.You think I-40 is spelled and pronounced "farty."
31.You'll pay for your kids to go to college unless they want to go to UT.
32.You think that "deer season" is a National Holiday.
33.You know that you can't get anywhere without going through Little Rock first.
34.You can't think of anything better than sitting on the porch in the middle of the summer during a thunderstorm.
35. You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
36.You've said, "It's not the heat, it's the humidity."
37.You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, Still Summer, and Football.
38.You know if another Arkansan is from the Ozarks, Northern, Central, or Southern part of AR soon as they open their mouth.
39.You know that Bill Clinton, Ted Danson's wife, Mary Steenbergen, Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash and John Grisham are all from Arkansas.
40.You failed World Geography in school because you thought Paris, London, Bismark, Nashville, Lincoln and Stuttgart, were cities in Arkansas. (And they are!) (Although when I told someone I was moving to Nashville, they said, "Nashville, Arkansas?")
41.You think a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a John Deere tractor. (So frustrating!!!)
42.You know what "WOO PIG" means.