Now, i love my state just as much as the next Hoosier .... but i also love this email! And I'm sure many of these apply to others, not just us Hoosiers ..

sooo...

You know you're from Indiana when ...
1)You know several people who have hit a deer.

2)Down south to you means Kentucky.
LOL, its SO true!

3)You have no problem spelling or pronouncing "Terre Haute"

4)Your school classes were canceled because of cold.

5)Your school classes were canceled because of heat.

6)You know what the phrase "Knee-high by the Fourth of July" means.

7)You've heard of Euchre, you know how to play Euchre, and you are the master of Euchre

8)You've seen a running car, with nobody in it, in the parking lot of the grocery store no matter what time of year it is.

9)You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day OR "Stoke the fire" and "fling open the windows" for the older version.

10)You drink "pop".

11)You know that strangers are the only ones that come to your "front" door.
LOL! Uh huh

12)Kids and dogs ride in the passenger seats of cars and the backs of pickups.

13)You think nothing of it in spring and fall to be stuck behind a farm implement driving on the roads.

MY FAVORITE:
14)High school basketball game draws a bigger crowd on the weekend nights than movie theaters.
(If this isnt Indiana, i dont know what is!)

15)The local paper covers national and international headlines on 1page, but requires 6 for local sports.

16)Can repeat the scores of the last 8 IU games, but unless the MVP is a Hoosier, you are not sure who he is.

17)You can see at least 2 basketball hoops from your yard.

18)You can name every one of Bob Knight's "exploits" over the last few years.

19)Damon Bailey was your childhood hero.

20)The biggest question of your youth was "IU or Purdue".

21)Indianapolis is the "big city".
(Compared to Jasper, yes!)

23)The Wabash river is the "biggest body of water" near your house.

24)You know several different definitions as to what a Hoosier really is.

25)Everyone knows who the town cop is, where he lives, & whether he is at home or on duty.

26)Wal-mart is the most exciting place in your hometown.

27)Technically, you don't even live in a town.
(I think we count as a town)

28)You know what FFA stands for.

29)A typical party at your high school consisted of a bunch of people driving trucks into the woods or an empty field, lighting a bonfire, and staring at it while drinking a few beers.

30)You have all the same teachers in high school that your parents had.
Quite a few, as a matter of fact

31)You know what chip-and-seal is, and your high school was located on just such a road.

32)You think that Notre Dame is a college near South Bend, and not a cathedral in France.

33)You go the county fair every night of its week-long duration.

34)You have been on a hayride.
(Ok, Im sure that people that dont live in IN have been on hayrides! Come on!)

35)You live within five minutes of a cornfield (residents of Indy, Ft. Wayne, Gary, West Lafayette, and Evansville are within five minutes of a traffic jam.
(You mean the cornfield across the street? lol)

36)You can identify all interstates that pass through Indiana.

37)If you live in Southern Indiana you think that Martinsville is the best place in the world to stop and eat.
(lol, though im partial to Bloomington, Martinsville is great too!)

38)Southern Indiana people refer themselves as people from Southern Indiana and not just Indiana.

39)Indianapolis people refer themselves to people from Indy and not Indiana.

40)You don't believe basketball teams are as good as they were before the classes.

41)The place to go is Evansville (unless you live there).

42)You know where Princeton is.

43)You know that Duff is an actual town and not just a beer on the "Simpon's."

44)In high school you say I can't wait to get out of here, and 5 years later you move into a new home in your hometown or you never leave home.

45)Bowling & adding your score were requirements in P.E.

46)You live within four houses of some kind of relative.

47)You can name at least 5 Indiana-Kentucky jokes.

48)You crack up at every Indiana-Kentucky joke.

49)Your town has at least 2 golf courses.
(3, i think)

50)You go on vacation to Santa Claus for Holiday World.

51)You try to convince people not from Indiana that Indiana Beach is a "real beach."

52)You know a store that isn't open on Sundays.

53)You live in a town where everything closes at 9pm on weekdays, but they stay open late till 10pm on weekends.

54)If you are from Southern Indiana, Northern Indiana people have an accent.

55)If you are from Northern Indiana, Southern Indiana people have an accent.

56)You have seen a horse-n-buggy.

57)You have ever seen roadkill three times in 1/2 mile.

58)You still feel the need to hit someone when you see a "slugbug"

59)Denny's is the best place to get food no matter what time it is.

60)You think that IU, Purdue, Ball State, ISU, VU, and USI are the only five public colleges in Indiana.

61)You have a football coach at your school who has been coaching for at least 40 years.
(Wait...i think this one only applies to us, Jasper people...lol- 43 years and still going strong)