Re: Finish Mower Durability/Hoosier Humor
Here's some humor for us Hoosiers (sorry about all the >>>)...
Subject: You know you're from Indiana when...
> > > >
> > > > > >You know you're from Indiana when...
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-You think the State Bird is Larry.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-You don't know what a "Pacer" is
> > > > > >and have never even wondered.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-You know that "Mellencamp" went to
> > > > > >"Cougar" and back to "Mellencamp".
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-You can say "French Lick" without
> > > > > >laughing out loud.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-There's actually a college near you
> > > > > >named "Ball State".
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-You know Batesville is the "casket
> > > > > >making capital of the world", and
> > > > > >you're proud of it.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-The last "g" is silent in any word
> > > > > >ending in "ing".
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-You could never figure out "spring
> > > > > >forward-fall back", so "Screw
> > > > > >Daylight Savings Time!!"
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-Your feelings get hurt whenever
> > > > > >someone points out the acronym
> > > > > >for Purdue University is "P-U".
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-You know several people who have
> > > > > >hit a deer.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-You've never met any celebrities.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-You've seen all the biggest bands
> > > > > >10 years after they were poplar.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-Down south to you means Kentucky.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-You have no problem spelling or
> > > > > >pronouncing "Terre Haute".
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-Your school classes were canceled
> > > > > >because of cold.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-Your school classes were canceled
> > > > > >because of heat.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-You know what the phrase "Knee-high
> > > > > >by the Fourth of July" means.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-You've heard of Euchre, you know how
> > > > > >to play Euchre, and you are the master
> > > > > >of Euchre.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-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.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-You end your sentences with an unnecessary
> > > > > >preposition. Example: "Where's my coat at?
> > > > > >or "If you go to the mall, I wanna go with".
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-Detassling was your first job. Bailing hay,
> > > > > >your second. Or you could stack hay, swim
> > > > > >in the pond to clean off, and then have the
> > > > > >strength to play a couple of games of hoops,
> > > > > >all in the same barn lot on the same day.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-You've ever had to switch from "heat"
> > > > > >to "A/C" in the same day ("Stoke the
> > > > > >fire" and "fling open the windows" for
> > > > > >the older version).
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-You say things like "catty-wumpus"
> > > > > >and "kitty-corner".
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-You install security lights on your
> > > > > >house and garage, then leave both
> > > > > >of them unlocked.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-You carry jumper cables in your
> > > > > >car regularly.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-You drink "pop".
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-You know that bailin' wire was the
> > > > > >predecessor to duct tape.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-You know that strangers are the only
> > > > > >ones who come to your "front" door.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-Kids and dogs ride in the passenger
> > > > > >seats of cars and the backs of pickups.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-You think nothing of it in spring and
> > > > > >fall to be stuck behind a farm
> > > > > >implement driving on the roads.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-High school basketball game draws
> > > > > >a bigger crowd on the weekend
> > > > > >than movie theaters, IF you have
> > > > > >movie theaters.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-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 six for local sports.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-Can repeat the scores of the last eight
> > > > > >IU games, but unless the MVP is a
> > > > > >Hoosier, you are not sure who he is.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-You can see at least two basketball
> > > > > >hoops from your yard.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-You can name every one of Bob Knight's
> > > > > >"exploits" over the last few years.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-You shop at Marsh.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-Damon Bailey was your childhood hero.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-The biggest question of your youth was
> > > > > >"IU or Purdue".
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-Indianapolis is the "big city".
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-"Getting caught by a train" is a legitimate
> > > > > >excuse for being late to school.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-The Wabash river is the "biggest body
> > > > > >of water" near your house.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-You know several different definitions as
> > > > > >to what a Hoosier really is.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-People at your high school chewed
> > > > > >tobacco.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-Everyone knows who the town cop is,
> > > > > >where he lives, and whether he is at
> > > > > >home or on duty.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-To get to school you had to drive on
> > > > > >a gravel road, a road with several
> > > > > >right-angle turns in it, or if you were
> > > > > >really lucky, over a covered bridge.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-People in your neighborhood really,
> > > > > >REALLY like NASCAR.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-You actually know what the CART vs
> > > > > >IRL debate is about and have taken a
> > > > > >side.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-The vehicle of choice in your area is not
> > > > > >a car, but a pickup.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-You are a BIG John Mellencamp fan.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-You've been to the Covered Bridge
> > > > > >Festival.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-You took back roads to get there.
> > > > > >Why sit in traffic"?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >-To you, tenderloin is not an expensive
> > > > > >cut of beef, but a big, salty, breaded
> > > > > >piece of pork served on a bun with pickles.
