-You think the state Bird is Larry.

-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.

-You could never figure out spring foreward, fall back, so screw Daylight Savings Time.

-Your feelings get hurt whenever someone points out the acronym for Purdue University is PU.

-You know several people who have hit a deer.

-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.

-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 games of hoops, all in the same barn lot on the same day.

-You say things like catty-wampus and katty 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 bailing 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 seaats 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. You just hope it's not a hog truck or manure spreader.

-High school basketball games draw bigger crowds on the weekend than movie theaters, IF you have a movie theater.

-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.

-You can repeat the scores of the last eight NBA 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 Bobbie Knight's exploits over the last few years.

-The biggest question of your youth was IU or Purdue.

-Indianapolis is the BIG CITY.

-Getting stuck by a train is a legitimate excuse for being late to school.

-The Wabash River or Lake MIchigan is the biggest body of water near your house, depending where you live in the state.

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

-Everyone knows who the town cops are, where they live, and whether they're at home or on duty.

-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 pickle.