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You Know You're From Arkansas If...

Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.

"Vacation" means going to a Razorback game.

You've seen all the biggest bands ten years after they were popular.

You measure distance in minutes.

You know several people who have hit a deer.

Your school classes were canceled because of heat.

You've ridden the school bus for an hour each way.

You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.

You think ethanol makes your truck "run a lot better."

You know what's knee-high by the Fourth of July.

Stores don't have bags; they have sacks.

You see people wear bib overalls at funerals.

You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it no matter what time of the year.

You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. Example: "Where's my coat at?"

All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable,grain, or animal. (Example: Watermelon Festival, Chicken

and Egg Festival, Toad Suck Days)

You install security lights on you house and garage and leave them both unlocked.

You carry jumper cables in your car.

You know what "cow tipping" and "snipe hunting" is.

You only own 3 spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup.

Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.

You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.

The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page, but requires 6 pages for sports.

You think that deer season is a national holiday.

You know which leaves make good toilet paper.

You know if another Arkansan is from North Arkansas or South Arkansas as soon as they open their mouth.