Saturday, May 31, 2008

YOU KNOW YOU'RE A SOUTH DAKOTAN WHEN:

We had a long winter this year in South Dakota so I decided to create this list! Hope you enjoy!

- You look forward to the State Fair in Huron!

- Your look forward to going to Sioux Falls for a shopping trip!

- You don’t even get excited about school being cancelled because of snow; after all, what else is new!

- When someone talks about the “River” you know they are talking about the Missouri!

- You consider yourself being from either East or West River!

- A Homecoming parade to you consists of 12 tricycles, 6 fire trucks, 14 tractors and a bunch of cars with politicians riding in them!

- When you pronounce “South Dakota” it takes 10 seconds to finish!

- You still think Bill Janklow is the Governor of the State!

- You can only spray your yard two times a year because the wind always blows!

- You live in a town that doesn’t have a stoplight!

- You think a traffic jam is having to wait at a stop sign for traffic!

- You assume that all high schools only have 32 seniors!

- The closest thing to “Meals on Wheels” is your going down to the town cafĂ© 3 times a day!

- You look forward to receiving junk mail!

- You don’t need a computer; your aunt has one you can use!

- There’s a reason for celebrating graduating from Kindergarten, after all you spent four of your best years in that class!

- You aren’t shocked when you finally get your driver’s license; after all, you’re probably been driving for 10 years!

- You wouldn’t think about sassing a teacher, after all, you are probably related to her!

- You are afraid to ask a classmate out on a date because of the likelihood of their being your second cousin!

- Your goal in life is to win the South Dakota Lottery!

- You think the Washington Pavilion is a picnic shelter house in DC.

- You’ve never been to New York nor really care to go!

- You have always dreamed of moving to the big city of Aberdeen!

- You probably have a relative living at the State Penitentiary!

- You go to the Sioux Falls Zoo to look at cows and goats!

- When you think “Out East” you think first of Illinois!

- An authentic Mexican restaurant to you is Taco Belle!

- You drive 65 miles to a grocery store for a loaf of bread and a gallon of milk!

- Going out for dinner means having to drive out of town!

- You look forward to attending garage sales so you have something to do on a Saturday!

- There are more pickups in SD than drivers!

- Every pickup has a gun rack!

- You going hunting even if you don’t own your own gun!

- A tailgate party to you means your dog got his tail caught in the gate coming in from the pasture!

- Finishing your education means getting your GED!

- You don’t think you have an accent like everyone else in the country!

- You think a shrink is what happens after you go to the Laundromat!!

- You have at least one relative living in Sioux Falls!

- You know about the annual Kingswood Rummage sale and book a hotel and come to Sioux Falls once a year for this annual event!

- You know many people with the name of Robert Johnson and at least three of them are in your immediate family!

- You wouldn’t consider living in Iowa when you have it so good in South Dakota!

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