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tking
12th May 2007, 10:48 PM
You all have probably seen these a hundred times, but they are so absolutely true! LOL!




You Know You're From Oklahoma When ...



1.. You can properly pronounce Eufaula, Gotebo, Okemah, Sapulpa and Chickasha .

2. You think that people who complain about the wind in their states are sissies.

3.. A tornado warning siren is your signal to go out in the yard and look for a funnel.

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

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

6. You know that the true value of a parking space is not determined by the
distance to the door, but by the availability of shade.

7. Stores don't have bags, they have sacks.

8. You see people wear bib overalls at funerals.

9. You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.

10. You measure distance in time and not miles.

11. You refer to the capital of Oklahoma as "The City."

12. It doesn't bother you to use an airport named for a man who
died in an airplane crash.

13. Little smokies are something you serve only for special occasions.

14. You go to the lake because you think it is like going to the ocean.

15. You listen to the weather forecast before picking out an outfit.

16. You know cow pies are not made of beef.

17. Someone you know has used a football schedule to plan their wedding date.

18. You have known someone who has had one belt buckle bigger than your fist.

19. A bad traffic jam involves two cars staring each other down at a four-way stop,
each determined to be the most polite and let the other go first.

20. You know which state Miam-uh is in, and in which state Miam-ee is.

21. You aren't surprised to find movie rental, ammunition, and bait
all in the same store.

22. Your "place at the lake" has wheels under it.

23. A Mercedes Benz is not a status symbol. A Ford F350 4X4 is.

24. You know everything goes better with Ranch.

25. You learned how to shoot a gun before you learned to multiply.

26. You actually get these jokes and are "fixin" to send them to your friends.

Finally, you are 100% Oklahoman if you have ever heard this conversation:
"You wanna coke?" "Yeah." "What kind?" "Dr. Pepper

Tallen
15th May 2007, 08:45 AM
Finally, you are 100% Oklahoman if you have ever heard this conversation:
"You wanna coke?" "Yeah." "What kind?" "Dr. Pepper

:biglol::clap:

You guys down there probably call a pop a soda too. We have a can of pop and you southern folks have a soda. :shocked:

And how about when I went into the restaurant, and they ask me if I wanted sweet or naw. I had no idea what they were talking about. They wanted to know if I wanted sweet tea or not. :making_faces:

tking
15th May 2007, 10:59 AM
lol...well, actually, here we call it pop. It sort of depends on what part of the state you're in. It's funny the terms different geographies use.

The harvesters we used to have were from Canada, and John mentioned that he needed to get on about his "rat killin" at the end of one of their conversations. The Canadian asked him...."you got big rats eh?"...LOL! John led him on a bit before revealing that he only meant he needed to get on about his business for the day. We ended up educating them on creek fishing (they'd never been!) and gourds (they thought they were wild watermelons), too! lol

Tallen
15th May 2007, 04:08 PM
Rat killin', never heard of that but it makes sense.

How about a saying from the 16th century Reformers:

A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple.

or how about:

The devil makes his Christmas pies of lawyers' tongues and clerks' fingers.

Some things just don't change. :medium-smiley-011:

Joe S
15th May 2007, 09:30 PM
Except for that coke thing. That's just weird- I wouldn't tell that :bigO: (j/k)

BTW, it ain't "soda" or "pop", it's "drank". You Yankees is crazy :sparkle:

Joe S
15th May 2007, 09:35 PM
It might be a metaphor out yonder, but I used to love catching horny-heads and chubs and them little catfish with the teenie-weenie eyes out of the creeks round here. "Killin Rats" is another one of them weird things I wouldn't tell :Megamalmer_aah:

tking
15th May 2007, 09:47 PM
Channel cat or blue cat...only fish they is (cept I don't eat em, I just like to catch em and cook em for the family to eat). Stink bait...a MUST.

tking
15th May 2007, 09:48 PM
Yeah I hadn't heard that expression about...wanna coke? what kind? until I visited Louisiana. Had a whole conversation just trying to decipher if they wanted coke or popped or what...hahahaha.

Have a drank while yer warshin yer clothes?

Tallen
15th May 2007, 10:01 PM
Alright now, don't want to make this thread into the Mrs. Bill Clinton, and every one has to put the accent on that fits according to where we are all from.

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Tallen
15th May 2007, 10:22 PM
...and what he has to say. Nothing but Arkansas all the way.

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Tallen
15th May 2007, 10:25 PM
Can't forget Bob Dylan...

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Tallen
15th May 2007, 10:29 PM
That's a must... singin' in the man's can. :yum:

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Tallen
15th May 2007, 10:31 PM
This is the real guy that sang the song in the movie.

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Tallen
15th May 2007, 10:51 PM
And just for cultural shock...

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tking
16th May 2007, 09:52 AM
Pffffffffffft I can't get AWAY from my accent..which is country, btw, not suthun. We don't get to be suthun belles, we're cowgirls...LOL!!! :medium-smiley-011:

tking
16th May 2007, 09:53 AM
I love that song!

graceshaker
16th May 2007, 09:26 PM
i was born and raised in texas. only spent 9 months living outside the state. and yet people think i talk like a northerner. go figure.

Tallen
16th May 2007, 10:42 PM
It's the country girl in you Terri. :wwink: