Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.
"Vacation" means driving through Hocking Hills or going to King's Island.
You've seen all the biggest bands ten years after they were popular.
Down south to you means Kentucky.
You know several people who have hit a deer.
Your school classes were cancelled because of cold.
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.
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, or grain.
You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
You think of the major four food groups as beef, pork, beer, and Jell-O salad with marshmallows.
You know what "cow tipping" or "Possum Kicking" is.
You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.
You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie.
The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page but requires 6 pages for sports.
You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
You find -20 degrees F "a little chilly".
You know all 4 seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter, and Construction.
You know what a real buckeye is, and have a recipe for candy ones.
You know if another Ohioan is from southern, middle or northern Ohio as soon as they open their mouth.
If you are from northern Ohio you think southern Ohioans are hillbillies
You can spell words like Chillicothe, Kinnikinick,Cuyahoga and Tuscarawas.
You wear a shirt that says I brake for all yard sales
You know every church and organization that has bingo games and when they are held
You know that Serpent Mound was not made by snakes.
You actually get these jokes and forward them to all your Ohio friends.
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