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Your post made me look this up.




You know you're from Ohio if...

  1. You don't think of Florida first when someone mentions Miami.
  2. You think Pro football teams are supposed to wear orange!
  3. You know all the 4 seasons: Winter, Still Winter, Almost Winter, and Construction.
  4. You live less than 30 miles from some college or university.
  5. "Toward the lake" means "north" and "toward the river" means "south."
  6. You've heard of the Great Nickel Beer Night Riot.
  7. You know if other Ohioians are from southern or northern Ohio as soon as they open their mouths.
  8. You root for a college team though you've never taken a class there.
  9. You can spell words like Cuyahoga, Olentangy, Bellefontaine, and Tuscarawas *(Wapakoneta?) and you know which letter is doubled in "Cincinnati."
  10. You always visit more than two amusement parks in one summer.
  11. You know that Serpent Mounds were not made by snakes.
  12. You measure distance in minutes.
  13. Your school classes were canceled because of cold.
  14. Your school classes were canceled because of heat.
  15. You've ridden the school bus for an hour each way.
  16. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
  17. You know what's knee-high by the Fourth of July.
  18. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
  19. You know what pop is.
  20. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
  21. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
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