The top 10 ways (and a few extras to boot! ) to know
you're from Oklahoma:
1. It doesn't bother you to use an airport named for a
man who died in an airplane crash.
2. You can properly pronounce Eufaula, Gotebo, Okemah
and Chickasha.
3. 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.
4. You understand the difference between 3. 2 and 6
point and more than once you've made a beer run to
another state.
5. A tornado warning siren is your signal to go out in
the yard and look for a funnel.
6. You are 100% Oklahoman if you have ever had this
conversation:
"You wanna Coke? " "Yeah. " "What kind? " "Dr. Pepper.
"
7. "Vacation" means going to the family reunion.
8. You've seen all the biggest bands ten years after
they were popular.
9. You measure distance in minutes.
10. You use fix as a verb. Example: "I am fixin' to go
to the store".
A FEW OTHERS:
You carry jumper cables in your car.
You only own 3 spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup.
You think sexy lingerie is a tee shirt and boxer
shorts.
The local paper covers national and international
headlines on one page but requires 6 pages for sports.
You find 90 degrees F "a little warm. " **
You know all 4 seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, Still
Summer, and Christmas.
You actually get these jokes and forward them to all
your friends from Oklahoma.
you're from Oklahoma:
1. It doesn't bother you to use an airport named for a
man who died in an airplane crash.
2. You can properly pronounce Eufaula, Gotebo, Okemah
and Chickasha.
3. 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.
4. You understand the difference between 3. 2 and 6
point and more than once you've made a beer run to
another state.
5. A tornado warning siren is your signal to go out in
the yard and look for a funnel.
6. You are 100% Oklahoman if you have ever had this
conversation:
"You wanna Coke? " "Yeah. " "What kind? " "Dr. Pepper.
"
7. "Vacation" means going to the family reunion.
8. You've seen all the biggest bands ten years after
they were popular.
9. You measure distance in minutes.
10. You use fix as a verb. Example: "I am fixin' to go
to the store".
A FEW OTHERS:
You carry jumper cables in your car.
You only own 3 spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup.
You think sexy lingerie is a tee shirt and boxer
shorts.
The local paper covers national and international
headlines on one page but requires 6 pages for sports.
You find 90 degrees F "a little warm. " **
You know all 4 seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, Still
Summer, and Christmas.
You actually get these jokes and forward them to all
your friends from Oklahoma.
