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1. Armadillos sleep in the middle of the road with all four feet
in the
air.
2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live in Oklahoma
3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in OK,
plus a
few no one has ever seen before.
4. Raccoons will test your melon crop, and let you know when
they are
ripe.
5. If it grows, it will stick you. If it crawls, it will bite
you!
6. Nothing will kill a mesquite tree.
7. There are valid reasons some people put razor wire around
their
house.
8. A tractor is NOT an all terrain vehicle. They do get stuck.
9. The wind blows at 90 mph from Oct 2 till June 25; then it
stops
totally until October 2.
10. Onced and twiced are words.
11. Coldbeer is one word.
12. People actually grow and eat okra.
13. Green grass DOES burn.
14. When you live in the country you don't have to buy a dog.
City
people drop them off at your front gate in the middle of the night.
15. The sound of coyotes howling at night only sounds good for
the first
few weeks.
16. When a buzzard sits on the fence and stares at you, it's time
to see
a doctor.
17. Fixin-to is one word.
18. There ain't no such thing as "lunch". There is only breakfast,
dinner and then there's supper.
19. "Sweetened ice tea" is appropriate for all meals, and you
start
drinking it when you are two.
20. "Backwards and forwards" means I know everything about you.
21. "Jeet?" is actually an inquiry into your dining habits.
22. You don't have to wear a watch because it doesn't matter what
time
it is. You work until you're done, or it's too dark to see.
23. You measure distance in minutes or hours.
24. You can switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
25. Stores don't have bags. They have sacks.
26. You see cars with the engine running in the Wal-Mart parking
lot
with no one in them, no matter what time of the year.
27. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit or
a
vegetable.
28. You install security lights on your house and garage, and
leave both
unlocked.
29. You carry jumper cables for your own car.
30. You know what "cow tipping" and "snipe hunting" are.
31. You only have four spices in your kitchen: Salt, Pepper,
Ketchup,
and Tabasco.
32. The local papers cover national and international news on one
page,
but require six pages to cover Friday night high school football.
33. The first day of deer season is a state holiday.
34. You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
35. You find 100 degrees a "tad" warm.
36. The four seasons are: Almost summer, summer, still summer and
Christmas.
37. You know whether another Okie is from East, West, North, or
South OK
as soon as he opens his mouth.
38. Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past-time known as "goin
Wal-Martin"
or "off to Wally-world."
39. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good
chili-eatin' weather
40. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or pop....It's a
Coke
regardless of brand or flavor.
41. Okies understand these jokes. If you do too, forward them to
your
friends. If you don't, just come and stay awhile.
in the
air.
2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live in Oklahoma
3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in OK,
plus a
few no one has ever seen before.
4. Raccoons will test your melon crop, and let you know when
they are
ripe.
5. If it grows, it will stick you. If it crawls, it will bite
you!
6. Nothing will kill a mesquite tree.
7. There are valid reasons some people put razor wire around
their
house.
8. A tractor is NOT an all terrain vehicle. They do get stuck.
9. The wind blows at 90 mph from Oct 2 till June 25; then it
stops
totally until October 2.
10. Onced and twiced are words.
11. Coldbeer is one word.
12. People actually grow and eat okra.
13. Green grass DOES burn.
14. When you live in the country you don't have to buy a dog.
City
people drop them off at your front gate in the middle of the night.
15. The sound of coyotes howling at night only sounds good for
the first
few weeks.
16. When a buzzard sits on the fence and stares at you, it's time
to see
a doctor.
17. Fixin-to is one word.
18. There ain't no such thing as "lunch". There is only breakfast,
dinner and then there's supper.
19. "Sweetened ice tea" is appropriate for all meals, and you
start
drinking it when you are two.
20. "Backwards and forwards" means I know everything about you.
21. "Jeet?" is actually an inquiry into your dining habits.
22. You don't have to wear a watch because it doesn't matter what
time
it is. You work until you're done, or it's too dark to see.
23. You measure distance in minutes or hours.
24. You can switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
25. Stores don't have bags. They have sacks.
26. You see cars with the engine running in the Wal-Mart parking
lot
with no one in them, no matter what time of the year.
27. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit or
a
vegetable.
28. You install security lights on your house and garage, and
leave both
unlocked.
29. You carry jumper cables for your own car.
30. You know what "cow tipping" and "snipe hunting" are.
31. You only have four spices in your kitchen: Salt, Pepper,
Ketchup,
and Tabasco.
32. The local papers cover national and international news on one
page,
but require six pages to cover Friday night high school football.
33. The first day of deer season is a state holiday.
34. You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
35. You find 100 degrees a "tad" warm.
36. The four seasons are: Almost summer, summer, still summer and
Christmas.
37. You know whether another Okie is from East, West, North, or
South OK
as soon as he opens his mouth.
38. Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past-time known as "goin
Wal-Martin"
or "off to Wally-world."
39. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good
chili-eatin' weather
40. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or pop....It's a
Coke
regardless of brand or flavor.
41. Okies understand these jokes. If you do too, forward them to
your
friends. If you don't, just come and stay awhile.
KAZ
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