Growing Up In Missouri
I got this from my brother and thought you all might enjoy reading it. I can relate to more than a few of these items. LOL
Growing up in Missouri
1. You've never met any celebrities.
2. Everyone you know has been on a "Float Trip,"
3. "Vacation" means driving to Silver Dollar City, Worlds of Fun or
Six Flags.
4. You've seen all the biggest bands ten years AFTER they were
popular.
5. You measure distance in minutes rather than miles. For example,
"Well, Sikeston only 30 minutes away."
6. Down south to you means Arkansas.
7. The phrase "I'm going to the Lake this weekend" only means one
thing.
8. You know several people who have hit a deer.
9. You think Missouri is spelled with an "ah" at the end.
10. Your school classes were canceled because of cold.
11. You know what "Party Cove" is.
12. Your school classes were canceled because of heat.
13. You instinctively ask someone you've just met, "What High School
did you go to?"
14. You've had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
15. You think ethanol makes your truck "run a lot better."
16. You know what's knee-high by the Fourth of July.
17. You see people wear bib overalls at funerals.
18. You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one
in it, no matter what time of day.
19. You know in your heart that Mizzou can beat Nebraska in football.
20. You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. Example:
"Where's my coat at?"
21. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit,
vegetable, or grain.
22. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave
both unlocked.
23. You think of the major four food groups as beef, pork, beer, and
Jell-O salad with marshmallows.
24. You carry jumper cables in your car and know that everyone else
should.
25. You went to skating parties as a kid.
26. You only own three spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup.
27. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
28. You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie.
29. The local paper covers national and international headlines on
one page, but requires six pages for sports.
30. You think I-44 is spelled and pronounced "farty-far." (St. Louis
only.)
31. You'll pay for your kids to go to college unless they want to go
to KU.
32. You think that "deer season" is a National Holiday.
33. You know that Concordia is halfway between Kansas City and
Columbia, and Columbia is halfway between St. Louis and Kansas City, and the
Warrenton Outlet Mall is halfway between Columbia and St. Louis.
34. You can't think of anything better than sitting on the porch in
the middle of the summer during a thunderstorm.
35. You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
36. You've said, "it's not the heat, it's the humidity."
37. You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, Still Summer
and Football.
38. You know if another Missourian is from the Boot-heel, Ozarks,
Eastern, Middle or Western Missouri soon as they open their mouth.
39. You know that Harry S Truman, Walt Disney and Mark Twain are all
from Missouri.
40. You failed World Geography in school because you thought Cuba,
Versailles, California, Nevada, Houston, Cabool, Louisiana, Springfield, and
Mexico were cities in Missouri. (And they are!)
41. You think a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor.
42. You know what "HOME OF THE THROWED ROLL" means.
43. You actually get this and forward it to all your Missouri
friends.
Deanna
I loved this and love living in Missouri. I was born and raised in North Missouri and left in 1981 for California. Lived in the SF bay area until 1999 and then lived in Las Vegas until two years ago. All the time, living in those famous places, I wanted to come HOME to Missouri. My DH who I've been married to for 10 years came with me to visit the Branson area and he loved it too. So, dreams do come true. We moved back here in Fall 2004 and I can't tell you how happy it made me. There's just something about the people here, they are so real. I love the values and morals of most folks and love the accents and manners, just everything. I never want to leave Missouri and yes, I say Missourah. Thanks for the list, although we didn't have a Party Cove in North Missouri. It was The Bridge.
Lana
This was so cute !!!! I have lived in same small Missourah town (600 people) for 43 years . I have been to Branson already this year, I do not lock my doors but have security lights and I was sitting on my deck Sunday evening when it started raining. (I loved it). I could go on all night. It's great I would not change a thing.
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