Hope all is well with everyone.
An old high school / college buddy sent this to me.  
It is better than most.
Andy




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> Subject: okies
> Date: Saturday, August 19, 2000 8:07 PM
>
> > >  The top 20 ways you 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 have used the phrase "fixin' to" during
> > the last twelve months.
> > >
> > > 3.   Someone you know has used a football schedule
> > to plan their wedding
> > > date.
> > >
> > > 4.   You've ever been excused from school because
> > "the cows got out".
> > >
> > > 5.   You can properly pronounce Eufaula, Gotebo,
> > Okemah and Chickasha.
> > >
> > > 6.   You can remember the name of the last state
> > legislator to introduce a
> > > bill involving castration and he didn't mean farm
> > animals.
> > >
> > > 7.   You know exactly what calf fries are, and eat
> > them anyway.
> > >
> > > 8.   You can recall hot summers by the year they
> > happened easier than you
> > > can remember your mother's birthday.
> > >
> > > 9.   You think that people who complain about the
> > wind in their states are
> > > sissies.
> > >
> > > 10.  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.
> > >
> > > 11.  You have owned at least one belt buckle
> > bigger than your fist.
> > >
> > > 12.  A bad traffic jam involves two cars staring
> > each other down at a
> > > four-way stop, each determined to be the most
> > polite and let the other go
> > > first.
> > >
> > > 13.  You know in which state Miam-uh is and in
> > which state Miam-ee is.
> > >
> > > 14.  Your "place at the lake" has wheels under it
> > >
> > > 15.  You aren't surprised to find movie rental,
> > ammunition and bait all in
> > > the same store.
> > >
> > > 16.  A Mercedes Benz is not a status symbol.  A
> > Ford F150 4x4 is.
> > >
> > > 17.  You understand the difference between 3.2 and
> > 6 point and more than
> > > once you've made a beer run to another state.
> > >
> > > 18.  You know that everything goes better with
> > Ranch.
> > >
> > > 19.  You learned how to shoot a gun before you
> > learned how to multiply.
> > >
> > > 20.  A tornado warning siren is your signal to go
> > out in the yard and look
> > > for a  funnel.
> > >
> > > Finally, you are 100% Oklahoman if you have ever
> > had this conversation:
> > >
> > > "You wanna Coke?"
> > > "Yeah."
> > > "What kind?"
> > > "Dr. Pepper."
>
>