Thought you might enjoy this ... my sister e-mailed it to me ...

YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM VIRGINIA IF......

 l. You've eaten at all of the following restaurants: Waffle House, Dairy Queen and Krispy Kreme

2. The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page but requires 6 pages for sports.

3. Your school classes have been canceled because of "the cold."

 4. Your school classes have been canceled because of "the heat."

5. You've ridden the school bus for an hour each way.

6. You measure distance in minutes. (Is there any other way)?

7. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.

8. "Vacation" means going to the beach or to the mountains.

9. You've seen all the biggest bands ten years after they were popular.

10. You know several people who have hit a deer.

11. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.

12. You've seen people wear bib overalls to a funeral. 

13. You've seen a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it no matter what time of the year.

14. You've used "fix" as an auxiliary verb. Example: "I am fixing to go to the store."

15. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.

16. You think of the major four food groups as BBQ, sweet tea, biscuits, and Jell-O with marshmallows.

17. You carry jumper cables in your car.

18. You know what "cow tipping" is.

19. You think that a Coke is a "Coke," not a "soda," and for goodness sake, never "pop"..

20. You find 90 degrees Fahrenheit "a little warm."

21. You know four seasons: "Almost Summer,""Summer," "Still Summer," and "Christmas."

22. You know which part of the state other Virginians are from as soon as they open their mouth.

23. You actually understand this and forward it to your Virginia friends.

Proud to be a Virginian!!!  :-)

Katrina Blankenship

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