YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM INDIANA WHEN...
-You think the State Bird is Larry.
-You know that "Mellencamp" went to "Cougar" and back to "Mellencamp."
-You can say "French Lick" without laughing out loud.
-There's actually a college near you named "Ball State".
Don't hate on BSU, that's where I went!
-You know Batesville is the "casket making capital of the world," and you're proud of it.
Word, one of my sisters worked making caskets, lol.
-The last "g" is silent in any word ending in "ing."
-You could never figure our "spring forward-fall back," so "Screw Daylight Savings Time!!"
-Your feelings get hurt whenever someone points out the acronym for Purdue University is "P-U".
-You know several people who have hit a deer.
-You've never met any celebrities.
-You've seen all the biggest bands 10 years after they were popular.
-Down south to you means Kentucky.
-You have no problem spelling or pronouncing "Terre Haute".
Who can't say Terre Haute?? lol
-Your school was cancelled because of cold.
More times than I can count
-Your school was cancelled because of heat.
Ditto that
-You know what the phrase "Knee-high by the Fourth of July" means.
-You've heard of Euchre, you know how to play Euchre, and you are the master of Euchre.
-You've seen a running car, with nobody in it, in the parking lot of the grocery store, no matter what time of year it is.
-You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. Example: "Where's my coat at?"
-Detassling was your first job. Bailing hay, your second. Or you could stack hay, swim in the pond to clean off, and then have the strength to play a couple of games of hoops, all in the same barn lot on the same day.
-You've ever had to switch from "Heat" to "A/C" in the same day ("Stoke the fire" and "fling open the windows" for the older version).
-You say things like "catty-wampus" and "kitty-corner".
-You install security lights on your house and garage, then leave both of them unlocked.
LOL So what!! Shut up!!
-You drink "pop".
Personal side note, I drink soda - - I'm not a natural born Hoosier
-You know that bailin' wire was the predecessor to duct tape.
-You know that strangers are the only ones who come to your "front" door.
-Kids and dogs ride in the passenger seats of cars and the backs of pickups.
-You think nothing of it in spring and fall to be stuck behind a farm implement driving on the roads.
-High school basketball games draw bigger crowds on the weekends than movie theaters, IF you have movie theaters.
-Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
-The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page, but requires six for local sports.
YES 
-Can repeat the scores of the last eight IU games, but unless the
MVP is not from the state, you are not sure who he is.
-You can see at least two basketball hoops from your yard and are proud of it.
-You can name every one of Bob Knight's "exploits" over the last few years and can recite a defense for each.
-Damon Bailey was your childhood hero.
-The biggest question of your youth was "IU or Purdue?"
-Indianapolis is the "big city".
-"Getting caught by a train" is a legitimate excuse for being late to school.
-The Wabash River is the "biggest body of water" near your house.
-You know several different definitions as to what a Hoosier really is.
-People at your high school chewed tobacco.
-Everyone knows who the town cop is, where he lives, and whether he is at home or on duty.
-To get to school you had to drive on a gravel road, a road with several right-angle turns in it, or if you were really lucky, over a
covered bridge.
-People in your neighborhood really, REALLY like NASCAR.
-You actually know what the CART vs IRL debate is about and have taken a side.
-The vehicle of choice in your area is not a car, but a jeep or pickup.
-You are a BIG John Mellencamp fan.
-You've actually been to the Covered Bridge Festival.
-You took back roads to get there. "Why sit in traffic?"
-To you, tenderloin is not an expensive cut of beef, but a big, salty, breaded piece of pork served on a bun with pickles.
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