You know you're from Iowa when...
- You measure distance in minutes
- Weather is 90% of your conversation
- Down south to you means Missouri
- Snow tires came standard on your car
- You have no concept of public transportation
- The top 5% of your graduation high school class went to Iowa State -- everyone else attended the U of I
- You know more than one person who has hit a deer
- You have no problem spelling "Des Moines"
- You know the answer to the question, "Is this Heaven?"
- Your school classes have been canceled because of cold
- You know what the numbers I-80, 280, 380 mean
- You have boiled fish in lye for Christmas
- You know what "uff-da" means and how to use it properly
- You know what "Amish Country" is
- You've licked frozen metal
- The only reason you go to Wisconsin or Missouri is to get fireworks
- You wear shorts when it's 50 degrees out in March, but bundle up and complain in August when it goes below 60 degrees
- You have gone Trick-or-Treating in two feet of snow
- You carry jumper cables in your car
- You drink "POP"
- In a conversation you heard someone say "Yah sure you betcha" or "No, I never" or "Not once ever even" and you didn't laugh
- You know exactly where "Field of Dreams" was filmed
- People from other states love to hear you say "Iowa" and other words with "Os" in them
- You know what "Hawks" and "Clones" are
- When someone says they are going out for dinner or supper, you know which meal they are talking about