18 WAYS TO TELL YOUR FROM THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
1.You have used the phrase 'fixin to' during the last twelve months.
2.Someone you know has used a football schedule to plan their wedding date.
3.You've ever been excused from school because the cows got out.
4.You can properly pronounce Chillicothe, Quitaque, and Quanah.
5.You can remember the name of the last state legislator to introduce a bill involving castration, and he didnt mean farm animals.
6.You know exactly what "calf fries" are, and eat them anyway.
7.You can recall hot summers by the year they happened easier than you can remember your mothers birthday.
8.You think that the people that complain about the wind in their state are wimps.
9.You know that the true value of a parking space is not determined by the distance to the door, but the availibilty of shade.
10.You have owned at least one belt buckle bigger than your fist.
11.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.
12.You know which state Miam-uh is and in which state Miam-ee is.
13.Your "place at the lake" has wheels on it.
14.You aren't surprised to find movie rental, ammunition and bait all in the same store.
15.A Mercedes Benz is not a status symbol. A Ford F150 4x4 is.
16.You know that everything goes better with Ranch salad dressing.
17.You learned how to shoot a gun before you learned how to multiply.
18.A tonado warning siren is your signal to get up on the roof and look for the funnel.
Finally, you are definately from the Panhandle if you have ever had this conversation:
"You wanna Coke?"
"Yeah."
"What kind?"
"Dr.Pepper."
