YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM
SOUTH DAKOTA WHEN...
During a storm you check the cattle before
you check the kids.
You are related to more than half the town.
You can tell the difference between a horse
and a cow from a distance.
Your car breaks down outside of town and
news of it reaches back to town before you do.
You don't put too much effort into
hairstyles due to wind and weather.
Your quarterback is hurt and you're hoping
it's the first thing on the 6 o'clock news.
There's a tornado warning and the whole
town is outside watching for it.
The local gas station sells live bait.
You don't buy all your vegetables at the
grocery store.
You go to the State Fair for your family
vacation.
You get up at 5:30 a.m. and go down to the
coffee shop.
You're on a first name basis with the
county sheriff.
When little smokies are something you serve
on special occasions.
You go to the river because it's almost
like going to the ocean.
You have the number of the Co-op on speed
dial.
All your radio preset buttons are country.
Using the elevator involved a corn truck.
Your mayor is also your garbage hauler,
barber, and insurance salesman.
You know you should listen to the weather
forecast before picking out an outfit.
You are walking knee-deep in snow.
You call the wrong number and talk to the
person for an hour anyway.
Your excuse for getting out of school is
that the cows got out.
You talk with a friend about some big event
you are going to attend, and by the end of the conversation you've decided you're both too
broke to go.
You know cow pies aren't made of beef.
Your early morning prayer covers rain,
cattle and pigs.
You wake up when it's dark and go to bed
when it's still light.
You consider a romantic evening driving
through Hardees and renting a hunting instructional video.
You want to buy manure.
You listen to "Paul Harvey" every
day at noon.
You can tell it's a farmer working late in
his field and not a UFO.
Your nearest neighbor is in the next area
code.
You leave your snow tires on year-round.
You know the difference between field corn
and sweet corn when they are still on the stalk.
You know the code names for everyone on the
CB.
You pick up all the free stuff at the State
Fair.
You'll skip your cousin's funeral for the
first day of deer season.
You can eat an ear of corn with no utensils
in under 20 seconds.
You don't clean up the dog's mess because
it's just fertilizer.
You wear your irrigation boots to church.
You know enough to get your driving done
early on Sundays before the Sunday drivers come out.
It takes 30 seconds to reach your
destination and it's clear across town.
You can tell the smell of a skunk and the
smell of a feed lot apart.
The meaning of true love is that you'll
ride in the tractor with him.
You consider a building a mall if it's
bigger than the local Wal-Mart
 
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