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An old high school / college buddy sent this to me. It is better than most. Andy ---------- < Subject: okies < Date: Saturday, August 19, 2000 8:07 PM < < < < The top 20 ways you know you're from Oklahoma: < < < < < < 1. It doesn't bother you to use an airport named < < for a man who died in < < an < < < airplane crash. < < < < < < 2. You have used the phrase "fixin' to" during < < the last twelve months. < < < < < < 3. Someone you know has used a football schedule < < to plan their wedding < < < date. < < < < < < 4. You've ever been excused from school because < < "the cows got out". < < < < < < 5. You can properly pronounce Eufaula, Gotebo, < < Okemah and Chickasha. < < < < < < 6. You can remember the name of the last state < < legislator to introduce a < < < bill involving castration and he didn't mean farm < < animals. < < < < < < 7. You know exactly what calf fries are, and eat < < them anyway. < < < < < < 8. You can recall hot summers by the year they < < happened easier than you < < < can remember your mother's birthday. < < < < < < 9. You think that people who complain about the < < wind in their states are < < < sissies. < < < < < < 10. You know that the true value of a parking < < space is not determined by < < < the distance to the door but by the availability < < of shade. < < < < < < 11. You have owned at least one belt buckle < < bigger than your fist. < < < < < < 12. 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. < < < < < < 13. You know in which state Miam-uh is and in < < which state Miam-ee is. < < < < < < 14. Your "place at the lake" has wheels under it < < < < < < 15. You aren't surprised to find movie rental, < < ammunition and bait all in < < < the same store. < < < < < < 16. A Mercedes Benz is not a status symbol. A < < Ford F150 4x4 is. < < < < < < 17. You understand the difference between 3.2 and < < 6 point and more than < < < once you've made a beer run to another state. < < < < < < 18. You know that everything goes better with < < Ranch. < < < < < < 19. You learned how to shoot a gun before you < < learned how to multiply. < < < < < < 20. A tornado warning siren is your signal to go < < out in the yard and look < < < for a funnel. < < < < < < Finally, you are 100% Oklahoman if you have ever < < had this conversation: < < < < < < "You wanna Coke?" < < < "Yeah." < < < "What kind?" < < < "Dr. Pepper." < <
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