YOU KNOW YOUR FROM OKLAHOMA IF:

1. You measure distance in hours and minutes of travel time.

2. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.

3. You use "fix" as a verb. Example: "I'm fixing to go to the store "

4. You know how to properly sharpen a chainsaw.

5. You install security lights on your house and garage, then leave both unlocked.

6. You know the difference between a tractor, thresher, sprigger, and combine.

7. You carry jumper cables in your pickup truck... to jump-start your OWN pick-up.

8. You only own four spices: salt, pepper, Tabasco and ketchup.

9. The local papers cover national and international news on a single page, but require 6 pages for local gossip and sports.

10. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.

11. You describe 100 degrees Fahrenheit as "a little warm".

12. You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, Indian Summer and Christmas.

13. You know whether another Okie is from northern or southern Oklahoma as soon as they open their mouth.

14. Going to Wal-mart is a favorite pastime known as goin' Wal-martin, or off to Wally-World.

15. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as "good pinto-bean weather".

16. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola or pop..it's a Coke, regardless of brand or flavor. Example: "What kinda coke you want?"

17. Fried catfish is the other white meat.

18. We don't need no stinking driver's ed....if our mama says we can drive, we can drive.

19. You understand these jokes.