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YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM FLORIDA WHEN...

Your idea of a traffic jam is 10 cars waiting to pass a tractor on the
highway near Okeechobee..

"Vacation" means going to the family reunion.

You've seen all the big bands 10 years after they were popular.

You measure distance in minutes.

You know several people who have hit a deer.

Your school classes were canceled because of cold.

Your school classes were never canceled because of heat.

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

You think ethanol makes your truck "run a lot better."

Stores don't have shopping carts; they have "buggies."

You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one
in it no matter what time of the year.

You use "fix" as a verb. Example: I am fixing dinner.

All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable,
grain, or animal (including pesky insects)!

You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both
unlocked. (And your car as well!)

You know what "cow tipping" and "snipe hunting" are.

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

You think everyone from a bigger city has a "Northern accent."

The local papers cover national and international news on one page,
but require 6 pages for sports.

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

You find 90 degrees "a little warm."

You know all four seasons: Almost summer, summer, Still summer, and
Christmas.

There is a Dairy Queen in every town with a population of 1,000 or more.

Going to WalMart is a favorite pastime known as "goin' Wal-Martin'" or off
to "Wally World."

You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as "goooood chili weather."

A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or pop ... it's a Coke, regardless of
brand or flavor.

You recognize that cheese grits and catfish nuggets is a meal that must have
been bestowed upon the people by the Lord Himself.

You can be satisfied with a meal consisting only of a hunk of bread, with flavored
flour and water (a delicacy known as "biscuits n' gravy").

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