Humor: You know you're from South Dakota when...

As a native of SD, I can say that all of this is true. Sad, but true. I most often find myself measuring distance in hours.


If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through18 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food willswim by, you might live in South Dakota.
If you're proud that your region makes the national news 96 nightseach year because Milbank is the coldest spot in the nation, you mightlive in South Dakota.
If your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March,you might live in South Dakota.
If you instinctively walk like a penguin for five months out of theyear, you might live in South Dakota.
If someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don't workthere, you might live in South Dakota.
If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle ofhis forehead, you might live in South Dakota.
If you have worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you mightlive in South Dakota.
If your town has an equal number of bars and churches, you mightlive in South Dakota.
If you have had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone whodialed a wrong number, you might live in South Dakota.
YOU KNOW YOU ARE A TRUE South Dakotan WHEN:1. "Vacation" means going east or west on I-90 for the weekend.2. You measure distance in hours.3. You know several people who have hit a deer more than once.4. You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and backagain.5. You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a ragingblizzard,without flinching.6. You see people wearing camouflage at social events (includingweddings).7. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave bothunlocked.8. You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how tousethem.9. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.10. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filledwithsnow.11. You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter androadconstruction.12. Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next toyourblue spruce.13. You were unaware that there is a legal drinking age.14. Down South to you means Nebraska.15. A brat is something you eat.16. Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new pole shed.17. You go out to a tail gate party every Friday.18. Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost.19. You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.20. You find 0 degrees "a little chilly."21. You actually understand these jokes, and you forward them to allyourSouth Dakota friends.