You might be from Nebraska if...
You've never met any celebrities
Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the
highway
"Vacation" means driving to the Henry Doorly Zoo or going to the State
Fair.
You've seen all the biggest bands ten years after they were popular.
You measure distance in minutes
Down south to you means Kansas
You know several people who have hit a deer
You have no problem spelling or pronouncing "Kearney" and "Beatrice"
Your school classes were canceled because of cold
Your school classes were canceled because of heat
You know what Huskers are
You've ridden the school bus for an hour each way
You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day
You think ethanol makes your truck "run a lot better."
You know what "knee high by the Fourth of July" refers to
Getting paid minimum wage is considered a raise.
Stores don't have bags, they have sacks
You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. Example:
"Where's my coat at?" or "If you go to the mall I wanna go with."
You can locate Nebraska on the United States map
Your idea of a really great Burger is when the meat is twice as big as
the bun and accompanied only by ketchup and a dill pickle slice
You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both
unlocked
When asked how your trip was to any foreign, exotic place, you say, "It
was different."
You carry jumper cables in your car
You drink "pop."
You know what the numbers I-80, 275 and 2 mean
You know what a "Runza" is.
You know what the electrical cord hanging out of the front of a car is
for.
You can name everyone you graduated with.
You ever went to parties at a pasture, barn or in the middle of a dirt
road.
You used to drag "Main"
You said the "f" word and your parents knew within the hour.
You schedule parties around the schedule of different police officers
Same goes with the game warden.
You ever went cow-tipping or snipe hunting.
Schools gets canceled for state sporting events.
It was cool to date someone from the neighboring town.
You don't give directions by street names or house numbers, but you
give directions by references (turn by Clevenger's house, go two blocks
past Smiths and it's four houses left of the football field, or turn on
the street that Arlene's is on, go to the post office and stop at the
house in the middle of the block, just past Engels).
The town next to you is considered "trashy" or "snooty", but is
actually just like your town.
You see at least one friend a week driving a tractor through town.
Football coaches suggest that you bale hay for the summer to get
stronger.
Directions are given using the town library as a reference.
The City Council meets at the coffee shop.
You decide to walk somewhere for exercise and five people pull over and
ask if you need a ride.
It is normal to see an old man riding through town on a riding lawn
mower or golf cart.
When someone gets pulled over, the whole town drives by at least twice.
Everyone else hears it on their scanners.
Almost everyone in your school also has a cousin in your school.
Loitering isn't a bad thing, it's the only thing.