ohiohusker
Special Teams Player
YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM OMAHA WHEN ...
*You graduated from a high school that had a geographical direction for a name.
*You know where to find the underground music scene, and mourned the loss of the Ranch Bowl.
*You know what Marlon Brando, Henry Fonda, and Malcom X have in common.
*You have visited the Amazon rainforest, the Antarctic circle , and the Sahara Desert all in a day.
*You worked at the Zoo at some point in your life.
*You've been drilled in school about all the useless inventions to come out of Omaha ... such as the ski lift.
*You pass three McDonald's, four Burger Kings, and six S ubways on the way to school/work.
*You have at least one Ted N' Wally's story.
*You go to Homer's for all your record buying needs.
*All the plans needed for a successful date are "let's go to the Old Market"
*You pride yourself on being from East O, North O, South O, or West O.
*Everyone asks you about Bright Eyes and Saddle Creek Records.
*You go trick-or-treating in Regency for the "big candy."
*You've hung out in a parking lot at least once.
*At least 5 of your friends have sold steaks and made decent money doing it.
*You call anything past 90th "way out there."
*You have felt obligated to eat at least one Runza.
*You know what "annexing" means.
*You know what The Beef is. And yes, you know their cheer.
*You cried the day Peony Park was killed by Hy Vee and Fazoli's.
*You think the only good thing to come out of Lincoln is the Huskers.
*You have never been to the panhandle.
*You know what really goes on down at the slides.
*You are sick and tired of being asked if you have electricity every time you step out of the state.
*You judge a person's socioeconomic income by the street number in their address.
*You open your front lawn up for parking during CWS and charge ten bucks.
*You have never stepped foot on a farm.
*Snow Days have slowly become an endangered species.
*You have witnessed Jim Flowers's hair change color overnight a number of times.
*You remember when Crossroads didn't smell like a landfill.
*You know what a Hy Vee is.
*You have eaten at Johnny's, Caniglia's, AND Mr. C's.
*You know everything about Warren Buffet's love life.
*You say you're going to a "cheapee" whenever you watch a movie at Westwood or the Stockyards.
*You wouldn't dream of ever using public transportation and would die rather than walk somewhere.
*You know all about the middle lane of Dodge.
*You know the seasons as: this is too hot to be fall, there's supposed to be snow on the ground, why is there snow in April and it wasn't this hot last summer!
*You can time the Northwest Radial perfectly in order to avoid all red lights.
*One of your parents worked for Mutual of Omaha, Union Pacific, or Con Agra.
*You don't find anything weird about it being sunny when you walk into a building and find it monsooning when you walk out.
*You or someone you knew was an extra in "About Schmidt."
*You know what "About Schmidt" is.
*A perfectly acceptable speed when driving is 90 miles an hour.
*You live on a street named after a dead guy.
*You can count every time you saw Omaha on CNN.
*You can tell the difference between Rob McCartney and John Knicely
(although you're sure they're clones ...)
*You, too, wished Bush had stayed in Louisiana on 9/11.
*You know the difference between Dundee, Benson, Bellevue , and Papillion (and you know how to pronounce them).
*You take construction into consideration when guessing how long it will take to get somewhere.
*You constantly gripe about living in Nebraska , but you'd never want to leave.
And finally ...
You read this entire list and laughed your a$$ off.
I enjoyed this, and sure do miss Omaha!
*You graduated from a high school that had a geographical direction for a name.
*You know where to find the underground music scene, and mourned the loss of the Ranch Bowl.
*You know what Marlon Brando, Henry Fonda, and Malcom X have in common.
*You have visited the Amazon rainforest, the Antarctic circle , and the Sahara Desert all in a day.
*You worked at the Zoo at some point in your life.
*You've been drilled in school about all the useless inventions to come out of Omaha ... such as the ski lift.
*You pass three McDonald's, four Burger Kings, and six S ubways on the way to school/work.
*You have at least one Ted N' Wally's story.
*You go to Homer's for all your record buying needs.
*All the plans needed for a successful date are "let's go to the Old Market"
*You pride yourself on being from East O, North O, South O, or West O.
*Everyone asks you about Bright Eyes and Saddle Creek Records.
*You go trick-or-treating in Regency for the "big candy."
*You've hung out in a parking lot at least once.
*At least 5 of your friends have sold steaks and made decent money doing it.
*You call anything past 90th "way out there."
*You have felt obligated to eat at least one Runza.
*You know what "annexing" means.
*You know what The Beef is. And yes, you know their cheer.
*You cried the day Peony Park was killed by Hy Vee and Fazoli's.
*You think the only good thing to come out of Lincoln is the Huskers.
*You have never been to the panhandle.
*You know what really goes on down at the slides.
*You are sick and tired of being asked if you have electricity every time you step out of the state.
*You judge a person's socioeconomic income by the street number in their address.
*You open your front lawn up for parking during CWS and charge ten bucks.
*You have never stepped foot on a farm.
*Snow Days have slowly become an endangered species.
*You have witnessed Jim Flowers's hair change color overnight a number of times.
*You remember when Crossroads didn't smell like a landfill.
*You know what a Hy Vee is.
*You have eaten at Johnny's, Caniglia's, AND Mr. C's.
*You know everything about Warren Buffet's love life.
*You say you're going to a "cheapee" whenever you watch a movie at Westwood or the Stockyards.
*You wouldn't dream of ever using public transportation and would die rather than walk somewhere.
*You know all about the middle lane of Dodge.
*You know the seasons as: this is too hot to be fall, there's supposed to be snow on the ground, why is there snow in April and it wasn't this hot last summer!
*You can time the Northwest Radial perfectly in order to avoid all red lights.
*One of your parents worked for Mutual of Omaha, Union Pacific, or Con Agra.
*You don't find anything weird about it being sunny when you walk into a building and find it monsooning when you walk out.
*You or someone you knew was an extra in "About Schmidt."
*You know what "About Schmidt" is.
*A perfectly acceptable speed when driving is 90 miles an hour.
*You live on a street named after a dead guy.
*You can count every time you saw Omaha on CNN.
*You can tell the difference between Rob McCartney and John Knicely
(although you're sure they're clones ...)
*You, too, wished Bush had stayed in Louisiana on 9/11.
*You know the difference between Dundee, Benson, Bellevue , and Papillion (and you know how to pronounce them).
*You take construction into consideration when guessing how long it will take to get somewhere.
*You constantly gripe about living in Nebraska , but you'd never want to leave.
And finally ...
You read this entire list and laughed your a$$ off.
I enjoyed this, and sure do miss Omaha!
