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You Know You're From Iowa When... Vacation means driving through the Amanas or going to Adventureland Down South to you means Missouri You have no problem spelling or pronouncing "Des Moines" You know the answer to the question, :"Is this Heaven?" You know where all the Yoders live (or Andersons, or Van den Bergs) You know what "hawks" and "clones" are All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit or vegetable You can locate Iowa on the map You've ever been on a "Geode Hunt" Your idea of a really great tenderloin is when the meat is twice as big as the bun and is accompanied only by ketchup and a dill pickle slice You say "catty-wampus" instead of "kitty-corner" You've never taken public transportation You have boiled fish in lye for Christmas You know what "uff-da" means and how to use it properly You know what "Amish Country" is The only reason you go to Wisconsin or Missouri is to get fireworks You know exactly where "Field of Dreams" was filmed When someone says they are going out for dinner or supper, you know which meal they are talking about. You listen to "Paul Harvey" every day at noon. You think of the major food groups as deer meat, beer, corn, and soy nuts. You're pulled over and asked by the cop, "Had a little to much to drink, (your first name here)? You own the complete "Dukes of Hazzard" video collection. "Hick" is a style of clothing. You can use the words, 'crik', 'holler', and 'skunk weed' in the same sentence. Your Christmas gift, when you were ten years old was a shotgun (a BB gun if you were a 'townie'). You know someone personally who is involved in meth trade or manufacture. Your idea of a party is throwing cans of WD40 in a campfire while you're drunk. You've been to a rave in a barn. You've had sex in the back of a truck ... amid cows. You know that cows don't sleep standing up. You're concerned about the rates of corn growth in Illinois as compared to that of Iowa's. You listen to Ag Day at 6AM ... two hours after you get up in the morning. You believe that trees in Iowa lean towards Nebraska ... because Nebraska sucks! You know several people who still refer to Japanese cars as "rice-burners." "Styx" plays a concert at the county fair, and people actually show up. You don't get nervous when you walk into a biker bar (unless you're an Iowa City cop). You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Iowa.