You've shoveled ten inches of snow and worn shorts in the same
week.
You've experienced a "salt storm" after a two-inch snowfall;
there's more salt on the road than snow.
You can get the absolute best air connections in the
country—if you're a package!
The in-state sports rivalry is paid more attention to than the
national championship.
You live in an area that occasionally gets considerable
snowfall, frequent floods, and a tornado or two and has no
capacity to deal with any of the above.
You pronounce the name of your city differently than anyone
else in the country (Lullvull, Luavull, Lewisville,
Looeyvul).
You sound like a hick to a majority of people outside
Kentucky.
You think the rest of the people in Kentucky are hicks.
When asked where you're from you refer to Louisville as if
it's not a part of Kentucky so people don't automatically
stereotype you as a hick.
When you think "Kentucky" you don't automatically think horse
racing or fried chicken.
You ask your doctor for an allergy cure and he tells you to
move.
You've ever taken a winter coat along on a day that started
out at 65 degrees.
Your cable TV or U of L tuition bill goes up between 5-10%
every few months.
Every year you go to the Cincinnati Jazz Festival like it's the
biggest party in the world, but can't understand why people in
Cincy make such a big deal about the Kentucky Derby.
You or somebody you know works at Ford, GE, or UPS (or all
three).
If you invite people from out of town to come see Thunder
over Louisville, and once they see it, come back every year!
Showcase used to be the best theater in world to go to, until
Tinseltown came along.
You've ever taken the I-65 Hospital Curve doing 75 mph just to
see if it could be done.
You hardly ever went to Kentucky Kingdom, but as soon as it
became Six Flags over Kentucky Kingdom you knocked down old ladies
at Kroger to get your $40 season pass.
You've gone down to the great lawn to see the wonderful
sunsets.
While driving down I-65 N at night, you've referred to the
Capital Holding Building as "the big penis in the sky."
You know the importance of the Dirt Bowl, Grippo's, and Big
Red.
You think Papa John's is the greatest pizza company on
earth.
You don't follow baseball at all, but Louisville Slugger bats
are the coolest.
You know that the Mall St. Matthews is the only mall you
are allowed to admit to shopping at.
You are still complaining about Dillard's buying out
Bacon's/McAlpin's.
You brag about how great Louisville is, but when you bring
people there you don't know what to do (this excludes the month
of April through the first Saturday in May).
You claim you'll never live there again after college, but
somehow you end up back.
