Living in Missouri

I moved to Missouri in late October of 2000 from Northern Illinios. It was a change to say the least, but I was in love and that made everything alright. 6 years later I now call Missouri home. When my Husband's (the same man that brought me to Missouri in search of love) Aunt sent me this, I knew it was official. I understand and LIVED most these:

For all of you who can relate to living in MO (even if it was a long time ago or of you've only lived there a little while!) Things I'velearned from living in Missouri.

~ Possums sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air.
~ There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live in Missouri
~ There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in Missouri, plus a couple no one's seen before.
~ Unknown critters love to dig holes under tomato plants.
~ Raccoons will test your crop of melons and let you know when they are ripe.
~ If it grows, it sticks; if it crawls, it bites.
~ A tractor is NOT an all-terrain vehicle. They do get stuck.
~ Onced and Twiced are words.
~ It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy.
~ People actually grow and eat okra.
~ "Fixinto" is one word.
~ There ain't no such thing as "lunch". There's only dinner and then there's supper.
~ Sweet Tea is appropriate for all meals... and you start drinking it when you're 2.
~ Backwards and forwards means I know everything about you.
~ "Jeet?" is actually a phrase meaning "Did you eat?"
~ You don't have to wear a watch because it doesn't matter what time it is. You work until you're done or it's too dark to see.

More about Missourians....
You know you're from Missouri if:
1. You measure distance in minutes.
2. You've had to switch from "heat" to A /C" in the same day.
3. You know what a mule is.
4. You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it, no matter what time of the year.
5. You use "fix" as a verb. Example: I am fixing to go to the store.
6. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal.
7. You install security lights on your house and garage ... and leave both unlocked.
8. You carry jumper cables in your car. for your OWN car.
9. You know what "cow tipping" is.
10. You only own four spices: salt, pepper, BBQ and catsup.
11. The local papers cover national and international news on one page but requires 6 pages for local gossip and sports.
12. You think that the first day of deer season and the first day of trout fishing is a national holiday. (of course!)
13. You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit "a little warm."
14. You know all four seasons: Almost summer, summer, still summer, and Christmas.
15. You know whether another Missourian is from east, west, or middle Missouri as soon as they open their mouth or bythe barbecue they eat.
16. Going to Wal-mart is a favorite pass time known as "goin wal-martin" or off to "Wally World."
17. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good pinto-bean weather.
18. Fried Catfish is the other white meat.