Livin' in Missouri!

I know most of you have seen these kind of lists -- heaven knows there's enough of these about Arizona, but a friend of mine (who lives in Missouri) came up with her own list about living in Missouri...and since so many of you live in Missouri...had to share! (Thanks, Cheryl)

"Now I'm not saying these don't apply to livin' in Missouri, but I have my own list which would include...if you're watching local news and everyone being interviewed has no teeth...then you live in Missouri. If you have to finish everyone sentences for them because they talk so slow...then you live in Missouri. If you've had to repair any of your tires in the last year because of the grand canyon sized potholes (that appear out of no where), you live in Missouri. If you hear tornado sirens the first wednesday of every month, you live in Missouri. If you strain your eyes looking far for mountains on the horizon and can't see them, you live in Missouri. If you have more then one Bass Pro shop in your town, you live in Missouri. If your town's claim to fame of celebrities is Jesse James, you live in Missouri. If you haven't had decent mexican food in years but the most amazing steaks in your life, then you live in Missouri. If you see an entire trailer court filled with brand new Ford trucks parked in front of every trailer, you live in Missouri. If you see everyone wearing red hoodies to work every friday each fall, you live in Missouri. If you have to have your house sprayed religiously for bugs every few months, you live in Missouri. If you see businesses run in caves, you live in Missouri. If you've eaten "Rotel" (with the velveeta and hamburger) and know how to make it, you live in Missouri. If you lose your trampoline to wind because you didn't anchor it down, you live in Missouri. If you have to dodge large dog sized deer on your way home from work every night, then you live in Missouri. If you've seen dozens of dead possums all over the road in the fall,(maybe someone could explain why I only see these in the fall) you live in Missouri. If everyone around you grew up in the same place, all married their high school sweethearts, never left town and are all related or know each other, you live in Missouri. If you've ever eaten at "In a Tub" and go back for more, you live in Missouri. If some schools in your area were still "segregated" until the 1970's, then you live in Missouri. If you or anyone you know attends an opera or play in jeans and cowboy boots, you live in Missouri. If your school gets cancelled because of an inch of snow, you live in Missouri. If you see a BBQ establishment everywhere you go, you live in Missouri."