YOU MIGHT BE A SOUTH DAKOTAN IF....
- You measure distance in minutes
- Weather is 80% of your conversation
- Down south to you means Nebraska
- Snow tires are standard on your car
- You have no concept of public transportation
- 75% of your graduating high school class went to SDSU or USD.
- You know more than ten people that have hit deer
- You have no problem spelling "Sioux"
- You know the difference between Sioux Falls and Sioux City
- You know the correct pronunciation of "Pierre"
- You know the answer to the question, "Is this Heaven?"
- Your school classes were canceled because it got below -40? F
- I-90 & I-29 are the only freeways that exist as far as you know
- You know what "uff-da" means & how to use it properly
- You know what "Hutterite Country" means
- You've licked frozen metal
- You wear shorts when it's 45 degrees out in March, but bundle up
and complain in August when it goes below 65 degrees
- You have gone Trick-or-Treating in two feet of snow
- You carry jumper cables in your car
- You drink "POP"
- When in a conversation you hear someone say "yah sure ya betcha" or
"no, I never" or "not once ever even" and you don't laugh
- You know exactly where "Dances with Wolves" was filmed
- People from other states love to hear you say "South Dakota" and
other words with "O"s in them
- You know what "Jackrabbits" and "Coyotes" are
- When someone says they are going out for dinner or supper, you know
which meal they are talking about
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