Message-ID: <25044419.1075843934014.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 07:37:00 -0700 (PDT) From: andy.unverzagt@enron.com To: mike.mcconnell@enron.com, patrick.wade@enron.com, brad.blevins@enron.com, cathy.phillips@enron.com Subject: Fw: okies Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Andy Unverzagt X-To: Mike McConnell, Patrick Wade, Brad Blevins, Cathy Phillips X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Mark_McConnell_June2001\Notes Folders\Discussion threads X-Origin: MCCONNELL-M X-FileName: mmcconn.nsf Hope all is well with everyone. An old high school / college buddy sent this to me. It is better than most. Andy ---------- > Subject: okies > Date: Saturday, August 19, 2000 8:07 PM > > > > The top 20 ways you know you're from Oklahoma: > > > > > > 1. It doesn't bother you to use an airport named > > for a man who died in > > an > > > airplane crash. > > > > > > 2. You have used the phrase "fixin' to" during > > the last twelve months. > > > > > > 3. Someone you know has used a football schedule > > to plan their wedding > > > date. > > > > > > 4. You've ever been excused from school because > > "the cows got out". > > > > > > 5. You can properly pronounce Eufaula, Gotebo, > > Okemah and Chickasha. > > > > > > 6. You can remember the name of the last state > > legislator to introduce a > > > bill involving castration and he didn't mean farm > > animals. > > > > > > 7. You know exactly what calf fries are, and eat > > them anyway. > > > > > > 8. You can recall hot summers by the year they > > happened easier than you > > > can remember your mother's birthday. > > > > > > 9. You think that people who complain about the > > wind in their states are > > > sissies. > > > > > > 10. You know that the true value of a parking > > space is not determined by > > > the distance to the door but by the availability > > of shade. > > > > > > 11. You have owned at least one belt buckle > > bigger than your fist. > > > > > > 12. A bad traffic jam involves two cars staring > > each other down at a > > > four-way stop, each determined to be the most > > polite and let the other go > > > first. > > > > > > 13. You know in which state Miam-uh is and in > > which state Miam-ee is. > > > > > > 14. Your "place at the lake" has wheels under it > > > > > > 15. You aren't surprised to find movie rental, > > ammunition and bait all in > > > the same store. > > > > > > 16. A Mercedes Benz is not a status symbol. A > > Ford F150 4x4 is. > > > > > > 17. You understand the difference between 3.2 and > > 6 point and more than > > > once you've made a beer run to another state. > > > > > > 18. You know that everything goes better with > > Ranch. > > > > > > 19. You learned how to shoot a gun before you > > learned how to multiply. > > > > > > 20. A tornado warning siren is your signal to go > > out in the yard and look > > > for a funnel. > > > > > > Finally, you are 100% Oklahoman if you have ever > > had this conversation: > > > > > > "You wanna Coke?" > > > "Yeah." > > > "What kind?" > > > "Dr. Pepper." > >