You Know You're  From WV (or have lived here long
enough) if:

You know what a real tomato is, and have a recipe
 for candy
ones.
Stores don't have bags; they have pokes.
They don't have shopping
carts; they have buggies.
Your parents have threatened to have you sent to
Pruntytown.

You can spell and pronounce words like Allegheny,
 Canaan,
Gilmer,
Monongalia, Monongahela, Kanawha, and Hawks Nest.

You know
West Virginia is a separate state, not a part of
Virginia

All the
festivals across the state are named after a
 fruit,
vegetable, or grain.
(Strawberry Festival, Buckwheat Festival, Ramp,
 etc.)

Your idea of a traffic
jam is ten cars waiting to pass a coal truck on
the highway.

You know
several people who have hit a deer.

Your school classes were canceled because of cold
 or heat or
hunting season.

You've ridden the school bus for an hour each
way.

You've seen people wear bib overalls at funerals.

You've seen
a car running in the parking lot at the store with
 no one
in it; no matter
what time of the year.

You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit
 over a
snowsuit.

Driving is better in the winter because the
 potholes are
filled
with ice and snow.
You think everyone from a bigger city has an
accent.

You cook green beans for a long time.
You don't ever park your
car without setting the emergency brake.

The local paper covers national
and international headlines on
one page, but requires six pages for
sports.

You know which leaves make good toilet paper.

You know if
another Hillbilly is from southern, central, or
northern WV as soon as they
open their mouth.
You know at least one couple who went to Virginia
 or
Kentucky to get married.

When you fry bologna, you know to cut the
edges.
You actually understand these jokes and forward
 them to all of your
WV
and Non WV Friends

PROUD TO BE A WEST VIRGINIAN!

Ya'll come back now!