> You Might Be From Louisville if... > > ....you've shoveled 10 inches of snow and worn shorts in the > same week. > > ....you've experienced a "salt storm" after a 2 inch snow > Fall, (there's > more salt on the road than snow). > > ....your international airport looks about the size of your > average mall > > ....the in-state sports rivalry is paid more attention to than > the > national championship. (Go big Blue/Red) > > ....you live in an area that occasionally gets considerable > snowfall, frequent floods, and a tornado or two and has no > capacity to > deal with any of the above. > > ....you pronounce the name of your city differently than > anyone else in > the country (Lullvull,Luavull, Lewisville, Looeyvul) > > ....you sound like a hick to a majority of people outside > Kentucky. > > ....you think the rest of the people in Kentucky are hicks. > > ....when asked where you're from you refer to Louisville as if > it's not > a part of kentucky so people don't automatically stereo-type > you as a > hick. > > ....when you think "Kentucky" you don't automatically think > horse racing > or fried chicken. > > ....you ask your doctor for an allergy cure and he tells you > to move. > > ....you've ever taken a winter coat along on a day that > started out at > 65 degrees > > ....your cable tv or UofL tuition bill goes up between 5-10% > every few > months > > .....every year you go to the Cincy Jazz fest like it's the > biggest > party in the world, but can't understand why people in Cincy > make such > a big deal about the KY Derby. > > ....you or somebody you know works at Ford, GE, or UPS (or all > 3!!) > > ....If you invite people from out of town to come see Thunder > over > Louisville, and once they see it, come back every year! > > ....Showcase used to be the best theater in world to go to; > until Tinsel > Town. > > ....You've ever taken hospital curve doing 75 just to see if > it could be > done. > > ....you hardly ever went to KY Kingdom, but as soon as it > became Six > Flags over Ky Kingdom you knocked down old ladies at Kroger to > get > your $40 season pass. > > ....you've gone down to the great lawn to see the wonderful > Sunsets. > > ....While driving down 65N at night, you've referred to the > Capital > Holdings building to as "the big penis in the sky" > > ....you know the importance of the Dirt bowl, Gripo's and Big > red. > > ....You think Papa Johns is the greatest pizza company on > earth. > > ....You don't follow baseball at all, but Louisville Slugger > bats are > the coolest. > > ....you know that the mall in St Matthews is the only mall > worth your > time. > > ....you are still complaining about Dillards buying out > Bacons. > > ....You brag about how great Louisville is, but when you bring > people > there you don't know what to do (this excludes the month of > April > through the first Sat. in May). > > ....You claim you'll never live there again after college, but > somehow > you end up back home ;)