to all my Hoosiers...

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I'll bet you didn't know......

Tomato juice was first served at a French Lick, Indiana hotel in 1925.
The first tomato juice factory was also in French Lick, IN.

The world's largest orchid species collection is found at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.

The first regulated speed limit (20 - 25 mph!) was initiated on Indiana roads in 1921.

An average of 400 funnel clouds are sighted each year in Indiana.

The city of Gary, Indiana, was built on fill brought from the bottom of Lake Michigan through suction pipes.

There are only two Adams fireplaces in the United States.  One is in the White House and the other in the Diner Home in Indiana.

Josie Orr, wife of former Indiana Governor Robert Orr, flew bombers and cargo planes during World War II.

The Indianapolis Methodist Hospital is the largest Hospital in the Midwest.

One of the first complete bathrooms in Indianapolis was in the home of Hoosier poet, James Whitcomb Riley.

The career of Dorothy Lamour (famous for the Bing Crosby-Bob Hope Road Movies) was launched in Indianapolis.

Aviatrix Amelia Earhart was once a Professor at Purdue University.

Crown Hill Cemetery (Indianapolis) is the largest cemetery in the U.S.

The library in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana houses one of the largest genealogy libraries in America.

Wabash, Indiana was the first electrified city in the U.S.

Pendleton, Indiana was the site of the first hanging of a white man for killing Indians.

The Courthouse roof in Greensburg, Indiana has a tree growing from it.

The world's first transistor radio was made in Indianapolis.

Clark Gable and wife Carole Lombard (born in Fort Wayne, IN) honeymooned at Lake Barbee near Warsaw, Indiana.

The American Beauty Rose was developed at Richmond, Indiana.

Elkhart, Indiana is the band instrument capitol of the World.

Frank Sinatra first sang with the Tommy Dorsey band at the Lyric Theater in Indianapolis.

Purdue Alumnus, Earl Butz, served as the Secretary of Agriculture.

U.S. 231 is the longest highway in Indiana (231 miles). Hwy 354 is the shortest (1.7)

Johnny Appleseed is buried at Fort Wayne, Indiana.

The singing McGuire Sisters spent their childhood summers at the Church of God Campground in Anderson, Indiana.

The main station of the Underground Railroad was in Fountain County,Indiana.

There are 154 acres of sculpture gardens and trails at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

La Porte County is the only county in America having 2 functioning county courthouses.  (I think we can add Vanderburgh and Elkhart Counties in with that also.)

Crawfordsville, Indiana (Montgomery County) is the only site in the world where crinoids are found. (What is a crinoid, you ask?  A form of deep-water marine life that looks something like a starfish.)

Pendleton, Indiana was the site of the 'Fall Creek Massacre. A museum housing 3500 artifacts of pioneer heritage now exists on that site.

St. Meinrad Archabbey is located in Spencer County and is one of only 2 archabbeys in the U.S. and seven in the world. (Abbey Press is an operation of the archabbey.)

A Buzz Bomb (German - WWII), believed to be the only one on public display in the nation, can be found on the Putnam County Courthouse lawn in Greencastle.

Roberta Turpin Willett was born in Indiana.

Red Skelton was born in Vincennes, Indiana.

Mae West and Claude Akins were from Bedford, Indiana.

The inventor of the television, Philo T Farnsworth, lived in Fort Wayne,Indiana.

Forrest Tucker was from Pendleton, Indiana.

You can't ship wine to Indiana.

Bob Greise is from Evansville, Indiana. (Purdue boy)

Toni Tenille (of The Captain and Tenille) is from Indiana.

Oprah Winfrey built a residence in NW Indiana.

Florence Henderson is from Indiana

John Mellancamp is a Hoosier and resides in Bloomington.

The much sought-after Hoosier Cabinets are an Indiana product.

90% of the world's popcorn is grown in Indiana.

The Jackson Five are from Gary, Indiana.

The birthplace of the automobile, the pneumatic rubber tire, the aluminum casting process, stainless steel and the first push-button car radio was in Kokomo, Indiana.

Josh Greene recently of "" Rally Round The House"" and now host of ""Ten years
Younger""(Discovery Channel)was born in Anderson, Indiana.

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I never got my third good thing

Bad stuff happens in 3s.  Some say that's a wives tale/superstition, but I tell ya, it's the truth.  My truck is broken *again* and it's costing me hundreds dollars I don't have *again* and I'm broke *again* 

December and January I was in a doing well.  Told everybody, ""You can't burst my happy bubble.""  1) I met John and it was going really well (still is) and 2) I won Bon Jovi tickets from Mix 102.9 just when I thought I wasn't going to be able to go at all.  I never got my third good thing.  Not even a really good hair day...

So here I sit.  Broken truck.  About to be in debt.  Waiting for the other shoe to drop...well 2 shoes actually.  That makes 3 falling shoes.  The 3-footed, bad luck monkey ever scratching at my door....someone call Barnum and Bailey.

You know you're ghetto if...

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You put sugar on your frosted flakes.

Your kids were in your wedding.

You call your mama by her first name.

You have a car phone and no car.

You iron dirty clothes.

You've been a guest on Ricky Lake.

You wear house shoes to the grocery store.

You're nineteen and you just met your father.

You use a clothes hanger as a TV antenna.

You have a wife and kids but still live at home.

You chew ice.

You cain't kant spell ""can't.""

You still wear anything that says ""Whoop, there it is.""

You record over previously recorded tapes.

Your mom does your hair in the kitchen.

You don't pay your rent until you get a three-day notice.

You put on panty-hose instead of shaving your legs.

You buy clothes for a party and return them to the store the next day

You only go to church on Easter and Mother's Day or to meet women.

Your first name begins with Ta', La', or Sha'.

Your bank is a check-cashing place.

You have to put stuff on layaway at the 99-cent store.

Your man can wear his hair in a ponytail but you can't.

You're hooked on ebonics.

You think putting batteries in the refrigerator recharges them.

When you were little you had to be in the house before the streetlights came on.

You take bubble bath with dishwashing liquid.

You return gifts for the money.

You yell ""Pookie"" in your house and five people turn around.

You think going to prison is ""keeping it real.""

You save cooking grease.

The only dates marked on calendar are the 1st and the 15th.

Your mama whipped you and your friends.

You keep food stamps in money clip.

You think grease and water make your hair curly.

You wear tube socks with dress shoes.

You add water to shampoo to stretch it.

You put your kids to sleep with NyQuil.

You use your welfare check as collateral.

You can read your haircut.

You use a toothbrush to style your ""baby hair"".

You named your daughters after cars you can't afford.

You bought your rims before you bought your car.

Your fingernails are longer than your fingers.

You think jury duty is a good way to make money

You think going on a diet means no candy.

You have a drawer in your kitchen just for condiments from fast-food restaurants.

Your power gets cut off, and you run and extension cord outside your apartment so you can use your microwave!!!!!

Your grandmama is under 40.

 

And just so y'all know, I was never *that* ghetto

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To all my Gary, IN people

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You know you're from Gary when: GI...West Side!

1. You think rims look nice on your mini-van
2. When you can buy a hot dog and your weave at the candy store
3. You tell your kids that the VILLAGE is the mall

4. Going to the flea market is ""going out""

5. You need a quarter to get your shopping cart at ALDIs
6. You ATM card says HOOSIER WORKS

7. AAAArabs run all the gas stations

8. Leroy and Tyrone are your cousins.
9. Your baby daddy is my baby daddy

10. You take out of town guests to the boat.

11. You know what a po-po is
12. You got 50 cent on the gas money

13. You have expired, stolen, or tampered license plates

14. You know all the projects: Ivanhoe, Delaney....
15. When the po-pos ask - you aint seen shit.
16. But you called the po-pos without *67
17. You drive to the state line every Sunday.
18. The crack head will pump your gas for a dime.

19. You know what peachy-peach pop is.

20. You list the Career Center as college on your applications

21. You have to open your car door to use the drive-thru at Rally's 

 

Did I miss any?

 

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