You know you’re from Tennessee if:
01. You measure distance in minutes.
02. You’ve ever had to switch from “heat” to “A/C” in the same day.
03. You use “fix” as a verb. Example: “I’m fixing to go to the store
04. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal.
05. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
06. You know what a “VOL” is.
07. You carry jumper cables in your car…for your OWN car.
08. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday
09. You find 100 degrees fahrenheit “a little warm”.
10. You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, still Summer and Christmas.
11. You know whether another Tennessean is from east, west or middle Tennessee as soon as they open their mouth.
12. Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past time known as”goin’ Wal-martin” or off to “Wally World”.
13. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good pinto-bean weather.
14. A carbonated soft drink isn’t a soda, cola or pop…it’s a Coke, regardless of brand or flavor. Example: “What kinda coke you want?”
15. Fried catfish is the other white meat.
16. You understand these jokes and forward them to your friends from Tennessee (and those who just wish they were).