WHAT THE HELL'S A HOOSIER?

HUNGRY DOG: LOKI( a low percntage wooley hybrid) heating her dinner

HOT DOG: MCKENZIE RELAXING IN THE SHADE

It is 5:47 a.m. and dark out. 68.0 degrees F. Patrick is still in bed-- tuckered out, I suppose from a long hike in the woods yesterday.

Thanks to Ed, from the Inbox:

DEFINITION OF A HOOSIER:
> >>
> >> A REDNECK DRIBBLING A BASKETBALL AROUND THE
> >>
> >> INDY 500 TRACK WHILE LOOKING FOR
> MUSHROOMS.
> >>
> >> What They Didn't Teach Me in Indiana
> History Class
> >>
> >> Elvis Presley gave his last concert at
> Market Square Arena,
> >>Indianapolis, on June 26, 1977.
> >>
> >> Tomato juice was first served at a French
> Lick Hotel in
> 1925.
> >>
> >> The Prairie Farmer publication has
> featured the cartoon
> "Slim and
> >>Spud" for 30 years. This cartoon is drawn by
> Hoosier Max Gwin.
> >>
> >> The world's largest orchid species
> collection is found at
> Ball
> >>State University in Muncie, Indiana.
> >>
> >> The first regulated speed limit on
> Indiana roads was
> initiated in
> >>1921. 25 mph! Just Cruisin'!
> >>
> >> Purdue is Indiana's land grant college.
> >>
> >> An average of 400 funnel clouds are
> sighted each year in
> Indiana.
> >>
> >> The exteriors of the hit movie "Hoosiers"
> was filmed just 25
> >> miles
> >>from the Purdue campus at New Richmond, Indiana.
> >>
> >> Remember another hit movie - "Breaking
> Away"? Well, it was
> >> filmed
> >>in Bloomington, Indiana and partially
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> on the campus of Indiana University (I.U.)!
> >>
> >> 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 Diener
> Home in Indiana.
> >>
> >> Infamous bank robber, John Dillinger,
> declared he would
> never rob
> >>any banks in Anderson, Indiana, because there were
> railroad tracks
> over
> >>every exit road.
> >>
> >> Josie Orr, ex-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 Lamoure (famous for
> the Crosby-Hope
> road
> >>movies) was launched in Indianapolis.
> >>
> >> Aviatrix Amelia Earhart was once a
> Professor at Purdue
> >> University.
> >>
> >> One of the first evaporated milk
> companies was started by an
> >>Indiana dentist, Dr. Wilson.
> >> Crown Hill Cemetery (Indianapolis) is the
> largest cemetery
> in the
> >>U.S.
> >>
> >> Fort Wayne, Indiana, library 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.
> >>
> >> Indianapolis has the most Interstate legs
> in the U.S.
> earning it
> >>the title of "Crossroads of America."
> >>
> >> The Courthouse in Greensburg, Indiana,
> has a tree growing
> from
> >> its
> >>roof. (This I know to be true, seen photos) > >>
> >> The world's first transistor radio was
> made in Indianapolis.
> >>
> >> Clark Gable and wife Carole Lombard (a
> Hoosier) 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).
> >>
> >> Johnnie 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. (Define "main"?)
> >>
> >> There is 154 acres of sculpture gardens and
> trails at the
> >>Indianapolis Museum of Art.(are)
> >>
> >> LaPorte County is the only county in
> America having two
> >>functioning Courthouses.(I seriously doubt this)
> >>
> >> Nancy Hanks Lincoln is buried in Posey
> County, Indiana.
> >>
> >> Crawfordsville, Indiana (Montgomery
> County) is the only site
> in
> >>the world where Crinoids (marine organisms found
> in limestone) are
> found. (if you believe this, I've got a bridge to sell you...)
> >>
> >> The Lincoln Museum in Allen County
> contains the world's
> largest
> >>private collection of President Abraham Lincoln
> mementos (Lincoln
> National
> >>Life Insurance Company, Fort Wayne, IN).
> >>
> >> Buffaloes roamed in Indiana at the
> Needmore Buffalo Farm in
> >>Harrison County.
> >>
> >> 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 two 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 nati on, can be found on the Putnam
> County Courthouse
> lawn
> >>in Greencastle.
> >>
> >> Swayzee, Indiana, is truly the only
> Swayzee in the world.
> >>
> >> You can't ship wine to Indiana. (So, how
> does it get here?)
> >>
> >> Bob Greise is from Indiana. (Old Purdue
> Boy)
> >>
> >> Toni Tenille (of The Captain and Tenille)
> is from Indiana.
> >>
> >> Oprah Winfrey built her residence in
> 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.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Orville Redenbacher, Princeton IN, was a
> Purdue Grad.
> >>
> >> The Jackson Five are from Indiana as well
> as "Super Fan"
> Russ
> >>McLeod.
> >>
> >> Florence Henderson is from Indiana.
> >>
> >> The birthplace of the automobile,
> pneumatic rubber tire, the
> >>aluminum casting process, stainless steel, and the
> first push-button
> car
> >>radio was Kokomo, Indiana. (Hence the nickname
> "City of Firsts").


And from Kay:

Forget Rednecks, here is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say about Hoosiers.
>If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May...you may
>live in Indiana.
>If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don't work
>there...you may live in Indiana.
>If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a
>wrong number...you may live in Indiana.
>If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once....you may
>live in Indiana.
>If you have switched from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back
>again...you may live in Indiana.
>If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard
>without flinching...you may live in Indiana.
>If you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both
>unlocked....you may live in Indiana.
>If you carry jumpers in your car and your wife knows how to use them...you
>may live in Indiana.
>If you design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit...you
>may
>live in Indiana.
>If the speed limit on the highway is 65 mph, you're going 80 and everybody
>is passing you...you may live in Indiana.
>If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with
>snow...you may live in Indiana.
>If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road
>construction....you may live in Indiana.
>If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car....you may live
>in
>Indiana.
>If you find 10 degrees "a little chilly"...you may live in Indiana.
>If you actually understand these jokes and forward them to all your
>Indiana
>friends & others...you definitely live in Indiana.

Actually these may work for a number of states...

Remember Gomer Pyle? He's sung Back Home in Indiana or whatever it is at the Start of the Indianapolis 500 every year for the last 35 years. Not this year, he's too sick. Get well, Jim, and God Bless.

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