You Have to be a Little Squirrelly to Live Here

Last week, the crocuses came up; we put away the snow blower and primed the lawn mower. Today, the wind-chill is in the single-digits. We're expecting several inches of snow each day this week.

That I consider this perfectly normal can only mean one thing: I'm a perfectly normal Ohio resident.

Thanks to several friends (and former Ohioans) for sending along these and other "tests" of knowledge about our state. With apologies to the original author, wherever he or she may be, I offer the edited list below.

You may be from Ohio if . . .

You identify the 4 seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter, and Construction.

You know what a buckeye really is, and have a recipe for candy ones.

"Toward the lake" means "north" and "toward the river" means "south."

You root for a college team though you've never taken a class there.

You can spell - and properly pronounce - words like Cuyahoga, Olentangy, Bellefontaine, and Tuscarawas, Piqua, Chillicothe, and Wapakoneta; and you know which "n" is doubled in "Cincinnati."

You always visit more than two amusement parks in one summer.

You know that snakes did not make Serpent Mounds.

All three colors of squirrels live in your backyard.

You know what game they're playing when the Mud Hens take on the Clippers.

Down south to you means Kentucky.

Your school classes were canceled because of cold.
Your school classes were canceled because of heat.

You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.

You know what should be knee-high by the Fourth of July.

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

Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.

The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page but requires 6 pages for sports.

You thought that the Michael Stanley Band was the most popular band in the country.

You've finally stopped apologizing for the Burning River and started drinking the beer named for it.

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