You know you're from South Dakota...

If "vacation" to you means going shopping for the Weekend in Sioux Falls, Aberdeen, or Watertown (while the kids swim at the Comfort Inn), You might live in South Dakota.

If parking your car for the night involves an extension cord, You might live in South Dakota.

If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 8 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by You might live in South Dakota.

If you're proud that your state makes the national news primarily because it houses the coldest spot in the nation, You might live in South Dakota.

If you have ever refused to buy something because it's "too spendy", You might live in South Dakota.

If your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March, You might live in South Dakota.

If someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don't work there, You might live in South Dakota.

If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his forehead, You might live in South Dakota.

If you have worn shorts and a parka at the same time, You might live in South Dakota.

If your town has an equal number of bars and churches, You might live in South Dakota.

If you know how to correctly pronounce Pierre, Lower Brule, McLaughlin, Lead and Belle Fourche, You might live in South Dakota.

If you think that ketchup is a little too spicy, You might live in South Dakota.

If you measure distance in hours, You might live in South Dakota.

If your family vehicle is a crew cab pickup, You might live in South Dakota.

If you know several people who have hit deer more than once, You might live in South Dakota.

If you often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again, You might live in South Dakota.

If you can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard,without flinching, You might live in South Dakota.

If you see people wearing hunting clothes at social events, You might live in South Dakota.

If you've installed security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked, You might live in South Dakota.

If you think of the major food groups as beer, fish, and venison, You might live in South Dakota.

If the largest traffic jam in your town centers around a high school basketball game, You might live in South Dakota.

If you carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them, You might live in South Dakota.

If there are 7 empty cars running in the parking lot at Wal-Mart at any given time, You might be in South Dakota.

If there are more people at work on Christmas Eve Day than on Opening Day Deer Season, You might live in South Dakota.

If you design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit, You might live in South Dakota.

If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow, You might live in South Dakota.

If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction, You might live in South Dakota.

If you consider Rapid City exotic, You might live in South Dakota.

If your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your cottonwood, You might live in South Dakota.

If the sunbelt to you means West River, You might live in South Dakota.

If a brat is something you eat, You might live in South Dakota.

If finding your misplaced car keys involves looking in the ignition, You might live in South Dakota.

If you go out to a fish fry every Friday, You might live in South Dakota.

If you find 0 degrees a little chilly, You might live in South Dakota.

If you actually understand these observations, and you forward them to all your South Dakota friends, You must live in South Dakota