YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM SOUTH DAKOTA IF...

During a storm you check the cattle before you check the kids.

You are related to more than half the town.

You can tell the difference between a horse and a cow from a distance.

Your car breaks down outside of town and news of it reaches back to town before you do.

You don't put too much effort into hairstyles due to wind and weather.

Your quarterback is hurt and you're hoping it's the first thing on the 6 o'clock news.

There's a tornado warning and the whole town is outside watching for it.

The local gas station sells live bait.

You're on a first name basis with the county sheriff.

When little smokies are something you serve on special occasions.

You go to the river because it's almost like going to the ocean.

You have the number of the Co-op on speed dial.

All your radio preset buttons are country.

Using the elevator involved a corn truck.

Your mayor is also your garbage hauler, barber, and insurance salesman.

You know you should listen to the weather forecast before picking out an outfit.

You are walking knee-deep in snow.

You call the wrong number and talk to the person for an hour anyway.

Your excuse for getting out of school is that the cows got out.

You know cow pies aren't made of beef.

Your early morning prayer covers rain, cattle and pigs.

You consider a romantic evening driving through Hardees and renting a hunting instructional video.

You listen to "Paul Harvey" every day at noon.

You can tell it's a farmer working late in his field and not a UFO.

Your nearest neighbor is in the next area code.

You leave your snow tires on year-round.

You know the difference between field corn and sweet corn when they are still on the stalk.

You know the code names for everyone on the CB.

You'll skip your cousin's funeral for the first day of deer season.

You can eat an ear of corn with no utensils in under 20 seconds.

You don't clean up the dog's mess because it's just fertilizer.

Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting on I-90 for the "follow me" car to come back during road construction.

"Vacation" means stopping off at Wall Drug for Friday night dinner and a drive through the Badlands early Saturday morning, with the rest of the weekend driving through the Black Hills before heading home for Sunday night chores.

You know not only 'what' but 'where' Sturgis is. And, your first big trip in life was to seeMt. Rushmore and visit the Flintstone's BedrockCity in Custer.

A big shopping trip is going to Sioux Falls - Empire Mall.

Minneapolis, if you are really living.

Aside from pheasants, mosquitoes are the state bird.

Menards on any weekend is busier than the toy stores at Christmas

Prairie dogs outnumber people 10 to 1.

You know enough to get your driving done early on Sundays before the Sunday drivers come out.

It takes 30 seconds to reach your destination and it's clear across town.

You can tell the smell of a skunk and the smell of a feed lot apart.

The meaning of true love is that you'll ride in the tractor with him.