* You know Pepsi originated in New Bern, Cheerwine in Salisbury, and that Mountain Dew was invented in Lumberton.

* You know Coke tastes better in the little bottles and that peanuts make Coke taste even better.

* You have an opinion about UNC. You went there and loved it, or you hate everyone who did.

* Your folks have taken trips to the mountains to look at leaves.

* Your school took a field trip to the State Fair in Raleigh.

* You would elect Richard Petty or Ric Flair for governor if either ever ran.

* You watched as Dale Earnhardt was the only man who ever lived who could go 200 mph, spin somebody out, call them a you-know-what, and win the race, all in the last lap.

* You skipped school or work to go to Dale Earnhardt’s memorial service.

* A tobaggon, to you, means a knit cap, not a sled.

* You sold Krispy Kreme doughnuts for a school or church fundraiser before those glazed doughnuts went global.

* When you're traveling out of state, people ask if you're from Mayberry.

* You remember watching the ACC Tournament on television at school.

* The local newspaper covers state, national and international news in one page, but sports requires six pages.

* Most men in town consider the first day of deer season a national holiday.

* Fifty degrees Fahrenheit is “a little chilly.”

* One hundred degrees Fahrenheit is "a little warm."

* You have no problem spelling or pronouncing “Conetoe” or “Topsail.”

* Your school classes were canceled because of cold.

* Your school classes were canceled because of heat.

* Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waitin’ to pass a tractor on the highway.

* Your school classes were canceled because of a hurricane.

* Your school classes were canceled because of hunting season.

* Your school classes were canceled because of a livestock show.

* You’ve ridden the school bus for an hour...each way.

* You know more about ACC basketball than professional basketball.

* You know the Carolina League is the greatest baseball league in the country.

* You think South Carolina was dead weight well shed.

* You know tea is always served sweet unless you specifically ask for unsweetened.

* You’ve ever had to switch from “Heat” to “A/C” in the same day.

* You think ethanol makes your truck run a lot better.

* Grocery stores don’t have bags, they have sacks and are called Piggly Wigglys.

* You see people wearing bib overalls at funerals.

* You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it, no matter what time of the year.

* Most of the festivals around the state are named after a fruit, vegetable or tobacco.

* Priming was your first job...and you know what it means.

* Your idea of a really great tenderloin is when the meat is twice as big as the bun and comes with cole slaw on top.

* You say catty-wampus, yunto, ill-ass and ah-ite.

* You know the difference between a deer dog, a bear dog and a coon dog by the way they bark.

* You put security lights on your house and your garage and leave both of them unlocked.

* Your four seasons are almost summer, summer, still summer, and highway construction.

* You can tell if another North Carolinian is from Eastern or Western North Carolina as soon as he opens his mouth.

* You can spell words such as Ocracoke, Fuquay-Varina and Chocowinity.

* When asked how your trip to any foreign, exotic place was you say, “It was different.”

* Hyde County is considered a foreign or exotic place.

* In the Piedmont, you see all the grown-ups go out and play in the snow.

* Schools and churches hold barbecue fundraisers with banana puddin’ as the dessert.

* Your folks would rather eat at Bojangles’s than McDonald’s.

* You have actually uttered the phrase, “It’s too hot to go to the pool.”

* You consider being a “Pork Queen” an honor.

* You carry jumper cables in your car - for your OWN car.

* You faithfully drink Pepsi or Mt. Dew every day of your life.

* You know what “cow tipping” is.

* You have your own secret BBQ sauce.

* You or your neighbors have more hunting dogs than you have family members.

* You know what a pig pickin’ is.

* You know what a 'tar heel' is.

* You show this to some NC friends ‘cuz ya know it’s true, darlin.’.

- The above list has been circulating through e-mails, I have no idea who the original author is.

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