You Might Be From Louisville if...
....you've shoveled 10 inches of snow and worn shorts in the
same week.
....you've experienced a "salt storm" after a 2 inch snow Fall,
(there's more salt on the road than snow).
....your international airport looks about the size of your
average mall
...the in-state sports rivalry is paid more attention to than
the national championship. (Go big Blue/Red)
....you live in an area that occasionally gets considerable
snowfall,frequent floods, and a tornado or two and has no capacity to deal
with any of the above.
....you pronounce the name of your city differently than anyone
else in the country (Lullvull, Luavull, Lewisville, Looeyvul)
....you sound like a hick to a majority of people outside
Kentucky.
....you think the rest of the people in Kentucky are hicks.
....when asked where you're from you refer to Louisville as if it's not a
part of kentucky so people don't automatically stereo-type you as a hick.
....when you think "Kentucky" you don't automatically think horse racing or
fried chicken.
....you ask your doctor for an allergy cure and he tells you to
move.
....you've ever taken a winter coat along on a day that started
out at 65 degrees
....your cable tv or UofL tuition bill goes up between 5-10%
every few months
.....every year you go to the Cincy Jazz feast like it's the
biggest party in the world, but can't understand why people in
Cincy make such a big deal about the KY Derby.
....you or somebody you know works at Ford, GE, or UPS (or all
3!!)
....If you invite people from out of town to come see Thunder
over Louisville, and once they see it, come back every year!
....Showcase used to be the best theater in world to go to; until
Tinsel Town.
....You've ever taken hospital curve doing 75 just to see if it
could be done.
....you hardly ever went to KY Kingdom, but as soon as it became Six Flags
over Ky Kingdom you knocked down old ladies at Kroger to get your $40
season pass.
....you've gone down to the great lawn to see the wonderful
Sunsets.
....While driving down 65N at night, you've referred to the Capital
Holdings building to as "the big penis in the sky"
....you know the importance of the Dirt bowl, Gripo's and Big
red.
....You think Papa Johns is the greatest pizza company on earth.
....You don't follow baseball at all, but Louisville Slugger bats are the
coolest.
....you know that the mall in St Matthews is the only mall worth your time.
....you are still complaining about Dillards buying out Bacons.
....You brag about how great Louisville is, but when you bring people there
you don't know what to do (this excludes the month of april through the
first sat in may).
....You claim you'll never live there again after college, but somehow you
end up back home ;)