80 signs that you might be from Haskins:
- When trying to describe where you live, you end up telling people you live south of Toledo and/or north of Bowling Green.
- When trying to describe where you live, people invariably say, "Oh is that by Lucky?" because their only exposure to Haskins is having seen the SR 582 exit sing on I-75 that says "Haskins - Luckey". (Notice it doesn't say Lucky Haskins)
- When trying to describe where you live, the other person says, "Oh yeah, I know where that is, I got a ticket there once".
- When trying to describe where you live, the other person says, "Oh yeah, I know where that is, there used to be a biker bar there".
- You park more often in your yard than you do in your drive way and never in your garage; probably because it's easier to dodge the dog droppings in your yard than the mud holes in your driveway.
- Your address starts with PO Box...
- UPS and Fedex have trouble finding you.
- The coolest part of the day is when the shadow from the grain elevator crosses over your house.
- Your front porch swing is really the bench seat from a 83 Ford F150 hanging from three scrap pieces of chain that your Rottweiler broke and a broken V-belt from your truck.
- You can tell who's winning the Pee-Wee baseball game without leaving your house.
- You yell at the stray dogs by name.
- Your dog had a litter of puppies in the living room and you didn't notice for three weeks.
- You see your neighbors on Jerry Springer and you're jealous.
- You were asked to take the toothpick out of your mouth for your wedding pictures.
- Your house has no curtains but your truck does.
- The planter in your yard was once a bathroom fixture.
- The Halloween pumpkin on your front porch has more teeth than your wife.
- You have a neon sign in your front window.
- You own a homemade fur coat.
- Your wife has had to say on more than one occasion, "Come move this transmission so I can take a bath."
- Your parents met at a family reunion.
- Your good furniture is made from used Telephone company cable spools.
- You think the year before you're a junior, you're a "Southmore".
- You say "For all intensive purposes" when you start a sentence.
- You say "seen" when you should say "saw". Seriously!
- Parts of your car are painted with house paint.
- You own more cars that don't run than ones that do.
- There are no people in your neighborhood when there is a home game at Otsego.
- You leave your Christmas lights up all year.
- You drive the truck to church that has the Yosemite Sam mudflaps, and not the truck with the naked lady silhouette mudflaps.
- Both your house and your car have some parts held together with duct tape.
- You mow around at least one thing in your yard that has wheels on it.
- You don't know what curbs are.
- You are related to at least one town official.
- You have a house with wheels and a vehicle without any.
- You judge how much it rained recently by looking at how full the ditch is.
- Your truck has a NASCAR number on it somewhere.
- You haven't seen the keys to your house for many years.
- You think "garage" is a french word that means "a place to sit in your lawn chair and watch folks go down the street".
- Your house has at least three different colors or three kinds of siding on it.
- Your dog howls every day at noon, when the fire whistle blows.
- You hear a noise in your garage and you don't care because you know it's just your neighbor rummaging through your tools.
- You come home and someone took your laundry off the line, folded it, and put it in your house.
- You greet the police by their nickname.
- You know how to get to Rouche de Beouf St.
- You fill your swimming pool from the fire hydrant.
- You buy your gas and pizza at the same place.
- You have at least three old tires being used as something in your yard.
- The four seasons are Summer, Duck, Deer, and Squirrel.
- You have a 10ft living room and a 5 ft TV
- Three things standing in your front yard are a flamingo and two dish antennas.
- You have pelts and/or bones of some sort nailed to the side of your shed.
- You wave to everyone, even if you have no idea who they are.
- Sunday evening is a village-wide free exchange because Monday morning is trash pickup.
- Your kids are named after NASCAR drivers.
- Only one person in town has wireless Internet but everyone uses it.
- You get your newspaper delivered but not your mail.
- You hear the train whistle and still have time to get to your car, start it up, and get across the tracks before the gates come down.
- You get a haircut just to catch-up on local gossip.
- All the trees and phone poles around your house lean to the east.
- You feed some cats, but you aren't sure who's they are.
- You wonder if indoor plumbing will actually improve the value of your house.
- The local police will only allow you to have a fire if you hold a hot-dog at the same time.
- You made the village police 10 most wanted list several times last year because you forgot your hot-dog.
- You leave your keys in the ignition of your car, even when you are away on vacation.
- You will vote "yes" on any tax Levy where the Otsego football program is at stake.
- The flag on your flag pole still has only 48 stars on it.
- Your inflatable above ground pool is larger in square feet than your house.
- You know where the horse track used to be.
- You think Otsego High School IS higher education.
- You think Rottweiler's and Pit Bulls make good pets for the kids.
- You walk around the village for exercise but drive to the post office for your mail.
- Paying the highest sewer rates in the country makes you consider cleaning out and recommissioning the shed which was once an outhouse.
- You call anyone who lives east of the town hall "Dold people"
- You secretly talk bad about the high-falutin people who live on Greenwood because they have Mail Boxes and curbs.
- The "Dold People" secretly talk bad about everyone else because everyone else can have clothes lines.
- The postmistress knows the names of all your family members, even those who live in other states.
- Mapquest.com can't find your address.
- You still think you can't drive north out of town 'on-account-a' the big hole in the road.
- Your kids pants stop above where their socks begin.