Hoosier Daddy?
02/26/2015
No really, Hoosier daddy? A saying that almost every person in Indiana knows all to well. As Hoosiers we take pride in the great state of Indiana, even if the rest of the country thinks we’re all hillbillies. From Tom Crean running the game of basketball, to the endless amount of corn, Indiana truly is a place of greatness. I mean we have the Colts, Larry Bird, the Pacers, the Red Wolves, Little Turtle, David Letterman, and the Indy 500! That’s a lot for such a goofy looking state, but hey there’s more than just cars going around in circles here.
First off let’s talk about this great state we live in (if you live here that is)! Indiana, the home of the Indians, well until we kicked them out and made it the home of the Hoosier. No we all don’t live in log cabins, we’re just Lincoln’s childhood home. Actually I’m sure some of us do live in log cabins… But! Even though we have log cabins, most of us actually live in house, like in suburbs and stuff. We’re not as back woods as most people think, endless you live in southern Indiana, then you are super back woods.
Now I’ve heard we have some dumb laws, but I never knew the extent of them until I Googles them. You can actually learn a lot from google.. Anyways, one law in Warsaw, Indiana is that you cannot throw an old computer across the street at someone. Wait, what? I would love to meet the person who put this law in place, and hand them my computer. Another in South Bend (yes that is in northern Indiana… we also suck at directions as you can tell) is that you cannot make a monkey smoke a cigarette. Only in Indiana?
Did you know we have a show based in a fake city in Indiana? Yupp, it’s called Parks and Req. Amy Poehler stars in the show based in Pawnee, Indiana! We don’t really have a place called Pawnee here.. But the show is full of Indiana info, a good watch too if you love this great State!
Back to the real stuff, and by real stuff I mean the greatest thing that Indiana has ever seen. I’m talking about basketball. Yes the sport was invented here if you ask any Hoosier, and we basically perfected it too. Basketball is seriously life, next to the corn we harvest and our farm animals. But it truly is life! We all have basketball goals in our drive ways and even our babies can dunk. Maybe that’s a lie, but hey we like to think our children are going to be basketball gods!
However there is no bigger basketball rivalry than the IU and Purdue (ew) rivalry! Purdue even has a song they use at games that says IU sucks at the end, and they do sing it every game no matter who they play. You know as a friendly reminder that IU sucks, just kidding they’re the real MVP’s. As you probably can tell I am an IU fan, a Hoosier through and through. I even bleed red! IU really is the bee’s knees! Thanks to Bobby Knight and his bad temper IU is famous for throwing chairs, and their candy stripe pants; not clown pants…
IU also has the greatest regional campus ever, IU East! Yes we are the coolest thing since Scary Gary native Michael Jackson and his white skin (we don’t necessarily take pride in that though…)
Whether you’re from Bloomington, Terre Haute (does anyone even know where this place is?) Richmond, the Circle City (aka Indy for all you wondering where that is…) Gary, or Laurel (just kidding no one goes there!) Indiana is always home. Once a Hoosier always a Hoosier! So sound like a hick and drink your pop (because who says soda?) and embrace this awesome place! Oh, and Hoosier daddy?
Here’s a video to pump yourself up about the Cross Roads of America! (aka Indiana, because we’ve had so many slogans…) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAhFAubw_mg
