You know you are a true Nebraskan when:

• You measure distance in hours.
• You know several people who have hit a deer more than once.
• You often switch from “heat” to “A/C” in the same day and back again.
• You can drive 65 mph through two feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching.
• You install a security light on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
• You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them.
• You were unaware that there is a legal drinking age.
• A brat is something you eat.
• You go out to tailgate party every Friday.
• You know what the “sea of red and white” is.
• You wake up when it’s dark and you go to bed when it’s still light.
• You can tell it’s really a farmer working late in the field, and not a UFO.
• You know the difference between field corn and sweet corn when they are still on the stalk.
• You fly your American flag at half mast when the Huskers lose a football game.
• You know how to pronounce Beatrice, Norfolk and Kearney.
• You don’t understand why other states even bother to try raising beef.
• You take pride in knowing that on Saturdays, Memorial Stadium is the third largest city in the state.
• You know what a Runza is.
• You call lunch “dinner” and dinner “supper.”
• You actually understand these jokes, and you share them with all your Nebraska friends.

Source: Nebraska Newspaper Article