Stereotypes aren't cool... but sometimes (no matter how hard we try to deny them) they're true. This is especially true regarding geographical regions. Sure, everything may be bigger in Texas, Floridians may love their sunshine, and New Yorkers are kinda rude, but these things are only true if you live in small-town Indiana.

1. You've been late because of a tractor

2. You know a lot about crops... even if you're not a farmer

3. Corn hole is a common pastime

4. Tornado sirens are just a call to grab a beer and head to the porch with your camera

5. It's basically a sin not to love basketball

6. The weather fluctuates between all four seasons in a single day

7. You're really good at wearing layers (because of #6)

8. 70 degrees is shorts weather

9. The fair is something you look forward to every year

10. It's actually considered a big deal to become fair queen

11. Road construction will never end

12. Potholes... potholes everywhere

13. You waste a lot of gas in the winter just waiting on your windshields to defrost

14. Anything can (and will) be deep fried

15. "Ope" is a common expression and a valid form of apology

SEE ALSO:40 Times Midwesterners Say 'Ope'

16. Corn mazes crop up all over the state when October runs around (and you've definitely gotten lost and scared in them more times than you'd like to admit)

17. IU or Purdue... you pick one, never both

18. You can shuck a corn cob in a minute (and its spotless of course)

19. Pork is most commonly served breaded, deep fried, and on a bun.

20. You speed to beat the trains...unless you want to be 20 minutes late

21. Playing in the sprinklers is a great way to cool off in the summer

22. G's at the end of words aren't necessary (think "goin', comin', leavin')

23. March Madness brackets are taken VERY seriously

24. You can spend five minutes in line next to someone and know their whole life story...even if you have no idea what their name is

25. The whole town goes (or listens to) the high school football games on Friday nights

26. You make fun of Kentucky (but you really don't know why)

27. All drinks are pop NOT soda

28. Coke is an acceptable term for anything carbonated

29. You rode in the back of a pick-up truck (forget that it's not legal)

30. It's a big deal to have alcohol on a Sunday

31. Anything can (and will) be burned in a bonfire

32. You spent your summers playing in the woods or creek (also referred to as crick)

33. You know what knee high by the Fourth of July means and understand that it's a technical measurement

34. Trucks are more common than cars

35. You complain, but deep down Indiana will always be your home