Being an Ohioan comes with its own unique ways of life and (what could be considered) strange habits by outsiders. It’s just what happens when you come to know and love your home state as much as we do here in Ohio—but is that really a bad thing? The following are 11 strange habits nearly every Ohioan will defend to the death.
Stay true to yourself, Ohio.
- We’ve all got at least one photo like this:
Jagrap/Flickr Hey, if you could spell your state’s name with your arms, you’d do it too.
- We often randomly yell out “O-H” and fully anticipate an “I-O” reply.
Katrina Cole/Flickr I can see how this could make us appear a little strange. But we just want to know where our Ohioans at.
- If it can be decorated, it’s going to be Ohio-themed.
Hey Paul Studios/Flickr Clothes, pillows, bags—you name it and we’ve likely got our state name and/or shape on it. We’re proud. <3
- We have a somewhat illogical hatred for all things yellow and blue.
alamosbasement/Flickr But we don’t really care how senseless it may seem to everyone else.
- Stores such as Meijer, Kroger and JC Penney are referred to in possessive form.
Nicholas Eckhart/Flickr It’s “Meijer’s,” “Kroger’s” and “JC Penney’s” here and we won’t explain why.
- We do not, under any circumstances, trust what the weather man predicts.
Erik Drost/Flickr Honestly, what does he know, anyway?
- We have a special way of eating spaghetti here.
Wally Gobetz/Flickr (You don’t have to like it. Just don’t knock it before you try it.)
- We only give directions based on a location’s proximity to a major city and we give them in time increments, not miles.
Mr. Tin DC/Flickr “It’s an hour outside of Cleveland” will be the sort of answers you get from us and you really can’t expect anything else
- It doesn’t matter how many snow and ice storms we’ve survived without bread and milk, we will still raid the grocery store shelves.
nsub1/Flickr No matter how much we don’t trust the weatherman and his silly forecast, there’s no way we’re going to be unprepared. It’s the principle of the thing.
- There is no Ohio joke that has the power to offend us anymore. So, we’ll likely laugh at them.
memepix.com Look. You make lemons into lemonade. We all learned this as kids, so why forget it now?
- We relentlessly make fun of Ohio ourselves while we secretly love it.
Todd F. Niemand/Flickr Some things just can’t be explained.
Jagrap/Flickr
Hey, if you could spell your state’s name with your arms, you’d do it too.
Katrina Cole/Flickr
I can see how this could make us appear a little strange. But we just want to know where our Ohioans at.
Hey Paul Studios/Flickr
Clothes, pillows, bags—you name it and we’ve likely got our state name and/or shape on it. We’re proud. <3
alamosbasement/Flickr
But we don’t really care how senseless it may seem to everyone else.
Nicholas Eckhart/Flickr
It’s “Meijer’s,” “Kroger’s” and “JC Penney’s” here and we won’t explain why.
Erik Drost/Flickr
Honestly, what does he know, anyway?
Wally Gobetz/Flickr
(You don’t have to like it. Just don’t knock it before you try it.)
Mr. Tin DC/Flickr
“It’s an hour outside of Cleveland” will be the sort of answers you get from us and you really can’t expect anything else
nsub1/Flickr
No matter how much we don’t trust the weatherman and his silly forecast, there’s no way we’re going to be unprepared. It’s the principle of the thing.
memepix.com
Look. You make lemons into lemonade. We all learned this as kids, so why forget it now?
Todd F. Niemand/Flickr
Some things just can’t be explained.
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