This was copy and pasted from another thread...(The Illinois thread...just changed around for MA...notice the similarities...)YOU
KNOW YOU'RE FROM BOSTON WHEN ........
1. The "Living Room" is called the "Parlor"
2. You know that Massachusetts is a COMMONWEALTH.
3. You measure distance in minutes (especially "from the city"). And you swear everything is pretty much 15 minutes away.
4. You have no problem spelling or pronouncing "Worcester"
5. Your school classes were canceled because of cold.
6. Your school classes were canceled because of heat.
7. You've had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
8. Stores don't have sacks, they have bags.
9. You don't know how to pronounce the sound "ar".
Example: "I pahked my cah in Hahvid Yahd"
10. Your idea of a great tenderloin is when the meat is twice as big as the bun, "everything" is on it and a slice of dill pickle is on the side.
11. You carry jumper cables in your car.
12. You drink "Sam Adams" and you feel proud to be a Bostonian
13. You understand that 95S is 128N...(ok, so not all Bostonians even understand this one)(but you do feel that you're better than all the other cities on the east coast because I-95 isn't good enough to run through your city)
14. You call the interstates "expressways"
15. You refer to anything South of "da tunnel" as "Southern MA".
16. You refer to Boston Harbor as "The Hah-bah".
17. You refer to Boston as "The City".
18. "The Super Bowl" refers to one specific game in a series of 35 played in January of 1986. GO PATS!!(umm...ok...so not January of 1986...but February of 2002) (We in MA don't like to even think that the one specific game played in January of 1986 ever existed)
19. No matter where you are, when you hear the term "Downtown" you immediately assume they're talking about Downtown Boston.
20. You have one favorite football team: The Patriots
21. You buy "The Herald".
22. You think 35 degrees is great weather to wash your car!
23. You don't actually LOOK for the tea in the Hahbah.
24. You know what Boston Baked Beans really taste like.
25. You know why they call Boston "The biggest little city"
26. You know what the "Big Dig" is and have been completely confused by the roads that move more times than the staircases at Hogwarts.
27. You know the difference between Amtrak and the Commutah.
28. You have ridden the "T".
29. You can distinguish between the following area codes: 781, 978, 508, & 617...and...have had probably one or two of those while living in the same house
30. You have at some time in your life, used your furniture to guard your parking spot in winter.
31. You respond to the question "Where are you from" with (insert any compass direction here except east) + "of", example: "South of", "North of" or "West of."
32. You know what the phone number is to Giant Glass is 1-800-54-GIANT..."Who do you call when your windshield's busted? Call Giant Glass...1-800-54-GIANT...done right done fast...so wherever you are...call number 1-800-54-GIANT"
KNOW YOU'RE FROM BOSTON WHEN ........
1. The "Living Room" is called the "Parlor"
2. You know that Massachusetts is a COMMONWEALTH.
3. You measure distance in minutes (especially "from the city"). And you swear everything is pretty much 15 minutes away.
4. You have no problem spelling or pronouncing "Worcester"
5. Your school classes were canceled because of cold.
6. Your school classes were canceled because of heat.
7. You've had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
8. Stores don't have sacks, they have bags.
9. You don't know how to pronounce the sound "ar".
Example: "I pahked my cah in Hahvid Yahd"
10. Your idea of a great tenderloin is when the meat is twice as big as the bun, "everything" is on it and a slice of dill pickle is on the side.
11. You carry jumper cables in your car.
12. You drink "Sam Adams" and you feel proud to be a Bostonian
13. You understand that 95S is 128N...(ok, so not all Bostonians even understand this one)(but you do feel that you're better than all the other cities on the east coast because I-95 isn't good enough to run through your city)
14. You call the interstates "expressways"
15. You refer to anything South of "da tunnel" as "Southern MA".
16. You refer to Boston Harbor as "The Hah-bah".
17. You refer to Boston as "The City".
18. "The Super Bowl" refers to one specific game in a series of 35 played in January of 1986. GO PATS!!(umm...ok...so not January of 1986...but February of 2002) (We in MA don't like to even think that the one specific game played in January of 1986 ever existed)
19. No matter where you are, when you hear the term "Downtown" you immediately assume they're talking about Downtown Boston.
20. You have one favorite football team: The Patriots
21. You buy "The Herald".
22. You think 35 degrees is great weather to wash your car!
23. You don't actually LOOK for the tea in the Hahbah.
24. You know what Boston Baked Beans really taste like.
25. You know why they call Boston "The biggest little city"
26. You know what the "Big Dig" is and have been completely confused by the roads that move more times than the staircases at Hogwarts.
27. You know the difference between Amtrak and the Commutah.
28. You have ridden the "T".
29. You can distinguish between the following area codes: 781, 978, 508, & 617...and...have had probably one or two of those while living in the same house
30. You have at some time in your life, used your furniture to guard your parking spot in winter.
31. You respond to the question "Where are you from" with (insert any compass direction here except east) + "of", example: "South of", "North of" or "West of."
32. You know what the phone number is to Giant Glass is 1-800-54-GIANT..."Who do you call when your windshield's busted? Call Giant Glass...1-800-54-GIANT...done right done fast...so wherever you are...call number 1-800-54-GIANT"
