You know you're from...

[stranger]

My sis e-mailed me this little game which I thought would be fun for this board since there are many people from all over the globe here.

1) go to google.com and type in "You know you're from (your state/country here) if..."
2) pick out whatever you wish and bold the ones that apply to you.

This should be fun.

I'll start with You know you're from California if...

1. Your co-worker has 8 body piercings and none are visible
2. You make over $250,000 a year and still can't afford a house.
3. It's sprinkling outside, and you leave for work an hour early to avoid all the weather-related accidents.
4. Smoking in your office is not optional.
5. Your child's third grade teacher has purple hair, a nose ring, and is named Breeze.
6. You consult your horoscope before planning your day.
7. A low speed police pursuit will interrupt ANY TV broadcast.
8. Gas costs $1.00 per gallon more than anywhere else in the U.S.
9. You know which restaurant serves the freshest arugula.
10. You go to a tanning salon before going to the beach. (I know enough people who do this though)
11. Your blind date turns out to be your ex-spouse.
12. You pack shorts and a T-shirt for skiing in the snow, and a sweater and a wetsuit for the beach.
13. When you can't meet schedule because you must "do lunch.
14. Your children learn to walk in Birkenstocks
15. Rainstorms or thunder are the lead story for the local news.
16. You know how to eat an artichoke.
17. A really great parking space can move you to tears. (It really does)
18. The guy in line at Starbucks, wearing the baseball cap, sunglasses, and who looks like George Clooney, IS George Clooney.
19. Your hairdresser is straight, your plumber is gay, and your Mary Kay rep is a guy in drag.
20. The high school quarterback calls a time-out to answer his cell phone.
21. It's sprinkling out, and there's a report on every news channel about "THE STORM!"
22. Over 85% of the cities, towns, and streets start with San, Los, El, La, Santa, De La, or De Los.
23. Two overcast days in a row drive you mad.
24. Your family of four owns six vehicles.
25. You drive your rented Mercedes to your neighborhood block party.
26. Even if the store is across the street, you drive there.
27. The most prominent feature of your house is the 3-car garage.
28. You use 2 bays of the garage in place of the attic and basement you don't have.
29. You know that hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and snowstorms are way worse than earthquakes, which are, after all, over almost as soon as you realize what's happening.
30. You work 6 miles from your home and spend two hours a day commuting and $60 a week on gas.
31. When asked about your commute you answer in time, not distance.
32. The fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway.
33. Winter is when your lawn grows too fast and summer is when it dies.
34. You could sell your home and live like a king in 99% of the rest of the world.
35. The "TERMINATOR" is your governor. (That's the governator to you )

 

[WDWSwashbuckler]

Your Know You're From Minnesota If...
You've never met any celebrities.
"Vacation" means going to Valleyfair.
You've seen all the biggest bands ten years after they were popular.
You measure distance in minutes.
You know several people who have hit a deer.
Your school classes were canceled because of cold.
Your school classes were canceled because of heat.
You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
You think ethanol makes your truck "run a lot better."
You know what's knee-high by the Fourth of July.
Stores don't have bags; they have sacks.
You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it no matter what time of the year.
You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. Example: "Where's my coat at?" or "If you go to town I wanna go with."
You carry jumper cables in your car.
You know what "cow tipping" and "snipe hunting" is.
You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page but requires 6 pages for sports.
You think that deer season is a national holiday.
You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
You find -20 degrees F "a little chilly".
You know all 4 seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter, and Construction.
You know if another Minnesotan is from southern, middle or northern Minnesota as soon as they open their mouth.
You actually get these jokes and forward them to all your Minnesota friends.


:lol: :lol: That's sad, they're all so true!!

 

[TnkrBelPixiDust]

You know you're from Pennsylvania if ...
You refer to Pennsylvania as "PA" (pronounced Peee-Ay).
You can say the phrase "fire hall wedding reception" and not even bat an eye.
You know what a "State Store" is, and your out-of-state friends find it unbelievable that you can't purchase liquor at the mini-mart.
You live within two miles of a plant that makes potato chips, corn chips, pretzels, candy, or ice cream, or that packages turkey, beans or bologna.
Words like "hoagie", "sticky buns", "shoo-fly pie", "pierogies" and "pocketbook", and "water ice" actually mean something to you.
You can eat cold pizza (even for breakfast) and know others who do the same.
You not only have heard of Birch Beer, but you know it comes in multiple colors: Red, White, Brown, and Gold.
You know several places to purchase or that serve Scrapple, Lebanon Bologna, and Hot Bacon Dressing.
You can give directions to "Intercourse, PA" with a straight face.
You can eat a cold soft pretzel with deli mustard smeared on it from a street vendor without fear and enjoy it.
Your turkey has "filling," not "stuffing," and most certainly, NOT "dressing."
You know the difference between a cheese steak and a pizza steak sandwich, and know that you can't get a really good one outside PA.
You live for summer, when street and county fairs signal the beginning of funnel cake season.
You know that Blue Ball, Climax, Bird-in-Hand, Beaver, Moon, Virginville, Paradise, Mars, Intercourse, and Slippery Rock are towns.
You know what a township, borough, and commonwealth is.
You've never referred to Philadelphia as anything but "Philly." And New Jersey has always been "Jersey," and the Atlantic Ocean as "the shore."
You can identify drivers from New York, New Jersey, or other neighboring states by their unique and irritating driving habits.
When handed a wrapped cupcake, you automatically flip it over and rub it on the table so the icing won't stick to the cellophane.
You know several people who have hit deer more than once.
You know who "Punxsutawney Phil" is, and what it means if he sees his shadow.
You know what a "Mummer" is, and are disappointed if you can't catch at least highlights of the parade.
You carry jumper cables in your car, and your female passengers know how to use them.
You have an uncontrollable urge to buy bread and milk when you hear the word "snow."
You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.
You still keep kitty litter, starting fluid, de-icer, or a snowbrush in your trunk, even if you live in the South.
Driving is always better in winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie.
You think a typical vacation is two weeks on the front stoop.
School closings due to snow take the radio stations a half an hour to finish, because just about every town has its own school district.
When someone says 1972, you think "Agnes," and when someone says 1979, you think "TMI."
As a kid you built snow forts and leaf piles that were taller than you were.
"Youse guys" is a perfectly acceptable reference to a group of men & women.
You know how to respond to the questions "Djeetyet?" (Did you eat yet?) and "Wid o widout?" (With or without onions?)
You can say the correct pronunciation of LANK-is-ter instead of the mispronounced Laan-CAST-er, and LEB-en-in instead of the equally incorrect Leb-a-NON.
You know how to pronounce Narberth, Bryn Mawr, Bryn Athyn, Wilkes-Barre, Schuylkill, Bala Cynwyd, Conshohocken, and Monongahela.
You prefer Hershey's Chocolate to Godiva.
You call Sloppy Joes "Barbecue."
You think Medium Rare equals Well Done.
You can stop along the road to buy fruits, vegetables, or crafts on the "honor system."
You buy your beer and soda only by the case.
You say things like, "Outen the lights," "I'm calling off today," and "They're calling for snow."
You think the roads in any other state are smooth.
You consider Pittsburgh to be "out west," and you know the fastest way to Philly is the Turnpike.
You know that Yuengling is pronounced "Ying-ling," and believe that it really is a premium beer (which comes from growing up on Schlitz and Iron City).
You have the Rolling Rock bottle memorized: "From the glass lined tanks of Old Latrobe, we tender this premium beer for your enjoyment."
You refer to something as "a whole nother," as in "That's a whole nother issue."
The local paper covers National and International headlines on 1/4 page but requires six pages for sports.
The trunk of your car doubles as a deep freezer.
You know the four seasons: Winter, Still Winter, Almost Winter, and Construction.

Lol it's sadly true!!! :hammer:

 

[barnum42]

You know you're from Bristol / England when Google returns naff all in this particular search :lol:

 

[tigsmom]

You know you're from New York...

1. You say "The City" and expect everyone to know that this means Manhattan.
2. You have never been to the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building.
3. You can get into a four hour argument about how to get from Columbus Circle to Battery Park at 3:30 on the Friday before a long weekend, but can't find Wisconsin on a map.
4. Hookers and the homeless are invisible to you.
5. The subway map makes sense to you.
6. You think the subway should never be called anything prissy, like the Metro.
7. You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you bilingual.
8. You've considered smacking someone just for saying "The Big Apple."

9. Your door has more than two locks.
10. The most frequently used part of your car is the horn.
11. You consider eye contact an act of overt aggression.

12. You call an 8' x 10' plot of patchy grass a yard.
13. You consider Westchester "Upstate."
14. You cried the day Ed Koch took over for Judge Wapner.
15. You walk faster than some people run.
16. You see nothing odd about the speed of an auctioneer's speaking.
17. You're paying $1,200 for a studio the size of a walk-in closet and you think it's a "steal."
18. You've been to New Jersey twice and got lost both times.
19. You pay more each month to insure your car than most people in the US pay in rent.
20. You haven't seen more than twelve stars in the night sky since you went away to camp as a kid.
21. You go to dinner at 9pm and head out to theclubs when most Americans are heading to bed.
22. Your closet is filled with black clothes.
23. When foreigners ask directions, you are nice to them. When other New Yorkers ask directions, you ignore them.
24. You pay $5 without blinking for a beer that cost the bar 28 cents.
25. You take fashion seriously.
26. When you pass a celebrity on the street, you don't go to pieces.
27. You have 27 different menus next to your telephone.
28. Going to Brooklyn is considered a "road trip."
29. America west of the Hudson is still theoretical to you.
30. You've stopped thinking about how many hands touched the subway pole.
31. You're suspicious of strangers who are actually nice to you.
32. You haven't cooked a meal since helping Mom last Thanksgiving.
33. You take a taxi to get to your health club to exercise.
34. Your idea of "personal space" is no one actually breathing on you.
35. $50 worth of groceries fit in one paper bag.
36. You have a minimum of five "worst cab ride ever" stories.
37. You don't hear sirens anymore.
38. You've mentally blocked out all thoughts of the city's air quality and what it's doing to your lungs.
39. You live/work in a building with a larger population than some American towns.

 

[imagineer99]

Here it goes:

You know your from Northern Virginia if...

1. Speed limits are just suggestions
2. You take a major highway to school (95, 66,28, etc)
3. You constantly complain about there being nothing to do, even though you are right next to DC
4. You have at least 2 friends who have no idea what their parents do because its "top secret" government work
5. 50% of your senior class plans on going either to Mason, JMU, Tech or UVA
6. When people ask where you're from, you tell them DC because its easier to explain
7. You've never told someone you're from Virginia without putting "northern" in front of it
8. When you and your friends get bored you all whip out your cell phones and start playing with them
9. Its not actually tailgating unless your bumper is touching the car in front of you.
10. A yellow light means at least 5 more cars can get through.
11. A red light means 2 more can.
12. It takes you 30 minutes to drive 10 miles
13. Your local news is national news
14. If you hear the word "sniper" one more time you're going to slap someone
15. You actually know what the black boxes at stoplights are for
16. Even if your high school is only a year old, its already overcrowded
17. You have over 500 students in your graduating class
18. Despite the fact that Virginia fought for the south in the Civil War, you are NOT, under ANY circumstances, a "southerner"
19. You are friends with people from at least 2 other high schools
20. You know at least 2 people who drive a mercedes, BMW, Lexus, etc.
21. The cars in the student parking lot are woth 3x those in the teacher parking lot.
22. You are amused by visiting relatives who are actually excited to see Washington DC
23. You are amazed when you go out of town and the people at McDonalds speak english
24. You can cross 4 lanes of traffic in under 30 seconds
25. There are at least 3 malls within 20 minutes of your house
26. There are at least 6 Starbucks within 20 minutes of your house
27. You or someone in your family has a Smart Tag
28. Homework/Extra credit for a class has been to visit a museum in DC
29. When traveling, you have your choice of 3 airports
30. You don't actually like the Redskins/Wizards (except when Jordan was playing)
31. An inch of snow and you miss 3 days of school
32. All the potholes just add a little excitement to your driving experience
33. Stop signs mean slow down a little, but only if you feel like it
34. A rich white kid driving a BMW while blasting rap music is a common occurance
35. You call things "ghetto" even though in most of the rest of the country it'd be high class
36. You or most of your friends have a 3 car garage
37. You don't actually keep your cars in it.
38. When you were driving on the beltway at 2:13am on a Tuesday there was still traffic
39. Crown Victoria = undercover cop
40. A slow driver is someone who isn't going at least 10mph over the speed limit
41. You understand the meaning of "If you don't get it, you don't get it"
42. Subway is a fast food place. The transportation system is known as Metro, and only Metro
43. You've taken a wrong turn somewhere late at night and ended up in a bad part of DC(ex. anacostia)
44. Most of Loudoun County is the "middle of nowhere"
45. They just tore down the old farm house across the street and put 12 new houses in its place
46. The word Hfstival actually means something to you
47. Someone has honked at you because you didn't peal out the second the light turned green.
48. You've honked at someone because they didn't peal out the second the light turned green.
49. Rush hour lasts all day
50. For the cost of your house, you could own a small town in Iowa
51. Helicopters and airplanes flying above your neighborhood is a normal occurance.
52. 9:30 isnt just a time, its a place.
* Added by other people *
53. If you stay on the same road long enough, it will eventually have 3 new names.
54. You have to dial the area code to call your neighbor
55. You live 5 minutes from at least 2 high schools, but you go to one thats 30 minutes away.
56. You know at least 3 alternate routes to avoid sitting at a stop light.
57. You can't pull up to a 7-11 without seeing at least one cop, and usually there's another cop sitting not too far away.
58. You refer to distances in minutes, not miles.
59. When you put on your turn signal to change lanes, the people next to you speed up.
60. Talking on metro in the morning is prohibited

 

[tigsmom]

I've been to Northern Virginia...my niece drove us in a circle just to avoid 2 traffic lights! :lol:

 

[artvandelay]

You Know You're From Long Island If…"
By David Strauss and Evan Goldstein.
1 Half your senior class worked at Roosevelt Field.
2 You side with Billy in this whole fishing mess.
3 NCC may be 13th grade, but heck, Playboy voted them the best looking college girls in America. And Hofstra sucks.
4 You know the exact point at which Queens turns into Nassau simply on intuition.
5 You love the Glen Curtis Boulevard, and use it every time you visit the Coliseum.
6 You wonder why the Jets didn't move to Roosevelt Raceway.
7 Four words: United Skates of America.
8 You grew up thinking Chinese food was a basic food group.
9 You're used to driving down the street in December and seeing more light-up menorahs than you can shake a latka at. In fact, even your non-Jewish friends know what Matzoh is. And you've never driven more than 10 miles without seeing a temple.
10 You know that the EAB tree is such an attempt to become Manhattan, but you go out for the ceremony every year anyway.
11 Oh, your parents are from Brooklyn? So are mine!
12 After seeing a movie, you remembering spending hours deciding what to do afterwards, then ending up at the diner since nothing else was still open.
13 Yes, admit it, you've cruised the Pike.
14 You have nothing against the sport, but all the lacrosse players in your school made you ill.
15 You can pinpoint the day that you realized that Adventureland sucks. You are nearing the day that you realize that Great Adventure sucks.
You remember when you'd rather walk than take the late bus.
16 You think that High School sports just aren't that important.
17 You know where the Coliseum Motor Inn is, but you've never actually stayed there. You know someone who stayed at the Commack Motor Inn after Prom.
18 You've sat around on New Year's thinking: "Times Square, or something lame? Times Square, or something lame? Oh, what the hell, something lame."
19 You once ditched school and went to Eisenhower Park or Jones Beach.
20 You remember the heyday of Debbie Gibson.
21 You've tried to find the Amityville horror house.
22 You've gotten a Slurpy in the winter.
23 You taped your windows waiting for Gloria.
24 You can remember making up rules for "Shotgun" calls in high school.
25 You remember where you were May 24, 1980, at 7:11 of Overtime.
26 You remember when Newsday first added color to Part II.
27 You have cursed at the monopoly that is Cablevision.
28 You've argued with your city friends over whether LILCO is worse than Con Ed.
29 You know the many advantages and disadvantages of LaGuardia vs. Kennedy, and once you actually schlepped out to Islip.
30 Long Island Voice? Why the hell would I want that? Oh, it's free? Gimme two. And a couple of those Island-Ears too.
31 You have a friend who knows a guy who has a friend whose sister knows this girl whose doctor's uncle had a teacher whose daughter sat next to Amy Fisher in 10th grade Social Studies.
32 The most exciting day of your summer was when tickets to every Jones Beach show went on sale. You used to camp out at Ticketron for them.
33 Your elementary school promoted dodge ball as the top gym activity. (That's gym, not P.E.)
34 You once argued Hernandez vs. Mattingly.
35 You were upset when all the Roy Rogers turned into Wendy's.
36 Loews? Sony? Loews? Sony?
37 You don't remember why, but you actually ate at White Castle that night after all those beers.
38 You considered nachos and cheese at the Coliseum to be a suitable dinner date.
39 You order a pizza pie and a soda and expect people will understand.
40 You can spout off all the LIRR stops between Penn Station and Seaford.
41 You get a wave of nostalgia when someone mentions Nunley's.
42 Two words: Safety Town.
43 You accept without question the East Meadow triangle: a nice school, a nice hospital and a nice maximum security prison.
44 You know the back way out of the Jones Beach theater.
45 You always said it would be cool to go see Letterman, but you never went.
46 Paying $25 for a haircut doesn't sound so crazy.
47 You remember WDRE, but complain that the original WLIR was better in the mid-80s anyway.
48 You knew U2 and The Alarm before anyone else did, and your entire school attended the Rush concert every tour.
49 You miss whiffleball and running through sprinklers.
50 You listened to Howard Stern every morning.

 

[cloudboy]

You Might be From Massachusetts if...

1) The person driving in front of you is going 70mph and you are cursing him/her for going too slow.

2) The fact that Route 128 and I-95 are pretty much the same thing doesn't confuse you. They are not the same - they may be the same road, but in spirit I-95 is a new comer and a conspiracy.

3) When ordering a tonic, you mean a Coke...not quinine water.

4) You actually enjoy driving around rotaries. And a three-laner doesn't strike you as an attempt by the government to cull the surplus population.

5) You almost feel disappointed when someone doesn't flip you the bird when you cut them off or steal their parking space.

6) You know how to pronounce the names of towns like Worcester, Billerica, Haverhill, Barre and Cotuit.

7) You have driven to New Hampshire on a Sunday in order to get beer. Yay! No more!

8) You know that there are two Bulger brothers, and that they're both crooks.

9) You know what they sell at a packie.

10) You knew that there was no chance in hell that the Patriots would ever move to Hartford.

11) You laugh at all the other states in New England.

12) You know at least one bar where you can get something to drink after last call.

13) You can actually find your way around Boston.

14) You have gone to at least one party at UMass.

15) The curse of the Bambino is taught in public schools.

16) You refer to the New York Yankees as the Devil's spawn, or something worse.

17) Colleges are used as landmarks for directions, i.e., "Go past MIT until you hit Harvard. Take a right and go past Lesley. Keep going until you get to Tufts". (No, we're not kidding. These are actual directions.)

18) Doug Flutie is the greatest athlete ever.

19) Evacuation Day is a recognized holiday.

20) You know at least one guy named Sean, Pat, Whitey, Red, Bud or Seamus.

21) You think the rest of the country owes you for Thanksgiving and Independence Day.

22) You laughed at the kids down south who never got snow days.

23) You feel that the rest of the world needs to drive more like you.

24) You know The Beanpot is a hockey tournament, not a serving container.

25) You have never been to Cheers.

26) You can recognize a girl from Medford by catching a 2-second glimpse of her hair in the fog.

27) You remember exactly where you were when the ball rolled through Bill Buckner's legs.

28) You know that there is a bigger difference between Roxbury and West Roxbury than just a compass direction.

29) Somebody calls UMass "ZooMass" and you take it as a compliment .

30) When the words "WICKED" and "GOOD" go together.

31) When you pray for the Red Sox to win the World Series not this season, but in your lifetime.

33) When you know how to make a frappe. And I know what a bubbler is, too![/B]

34) When you know that "Big Dig" is also a kind of ice cream you can get at Brigham's.

35) When you actually know how to merge from 6 lanes of traffic down to one.

36) When you know what "Southie" is. And how it is different from the South End.

37) When you are proud to drink Sam Adams and think that the rest of the country owes Bostonians a big thank you.

38) When St. Patrick's Day is your favorite holiday.

39) When you never go to "Cape Cod", you go "down the Cape".

40) If you cried when Boston Garden was torn down. Those were not tears! I swear!

41) When you think that Roger Clemens, Wade Boggs and Derek Jeter are more evil than Whitey Bulger.

42) You went to Old Sturbridge Village, Plymouth Plantation, or both, on a field trip in grammar school.

43) You're aware that there is a town, somewhere in Massachusetts, named Brimfield, where they have the biggest outdoor antique market in the world.

44) You can drive to the mountains and the ocean all in one day. (But who'd want to?)

45) You have a special place in your heart for the Worcester firefighters.

46) If you live in Charlton City, most likely 99% of your family does as well. (Or, if you don't live there, you have a clue where Charlton City might be found.)

47) You know that the Mass Pike is some sort of strange weather dividing line. It's actually 495.

48) You know that P Town isn't the name of a new rap group.

49) You know that Ludlow is 90% Portuguese and that Fall River is 90% Lebanese.

50) If you've ever met a Republican, he or she was from New Hampshire. After all, isn't single-party government a sensible state of affairs, politically?

And, the final and most important way to know that you are from Massachusetts...

51) In your world, the letter "R" has long since disappeared from the English language. However, it pops up now and then, sort of like Elvis, on the end of words like Linda as in "Linder." The R is always silent except at the beginning of the word. I have never hear the letter R from a new englander at the end of a word before. It automatically changes to the letter a.

My brother lives in Denver, so I tried that. It brought up a page on alcoholism. Go figure.

 

[pinkrose]

You Know You're
From Alabama...


...if you've used the phrases "fixin' to," "might could," or "usetacould" during the last twenty four hours.


...if someone you know has used a football schedule to plan their wedding date.


...if you know the meaning of the phrase "Fobbed again."


...if you can properly pronounce Eufaula, Opelika, and Oneonta, as well as Bayou La Batre and Lafayette.


...if you know that the Talladega 500 is the biggest sporting event of any sort during the entire year.


...if you know exactly what chitlins and mountain oysters are, and you know someone who eats them anyway.


...if you can recall hot summers by the year they happened easier than you can remember your mother's birthday.


...if you think that people who complain about the humidity in their states are sissies.


...if you know that the true value of a parking space is not determined by the distance to the door but by the availability of shade.


...if you have owned, as your primary form of transportation, at least one vehicle that would never be able to pass any form of a safety inspection.


...if your "place at the lake" has wheels under it.


...if you aren't surprised to find rental movies, groceries, ammunition and bait all in the same store.


...if you realize that a Mercedes Benz is not a status symbol, but know if your heart that a Ford F150 4x4 is.


...if you've missed a wedding or a funeral to go to a football game.


...if a tornado warning siren is your signal to go out in the yard and look for a funnel cloud.

 

[speck76]

You're from Detroit if...

You know what a pastie is, and that it's not something worn by exotic dancers.

"Coast-to-coast" means Port Huron to Muskegon.

You hear somebody mention a type of batteries and you immediately think of a baseball player.

You know a lot of people who say they're from Detroit even though they really live someplace else.

You secretly feel that owning a foreign car is unpatriotic.

Some of the coins in your pocket have pictures of British royalty on them.

On the weekend of the Michigan/Michigan State football game, you develop an extreme dislike of either green or blue.

You drive 75 on the expressway and don't hesitate to pass on the right.

You can show people where you live by pointing at the palm of your right hand or the back of your left, and the word "thumb" brings to mind a geographical rather than an anatomical definition.

You know what an Ohio accent sounds like; it's spoken by people who live "down south."

When you order ginger ale, you expect to get Vernors.





You know you are from Michigan if...


1. You've never met any celebrities.

2. "Vacation" means going to Cedar Point.

3. At least 1 member of your family disowns you the week of the Michigan/Michigan State game.

4. Half the change in your pocket is Canadian... eh!

5. You drive 86 mph on the highway and pass on the right.

6. Your idea of a traffic jam is 40 cars waiting to pass an orange
barrel.

7. You know how to play (and pronounce) Euchre.

8. It's easy to get VERNORS ginger ale and Sanders hot fudge sauce, and Faygo pop.

9. You know how to pronounce "Mackinac".

10. You've had to switch on the "heat" and the "A/C" in the same day.

11. You bake with SODA and drink a POP.

12. The movie "Escanaba in Da Moonlight" wasn't funny. You consider it a documentary.

13. Your little league game was snowed out.

14. The word "thumb" has geographical, rather than anatomical significance.

15. You show people where you grew up by pointing to a spot on your right hand.

16. Traveling coast-to-coast means driving from Port Huron to Muskegon.

17. You measure distance in miles not minutes.

18. When giving directions, you refer to "A Michigan Left".

19. You know that Kalamazoo not only exists, but isn't that far from Hell.

20. Your year has 2 seasons: Winter and Construction.

21. Home Depot on any Saturday is busier than toy stores at Christmas.

22. You know when it has rained because of the smell of worms.

23. Owning a Japanese car was a hangin' offense in your hometown.

24. You believe that "down south" means Toledo.

25. You refer to Bad Axe as 'Nasty Hatchet'

26. The Krauts in Frankenmuth love to see pictures of your Christmas tree.

27. You lost your virginity up at Higgins or Houghton to some skank from Detroit.

 

[crazygirley]

You know you are from Michigan if...


1. You've never met any celebrities.

2. "Vacation" means going to Cedar Point.

3. At least 1 member of your family disowns you the week of the Michigan/Michigan State game.

4. Half the change in your pocket is Canadian... eh!

5. You drive 86 mph on the highway and pass on the right.

6. Your idea of a traffic jam is 40 cars waiting to pass an orange
barrel.

7. You know how to play (and pronounce) Euchre.

8. It's easy to get VERNORS ginger ale and Sanders hot fudge sauce, and Faygo pop.

9. You know how to pronounce "Mackinac".

10. You've had to switch on the "heat" and the "A/C" in the same day.

11. You bake with SODA and drink a POP.

12. The movie "Escanaba in Da Moonlight" wasn't funny. You consider it a documentary.

13. Your little league game was snowed out.

14. The word "thumb" has geographical, rather than anatomical significance.

15. You show people where you grew up by pointing to a spot on your right hand.

16. Traveling coast-to-coast means driving from Port Huron to Muskegon.

17. You measure distance in miles not minutes.

18. When giving directions, you refer to "A Michigan Left".

19. You know that Kalamazoo not only exists, but isn't that far from Hell.

20. Your year has 2 seasons: Winter and Construction.

21. Home Depot on any Saturday is busier than toy stores at Christmas.

22. You know when it has rained because of the smell of worms.

23. Owning a Japanese car was a hangin' offense in your hometown.

24. You believe that "down south" means Toledo.

25. You refer to Bad Axe as 'Nasty Hatchet'

26. The Krauts in Frankenmuth love to see pictures of your Christmas tree.

27. You lost your virginity up at Higgins or Houghton to some skank from Detroit.

 

[tigsmom]

You Know You're From Long Island If…"
By David Strauss and Evan Goldstein.
4 You know the exact point at which Queens turns into Nassau simply on intuition.
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:sohappy: I grew up in Queens Village on the border with Elmont...one side of the road Queens, the other Nassau.

Roosevelt Field, Jones Beach, NCC, Oh yeah!

How about the Sunrise Drive In & Gouz & Great Eastern?

Memories, light the corners of my mind...... :wave:

 

[maelstrom]

Mad -- try searching for "upstate new york" instead of just new york; definately closer to what we experience up here.

 

[tigsmom]

Mad -- try searching for "upstate new york" instead of just new york; definately closer to what we experience up here.

Will do, but I hit NY because thats where I lived till I was in HS...

You know you're from Upstate NY when . . .
You only have 3 spices-salt, pepper and ketchup
You design your Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
Mosquitoes have landing lights
You have more miles on your snowblower than your car
You have 10 favorite recipes for venison
True Value Hardware is busier on any given Saturday than a toy store at Christmas
You live in a house with no front steps and the front door is 3
feet above the ground
You have been trick or treating in a blizzard
Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled in with snow
You think everyone from the city has an accent
You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightgown with only 8 buttons.
You owe more money on your snowmobile than on your car
At least twice a year your kitchen doubles as a food processing plant
Most effective mosquito repellent is a shotgun
You get your snowblower stuck on the roof
You think the start of deer season is a national holiday ( well isn't it?)
You frequently clean the grease off your barbecue to keep the bears from prowling on your deck
You know which leaves make good toilet paper
You have kept food cold by putting on the back porch
The mayor greets you on the street by your first name
There is only one shopping plaza in town
You find -20F a little chilly
The trunk of your car doubles as a deep freeze
You attend a formal event in your best clothes and finest jewelry and snowmobile boots
You play road hockey on skates.
Shoveling the driveway constitutes a great upper body workout.
You know the 4 seasons-almost winter, winter, still winter and construction
The town buys a zamboni before a bus
You actually get these jokes and forward them to your Upstate NY friends.

 

[tigsmom]

This one also applies to me...

You Might Be From A Small Town If ...
You can name everyone you graduated with.
You know what 4-H is.
You ever went to parties at a pasture, barn, or in the middle of a dirt road
You used to drag "main."
You said the 'f' word and your parents knew within the hour.
You schedule parties around the schedule of different police officers, since you know which ones would bust you and which ones wouldn't-same with the game warden.
You ever went cow-tipping or snipe hunting.
School gets canceled for state events.
You could never buy cigarettes because all the store clerks knew how old you were (and if you were old enough they'd tell your parents anyhow).
When you did find someone old enough and brave enough to buy cigarettes, you still had to go out to the country and drive on back roads to smoke them.
You were ever in the Homecoming parade.
You have ever gone home for Homecoming.
It was cool to date someone from the neighboring town.
You had senior skip day.
The whole school went to the same party after graduation.
You don't give directions by street names or directions by references.
The cc golf course had only 9 holes.
You can't help but date a friend's ex-girlfriend.
Your car stays filthy because of the dirt roads, and you will never own a dark vehicle for this reason.
You think kids that ride skateboards are weird.
The town next to you is considered "trashy" or "snooty", but is actually just like your town.
Getting paid minimum wage is considered a raise.
You refer to anyone with a house newer than 1980 as the "rich people".
The people in the city dress funny, then you pick-up on the trend two years later.
You bragged to your friends because you got pipes on your truck for your birthday.
Anyone you want can be found at either the Dairy Queen or the feed store.
You see at least one friend a week driving a tractor through town.
Football coaches suggest that you haul hay for the summer to get stronger.
Directions are given using "the" stop light as a reference.
The city council meets at the coffee shop.
Your letter jacket was worn after your 19th birthday.
You have ever taken a trailer or dog to school on a daily basis.
Weekend excitement involves a trip to a Wal-Mart.
Even the ugly people enter beauty contest.
You decide to walk somewhere for exercise and 5 people pull over and ask if you need a ride.
Your teachers call you by your older siblings names.
Your teachers remember when they taught your parents.
You can charge at all the local stores.
The closest McDonald's is 45 miles away.
So is the closest mall.
It is normal to see an old man riding through town on a riding lawn mower.

 

[artvandelay]

:sohappy: I grew up in Queens Village on the border with Elmont...one side of the road Queens, the other Nassau.

Roosevelt Field, Jones Beach, NCC, Oh yeah!

How about the Sunrise Drive In & Gouz & Great Eastern?

Memories, light the corners of my mind...... :wave:

Do you remember Jolly Rogers on Hemp. Tpke?

Did you ever sleigh ride in a sump?

 

[Steamboat_Kevin]

You Know You Are From Wisconsin When ...


Your whole family wears green and gold to church on Sunday.
You define summer as three months of bad sledding.
Snow tires come standard on all your cars.
You refer to the Packers as "we."
You have gotten frostbitten and sunburned in the same week.
You can identify an Illinois accent..
You know what cow-tipping is.
You learned to drive a tractor before the training wheels were off your bike.
Down South to you means Chicago.
Traveling coast to coast means going from La Crosse to Milwaukee.
A brat is something you eat.
You know that Eau Claire is not something you eat.
You have no problem spelling Milwaukee.
You consider Madison exotic.
You got a passport to go to Minnesota.
You don't have a coughing fit from one sip of Pabst Blue Ribbon.
You can actually pronounce Oconomowoc.
You know what a bubbler is.
Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a cow next to your blue spruce.
Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new machine shed.
You go out for fish fry every Friday.
You can recognize someone from Illinois from their driving.
You know how to polka.
You drink soda and refer to your dad as "pop."
Formal wear is blue jeans & a baseball cap.
You were unaware there is a legal drinking age.
Your 4th of July Family Picnic was moved indoors due to frost.
You know where Waukesha is AND can pronounce it.
Decided to have a picnic this summer because it fell on a weekend.
You can visit Luxemburg, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Berlin, New London & Poland all in one afternoon.
You only know three spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup.
You design you Halloween costumes to fit over a snowsuit.
You've seen mosquitoes with landing lights.
You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.
You enjoy driving in the winter because the potholes fill in with snow.
Your sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie.
You owe more money on your snowmobile than on your car.
The local paper covers major headlines on 1 page, but requires 4 pages for sports.
At least twice a year, your kitchen doubles as a meat processing plant.
Your snow blower gets stuck on the roof.
You think the start of deer season is a national holiday.
You find 0 degrees a little chilly.
You know what to do with a Blatz.
You actually understand these jokes.
You forward them to all your Wisconsin friends.

 

[disney_nutter]

i found this in a joke book this is for all us english and british people

Sure signs your english/brittish

You treat anyone foreign with suspicion
you never leave home without an umbrella
you have never been to the millennium dome or care about it
On holiday in spain you search for an english bar to get a full english
You have little sense of of rhythm
you understand the rules of cricket
You care about the rules of cricket
You think dried pigs blood is a delicacy (hmm black pudding :slurp: )
You are still mentally at war with germany, france, the american colonies, the danes, the celts, the vikings and the romans
you think the weather is a more exciting topic that baseball
you dont expect public transport to run on time
you think sarcam is the highest form of wit
you think france begins and ends at calais hypermarket
you have a proverb to cover any eventuality

 

[tigsmom]

Do you remember Jolly Rogers on Hemp. Tpke?

Did you ever sleigh ride in a sump?

Got me on those, but I remember Hungry Hermans on Hempstead Turnpike and sleigh riding down the parking lot ramps at Belmont (by the cage) right into traffic on the Cross Island. (hint:...don't ever do that!)