You know you're from...

[goofyguy]

You know you're from TEXAS if:
1. You measure distance in hours.
2. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
3. Stores don't have bags; they have sacks.
4. Stores don't have shopping carts; they have buggies.
5. You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in
it, no matter what time of the year.
6. You use "fix" as a verb. Example: I am fixin' to go to the store.
7. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit,
vegetable, grain, or animal.
8. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both
unlocked.
9. You carry jumper cables in your car...for your OWN car.
10. You know what "cow tipping" and "snipe hunting" are.
11. You only own four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup, and Tabasco.
12. You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.
13. You think sexy lingerie is a tee shirt and boxer shorts.
14. The local paper covers national and international news on one page
but requires 6 pages for sports.
15. You find 90 degrees F "a little warm."
16. You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, Still Summer, and
Christmas.
17. You know whether another Texan is from southern, middle, or northern
Texas as soon as they open their mouth.
18. There is a Dairy Queen in every town with a population of 1000 or more.
19. Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past-time known as "goin wal-martin" or
off to "Wally World."
20. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good chili
weather.
21. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or pop... it's a Coke,
regardless of brand or flavor.
22. Everyone around you understands "ya'll" and "yonder" and use them
commonly.
23. You understand these jokes and forward them to your friends from
Texas.

 

[Mr Bill]

You know you're from FLORIDA if....

1. You measure distance in minutes.

2. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.

3. Stores don't have bags, they have sacks.

4. You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it, no matter what time of the year.

5. You use "fix" as a verb. Example: I am fixing to go to the store.

6. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal.

7. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.

8. You carry jumper cables in your car ... for your OWN car.

9. You know what "cow tipping" is.

10. You only own four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup, and Tabasco.

11. The local paper covers national and international news on one page but requires 6 pages for local gossip and sports.

12. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.

13. You find 100 degrees F "a little warm."

14. You know all four seasons: Almost summer, summer, still summer, and Christmas (which still feels like summer).

15. Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past-time known as "goin wal-martin" or off to "Wally World."

16. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good gumbo weather.

17. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or pop ... it's a Coke, regardless of brand or flavor. Example: "What kinda coke you want?"

 

[Not For Sale]

You Know You're From Long Island If…"

15 You can pinpoint the day that you realized that Adventureland sucks. You are nearing the day that you realize that Great Adventure sucks.

Everytime I go there I regret it. Top Scan hurts. A lot. I still think Great Adventure is alright. Crococile Run (the new spinny water ride at Adventureland) is awesome. GO ON IT. Positive G goodness!

 

[stranger]

16. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good gumbo weather.

Anything below 70 degrees is gumbo weather, even though it's not gumbo for us. Actually, here if it hits 65 degrees or below it's jacket weather. :lol:

 

[StevenT]

17. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or pop ... it's a Coke, regardless of brand or flavor. Example: "What kinda coke you want?"

I'm guilty of that one

 

[Figment1986]

My only You know you're from FLORIDA if....

1. You measure distance in minutes.

2. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.

3. Stores don't have bags, they have sacks.

4. You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it, no matter what time of the year.

5. You use "fix" as a verb. Example: I am fixing to go to the store.

6. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal. (Cought, i have a Flap Jack festival)

7. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.

8. You carry jumper cables in your car ... for your OWN car. :hammer:

9. You know what "cow tipping" is.

10. You only own four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup, and Tabasco.

11. The local paper covers national and international news on one page but requires 6 pages for local gossip and sports. :lookaroun

12. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.

13. You find 100 degrees F "a little warm."

14. You know all four seasons: Almost summer, summer, still summer, and Christmas (which still feels like summer).

15. Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past-time known as "goin wal-martin" or off to "Wally World."

16. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good gumbo weather.

17. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or pop ... it's a Coke, regardless of brand or flavor. Example: "What kinda coke you want?

I am also from a small town... but dont know everyone's name, I usually drive to the other small town next county over for everything but school.

 

[nikimsu2002]

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. GO GREEN!

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. I did that today as a matter of fact
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.

 

[ArchiDanDisney]

I have a few to add to the Michiganian is....

You know you're from michigan if...

1. you know that hell does freeze over.

2. The Big Mac is something you can drive on as well as eat

3. You can drink Vernors without coughing.

4. You actually have to drive south to get to canada...( only place in the lower 48...)

5. You move to florida and miss the snow, and all your co-workers call you crazy because you're wearing shorts and its 55. ( maybe that last one was a personal thing)

 

[mkt]

You know you're from FLORIDA if....

1. You measure distance in minutes.

2. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day. DECEMBER

3. Stores don't have bags, they have sacks.

4. You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it, no matter what time of the year.

5. You use "fix" as a verb. Example: I am fixing to go to the store.

6. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal.

7. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.

8. You carry jumper cables in your car ... for your OWN car.

9. You know what "cow tipping" is.

10. You only own four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup, and Tabasco.

11. The local paper covers national and international news on one page but requires 6 pages for local gossip and sports.

12. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.

13. You find 100 degrees F "a little warm."

14. You know all four seasons: Almost summer, summer, still summer, and Christmas (which still feels like summer).

15. Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past-time known as "goin wal-martin" or off to "Wally World."

16. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good gumbo weather.

17. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or pop ... it's a Coke, regardless of brand or flavor. Example: "What kinda coke you want?"

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18. It breaks 70 and you're wearing long jeans, sweater, and a scarf

19. You have perfect comprehension of Spanish, Portugese, and Creole. Yet you've never left the US nor studied these languages.

20. If you refer to people from Georgia/Alabama/Carolinas/Tennessee/Louisiana as "damn southerners"

21. If you're cheering the away team at any local sports event

22. You can drive from Tallahassee to Miami (or Vice Versa) and not be able to communicate with anyone in your final destination

23. You laugh at anyone paying state income tax

 

[imagineer99]

I have a few to add to the Michiganian is....

3. You can drink Vernors without coughing.

I may be a Virginian, but Vernors might be the best Ginger Ale ever made.

 

[FutureCEO]

You know you are from Rhode Island (pronounced Roe Dylin') if:
*You know the basic rules of DuckPin bowling.
*You own garden tools from Job Lot.
*You have used the expression "Not For Nuthin" or "bubbla".
*You serve bread with every meal.
*You know what "3 all d' way" means.
*You load up on milk and bread before a snowstorm.
*You have a bottle of coffee syrup in the fridge right now.
*You've gotten sick from eating too many clam cakes.
*Your first live concert was at The Civic Center or Rocky Point.
*You were born at Lying-In Hospital.
*You still call the Rhode Island Mall the Midland Mall.
*You have used a demolished landmark such as ALMACS or Finast when giving directions.
*You secretly watch the NBC TV show "Providence" even though you tell your friends you don't.
*You have slammed on your brakes to discourage a tailgater.
*You know what a burger "The Newport Creamery Way" is.
*You have dated a girl named Brenda or a guy named Vinnie.
*You've personally met Vinnie Paz.
*Your idea of a dream house is a raised ranch.
*You have relatives who have been to Edgehill Newport, Codac, or Butler.
*You've bribed your mechanic for a new inspection sticker even though your car failed to pass the safety inspection.
*You have a degree from RIC, CCRI or URI.
*You think vodka and Del's is a great combination.
*You've been to Twin Oaks for your birthday.
*You know how to pronounce Pawtucket, Cowesett, Usqepaug, and Narragansett.
*You've been to Scarborough Beach but not Block Island.
*You know where "The Pier" is located.
*You've gotten sick eating too many clam cakes.
*You like your clam CHOW-dah clear not white or red.
*You put vinegar on your french fries.
*You've been on a Bay Queen cruise.
*You can recognize a Cranston accent.
*You drop the "w" in Greenwich, Kingstown, and Warwick.
*You use the expression "down-city" for downtown.
*You've eaten at Haven Brothers, drunk.
*You celebrate St. Joseph's Day and know what a "zeppolla" is.
*You have at least one gallon of Newport Creamery coffee ice cream in your freezer.
*You know what "ProJo" stands for.
*You still call CCRI "reject".
*You think that "party/potty" "God/guard" "law/lore" and "hot/heart" are
examples of homonyms.
*You know the original name for Airport Road.

*You always start giving directions by saying, "Well, you get on 95."
*You know what "John from Alpert's" sounds like.
*You refer to the movies as "the show."
*You know what Allie's makes.
*You know what a "package store" is.
*You think lots of gold jewelry looks great on the beach.
*Your favorite expressions are, "Are you serious?", "Wicked", and "You know what I'm saying?"
*You've thrown at least one yard sale this month.
*You know you need "quahogs" to make "stuffies".
*You know there's a West End but not a West Providence.
*You think banana, vanilla, and idea all end in "r".
*You put celery salt on your hotdogs.
*You see turn signals or "directionals" as optional car equipment.
*Your into Keno, Powerball and the drawin'.
*When told surprising news, you answer "Geddout", or if you're female, "No Suh!"
*If you are going to the basement, you're going "down cellar."
*Instead of eating dinner, you eat suppa.
*You call spaghetti sauce, "gravy."
*You've eaten a Wimpy Skippy on the Hill.
*You know what "Leggs and Eggs" is.
*You ask your mechanic to give you a state inspection sticker even though your car failed.
*You know that there is never any school in Fosta-Glosta when it snows.
*You've gone to Cumbie's for milk or gas.
*You've eaten Jonnycakes or Johnny cakes (with an h if the flint corn comes from out of state).
*You know someone in the mob, but won't admit it.
* You've voted a convicted felon into office at least twice!
*You think Saugy’s are the best hot dogs and Newport Creamy the best ice cream
*You reuse the Newport Creamery Gallon container to freeze your meatballs and gravy.
*You have a $200 car with a $2000 sound system...
*You have an ashtray made from a quahog shell...
*Your three best friends are all named Tony...
*You can't take a bath, because there's a saint inside your tub.
*You've used an inside out tire as a planter...
*Your friends throw you a going away party, because you're moving from Pawtucket to Woonsocket...
*The girl you ended up marrying lived no more than 6 blocks from where you grew up.
*You've converted the basement of your house into an apartment.
*You pronounce it "Wark" instead of Warwick..
*You bump into Roanne from Off Track Bedding at a restaurant and you ask her for an autograph.
*You call spaghetti sauce, "gravy."
*You tell friends that something is "on special", instead of on sale.
*The meal at every wedding you've ever attended was chicken, shells and frenchfries. *You are never from Providence, or East Providence, but from the East Side, Rumford or Riverside
*You've called into a radio talk show at least once in the past 5 days.
*You don't eat dinner...,you have"suppa"...
*You order an iced coffee in December.
*If 5 flakes of snow fall at 9:00 AM, you leave work at 10:00 AM.
*You read the wedding announcements in the Sunday Pro-Jo and recognize at least 3 couples.
*Your favorite adjective is "wicket."
*When told surprising news, you respond,"Geddout!", if you're a male and "Nosuh!" if you're a female.
*The seltzer guy delivers bottles to your home on a weekly basis.
*People at work wish you a " Happy St.Joseph's Day!
*You say "please" if you want something repeated.
*A car journey longer than 1 hour is a day trip.
*You can curse in Italian.
*You know the basic rules of Duck Pin Bowling.
*You own garden tools from Job Lot.
*You have tried to drive the the measured mile in less than 45 seconds.
*You know what the expression "side by each " means.
*You've discussed graphic surgery at the dinner table.
*You've used the expression " not fa nuthin " in conversation.
*You serve bread with every meal.
*You feel compelled to hear at least one weather report a day.
*You've pulled out of a sidestreet and used your car to block oncoming traffic so you can make a left turn.
*Your holiday season isn't complete without a trip to LaSallette Shrine.
*There's a bottle of coffee syrup in your fridge right now.
*You have given a bottle of Sakonnet wine as a gift.
*You own at least one coffee table book with a picture of a light house on the cover.
*You've boasted about the money you've saved at The Christmas Tree Shop. *You own a hat with a red " P " on it.
*You harbor a secret desire to muss up Doug White's hair.
*You've used a breakdown lane on 95 to pass someone.
*You've driven more than 5 miles, just so you could save $2.
*You've been on a RIPTA bus less than 6 times in 12 years.
*You can still remember the words to the old Rocky Point theme song.
*You know what a "governor-preferred " plate is. You have a degree from URI, CCRI or RIC.
*You've never wondered why there's no "West Providence", but a "West End." *You think banana, vanilla, and idea all end in the letter " r ."
*You give directions such as, "Make a left where Almacs used to be!"

Your a native Rhode Islander and you know you're not in Rhode Island if:
*Your new friends start asking you to repeat words such as car, potato, pizza, barber, and chowder.
*You see a car with RI plates and you have an uncontrollable urge to ask, "What pot?"
*You ask a friend who's going to Rhode Island to bring back some Saugy's and/or hot weenies.
*The car in front of you is using its turn signal.
*You'd gladly shell out $35 for a black market bottle of coffee syrup!
*You've driven 5 miles in a populous area and have not seen a Dunkin' Donuts.
*You ask the waitress for a grinder and she gives you directions to Home Depot or Lowe's.
*No one wishes you a Happy St. Joseph's day.
*You don't get VJ day off from work.
*When you say that you have a "great idear," people look at you funny.
*You receive blank stares when asking where the "bubbla" is located.
*You're reading this and pronouncing all the words like a true Rhode Islander.
*You're proud as hell to (still) be a Roe Dylinda