You Know You're From ------ When....

Carol wrote:

Kalin... those are too funny

Rhonda wrote:

I actually know a few of these, but a lot I haven't a clue..........I only live here, I am NOT from here............I am afraid I need to do the California one..........

You Know You’re From Arkansas When......

Yes, I know... but you've lived there for a while now so you gotta take the heat :shifty:

NOPE.....it says, "You know you are FROM.......When......" and I am not FROM Arkansas, I only live here.......My habits and upbringing came from California....

I'm also from New York but I'll just bold the ones that apply to me :).

You Know You're From New York When...

* You think Central Park is "nature."

* You're paying $1,200 for a studio the size of a walk-in closet and you think it's a "steal."

* You've been to New Jersey twice and got hopelessly lost both times.

* You pay more each month to park your car than most people in the U.S. pay in rent.

* You go to dinner at 9 and head out to the clubs when most Americans are heading to bed.

* You have 27 different menus next to your telephone. (Wait, I thought everybody does...)

* Going to Brooklyn is considered a "road trip". (YES!! Especially Atlantic Avenue haha)

* America west of the Hudson is still theoretical to you.

* You're suspicious of strangers who are actually nice to you.

* You take a taxi to get to your health club to exercise.

* Your idea of personal space is no one actually standing on your toes.


* $50 worth of groceries fit in one paper bag.


* Your doorman is Russian, your grocer is Korean, your deli man is Israeli, your building super is Italian, your laundry guy is Chinese, your favorite bartender is Irish, your favorite diner owner is Greek, the watch seller on your corner is Senegalese, your last cabbie was Pakistani, your newsstand guy is Indian and your favorite falafel guy is Egyptian.

* You say "the city" and expect everyone to know that it means Manhattan.

* You secretly envy cabbies for their driving skills.

* You have never been to the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building.

* 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.

* Hookers and the homeless are invisible.

* The subway makes sense.

* The subway should never be called anything prissy, like the Metro.

* You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you multi-lingual.

* You think $7.00 to cross a bridge is a fair price.

* You've considered stabbing someone just for saying "The Big Apple."

* Your door has more than three locks.

* You go to a hockey game for the fighting. In the stands. To participate.

* Your favorite movie has DeNiro in it.

* The most frequently used part of your car is the horn.

* You consider eye contact an act of overt aggression.

* You call an 8' x 10' plot of patchy grass a yard. You complain about having to mow it.


* You are a skee-ball juggernaut. (Skee-ball is awesome! Yay Coney Island!)


* You consider Westchester "Upstate."

* You cried the day Mayor Ed Koch took over for Judge Wapner.

* You run when you see a flashing "Do Not Walk" sign at the intersection.



I bolded most of them haha.

I'm offended! lol, j/k. Anyway:

You Know You’re from Ohio When...

* You've never met any celebrities.
* Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.
* "Vacation" means driving through Hocking Hills or going to King's Island.
* You've seen all the biggest bands ten years after they were popular.
* You measure distance in minutes.
* Down south to you means Kentucky.
* 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 ridden the school bus for an hour each way.
* 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 people wear bib overalls at funerals.
* 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 the mall I wanna go with."
* All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, or grain.
* You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
* You think of the major four food groups as beef, pork, beer, and Jell-O salad with marshmallows.
* You carry jumper cables in your car.
* You know what "cow tipping" or "Possum Kicking" is.
* You only own 3 spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup.
* You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
* Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
* You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.
* You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie.
* 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 what a real buckeye is, and have a recipe for candy ones.
* You know if another Ohioian is from southern, middle or northern Ohio as soon as they open their mouth.
* You can spell words like Cuyahoga and Tuscarawas.
* You know that Serpent Mound was not made by snakes.
* You actually get these jokes and forward them to all your Ohio friends.
* Isn't it sad? You just said "yup" and "uh-huh" or aint that the truth" to most of these!!!

You know you are from Pennsylvania when:

You have an uncontrollable urge to buy bread and milk when you hear the word "snow."
You say the correct pronunciation LANG-kist-er instead of the mispronounced Lan-CAST-er, and LEB-en-in instead of the equally incorrect Leb-a-NON.
You know the only way to make good fastnachts is to cook them in LARD.
You live within two miles of a plant that makes potato chips, corn chips,pretzels, candy, or ice cream, or that packages turkeys, beans, or bologna.
You can stop along the road to buy fruits, vegetables, or crafts on the "honor system."
You know what REAL pot pie is.
YOUR turkey has "filling," not "stuffing," and most certainly, NOT "dressing."
You know that chicken corn soup from a fire house is the most nearly perfect food on earth.
You say things like, "Outen the lights," "I'm calling off today," and "They're calling for snow."
You've heard of distelfinks and hex signs.
You only buy your beer and soda by the case.
You think the roads in any other state are smooth.
You know the Penn State cheer, and although you've never attended PennState, you are a most obnoxious Penn State fan. (WE ARE...ANNOYING!)
Hearing horses clopping down a paved street doesn't bring you to the window to see what's going on outside.
You never see any Confederate Flags, except on the Gettysburg Battlefield.
You prefer Hershey's Chocolate to Godiva.
You consider Pittsburgh to be "out west," and you know the fastest way to Philly is the Turnpike.
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."
You call sloppy joes "barbecue."
When it snows, they put cinders on the roads instead of sand.
You can give directions to Intercourse with a straight face.
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).
Have the Rolling Rock bottle memorized: "From the glass lined tanks of Old Latrobe, we tender this premium beer for your enjoyment. . . . "
Know that Wilkes-Barre is pronounced "Wilks Berry."
Can pronounce "Knoebels."
Can pronounce (or spell) "Schuylkill."
Live for summer, when street fairs signal the beginning of funnel cake season.
Have a day off school on the Monday after Thanksgiving, which is the first day of hunting season. Never have to worry about being stuck in a ditch when it's snowing. -someone in a 4WD pickup with tow chains will be along shortly.
Elect pro-life Democrats and pro-choice Republicans for Governor (i.e., Casey and Ridge)
Frequently go "with," e.g., "You going to the market? Mind if I come with?"
Refer to something as "a whole nother," e.g., "That's a whole nother issue."

I know this is an old one, but thought I'd bring it back up....


All of these apply to me, BIG TIME!!!!

You know you’re from Tennessee if:
1. You measure distance in minutes.
2. You’ve ever had to switch from “heat” to “A/C” in the same day.
3. You use “fix” as a verb. Example: “I’m fixing to go to the store
4. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal.
5. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
6. You know what a “VOL” is.
7. You carry jumper cables in your car…for your OWN car.
11. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday
12. You find 100 degrees fahrenheit “a little warm”.
13. You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, still Summer and Christmas.
14. You know whether another Tennessean is from east, west or middle Tennessee as soon as they open their mouth.
15. Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past time known as”goin’ Wal-martin” or off to “Wally World”. (I don't call wal-mart, Wal-mart. I call it Wally-World. Really!)
16. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good pinto-bean 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?”
18. Fried catfish is the other white meat.
19. You understand these jokes and forward them to your friends from Tennessee (and those who just wish they were).
20. The directions to your house include "turn off the paved road."
21. "Ya'll" IS a word.
22. Fried chicken is a major part of your diet
23. Krispy Kreme dounuts are the only kind of dounuts you eat.
24. You call it a cold Christmas if you don't break out in a sweat in your new sweater.
25. Your whole town completely shuts down for 1 inch of snow or just the threat of snow.
26. You use "Sir" and "Ma'am" if there's even a remote possibility that the person you're talking to is least 30 minutes older than you are.
27. 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.

and finally.....
You learned how to shoot a gun before you learned how to multiply.

I don't know how i missed this before. Most all of these apply, but the blue apply for me and especially the bold blue ones.

1. Speed limits are just suggestions.
   
2. You take a major highway to get anywhere (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 went to either Mason, JMU, Tech, Radford, 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. You dread going to the DMV for anything.
   
9. It’s not actually tailgating unless your bumper is touching the car in front of you.
   
10. A yellow light means at least 5 more cars car 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. You actually know what the black boxes at stoplights are for.
    
15. You drive at least 30 miles a day to get to work.
    
16. You do your Christmas shopping online b/c the shopping malls are like parking lots.
    
17. You know that each high school in the region had it's own corresponding McDonald's.
    
18. You know at least 2 people who drive a Mercedes, BMW, Lexus, or Land Rover.
    
19. The cars in the local high school's student parking lot are worth three times those in the teacher parking lot.
    
20. You are amused by visiting relatives who are actually excited to see Washington DC.
    
21. You can cross 4 lanes of traffic in under 30 seconds.
    
22. There are at least 3 malls within 20 minutes of your house.
    
23. There are at least 6 Starbucks within 20 minutes of your house.
    
24. You or someone in your family has a Smart Tag or Slugs. A ‘slug’ does not mean a yucky garden creature. No, but slugs are people who wait in commuter parking lots for free rides into D.C. to work every day with strangers.
    
25. You remember the Air and Space museum fondly from school fieldtrips to DC
    
26. When traveling, you have your choice of 3 airports
    
27. You don't actually like the Wizards (except when Jordan was playing)
    
28. An inch of snow and you miss 3 days of work.
    
29. All the potholes just add a little excitement to your driving experience.
    
30. Stop signs mean slow down a little, but only if you feel like it.
    
31. You don't have enough room on your home lot to build a garage.
    
32. When you were driving on the beltway at 2:13am on a Tuesday there was still traffic.
    
33. Crown Victoria = undercover cop
    
34. A slow driver is someone who isn't going at least 10mph over the speed limit.
    
35. You understand the meaning of "If you don't get it, you don't get it".
    
36. Subway is a fast food place. The transportation system is known as Metro, and only Metro.
    
37. You've taken a wrong turn somewhere late at night and ended up in a bad part of DC.
    
38. Most of Loudon County is the "middle of nowhere".
    
39. They just tore down the old farm house across the street and put 15 new houses in its place.
    
40. Someone has honked at you because you didn't peal out the second the light turned green.
    
41. You've honked at someone because they didn't peal out the second the light turned green.
    
42. Two words: Rush Hour.
    
43. Three words: Road Construction Ahead.
    
44. For the cost of your house, you could own a small town in Iowa.
    
45. Helicopters, F-15s, and airplanes flying above your neighborhood are a normal occurrence.
    
46. If you stay on the same road long enough, it will eventually have 3 new names.
    
47. You buy a Hybrid car not because you're environmentally concerned but for the benefit of HOV.
    
48. When looking on the HOV lanes you see at least 5 other cars with only 1-2 people, and they don't get caught. The day you try it, you get caught.
    
49. You love going to work on a Federal Holiday, because there's less traffic.