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You know you are from New Orleans, Louisiana if:
1. You know the definition of "dressed."
2. When at a crawfish boil and someone says "Don't eat the dead ones", you know what that means.
3. You ask for a go-cup at a bar out of town.
4. You know what and where "Monkey Hill" is.
5. You can pronounce and spell Tchoupitoulas!
YES YES YES! Many a fond memory on monkey hill
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You from eastern Massachusetts when...
1. Wicked is good...unless someone says that you're wicked smart, then they are purely maling fun of you.
2.there is a hurricane coming and you go to the sea walk to watch it.
3. You hate summer purely because of cape traffic and people who can't drive
4. You have a blinker and know how to use it but dont because what's the use.
5. You know what a packy is and they give out lollipops or pretzel rods
6. Sports...need I say more! 0 -
Tennessee:
1) You can be found at Neyland stadium every fall for every home game (and around the nearest TV for away games if not there)
2) Southern hospitality isn't a thing of the past- it's a way of life
3) You spend April-September in a bathing suit as much as possible
4) You know what a Deb is....or you are one
5) "Bless her/his/their/your heart" works for pretty much all occasions
6) Tea is iced and sweet
7) Southern gentlemen---chivalry isn't all dead
8) Seersucker...will never go out of style
9) You know the words to Rocky Top and the story behind the lyrics
10) Small town living means everyone knows your business...and most of the time before you even do....
^^^ Northeast TN
-You know not to go to Walmart, Kmart, Dollar General, Dollar Tree, or the tobacco outlet on the first of the month.
-When you close your eyes at the end of the day, all you can see is BLUE (negative color of orange) imprinted on your eyelids.
-You've had mulitple posts to POWM.
-You see the yankee that passed you in the snow stuck less than a half mile away.
-You go fishing with empty milk jugs or dynamite.
-You have a dart board with Lane Kiffin's picture in the middle.
-Going into town is at least a day's journey.
-Someone said "I reckon." and you knew what it meant.
(actually I'm more southeast tennessee-->about 1.5 hours from knoxville)
We both left out.....We are still laughing that Lane Kiffin is at Alabama
"Over yonder/yunder" is actually a direction
Cow tipping is something that people actually do..
The same cop that pulls your mom over will pull you over too...then laugh. Neither get tickets but it's in "Around Town" a few days later....magically
Born and raised in Tennessee, and not a single thing listed applies, nor do I understand (sans the reckon one).0 -
South Carolina
You know you're from the South when...
1. Y'all is the most used word in your vocabulary.
2. You love grits and boiled peanuts.
3. Anyone north of North Carolina is a Yankee.
4. There's a church on every corner.
5. You're about 10 years behind the rest of the country, and you have absolutely no idea.
6. College football is the most important thing in the world to most of the people you know.
7. If you're a Democrat, you tell no one for the fear of being lynched.
8. The only acceptable type of barbecue is mustard-based.
9. Most people spend their weekends mud ridin', fishin', huntin', or campin'.
10. It's considered impolite to not say "yes sir" or "yes ma'am" to anyone older than you.
11. You'll get into an argument with anyone that says the rebel flag is a symbol of racism.
12. "Bless your heart" is your default thinly veiled insult.
13. Iced tea isn't a thing. It's either sweet tea or unsweet tea - and if you're drinking it unsweetened, you must be a Yank.
14. The rule for all overweight redneck women that don't work is wearing as little as possible while standing out on your lawn barefoot, baby on the hip, yelling at your kids for the whole neighborhood to see....and you don't give a *kitten*.
15. You have way more children than you can afford to have. Condom? What the hell is that?
16. You go to Walmart to walk around when you're bored.
17. You ain't a man unless you drive a truck. And you ain't a good southern woman unless you can drive one through a mud hole without getting stuck.
18. Fried chicken. Enough said.
...I'm originally from Chicago, so quite a few of these things don't apply to me.0 -
Norman, OK:
1) You know what "Don't Edmond My Norman" means and support it wholeheartedly
2) You save the foot ball schedule so you know exactly when not to attempt leaving your home
3) You have lived in, lived next to, been to, or partied in a normal house with a half dozen hippies sharing it.
ETA
4) You know it turns into a ghost town during football games.0 -
You Know Your From Buffalo When.....
I'm from Buffalo. We eat chicken wings, not Buffalo wings. Jack Kemp is a quarterback, not a politician. We drink Labatt Blue and love it. Mighty Taco always has preference over Taco Bell. Pop, not soda and Pepsi, not Coke.
They are sneakers not tennis shoes. It's a sucker, not a lollipop. Bison chip dip, La Nova Pizzeria, Aunt Rosie's Loganberry, Chevettas Chicken, Peter K's Potato Pancakes and Ted's Hot Dogs are all too familiar...not to forget Taffy's Shakes and Charlie the butcher.
A fake ID is unnecessary, there is always Canada...But we have them anyway. Our bars don't close until 4am and we DO sell beer in a grocery store (Tops or Wegmans), which always makes for early starts and late nights. Jim's steak out at 4 in the morning is calling it an early night...
We never cuss, but we swear entirely too much. We know that a 65 mph speed limit really means 80. We will cut you off, swear, and give you the finger if you are keeping up AND do it all in the snow, while expecting nothing less in return. Driving in the snow not only comes naturally, it is fun.
We know what Artvoice and Nightlife are and we either love them or try to burn every copy we see. We start the weekends off right at Thursdays in the square while enjoying beer, free music, and an interesting crowd.
We lived through Wide Right, The Forward Lateral, and No Goal. Dubbed by Dan Marino as "the meanest fans because no-one actually wants to live here..."
We all know he wouldn't stand one winter up here. We love the Bills (no matter what) and accept that it takes 2-4 hours to get home from a game. Nothing closes in 3 feet of snow or -20 windchills...In fact, that's how we prefer to tailgate.
We can correctly pronounce, spell, and identify Chippewa, Scajaquada, Lackawanna, Cheektowaga, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Olean, Tonawanda and Gowanda without hesitation. When giving direction it's not "take I-90 to Route 33 east" it's " take the 90 to the 33 east"..."the" is not an option.
We are 30 minutes from another country, one of the seven wonders of the world, and even a few beaches. It's the second largest city in New York.
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The Netherlands
Well, bicycles and soccer, basically.0 -
You know you live in El Paso when...
1 There are just as many Burrito Trucks as Ice Cream Trucks.
2 You rejoice when the burrito vendor walks into the bar at midnight.
3 The day is not complete without seeing a pick-up truck loaded down with pallets.
4 Monsoon season means ten minutes of rain.
5 "It's not that spicy" means you will burn the taste buds off your tounge and your *kitten* will suffer for days.
^ Ha ha, you forgot to mention Chicos Tacos. (Gabriel Iglesias loves Chicos Tacos)
I am from Mexico, but I lived in El Paso for seven years, now I live in Houston, and you know that you are from Texas because most people say "You all" and recommends a great Mexican Restaurant called "Los Cucos" ( Tex-Mex food)0 -
You know you're from Chicago when..
1) You're not surprised it snowed the day after u went to the beach
2) You want to order Pizza but don't know which place and where
3) You still call Willis Tower the Sears Tower
4) You think it's cold at 45 degrees
5) You make a big deal out of 7 inches of snow
6) You say "Da" instead of "the"
7) The lake= lake michigan0 -
roll tide to that, girl!small town Alabama...
...when you get pulled over for speeding on the way to work in the morning and by the end of the day your dad texts you to ask how much the ticket was.
...you get out of a speeding ticket because your grandfather was the one who trained the cop who pulled you over.
OMG, THIS!!!! And Roll Tide or War Eagle are perfectly acceptable salutations for any occasion. Sometimes you won't get that ticket if you choose correctly. OR if the mandatory sticker/tag on your car is the cop's allegiance.0 -
roll tide to that, girl!small town Alabama...
...when you get pulled over for speeding on the way to work in the morning and by the end of the day your dad texts you to ask how much the ticket was.
...you get out of a speeding ticket because your grandfather was the one who trained the cop who pulled you over.
OMG, THIS!!!! And Roll Tide or War Eagle are perfectly acceptable salutations for any occasion. Sometimes you won't get that ticket if you choose correctly. OR if the mandatory sticker/tag on your car is the cop's allegiance.
GEAUX TIGERS!0 -
You Know You're From Texas When:
You see more Texan flags than American Flags.
You know someone who ate the 72 oz Steak and got it for free.
You attend a formal event in your best clothes, your finest jewelry, and your Cowboy Boots.
You can write a check at Dairy Queen for 2 Hungr-Busters and fries.
You prefer Whataburger to McDonalds.
You dress up to go shopping at the mall.
You've hung oraments and tinsel on a tumbleweed and used it as a Christmas tree.
You're disappointed when a food doesn't come in spicy flavor.
You know from experience that rattlesnake meat tastes like chicken.
You can tell a rock from an armadillo at 300 yards.
You know what a 'Cowboy Cadillac' is.
You have both a dog and a brother-in-law named Bud
Your local grocery store sells cactus in the Fresh Produce department
You watch the movie Urban Cowboy and laugh! at the phony Texan accents
You choose a brand of Mexican salsa with the same care that another might use to select a bottle of fine wine.
You think that the 4 basic food groups are nachos, bar-b-que, fajitas, and Copenhagen.
You refer to the Dallas Cowboys as "God's favorite football team"
You know whether another Texan is from South, West, East, North, or Central Texas as soon as they open their mouth.
You don't consider people from Austin to be real Texans.
Your Pastor wears boots.
There is no such thing as a "secret" sin.
The Blue Book value on your truck goes up and down depending on how much gas it has in it.
You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Texas.
You Know You're From Houston When... You're on your way to work one February morning and suddenly you're trapped in a traffic jam caused by a chuck wagon and fifty horses -- with riders -- and you look around to see that everybody in the cars around you is wearing a cowboy hat.
The "farm-to-market" roads have seven lanes.
If you want to be a snob about your grocery shopping, you can go to a Randall's Flagship, a Kroger Signature, a Rice Epicurean, or soon, an HEB Central Market to buy bread and milk (but you have to dress up!)
You have to turn on the air conditioning in January, two days after a low of 29 degrees.
You have a Roach Story: You opened your flatware drawer to find a roach the size of the Taco Bell chihuahua. He stood up and looked you in the eye. You closed the drawer, bought new flatware -- and stored it in the oven.
When you see your neighbor dancing around the front yard, you don't thin! k he's won the Publisher's Clearinghouse Sweepstakes; you know he just stepped in a fire ant bed.
The name "Bud Adams" makes people snarl, and "Bum Phillips" doesn't mean a bad screwdriver.
"Luv ya Blue" still makes you smile, even if you did run the Oilers out of town.
You know that the Astrodome will always be the Eighth Wonder of the World.
You come to work in short-sleeves and walk out at noon to find that a "blue-tailed norther" has blown through, and the temperature has dropped 40 degrees in a matter of minutes.
Your neighbor's Christmas yard decorations look like a re-creation of the gunfight at the OK Corral, complete with a ten-foot tree decorated with boots and cowboy hats, and a Santa Claus who looks a lot like Wyatt Earp.
You wander into a section of town where you can't read the street signs because they're written in Asian characters instead of English, but you don't care because you can get great prices on fake designer merc! handise there.
You go to an art festival on Westheimer and you're almost run down by two cross-dressers on roller blades, holding hands.
The "Killer Bees" are not stinging insects.
You hear everything but English spoken when you go to the Galleria to window-shop.
You know that "Dad gummit" has nothing to do with your father's failure to practice good dental hygiene.
You think "Y'all" is perfectly good usage if you're referring to more than one person.
For a Chili Cookoff, you'll use anything from armadillo to frog's legs, but you know that the only GOOD chili is made with chopped -- not ground -- beef, and it has NO beans and NO tomatoes.
Spring is not the season, Katy is not the lady, and 1960 is not the year.
Society matrons of "a certain age" still sport big hair, and faces that have gone east, west, and north rather than south.
You can leave your house, head out of town, and an hour later you still haven't left the! city limits. (During rush hour, you haven't left your neighborhood.)
You've never seen I-45 in any condition other than under-construction -- and you've lived here for 20-30 years.
If the humidity is below 90 percent, it's a good hair day.
You know that "Clutch City" has nothing to do with automobile transmissions.
"The Dream" is not a fantasy.
The only real Mexican food is Tex-Mex.
A 747 with the Space Shuttle riding piggyback has actually flown low, right overhead, and nobody paid any attention to it.
You know that while saving you money, "Mattress Mac" has amassed more than the U.S. Treasury has.
You're happy to have beaten Los Angeles out of a football team, but you'd rather that they keep the title of "Smog Capital."
You see nothing unusual about an 80-something former sheriff's deputy who wears a white pompadour toupee and blue sunglasses, mispronounces names, allows televising of his frequent plastic surgeries! , seems unnaturally obsessed with slime in the ice machine, and screams, "MAR-VIN ZIND-ler, EYE-witness news" into a television camera every night.
"Luv Ya Blue" still makes you smile, even if you did run the Oilers out of town.
You wander into a section of town where you can't read the street signs because they're written in Korean instead of English, but you don't care because you can get great prices on fake designer merchandise and great food.
You think y'all is a perfectly good word when you're referring to more than one person.
You see nothing unusual about an eighty-something former sheriff's deputy who wears a white pompadour toupee and blue sun-glasses, mispronounces names, allows televising of his frequent plastic surgeries, seems unnaturally obsessed with slime in the ice machine, and screams "MAR-VIN ZIND-ler, iiiiiiii-witness news" into a television.
You see your neighbor dancing around the front yard, and you don't think he's won the Publisher's Clearing House Sweepstakes; you know that he just stepped in a fire ant bed.
You're on your way to work one FEBRUARY morning and suddenly you're trapped in a traffic jam caused by a chuck wagon and fifty horses with riders and you look around to see that everybody in the cars around you is wearing a cowboy hat.
You have to turn on the air conditioning in January, two days after a low of 29 degrees.
The name "Bud Adams" makes people snarl, and "Bum Phillips" doesn't mean a bad screwdriver.
You come to work in short sleeves and walk out at noon to find that a "blue-tailed norther" has blown through and the temperature has dropped 40 degrees in a matter of minutes.
You go to an art festival on Westheimer and you're almost run down by two hand- holding cross dressers on roller blades.
For a Chili Cookoff, you'll use anything from armadillo to frog's legs, but you know that the only GOOD chili is made with chopped (not ground! )- beef, and it has NO beans and NO tomatoes.
You know that Spring is not the season, Katy is not the lady, and 1960 is not the year.
You know that Society matrons of "a certain age" still sport big hair and faces that have gone east, west, and north rather than south.
You can leave your house, head out of town, and an hour later you still haven't left the city limits (during rush hour, you haven't left your NEIGHBORHOOD).
You've never seen I-45 in any condition other than under construction, and you've lived here for 20-30 years.
You think that the humidity being below 90 percent makes it a GOOD hair day.
You know that "Clutch City" has nothing to do with automobile transmissions.
The Dream" is not a fantasy.
The only REAL Mexican food is Tex-Mex.
You've seen a 747 with a Space Shuttle riding piggyback flying low right overhead, and nobody paid any attention to it.
You know that while saving you money, "Mattress ! Mac" has amassed more than the U.S. treasury.
You're happy to have beaten Los Angeles out of a football team, but you'd rather they keep the title of "Smog Capital."
You know that the Astrodome will always be the 8th wonder of the world.
all of this is so effing true!.... Marvin Zyndler! oh and Ron Stone is now a sportscaster on Fox Sports Southwest! I remember him being THE sports guy for channel 2 growing up.0 -
You asked what happened-- I landed in Nashville by Greyhound bus in 2008 broke and hungry. The next day, I walked up to the Mission-- the homeless men's shelter-- to inquire about community resources. This wannabe-Elvis-circa-1974-looking "preacher" that worked there directed me to First Baptist Church. I begged him to call ahead to see whether they were open for business, as I was weak from walking in the hot sun and not eating, and my phone was out of minutes. He refused, insisting he knew they were open. I walked there and turns out, they were only open 1/2 day on Fridays and were closed. I trudged back and confronted the sideburned *kitten*, demanding an apology. Sideburns refused to apologize. He actually said, "But what if they HAD been open? Then I'd have called for nothing." I responded with as forceful a verbal onslaught as my weak hungry body could muster. The Mission's security guard said, "I'll call Metro for you!"0
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Atlanta
-You know to turn left where the Kroger used to be. Even though they tore it down before you were born.
Here in Minneapolis, we still refer to Macy's as Daytons. It's been a million years.
Remember the night that Donaldson's burned?0 -
Atlanta
-Rush hour traffic is more of a game of Russian roulette than a time of day.
-If you need a ladder or a mattress, you can find it on the highway.
-You know to turn left where the Kroger used to be. Even though they tore it down before you were born.
-You aren't from around here.
-You know somebody who was. Her grandfather used to be the pastor of her home church.
-When somebody provides the direction "and then you go down the hill," you know you are going to get lost.
How can you leave out the Big Chicken? :laugh:
I do everything I can to leave out the Big Chicken.0 -
Miami, Florida
1. Tropical Weather
2. Amazing Night Life
3. Beautiful Beaches
4. Multi Cultured Latinos !!!!
5. Great Food0 -
North Carolina
1) There are only two shades of blue and you better pick one
2) Barbeque is pulled pork. Anything else you cook on a grill goes by another name
3) Sweet tea is chemically identical to the syrup you put on your pancakes in terms of sugar content
4) If there is a flake of snow, North Carolinians freak the hell out!
5) Half the people you know aren't from around these parts.0 -
North Carolina
1) There are only two shades of blue and you better pick one
2) Barbeque is pulled pork. Anything else you cook on a grill goes by another name
3) Sweet tea is chemically identical to the syrup you put on your pancakes in terms of sugar content
4) If there is a flake of snow, North Carolinians freak the hell out!
5) Half the people you know aren't from around these parts.
Yeah I am a transplant from DMV! I concur w/all of these!0 -
Atlanta
-Rush hour traffic is more of a game of Russian roulette than a time of day.
-If you need a ladder or a mattress, you can find it on the highway.
-You know to turn left where the Kroger used to be. Even though they tore it down before you were born.
-You aren't from around here.
-You know somebody who was. Her grandfather used to be the pastor of her home church.
-When somebody provides the direction "and then you go down the hill," you know you are going to get lost.
How can you leave out the Big Chicken? :laugh:
I do everything I can to leave out the Big Chicken.
I lived in Atlanta (or "Hell" as I like to call it, being a Saints' fan) for a year in the late 80's. I swear, every direction I got from people included the Big Chicken. :laugh:0 -
You know your from Idaho if:
You say crick for any form of small moving stream of water
You leave your car unlocked with the keys in the ignition
You know what a finger steak is
Someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don't work there
You've worn shorts and a parka at the same time
You've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed the wrong number
'Vacation' means going anywhere ……south of Salt Lake City for the weekend
Also:
The 4 seasons are Almost winter, winter, still winter, and construction
You've ridden the school bus for 1 hour each way
You know several people who have hit a deer
You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching
You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again (assuming you have A/C)
You measure distance in time
You are related to more than half your hometown
You wave without thinking to all oncoming traffic
You think "using the elevator" involves grain
You listen to "Paul Harvey" every day at noon
Your nearest neighbor has a different area code+
Your main drag in town is two blocks long
If someone you know doesn't like camping or being outdoors, you scoff at them0
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