You know you're from

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.

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.

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.

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

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:

LOL! Forgot to add the dogs...

The South:

Number 1 Rule: You MUST have a college football preference. No exceptions!

BTW, Roll Tide!!! :laugh:

I'll fight you too!

I don't know.... I'm pretty tough. You up for it? :laugh:

The South:

Number 1 Rule: You MUST have a college football preference. No exceptions!

BTW, Roll Tide!!! :laugh:

I'll fight you too!

I don't know.... I'm pretty tough. You up for it? :laugh:

Well, you're from 'Bama, so that should make you a push over, but now that you're living in Tennessee......those Smokey Mountain people are pretty tough.

I'll give you $20 to take a dive. :laugh:

Hahahaha! You're cute.... No deal!

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)