You know you are in____________ when__________

[quadcam79]

Since I was born and raised in Pennsylvania, i'll pick on them first
you know your from PA when :

You have an uncontrollable urge to buy bread and milk when you hear the word "snow."
You only own three spices: salt, pepper, ketchup.
You design your Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
You owe more money on your snowmobile or John Deere than your car.
You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
You only buy your beer and soda by the case.
You ask the waitress for "dippy eggs" for breakfast.
You know the four seasons: Winter, Still Winter, Almost Winter, and Construction.
You can give directions to Intercourse with a straight face.
The first day of "Buck Season" and "Doe Season" is a school holiday.

You've never referred to Philadelphia as anything but /Philly/.

And New Jersey has always been /Jersey/.

You refer to Pennsylvania as "PA"
(pronounced Peeay).
How many other states do that?
You know what "Punxsutawney Phil" (A Ground Hog) is,
and what it means if he sees his shadow.

You can use the phrase /fire hall wedding reception/
and not even bat an eye.

You can't go to a wedding without hearing the /Chicken Dance,/
at least 1 Polka
and either an Italian song (sung in Italian),
or /Hava Nagila./

At least 5 people on your block have electric /candles/ in all or most of their windows all year long.

You know what a /Hex sign/ is.

You know what a /State Store/ is,
and your out of state friends find it incredulous
that you can't purchase liquor at the mini-mart.

You not only have heard of Birch Beer,
but you know it comes in several colors:
Red, White, Brown, Gold.

You know several places to purchase or that serve

* Scrapple
* Summer Sausage (Lebanon Bologna)
* Hot Bacon Dressing

You know the difference between

* a cheese steak
* cheese steak hoagie
* a pizza steak sandwich

and know that you can't get a really good one outside PA.


You know that the following are PA towns:

* Blue Ball
* Intercourse
* Climax
* Bird-in-Hand
* Beaver
* Moon
* Virginville
* Paradise
* Mars
* Slippery Rock

You know what a township, borough, and commonwealth is.

You can identify drivers from New York, New Jersey, Ohio, or other neighboring states by their unique and irritating driving habits.

A traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a horse-drawn carriage on the highway in Lancaster County.

You know several people who have hit deer more than once.

You carry jumper cables in your car and your female passengers know how to use them.

You still keep kitty litter, starting fluid, de-icer, or a snow brush in your trunk, even if you live in the South.

As a kid you built snow forts and leaf piles that were taller than you were.

Your graduating class consisted of mostly Polish, German, & Italian names.

You learned to pronounce

* Bryn Mawr
* Wilkes-Barre
* Schuylkill
* Bala Cynwyd
* Conshohocken
* and Monongahela.

You know what a "Mummer" is,
and are disappointed if you can't catch
at least highlights of the parade.

In 1976 The /Pennsylvania Highway Department/
(PHD, not Ph.D.) was short for /Pot Hole Department/.
Rumor had it that the skillful making of potholes was always
seeded with the means to develop more for next winter,
and to assure work in-between for the rest of the year.



So now that I live in Florida, I'll get to that next

 

[quadcam79]

You know your from florida when :

You own at least five pairs of flip flops

your state bird is the mosquito

you actually know what a love bug is and carry extra windshield cleaner just for love bug season

You know someone who's been struck by lightning

You're more scared of the freaks who live down the street than gators

Your backyard is sometimes a swamp

You're officially sick of Disney

You shrug off hurricane warnings

You've been permanently blinded by fat men in speedos

There are only two seasons - hot and hotter

You've drank a flaming alligator.

"Down South" means Key West

"Panhandling" means going to Pensacola.

You think no-one over 70 should be allowed to drive. (Amen...sorry if you're that age, but drive in FL you'll be saying the same thing. They renew licenses there every 12 years...sight unseen...and that also means...NO SIGHT. People in their 80s don't have to see anyone at the DMV for 12 years...that puts them over 90)

You wait with anticipation for the beginning of crawfish season.

Flip-flops are everyday wear.

Shoes are for business meetings and church.

An alligator once walked through your neighborhood.

You smirk when a game show's "Grand Prize" is a trip or cruise to Florida.

You measure distance in minutes.

You have a drawer full of bathing suits, and one sweatshirt. (any sort of rubber rots in FL...so we change our suits A LOT)

You get annoyed at the tourists who feed seagulls. (AND there are signs telling them not to as well, but do they listen, NO)

All the local festivals are named after a fruit.

A mountain is any hill 100 feet above sea level.

You know the four seasons really are: almost summer, summer, not summer but really hot, and Christmas.

Anything under 95° is just warm.

You've hosted a hurricane party.

You go to a theme park for an afternoon, and know when to get on the best rides.

You pass on the right and honk at the elderly.

You understand the futility of exterminating cockroaches. (AMEN. Roaches there have their own tack shops)

You can pronounce Okeechobee, Kissimmee and Withlacoochee.

You understand why it's better to have a friend with a boat, than have a boat yourself.

You get angry when people say "Florida isn't really part of the SOUTH" (Only place further south is Havana, people)

You've worn shorts and used the A/C on Christmas. (Hanging Christmas lights is not waiting until the coldest day in the year like up north to stand out there WITHOUT your glives cussing up a storm!)

You know what the "stingray shuffle" is, and why it's important.

You have FEMA's number on your speed dialer.

You have more than 300 'C' and 'D' batteries in your kitchen drawer.

Your pantry contains more than 20 cans of Spaghetti O's.

You are thinking of repainting your house to match the plywood
covering your windows

When describing your gutted house to a prospective buyer, you say it has three bedrooms, two baths and an open air feel to it.

Your SSN isn't a secret, it's written in Sharpie on your arms.

You are on a first-name basis with the cashier at Home Depot.

You are delighted to pay $3 for a gallon of regular unleaded.

The road leading to your house has been declared a No-Wake Zone.

You decide that your patio furniture looks better on the bottom of the pool.

You own more than three large coolers.

You can wish that other people get hit by a hurricane and not feel the least bit guilty about it.

You rationalize helping a friend board up by thinking "It'll onlytake a gallon of gas to get there and back"

You have 2-liter coke bottles and milk jugs filled with water in your freezer Three months ago you couldn't hang a shower curtain; today you can assemble a portable generator by candlelight.

You catch a 13-pound red fish - in your house.

You can recite from memory whole portions of your homeowner's insurance policy.

You consider a "vacation" to stunning Tupelo, Mississippi.

At cocktail parties, women are attracted to the guy with the biggest chainsaw.

You have had tuna fish more than 5 days in a row.

There is a roll of tar paper in your garage.

You can rattle off the names of three or more meteorologists who work at the Weather Channel.

Someone comes to your door to tell you they found your roof.

Ice is a valid topic of conversation.

Your "drive-thru" meal consists of MRE's and bottled water.

Relocating to South Dakota does not seem like such a crazy idea.

You spend more time on your roof then in your living room.

You've been laughed at over the phone by a roofer, fence builder or
a tree worker.

A battery powered TV is considered a home entertainment center.

You don't worry about relatives wanting to visit during the summer.

Your child's first words are "hunker down" and you didn't go to Ole Miss!

Having a tree in your living room does not necessarily mean it's Christmas.

Toilet Paper is elevated to coin of the realm at the shelters.

You know the difference between the"good side" of a storm and the "bad side."

Your kids start school in August and finish in July.

You go to work early and stay late just to enjoy the air conditioning.

 

[paganfish]

OK...so I LIVE in Colorado and am from Mexico BUT I grew up in Texas and so, my heart will always belong to Texas...

You Know You're from TEXAS when...

You only know five spices -- salt, pepper, Ranch dressing, BBQ Sauce and hot sauce.

You design your Halloween costume to fit over Wranglers and cowboy boots.

The mosquitoes have landing lights.

You have more miles on your tractor than your car.

You have 10 favorite recipes for Deer meat.

You've taken your kids trick-or-treating when it was 90 degrees outside. (or put up Christmas lights when it was 80 outside.)

Driving is better after it's rained because the potholes are filled with mud and you don't have to take those backroads to go "mudding."

You think sexy lingerie is tube-socks and a flannel nightie with only 8 buttons.

You owe more money on your bulldozer than your car.

The local paper covers national and international headlines on 1/4 page, but requires 6 pages for local sports.

You can write a check at Dairy Queen for 2 Hungr-Busters and fries.

At least twice a year, the kitchen doubles as a meat processing plant.

The most effective mosquito repellent is a shotgun.

Your leaf-blower gets stuck on the roof.

You frequently clean grease off your barbecue so the coyotes won't prowl on your deck.

The major county fund-raiser isn't bingo - it's sausage making.

You find 70 degrees Fahrenheit a little chilly.

The trunk of your car doubles as a sauna.

You attend a formal event in your best clothes, your finest jewelry, and your cowboy boots.

You know 4 seasons - Almost Summer, Summer, Still Summer and Deer Season.

 

[SpottedCrow]

These are hysterical!!!

Soy cubana twice removed...Know enough Espanol not to order chihuahua at Taco Bell.

You know you're in Massachusetts when you're driving straight then there's this strange thing called a rotary that you just can't get out of.

You can tell it's Spring when the Dairy Queen opens and fall when the Dairy Queen closes.

When you hear that a snow storms coming and swarms of elderly flock to the markets to get milk and bread. Even if they just got some yesterday...

You don't even have to see the license plates to know the drivers are from out of state.

 

[nccountrygirl]

You know you are in South Carolina when you see a gamecock eating a tiger.

 

[johnnyjack]

lol wait till after the game lets see who has braggin rights. clemson or carolina.gona be a good one this year both teams are good

 

[nccountrygirl]

I'm from Columbia, and a big Gamecock fan soooo....... we will beat the stripes off your Tigers.

 

[Hotwings]

Love everybodies posts-especially the Florida ones-hey ya forgot to include all the Michigan snowbirds that head down your way in the winter ha ha. I am still waiting on the people in the south-I know ya must have alot!


You know you are in Michigan when as soon as the weather turns 40 degrees in the spring people break out the shorts and sandals.

You know you are in Michigan when us oldtimers can regail you with stories on how they survived the great blizzards of '67 & '77.

 

[AK-Bird-brain]

You know your in Alaska if you've been driving for 2 days and are still in the same state (sorry Texas).

If you consider everyone that lives south of Canada to be southerners.

If you cant get the good deal advertised on TV cause its not valid in Alaska, Hawaii or Puerto Rico.

If -20 is a mite chilly and +65 is a heat wave.

If you only have one season divided into 4 parts. early winter, mid winter, late winter and next winter.

 

[mom'sfolly]

Countinuing on Alaska...You know you're in Alaska

When going Outside means leaving the state

When someone says they live out the road

When the monitor is not part of the computer, but a way to heat the house

When the shoes that are worn the most often are rubber boots with felt insoles

When packs are something you wear on your feet

When the snowmobile has more miles than the car