NationStates Jolt Archive

You live in Arizona when

1. You are willing to park 3 blocks away because you found shade.
2. You can open and drive your car without touching the car door or the steering wheel.
3. You've experienced condensation on your butt from the hot water in the toilet bowl.
4. You would give anything to be able to splash cold water on your face.
5. You can attend any function wearing shorts and a tank top.
6. "Dress Code" is meaningless at high schools and universities. Picture lingerie ads.
7. You can drive for 4 hours in one direction and never leave town.
8. You have over 100 recipes for Mexican food.
9. The 4 seasons are: tolerable, hot, really hot, and ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!!
10. You know that "dry heat" is comparable to what hits you in the face when you open your oven door.


You Live in California when..
1. You make over $250,000 and you still can't afford to buy a house.
2 The high school quarterback calls a time-out to answer his cell phone.
3. The fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway.
4. You know how to eat an artichoke.
5. You drive your rented Mercedes to your neighborhood block party.
6. When someone asks you how far something is, you tell them how long it will take to get there rather than how many miles away it is.


You Live in New York City when...
1. You say "the city" and expect everyone to know you mean Manhattan.
2. You have never been to the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building.
3. You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus Circle to Battery Park, but can't find Wisconsin on a map.
4. You think Central Park is "nature,"
5. You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you multi-lingual.
6. You've worn out a car horn.
7. You think eye contact is an act of aggression.


You Live in Pennsylvania when...
1. You only have four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup, and Tabasco.
2. Halloween costumes fit over parkas.
3. You have more than one recipe for moose.
4. Sexy lingerie is anything flannel with less than eight buttons.
5. The four seasons are: winter, still winter, almost winter, and construction.


You Live in the Deep South when...
1. You can rent a movie and buy bait in the same store.
2."ya'll" is singular and "all ya'll" is plural.
3. After five years you still hear, "You ain't from 'round here, are Ya?"
4. "He needed killin' " is a valid defense.
5. Everyone has 2 first names: Billy Bob, Jimmy Bob, Mary Sue, Betty Jean, MARY BETH, etc.


You live in Colorado when...
1. You carry your $3,000 mountain bike atop your $500 car.
2. You tell your husband to pick up Granola on his way home and he stops at the day care center.
3. A pass does not involve a football or dating.
4. The top of your head is bald, but you still have a pony tail.


You live in the Midwest when...
1. You've never met any celebrities, but the mayor knows your name.
2. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor.
3. You have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day.
4. You end sentences with a preposition: "Where's my coat at?"
5. When asked how your trip was to any exotic place, you say, "It was different!"


You live in Florida when....
1. You eat dinner at 3:15 in the afternoon.
2. All purchases include a coupon of some kind -- even houses and cars.
3. Everyone can recommend an excellent dermatologist.
4. Road construction never ends anywhere in the state.
5. Cars in front of you are often driven by headless people.

(Yes, it was an e-mail I got today -- if you've already read it, hooray.)

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Additions: (thanks to everyone who contributed! ;))

You know you're from the Northwest when.... (contributed by Madesonia)
1. You wear socks with your sandals
2. You think people who carry umbrellas are wimps
3. A sweatshirt can be worn all year round and to any occasion
4. You can tell the difference between coffee brands by the taste

You know you live in Nebraska when: (contributed by Suicidal Librarians)
1. While you drive every passing stranger waves.
2. You can drive through the entire state without ever seeing a town.
3. If you express liking for any college football team besides the Cornhuskers (especially Texas and Oklahoma) you are literally attacked.

You know you live in Maryland when: (contributed by Carterway)
1) You know that blue crab does in fact go with any meal.
2) People from Virginia on south never let you forget you're a damn yankee.
3) People from Pennsylvania on north never let you forget you're a southerner.
4) You're used to being called "hun" by just about anyone.
5) You get used to telling people you're from Washington DC to anyone from outside Maryland - it's just easier that way.
6) You only know your state sport has SOMETHING to do with horses...
7) You can take pride in having the most psychadelic flag in the union.
8) You know what beltway bandits really mean.
9) You live within 15 minutes of a Civil War battlefield - no matter WHERE you live.
10) There's a difference for you between east coast and eastern shore.

You now you live in North Carolina when: (contributed by Baretta)
1. Some driveways are US highways.
2. The front yard contains more appliances than the house itself.
3. You laugh at visitors who talk about the "dry heat" where they live.
4. The use of "ya'll or ain't" is never corrected, even by English teachers.
5. Local radio ads consist of NASCAR and strip clubs only.
6. A good pickup is more admired than a Ferrari.
7. "Conversate" is a real word.
8. The "One Finger Lift" is a recognized greeting from one motorist to another.
9. Your neighbor owns more guns than the local National Guard Armory.
10. Moles are removed from yards with a .44 Magnum.

You live in New England when... (contributed by Bronyland)
1. You just donated 6 "Garciaparra" t-shirts to the Salvation Army
2. You see 10 "John Kerry for President" stickers within 10 seconds of driving
3. You just came back from a wicked awesome beeh pahty
4. You have either a "Jeter sucks" or "Yankees suck" t-shirt
5. You think that numbered city streets are confusing
6. You have a small driveway to make for less shoveling
7. You've never been to New York City, but hate it anyways
8. You eat a lot of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream
9. You've driven for 10 minutes and traveled through 4 different states
10. You actually cared when The Patriots won the Super Bowl (both times)

You know you live in Northwestern Alabama when... (contributed by ADK Mars)
1. You pass cars with "I'm proud to be a Democrat" and "Bush for President" bumperstickers.
2. You know who George Wallace, Bob Riley, Don Sigleman, Tom Moore, and Roger Bedford are.
3. You live 30 miles away from the nearest Wal-Mart Supercenter.
4. You still can't name the state capital.
5. Vacation always consists of going to the Gulf of Mexico.
6. You pass a three story house with a Plymouth parked in the driveway and then 10 miles down the road pass a shack with a Mercedes parked in the driveway.
7. On the Fourth of July you travel 30 miles to see the nearest fireworks display.
8. You've never been out of the state.

You know you live in Alabama when.. (contributed by Chess Squares)
1) You have a bass boat in your front yard.
2) You blink and miss the town you are driving through.
3) The one traffic light in the town pisses you off.
4) You're sentences consists of mostly "Y'all", "ain't", or "gonna"
5) You live within spitting distance of your closest neighbor
6) You learned about #5 literally
7) You have no idea what a garage is but love your carport.
8) You don't support Roy Moore
9) You realise there is a difference between north and south Alabama
10) you think that sweet tea is a national drink
11) the english teacher has said "Y'all need to be quite"
12) fishing/hunting is a legitimate reason to miss work
13) a trip to wal-mart is your favorite vacation
14) you can identify different types of catfish
15) school is canceled because the snow is sticking

You know you live in South Florida when: (contributed by The Island of Rose)
1) The women can kick your ***
2) There are T.V. Ads for strip clubs everywhere
3) Most inhabitants are Cuban
4) Cubans beat you up if they think you're Mexican
5) Being a Communist is a death wish
6) Being a "Yank" is a death wish
7) You see naked people on the beach

You know you're from Arkansas if: (contributed by Mauiwowee)
1. You go to family reunions to scope out the babes;
2. You wonder if you get a divorce will she still be your sister;
3. You registered for your wedding at the Wal-Mart super center sportman's booth;
4. You think "gun control" means being able to hit a deer at 100 yards;
5. You have one or more kitchen appliances on your front porch;
6. You have one or more cars up on blocks in your front yard;
7. Know that "Rover" and "Blue Ball" are towns, not a dog or a physical condition;
8. Think it natural that Conway is not in Conway County, Benton is not in Benton County, Hot Springs is not in Hot Spring County, Van Buren is not in Van Buren County, Scott is not in Scott County and Booneville is not in Boone County, but Lonoke is in Lonoke County;
9. Know someone that swears they saw Elvis at a McDonalds;
10. Think "snorting coke" is what happens when you laugh with a mouth full of soda pop and it squirts out your nose.

You live in the Pacific Northwest when: (contributed by Zincite and Erastide)
1. You can't understand why everyone else loves hot-and-sunny so much.
2. You try to think of a popular Republican at your school and you can't.
3. You know at least 3 people who are solving a global political problem every time they open their mouth.
4. You can't imagine life without hazelnuts.
5. Most of your friends can hold a conversation about the cultural and political message that Britney Spears sends.
6. You're a sixth-grade girl and have never heard of shaving your legs.
7. "Random", "weird", and "freak" are taken as compliments by middle schoolers.
8. You could live quite easily without a car. (Exception for owners of 160-pound dogs)
9. You actually bother trying to avoid Starbucks in favor of independent shops.
10. Your town has not, or has only very recently, been initiated into the National Spelling Bee.
11. You feel guilty throwing aluminum cans or paper in the trash.
12. You use the expression: "sun break" and know what it means.
13. You know more than 10 ways to order coffee.
14. You know more people that own boats than air conditioners.
15. You feel overdressed wearing a suit to a nice restaurant.
16. You stand on a deserted corner in the rain waiting for the "Walk" signal.
17. You are amazed by accurate weather forecasts.
18. You believe that if it has no snow or has not recently erupted, it's not a
real mountain.
19. You complain about Californians, as you sell your house for twice its value to one.
20. You know the difference between Chinook, Coho, and Sockeye salmon.
21. You know how to pronounce Sequim, Puyallup, Issaquah and Oregon.
22. You consider swimming an indoor sport.
23. In winter, you go to work in the dark and come home in the dark, while only working an eight-hour day.
24. You obey all traffic laws except "Keep right except to pass".
25. You never go camping without waterproof matches and a poncho.
26. You know that Boring is a town in Oregon and not just a state of mind.
27. You an point to at least two volcanoes, even if you can't see through the cloud cover.
28. You say "the mountain is out" when it's a pretty day and you can actually see it.
29. You feel like you've grown up with Bill Gates and can't quite figure out why people can be so mean to him.
30. You put on your shorts when the temperature gets above 50, but still wear your hiking boots and parka.
31. You switch to your sandals when it gets above 60, but keep the socks on.
32. You have actually used your mountain bike on a mountain.
33. You knew immediately that the view out Frasier's window was fake.

You know you live in New Mexico: (contributed by New Foxxinia)
1. When you don't think 110 is hot anymore.
2. When you're white and you're the minority.
3. When you order everything at a fast-food resturant with green chili.
4. When you've seen more than just the part of the state along the interstate.
5. When you care what kind of grass you have on your lawn.
6. When you know how shitty the Rio Grande really is.
7. When you know New Mexico has forests.

You live in UPSTATE NY when... (contributed by Sir Peter the Sage)
1. Visitors from out of state ask you what NYC is like and assume your an expert.
2. You live near a resevoir or power plant that supplies NYC despite being HUNDREDS of miles away from it.
3. You go far enough north in the state and you start hearing FRENCH on the radio...
4. You drive for an hour and see a city, suburb, rural village, farms, and more forests than there were 300 years ago!
5. You drive for an hour and see at least a dozen Stewart's stores (more eastern/northern).
6. Depending on the region you'll find local wineries, bakeries, dairies, orchards, farms that make some of the best food you'll find being sold in a completely different area.
7. You have a heart attack shoveling snow in the winter.
8. By february you go insane from all the winter "grey".
9. Harsh winters, hot/humid summers, springs and falls that can be nice or are simply extensions of the former make you adapt to the point you can wear T-shirt in Lake Placid in negatives in February or a parka when its 100+ and be relatively comfortable.
10. You like to see the color of the leaves change during autumn, but so do idiots from NYC and out of state....
11. Your hometown school is good at just one sport...

You live in Louisiana if: (contributed by Kortana)
1. sexy lingerie is a tee shirt and boxer shorts
2. you find 90 degrees a little warm
3. the seasons are Almost Summer,Summer, Still Summer, and Christmas
4. the first day of Deer Season is a holiday to skip work for
5. national and international news are on one page but Sports go 6 pages
6. your burial plot is 6 feet over instead of 6 feet under (floods pop caskets out of the ground)
7. children wait for the Tooth Mouse instead of the Tooth Fairy
8. you worry about dead family members or friends returning during bad weather with very bad rain
9. you don't learn until high school that Mardi Gras isn't a national holiday
10. watching the Animal Planet inspires you to write a cook book
11. you greet people with “Howzhyamomma’an’em?” and hear back “Dey
fine, darlin!". (if you have trouble understanding: "How's your momma and them?" and "They're fine, darling.)
12. you think the people from Survivor are wussies
13. You call Grand Isle the Cajun Bahamas
14. you think New Orleans is one of the wonders in the world
15. you eat gumbo for breakfast
16. you give up tobasco for Lent
17. you think the head of the United Nations is Boudreaux-Fontenot-Thibodeaux
18. you eat 5-alarm Texas chilli and reach for the tobasco
19. your boat has more horsepower than your car does
20. your school teacher tells you the 4 basic food groups are boiled seafood, broiled seafood, fried seafood and beer
21. you learned how to play bourre (sort of like the Cajun version of poker) before you learned your ABC’s
22. you think the national anthem is "Proud to be Cajun"

You know you're from New Jersey when: (contributed by BLARGistania)
1. You constantly yell that you don't know The Sopranos
2. You hate Bon Jovi
3. Insist that you do have a decent sports team
4. Tell people it isn't that dirty
5. say quaffee (coffee)
6. say dawg
7. can locate any small town on a map within a minute
8. Think 2,000 feet is 'high up'
9. Immediately change into shorts as soon as it hits 50 degrees
10. Consider 3 inches of snow 'a lot'

You know you live in Texas when: (contributed by Daistalia 2104)
1.You no longer associate bridges with water.
2. You can say 110 degrees without fainting.
3. You eat hot chilies to cool your mouth off.
4. You can make instant sun tea.
5. You learn that a seat belt makes a pretty good branding iron.
6. The temperature drops below 95 and you feel a bit chilly.
7. You discover that in July it takes only two fingers to drive your car.
8. You discover that you can get a sunburn through your car window.
9. You know the best parking place is determined by shade instead of distance.
10. Hot water comes out of both taps.
11. You actually burn your hand opening the car door.
12. No one would dream of putting vinyl upholstery in a car or not having air conditioning.
13. You break a sweat the instant you step outside at 7:30 a.m. before work.
14. You realize asphalt has a liquid state.
15. It's so hot the birds have to use pot holders to pull worms out of the ground.
16. It's so hot that potatoes cook underground and all you have to do for lunch is to pull one out and add butter with trimmings.
17. It's so hot farmers are feeding their chickens crushed ice to keep them from laying hard boiled eggs.
18. You only know five spices: salt, pepper, Ranch dressing, BBQ sauce and ketchup.
19. You design your Halloween costume to fit over Wranglers and cowboy boots.
20. The mosquitoes have landing lights.
21. You have more miles on your tractor than your car.
22. You have 10 favorite recipes for deer meat.
23. You've taken your kids trick-or-treating when it was 90 degrees outside.
24. You think sexy lingerie is tube-socks and a flannel nightie with only 8 buttons.
25. You can write a check at Dairy Queen for two Hunger Busters and fries.
26. You attend a formal event in your best clothes, your finest jewelry and your cowboy boots.
27. People grumble about Noah letting coyotes on the ark.
28. The preacher says, "I'd like to ask Bubba to help take up the offering." and five guys stand up.
29. A member of the church requests to be buried in his 4-wheel-drive truck because "It ain't never been in a hole it couldn't get out of."
30. When it rains, everyone is smiling.
31. The choir group is known as the "OK Chorale."
32. The Pastor wears boots.
33. Four generations of the same family sit together in worship.
34. There is no such thing as a "secret" sin.
35. Baptism is referred to as "branding."
36. Finding and returning lost sheep isn't just a parable.
37. High notes on the organ can set the dogs to howling.
38. People wonder, when Jesus fed 5,000, whether the two fish were bass or catfish.
39. The final words of the benediction are, "Ya'll come back now, ya hear?"
40. It's a common misconception that everything is twice as big in Texas, really, everything is 1.965 times bigger, but we round up.
41. It's a common misconception that the women have big hair. In fact this was outlawed in July 1977. There is a task force and they are doing their best to reach every last woman. Bear with us.
42. It's a common misconception that JR Ewing still lives here. That was a TV show people! Come on! Chuck Norris, on the other hand, is a real, karate-choppin' Texas Ranger.
43. It's a common misconception that we have killer bees, fire ants, gigantic roaches and mosquitoes and other awful insects, tornadoes, hurricanes, and damaging hailstorms. We tend to think of them as a few bitty bugs and a bad hair day.
44. It's a common misconception that everyone speaks with a Texas accent. Y'all just don't know what y'all are talkin' about.

More Arizona (contributed by Mentholyptus)

1) There are exactly two seasons: Summer, and January.
2) You can blink and miss either spring or fall
3) The Grand Canyon is just a huge hole in the ground and a damned inconvenience if you're driving north
4) The nominal speed limit on the freeway is at least 80 mph, and it is possible to get stuck behind someone doing 90.
5) The words "speed bump" translate roughly into "let's see how much air we can get"
6) You sometimes find yourself wondering if Peoria really exists. (it's rumored to be a city on the west side of the valley) (it's there -- I know a NationStater from there! -- Kat)
7) You live well over 50 miles from downtown, yet if you're traveling, you tell people you live in Phoenix
8) It takes you half an hour to get to work-and there's no traffic
9) You know when it is hot enough to fry eggs on your car-and you have actually done it
10) During summer, you forget what your house looks like from the outside
11) You go to California during the summer to "get away from the heat"- and end up shivering in a jacket on the beach when it's 83 degrees outside.
12) There are more Bush/Cheney '04 stickers on your street than in Crawford, TX.
13) As far as you're concerned, there are three places in Arizona- Phoenix, U of A in Tucson, and the Snow Bowl up in Flagstaff.

You know you live in Wisconsin when: (contributed by Kizaru)
1)You're used to temps of 10 degrees(more like 5 degrees, really) and below in the winter, and temps of 90 degrees and up in the summer
2)In January, you can relate to Russia & Sibreria(just last winter there was a day in Jan. when the temp was around -30 degrees...AND I STILL HAD SCHOOL >:[ )
3)You can pronouce Indian words well through virtue of so many places here having Indian names.
4)Insulting the Packers results in instant death.
5)You can't imagine a place without lots of trees and rivers/lakes
6)You wonder what the term "temperature is almost the same year-round" means.
7)You use the term "bubbler" instead of "drinking fountain"

You live in Arizona when



1. You are willing to park 3 blocks away because you found shade.

2. You can open and drive your car without touching the car door or the steering wheel.

3. You've experienced condensation on your butt from the hot water in the toilet bowl.

4. You would give anything to be able to splash cold water on your face.

5. You can attend any function wearing shorts and a tank top.

6. "Dress Code" is meaningless at high schools and universities. Picture lingerie ads.

7. You can drive for 4 hours in one direction and never leave town.

8. You have over 100 recipes for Mexican food.

9. The 4 seasons are: tolerable, hot, really hot, and ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!!

10. You know that "dry heat" is comparable to what hits you in the face when you open your oven door.





You Live in California when..

1. You make over $250,000 and you still can't afford to buy a house.

2 The high school quarterback calls a time-out to answer his cell phone.

3. The fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway.

4. You know how to eat an artichoke.

5. You drive your rented Mercedes to your neighborhood block party.

6. When someone asks you how far something is, you tell them how long it will take to get there rather than how many miles away it is.



You Live in New York City when...

1. You say "the city" and expect everyone to know you mean Manhattan.

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

3. You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus Circle to Battery Park, but can't find Wisconsin on a map.

4. You think Central Park is "nature,"

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

6. You've worn out a car horn.

7. You think eye contact is an act of aggression.



You Live in Pennsylvania when...

1. You only have four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup, and Tabasco.

2. Halloween costumes fit over parkas.

3. You have more than one recipe for moose.

4. Sexy lingerie is anything flannel with less than eight buttons.

5. The four seasons are: winter, still winter, almost winter, and construction.



You Live in the Deep South when...

1. You can rent a movie and buy bait in the same store.

2."ya'll" is singular and "all ya'll" is plural.

3. After five years you still hear, "You ain't from 'round here, are Ya?"

4. "He needed killin' " is a valid defense.

5. Everyone has 2 first names: Billy Bob, Jimmy Bob, Mary Sue, Betty Jean, MARY BETH, etc.



You live in Colorado when...

1. You carry your $3,000 mountain bike atop your $500 car.

2. You tell your husband to pick up Granola on his way home and he stops at the day care center.

3. A pass does not involve a football or dating.

4. The top of your head is bald, but you still have a pony tail.



You live in the Midwest when...

1. You've never met any celebrities, but the mayor knows your name.

2. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor.

3. You have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day.

4. You end sentences with a preposition: "Where's my coat at?"

5. When asked how your trip was to any exotic place, you say, "It was different!"



You live in Florida when....

1. You eat dinner at 3:15 in the afternoon.

2. All purchases include a coupon of some kind -- even houses and cars.

3. Everyone can recommend an excellent dermatologist.

4. Road construction never ends anywhere in the state.

5. Cars in front of you are often driven by headless people.

(Yes, it was an e-mail I got today -- if you've already read it, hooray.)


Sorry, but there are no moose in PA, plus it doesn't usually get parka cold on Halloween. It get's freaking hot there as well.

you do realise florida is deep south right

See, this kinda joke wouldn't work for Britain

You know you're from Sussex when... its not funny

BAH! Where's the Northwest!? We're funny Folk...


1. They wear socks with their sandals
2. they think people who carry umbrellas are wimps
3. A sweatshirt can be worn all year round and to any occasion
4. They can tell the difference between coffee brands by the taste

you do realise florida is deep south right
Ummm, no. Maybe Central Florida or parts of the Panhandle, but the vast majority of the state is just Yankeeland somebody tacked on to the bigger continent. No true Southerner considers Floridians Southerners.

Ummm, no. Maybe Central Florida or parts of the Panhandle, but the vast majority of the state is just Yankeeland somebody tacked on to the bigger continent. No true Southerner considers Floridians Southerners.
every florida rule applies to the rest of the south, except dinner is at 4, and its called supper

You live in the Midwest when...

1. You've never met any celebrities, but the mayor knows your name.

2. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor.

3. You have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day.

4. You end sentences with a preposition: "Where's my coat at?"

5. When asked how your trip was to any exotic place, you say, "It was different!"



Ha, ha, ha! All of those are so true. I especially liked the A/C one. I have a few:

You know you live in Nebraska when:

1. While you drive every passing stranger waves.

2. You can drive through the entire state without ever seeing a town.

3. If you express liking for any college football team besides the Cornhuskers (especially Texas and Oklahoma) you are literally attacked.

You know you live in Nebraska when:

1. While you drive every passing stranger waves.

2. You can drive through the entire state without ever seeing a town.

3. If you express liking for any college football team besides the Cornhuskers (especially Texas and Oklahoma) you are literally attacked.
jerk

New England?

jerk

I'm not being a jerk, I'm telling the truth. If a kid wears an Oklahoma State hat to school, he is ridiculed and called a traitor.

That California one is almost true...with the cell phones and the house prices...

you do realise florida is deep south right

If you live in the south then you would know that Florida is not the south.

I'm not being a jerk, I'm telling the truth. If a kid wears an Oklahoma State hat to school, he is ridiculed and called a traitor.
ah but that wasn't part of you'r post was it nobody opress which school you repersent heck I hate all footbal and i am not insulted (not counting my inept sunday speaker that is an i think he is joking, think.)

If you live in the south then you would know that Florida is not the south.
i live in alabama what you got

Sorry, but there are no moose in PA, plus it doesn't usually get parka cold on Halloween. It get's freaking hot there as well.


I'll have you know I have family in PA, 'round about Philly... and my cousins have worn parkas over their costumes. I imagine further north and west it's even colder.

You got me on the moose, though. :)

you do realise florida is deep south right

Yes -- but it's also where old Yankees go to die. ;)

You live in the Midwest when...

1. You've never met any celebrities, but the mayor knows your name.

2. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor.

3. You have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day.

4. You end sentences with a preposition: "Where's my coat at?"

5. When asked how your trip was to any exotic place, you say, "It was different!"

That was great, and mostly true lol. The Traffic jam isnt true, we get a few on the busier streets, but thats about it. I dont really think the mayor knows anyones name, but thats alright, I live in a bigger city then most... Still was funny though.

You now you live in North Carolina when:

1. Some driveways are US highways.

2. The front yard contains more appliances than the house itself.

3. You laugh at visitors who talk about the "dry heat" where they live.

4. The use of "ya'll or ain't" is never corrected, even by English teachers.

5. Local radio ads consist of NASCAR and strip clubs only.

6. A good pickup is more admired than a Ferrari.

7. "Conversate" is a real word.

8. The "One Finger Lift" is a recognized greeting from one motorist to another.

9. Your neighbor owns more guns than the local National Guard Armory.

10. Moles are removed from yards with a .44 Magnum.

NC Pride! The true South!
We've got Krispy-Kreme, Cheerwine, RJR, and the only Confederate monument at Gettysburg. In addition to that whole first in flight thing, which the jealous Ohioans are trying to steal.

I'll do one for New England (come from Mass. myself)

You live in New England when...

1. You just donated 6 "Garciaparra" t-shirts to the Salvation Army
2. You see 10 "John Kerry for President" stickers within 10 seconds of driving
3. You just came back from a wicked awesome beeh pahty
4. You have either a "Jeter sucks" or "Yankees suck" t-shirt
5. You think that numbered city streets are confusing
6. You have a small driveway to make for less shoveling
7. You've never been to New York City, but hate it anyways
8. You eat a lot of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream
9. You've driven for 10 minutes and traveled through 4 different states
10. You actually cared when The Patriots won the Super Bowl (both times)

You know you live in Northwestern Alabama when...

1. You pass cars with "I'm proud to be a Democrat" and "Bush for President" bumperstickers.
2. You know who George Wallace, Bob Riley, Don Sigleman, Roy Moore, and Roger Bedford are.
3. You live 30 miles away from the nearest Wal-Mart Supercenter.
4. You still can't name the state capital.
5. Vacation always consists of going to the Gulf of Mexico.
6. You pass a three story house with a Plymouth parked in the driveway and then 10 miles down the road pass a shack with a Mercedes parked in the driveway.
7. On the Fourth of July you travel 30 miles to see the nearest fireworks display.
8. You've never been out of the state.

lets jsut do all of alabama

You know you live in Alabama when..

1) You have a bass boat in you're front yard.
2) You blink and miss the town you are driving through.
3) The one traffic light in the town pisses you off.
4) You're sentences consists of mostly "Y'all", "ain't", or "gonna"
5) You live within spitting distance of you're closest neighbor
6) You learned about #5 literally
7) You have no idea what a garage is but love your carport.
8) You don't support Roy Moore
9) You realise there is a difference between north and south Alabama

You Live in New York City when...
1. You say "the city" and expect everyone to know you mean Manhattan.
2. You have never been to the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building.
3. You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus Circle to Battery Park, but can't find Wisconsin on a map.
4. You think Central Park is "nature,"
5. You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you multi-lingual.
6. You've worn out a car horn.
7. You think eye contact is an act of aggression.

1. Obviously. What else would we mean?
2. Rarely. "You have rarely been to the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building".
3. ...or an argument about the best subway route to take.
4. Well, isn't it? O_o
5. Not that I swear, myself, but if I did, then yeah, why wouldn't this make me multi-lingual?
6. No car. No comment.
7. Well, it depends upon how you look at someone. If you look at someone the wrong way, like the way you're looking at.... Are you looking at me? Are you LOOKING AT ME!? You look at me like that AGAIN and I'll whip out my ModPistol and blow away your entire region so bloody fast they'll feel it from "000" to "The Pacific"! Then I'll resurrect you and pistol whip you so hard there'll be pieces of your national file scattered ALL OVER the Jolt system! Do you understand me?

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--The Jovial States of Cogitation
"Laugh about it for a moment."
NationStates Self-Proclaimed Court Jester

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Disclaimer for the sarcasm-impaired: The above is a joke. Item #7, in particular, is a joke.

.7. Well, it depends upon how you look at someone. If you look at someone the wrong way, like the way you're looking at.... Are you looking at me? Are you LOOKING AT ME!? You look at me like that AGAIN and I'll whip out my ModPistol and blow away your entire region so bloody fast they'll feel it from "000" to "The Pacific"! Then I'll resurrect you and pistol whip you so hard there'll be pieces of your national file scattered ALL OVER the Jolt system! Do you understand me?

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--The Jovial States of Cogitation
"Laugh about it for a moment."
NationStates Self-Proclaimed Court Jester

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Disclaimer for the sarcasm-impaired: The above is a joke. Item #7, in particular, is a joke.

This is why we love you, Cog! :)
*hugs*

Florida is not the south, how do I know? I live in Florida.

You know you live in South Florida when:

1) The women can kick your ass
2) There are T.V. ADs for strip clubs everywhere
3) Most inhabitants are Cuban
4) Cubans beat you up if they think they're Mexican
5) Being a Communist is a death wish
6) Being a "Yank" is a death wish
7) You see naked people on the beach

EH not that funny, but true

You know you're from Arkansas if:

1. You go to family reunions to scope out the babes;
2. You wonder if you get a divorce will she still be your sister;
3. You registered for your wedding at the Wal-Mart super center sportman's booth;
4. You think "gun control" means being able to hit a deer at 100 yards;
5. You have one or more kitchen appliances on your front porch;
6. You have one or more cars up on blocks in your front yard;
7. Know that "Rover" and "Blue Ball" are towns, not a dog or a physical condition;
8. Think it natural that Conway is not in Conway County, Benton is not in Benton County, Hot Springs is not in Hot Spring County, Van Buren is not in Van Buren County, Scott is not in Scott County and Booneville is not in Boone County, but Lonoke is in Lonoke County;
9. Know someone that swears they saw Elvis at a McDonalds;
10. Think "snorting coke" is what happens when you laugh with a mouth full of soda pop and it squirts out your nose.

You live in the Pacific Northwest when:

1. You can't understand why everyone else loves hot-and-sunny so much.
2. You try to think of a popular Republican at your school and you can't.
3. You know at least 3 people who are solving a global political problem every time they open their mouth.
4. You can't imagine life without hazelnuts.
5. Most of your friends can hold a conversation about the cultural and political message that Britney Spears sends.
6. You're a sixth-grade girl and have never heard of shaving your legs.
7. "Random", "weird", and "freak" are taken as compliments by middle schoolers.
8. You could live quite easily without a car. (Exception for owners of 160-pound dogs)
9. You actually bother trying to avoid Starbucks in favor of independent shops.
10. Your town has not, or has only very recently, been initiated into the National Spelling Bee.

Whether or not the temperature in Arizona is actually higher than that of Arkansas...I challenge you to spend a week in Arizona, then a week in Arkansas (in the summer that is) (for both) and tell me which is worse...it's called humidity, and I live in Arkansas and I've been to Arizona.

Also, the Native Americans in New Mexico/Arizona look more like the picturesque hillbilly than most Arkansans.

You know you're from Arkansas if:

1. You go to family reunions to scope out the babes;
2. You wonder if you get a divorce will she still be your sister;
3. You registered for your wedding at the Wal-Mart super center sportman's booth;
4. You think "gun control" means being able to hit a deer at 100 yards;
5. You have one or more kitchen appliances on your front porch;
6. You have one or more cars up on blocks in your front yard;
7. Know that "Rover" and "Blue Ball" are towns, not a dog or a physical condition;
8. Think it natural that Conway is not in Conway County, Benton is not in Benton County, Hot Springs is not in Hot Spring County, Van Buren is not in Van Buren County, Scott is not in Scott County and Booneville is not in Boone County, but Lonoke is in Lonoke County;
9. Know someone that swears they saw Elvis at a McDonalds;
10. Think "snorting coke" is what happens when you laugh with a mouth full of soda pop and it squirts out your nose.
I do hope that most people who read this realize that aside from number 7 (and I haven't heard of those cities, but it wouldn't surprise me) and number 8, those are mostly inaccurate.

You live in Arizona when

1. You are willing to park 3 blocks away because you found shade.
2. You can open and drive your car without touching the car door or the steering wheel.
3. You've experienced condensation on your butt from the hot water in the toilet bowl.
4. You would give anything to be able to splash cold water on your face.
5. You can attend any function wearing shorts and a tank top.
6. "Dress Code" is meaningless at high schools and universities. Picture lingerie ads.
7. You can drive for 4 hours in one direction and never leave town.
8. You have over 100 recipes for Mexican food.
9. The 4 seasons are: tolerable, hot, really hot, and ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!!
10. You know that "dry heat" is comparable to what hits you in the face when you open your oven door.
.

Can I say I love you?

All right, extended Northwest list. :D And I know everything but the coffee. :p

- Feel guilty throwing aluminum cans or paper in the trash.
- Use the expression: "sun break" and know what it means.
- Know more than 10 ways to order coffee.
- Know more people that own boats than air conditioners.
- Feel overdressed wearing a suit to a nice restaurant.
- Stand on a deserted corner in the rain waiting for the "Walk" signal.
- Are amazed by accurate weather forecasts.
- Consider that if it has no snow or has not recently erupted, it's not a
real mountain.
- Complain about Californians, as you sell your house for twice its value to
one.
- Know the difference between Chinook, Coho, and Sockeye salmon.
- Know how to pronounce Sequim, Puyallup, Issaquah and Oregon.
- Consider swimming an indoor sport.
- In winter, go to work in the dark and come home in the dark, while only
working an eight-hour day.
- Obey all traffic laws except "Keep right except to pass".
- You never go camping without waterproof matches and a poncho.
- Know that boring is a town in Oregon and not just a state of mind.
- Can point to at least two volcanoes, even if you can't see through the
cloud cover.
- Say "the mountain is out" when it's a pretty day and you can actually see
it.
- Feel like you've grown up with Bill Gates and can't quite figure out why
people can be so mean to him.
- Put on your shorts when the temperature gets above 50, but still wear your
hiking boots and parka.
- Switch to your sandals when it gets above 60, but keep the socks on.
- Have actually used your mountain bike on a mountain.
- Knew immediately that the view out Frasier's window was fake.

But the best has to be the already mentioned:
You think people who carry umbrellas are wimps

(And after living in Arizona for 2 years, that one works well too!)

New Mexico:
1. When you don't think 110 is hot anymore.
2. When you're white and you're the minority.
3. When you order everything at a fast-food resturant with green chili.
4. When you've seen more than just the part of the state along the interstate.
5. When you care what kind of grass you have on your lawn.
6. When you know how shitty the Rio Grande really is.
7. When you know New Mexico has forests.

The Taco Bells in the Southwest aren't as good as the ones in Arkansas.

And I really hope that no one brings up accents. I have been told by multiple people that I have a "Nebraska" accent, and I live in Arkansas. So...yea... (I lived in Nebraska for Kindergarten and First grade which might explain the accent)

3. If you express liking for any college football team besides the Cornhuskers (especially Texas and Oklahoma) you are literally attacked.
Damn straight.

Damn straight.
Same thing in Arkansas...except it's the Razorbacks...not the Cornhuskers...

Although, you can keep the "especially Oklahoma and Texas" part on there...

After all, it was Houston Nutt (Head coach for the Arkansas football team) who did the upside down hook 'em horns on National telivision...

7. Well, it depends upon how you look at someone. If you look at someone the wrong way, like the way you're looking at.... Are you looking at me? Are you LOOKING AT ME!? You look at me like that AGAIN and I'll whip out my ModPistol and blow away your entire region so bloody fast they'll feel it from "000" to "The Pacific"! Then I'll resurrect you and pistol whip you so hard there'll be pieces of your national file scattered ALL OVER the Jolt system! Do you understand me?

It's always the quiet ones.

You live in UPSTATE NY when...

1. Visitors from out of state ask you what NYC is like and assume your an expert.
2. You live near a resevoir or power plant that supplies NYC despite being HUNDREDS of miles away from it.
3. You go far enough north in the state and you start hearing FRENCH on the radio...
4. You drive for an hour and see a city, suburb, rural village, farms, and more forests than there were 300 years ago!
5. You drive for an hour and see at least a dozen Stewart's stores (more eastern/northern).
6. Depending on the region you'll find local wineries, bakeries, dairies, orchards, farms that make some of the best food you'll find being sold in a completely different area.
7. You have a heart attack shoveling snow in the winter.
8. By february you go insane from all the winter "grey".
9. Harsh winters, hot/humid summers, springs and falls that can be nice or are simply extensions of the former make you adapt to the point you can wear T-shirt in Lake Placid in negatives in February or a parka when its 100+ and be relatively comfortable.
10. You like to see the color of the leaves change during autumn, but so do idiots from NYC and out of state....
11. Your hometown school is good at just one sport...

C'mon, nobody talking about Arkansas has mentioned the necessary daily trip to Wal-Mart! I swear, the Wal-Mark parking lot in my town is jam-packed at any hour of any day (including Sunday morning). And how if you say you're of any Christian denomination besides Baptist or Methodist, people stare at you in confusion because they have no idea what a Lutheran is. And the crappy construction that takes forever (take I-30 from LR to Benton, for example... nearly four years in the making), yet goes nowhere. And how it's not "fixin' " (as in "I'm fixin' to fix my car"), it's "fit'n". And the horrible driving!!

I bet you saw this coming: I'm not an Arkansas native.

Well...aside from the places under construction...Arkansas has some of the best highways...

you live in Louisiana if:

sexy lingerie is a tee shirt and boxer shorts
you find 90 degrees a little warm
the seasons are Almost Summer,Summer, Still Summer, and Christmas
the first day of Deer Season is a holiday to skip work for
national and international news are on one page but Sports go 6 pages
your burial plot is 6 feet over instead of 6 feet under (floods pop caskets out of the ground)
children wait for the Tooth Mouse instead of the Tooth Fairy
you worry about dead family members or friends returning during bad weather with very bad rain
you don't learn until high school that Mardi Gras isn't a national holiday
watching the Animal Planet inspires you to write a cook book
you greet people with “Howzhyamomma’an’em?” and hear back “Dey
fine, darlin!". (if you have trouble understanding: "How's your momma and them?" and "They're fine, darling.)
you think the people from Survivor are wussies

the first day of Deer Season is a holiday to skip work for

Heh... in Michigan, most schools cancel classes for the first day of Deer Season.

You know you're from New Jersey when:
1. You constantly yell that you don't know the sopranos
2. You hate Bon Jovi
3. Insist that you do have a decent sports team
4. Tell people it isn't that dirty
5. say quaffee (coffee)
6. say dawg
7. can locate any small town on a map within a minute
8. Think 2,000 feet is 'high up'
9. Immediatly change into shorts as soon as it hits 50 degrees
10. Consider 3 inches of snow 'a lot'

Heh... in Michigan, most schools cancel classes for the first day of Deer Season.heh, cool. here they don't cancel the schools, people just call in sick and go for the holiday. that includes the principals and teachers.

You Live in California when..
1. You make over $250,000 and you still can't afford to buy a house.
2 The high school quarterback calls a time-out to answer his cell phone.
3. The fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway.
4. You know how to eat an artichoke.
5. You drive your rented Mercedes to your neighborhood block party.
6. When someone asks you how far something is, you tell them how long it will take to get there rather than how many miles away it is.

I fit with number 4 and number 6. I thought number 6 was a normal thing, but I guess not. :-X I felt...naive when I read that as if normal people did not do it. *sigh*

Oh, and I really should not have to say this, but I am from California.

3. Insist that you do have a decent sports team
same here. people make fun of us for having the New Orleans Saints mainly.

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You no longer associate bridges with water.
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You can say 110 degrees without fainting.
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You eat hot chilies to cool your mouth off.
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You can make instant sun tea.
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You learn that a seat belt makes a pretty good branding iron.
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The temperature drops below 95 and you feel a bit chilly.
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You discover that in July it takes only two fingers to drive your car.
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You discover that you can get a sunburn through your car window.
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You know the best parking place is determined by shade instead of distance.
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Hot water comes out of both taps.
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You actually burn your hand opening the car door.
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No one would dream of putting vinyl upholstery in a car or not having air conditioning.
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You break a sweat the instant you step outside at 7:30 a.m. before work.
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You realize asphalt has a liquid state.
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It's so hot the birds have to use pot holders to pull worms out of the ground.
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It's so hot that potatoes cook underground and all you have to do for lunch is to pull one out and add butter with trimmings.
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It's so hot farmers are feeding their chickens crushed ice to keep them from laying hard boiled eggs.
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You only know five spices: salt, pepper, Ranch dressing, BBQ sauce and ketchup.
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You design your Halloween costume to fit over Wranglers and cowboy boots.
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The mosquitoes have landing lights.
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You have more miles on your tractor than your car.
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You have 10 favorite recipes for deer meat.
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You've taken your kids trick-or-treating when it was 90 degrees outside.
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You think sexy lingerie is tube-socks and a flannel nightie with only 8 buttons.
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You can write a check at Dairy Queen for two Hunger Busters and fries.
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You attend a formal event in your best clothes, your finest jewelry and your cowboy boots.
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People grumble about Noah letting coyotes on the ark.
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The preacher says, "I'd like to ask Bubba to help take up the offering." and five guys stand up.
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A member of the church requests to be buried in his 4-wheel-drive truck because "It ain't never been in a hole it couldn't get out of."
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When it rains, everyone is smiling.
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The choir group is known as the "OK Chorale."
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The Pastor wears boots.
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Four generations of the same family sit together in worship.
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There is no such thing as a "secret" sin.
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Baptism is referred to as "branding."
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Finding and returning lost sheep isn't just a parable.
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High notes on the organ can set the dogs to howling.
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People wonder, when Jesus fed 5,000, whether the two fish were bass or catfish.
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The final words of the benediction are, "Ya'll come back now, ya hear?"
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It's a common misconception that everything is twice as big in Texas, really, everything is 1.965 times bigger, but we round up.
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It's a common misconception that the women have big hair. In fact this was outlawed in July 1977. There is a task force and they are doing their best to reach every last woman. Bear with us.
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It's a common misconception that JR Ewing still lives here. That was a TV show people! Come on! Chuck Norris, on the other hand, is a real, karate-choppin' Texas Ranger.
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It's a common misconception that we have killer bees, fire ants, gigantic roaches and mosquitoes and other awful insects, tornadoes, hurricanes, and damaging hailstorms. We tend to think of them as a few bitty bugs and a bad hair day.
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It's a common misconception that everyone speaks with a Texas accent. Y'all just don't know what y'all are talkin' about.

(And an exotic one that will probably go over a lot of heads.)

You know you're from Osaka when...

people in Tokyo laugh at everything you say, whether it was funny or not. (Osaka is famous for food, it's dialect, and humor. People from Tokyo, home of "standard Japanese", often find the Osaka dialect funny even ehen not intended. Similar to the US southern dialects.)

you've gotten in a serious argument over where the best okonomiyaki and takoyaki are to be found. (Okonomiyaki is a sort of savory pancake and takoyaki are octopus dumplings. Both are local specialties and, occassionaly, the subject of great debate.)

you know the complete lineup of the 1985 Japan series winning Hanshin Tigers.

you know the secret of Colonel Sander's curse. (Think Chicago Cubs and the billy goat.)

you have been known to ask for discounts at department stores.

you are proud of your family's 1000 year old merchantile history, and can sneer at those samurai upstarts from Tokyo. But you don't.

here's some more for Louisiana. you know you're from Louisiana if:

you call Grand Isle the Cajun Bahamas
you think New Orleans is one of the wonders in the world
you eat gumbo for breakfast
you give up tobasco for Lent
you think the head of the United Nations is Boudreaux-Fontenot-Thibodeaux
you eat 5-alarm Texas chilli and reach for the tobasco
your boat has more horsepower than your car does
your school teacher tells you the 4 basic food groups are boiled seafood, broiled seafood, fried seafood and beer
you learned how to play bourre (sort of like the Cajun version of poker) before you learned your ABC’s
you think the national anthem is "Proud to be Cajun"

You Live in Pennsylvania when...
1. You only have four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup, and Tabasco.
2. Halloween costumes fit over parkas.
3. You have more than one recipe for moose.
4. Sexy lingerie is anything flannel with less than eight buttons.
5. The four seasons are: winter, still winter, almost winter, and construction.

You live in the Midwest when...
1. You've never met any celebrities, but the mayor knows your name.
2. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor.
3. You have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day.
4. You end sentences with a preposition: "Where's my coat at?"
5. When asked how your trip was to any exotic place, you say, "It was different!"

Lived in PA from age 15-19(now)
1. no
2. no
3. no
4. no
5.yes *sigh*
Lived in midwest age 0-3 and 4-15
1. no
2. change tractor to train and yes (I swear those bloody things move about 2 mph when going through town, I can't tell you how many times I've been late)
3. yes
4. yes
5. yes

Old habits die hard.

Allow me to add another Midwest:
You're an environmentalist who believes in using slash and burn tactics on all the forests.

<---for the record is a native Arkansan too and can't believe how serious some people seem to be taking his joke. BTW Rover and Blue Ball are near Yellville.

I'll have you know I have family in PA, 'round about Philly... and my cousins have worn parkas over their costumes. I imagine further north and west it's even colder.

You got me on the moose, though. :)

It usually doesn't get colder then 30 there in october, I know I grew up in the country in PA. That isn't parka weather.

We've got Krispy-Kreme, Cheerwine, RJR, and the only Confederate monument at Gettysburg. In addition to that whole first in flight thing, which the jealous Ohioans are trying to steal.

Jealous? Please, if it werent for Ohio the N.C. wouldn't have been where the first flight was recorded.

And almost everything you listed for North Carolina is true for Ohio.

Can I say I love you?

Sure you can! :)

I do hope that most people who read this realize that aside from number 7 (and I haven't heard of those cities, but it wouldn't surprise me) and number 8, those are mostly inaccurate.

If you believe all the rest of these "you know you're from" are accurate, you should report to your doctor for an adjustment to your exaggeration-o-meter.

And I really hope that no one brings up accents. I have been told by multiple people that I have a "Nebraska" accent, and I live in Arkansas. So...yea... (I lived in Nebraska for Kindergarten and First grade which might explain the accent)

Lighten up, for pete's sake. Despite all appearances, this thread is not all about you.

And you would have a Nebraskan accent. I have a New York accent. I bet if I lived in East Anglia, I'd have an East Anglian accent.

You live in UPSTATE NY when...

1. Visitors from out of state ask you what NYC is like and assume your an expert.
2. You live near a resevoir or power plant that supplies NYC despite being HUNDREDS of miles away from it.
3. You go far enough north in the state and you start hearing FRENCH on the radio...
4. You drive for an hour and see a city, suburb, rural village, farms, and more forests than there were 300 years ago!
5. You drive for an hour and see at least a dozen Stewart's stores (more eastern/northern).
6. Depending on the region you'll find local wineries, bakeries, dairies, orchards, farms that make some of the best food you'll find being sold in a completely different area.
7. You have a heart attack shoveling snow in the winter.
8. By february you go insane from all the winter "grey".
9. Harsh winters, hot/humid summers, springs and falls that can be nice or are simply extensions of the former make you adapt to the point you can wear T-shirt in Lake Placid in negatives in February or a parka when its 100+ and be relatively comfortable.
10. You like to see the color of the leaves change during autumn, but so do idiots from NYC and out of state....
11. Your hometown school is good at just one sport...

1) Where in upstate NY?
2) Grrrrrr -- I love to drive up and see the leaves change... YOU GOTTA PROBLEM WIT DAT?

I fit with number 4 and number 6. I thought number 6 was a normal thing, but I guess not. :-X I felt...naive when I read that as if normal people did not do it. *sigh*

Oh, and I really should not have to say this, but I am from California.

Don't feel bad -- I'm a New Yorker and I know how to eat an artichoke.
Also: I learned from the Pacific Coast Highway (a 2 lane road, for those who don't know) that HOW FAR and HOW LONG are two different things.

Sign: Carmel 50 miles.
Me: Cool! I'll be in Carmel in about an hour!

Three hours later.....

Me, on Cell Phone to motel desk: Um, ok, I'm going to be late....

you live in Louisiana if:

sexy lingerie is a tee shirt and boxer shorts
you find 90 degrees a little warm
the seasons are Almost Summer,Summer, Still Summer, and Christmas
the first day of Deer Season is a holiday to skip work for
national and international news are on one page but Sports go 6 pages
your burial plot is 6 feet over instead of 6 feet under (floods pop caskets out of the ground)
children wait for the Tooth Mouse instead of the Tooth Fairy
you worry about dead family members or friends returning during bad weather with very bad rain
you don't learn until high school that Mardi Gras isn't a national holiday
watching the Animal Planet inspires you to write a cook book
you greet people with “Howzhyamomma’an’em?” and hear back “Dey
fine, darlin!". (if you have trouble understanding: "How's your momma and them?" and "They're fine, darling.)
you think the people from Survivor are wussies
you forgot "You know that a parish isn't just a church"

more alabama

1) you think that sweet tea is a national drink
2) the english teacher has said "Y'all need to be quite"
3) fishing/hunting is a legitimate reason to miss work
4) a trip to wal-mart is your favorite vacation
5) you can identify different types of catfish
6) school is canceled because the snow is sticking

And I really hope that no one brings up accents. I have been told by multiple people that I have a "Nebraska" accent, and I live in Arkansas. So...yea... (I lived in Nebraska for Kindergarten and First grade which might explain the accent)

How do people say that you talk? I'm from Nebraska so I've always been curious what my accent is like.

ah but that wasn't part of you'r post was it nobody opress which school you repersent heck I hate all footbal and i am not insulted (not counting my inept sunday speaker that is an i think he is joking, think.)

What?!

More Arizona

) There are exactly two seasons: Summer, and January.

) You can blink and miss either spring or fall

) The Grand Canyon is just a huge hole in the ground and a damned inconvenience if you're driving north

) The nominal speed limit on the freeway is at least 80 mph, and it is possible to get stuck behind someone doing 90.

) The words "speed bump" translate roughly into "let's see how much air we can get"

) You sometimes find yourself wondering if Peoria really exists. (it's rumored to be a city on the west side of the valley)

) You live well over 50 miles from downtown, yet if you're traveling, you tell people you live in Phoenix

) It takes you half an hour to get to work-and there's no traffic

) You know when it is hot enough to fry eggs on your car-and you have actually done it

) During summer, you forget what your house looks like from the outside

) You go to California during the summer to "get away from the heat"- and end up shivering in a jacket on the beach when it's 83 degrees outside.

) There are more Bush/Cheney '04 stickers on your street than in Crawford, TX.

) As far as you're concerned, there are three places in Arizona- Phoenix, U of A in Tucson, and the Snow Bowl up in Flagstaff.

I should point out that most of the cali list aplies to So Cal, Nor Cal has it's own ideosyncrasies....uh....like bad spellers......leave me alone.....

The time/distance thing aplies, Kat noted it with the HWY 1. I did Sac to LA in 5 hours on I-5, LA to San Mateo (closer) in 12 hours on HWY 1 in the same car. The dumb part is I did it at night. The road is pretty fun, but not really all that scenic in the pitch.....

#4 applies as well.

A lot of the Northwest stuff aplies to Nor Cal, especially the coffee. Dot Com enviromentalists in SUVs, I'm hoping thats a local phenom.

You know you live in Wisconsin when:

-You're used to temps of 10 degrees(more like 5 degrees, really) and below in the winter, and temps of 90 degrees and up in the summer
-In January, you can relate to Russia & Sibreria(just last winter there was a day in Jan. when the temp was around -30 degrees...AND I STILL HAD SCHOOL >:[ )
-You can pronouce Indian words well through virtue of so many places here having Indian names.
-Insulting the Packers results in instant death.
-You can't imagine a place without lots of trees and rivers/lakes
-You wonder what the term "temperature is almost the same year-round" means.
-You use the term "bubbler" instead of "drinking fountain"

And you would have a Nebraskan accent. I have a New York accent. I bet if I lived in East Anglia, I'd have an East Anglian accent.

I used to live in East Anglia (just outside Ely in the village of Hockwold) but I lost my accent when I moved to Arkansas.