NationStates Jolt Archive

You know you're from Nebraska if...
http://members.tripod.com/~Wally83/unonebif.html

I got my list off a website, but make up your own for your home town, state, city, province, country, hemisphere, or continent etc.

you know you're from louisiana if:

when it rains heavily, you fear dead relatives will visit you
you think new orleans is one of the 7 wonders of the world
you think the people on survivor are wussies
you're 50 years old and you're still scared of the swamp monster known as roogeroo
watching animal planet inspires you to make a cookbook
your school teacher tells you the 4 basic food groups are boiled seafood, broiled seafood, fried seafood, and beer

This list is even better: http://www.blogthings.com/nebraska.html

I wonder how many of those things people from out of state know about.
And if anyone read the list is curious: Beatrice is pronounced Bee-atch-ress, Norfolk is pronounced Nor-fork, and Kearney is pronounced Car-knee.

If you want a list for where you live, there are tons of them on this (http://www.blogthings.com/wherefrom.html) website.

I'm originally from the Wyoming Valley in northeastern Pennsylvania (which the state of Wyoming was named after :) )
There's a book you can buy locally there called "...You're From the Valley!"

Some gems:
You may be from the Valley if...
-You've ever gone trick-or-treating in a bar
-If you notive with all the churches and bars in your town, every other door swings
-If you have a relative who wears a babushka
-If, instead of "mine", you say "my un"
-If you use the letter "haitch" in stead of "aitch" (H)
-If you don't say hot dog, you say "haw dawg"
-If you or someone you know is named "Stash" (short for Stanley)
-If your grandmother did not speak English
-If you can differentiate between Polish, Czech, Lithuanian, Ukranian, and Serbo-Croatian names
-If the plural of "you" is "youse"
-If you say "haina?" for "isn't that so?" as in, "Nice day, haina?"
-If you eat Kielbasa (or even know what it is)
-If you make your own pierogies
-If you can see a culm bank from your house
-If a family mamber has had Black Lung
-If you have mine subsidence insurance
-If you've had water 5 feet deep on the second floor of your home
-If you have a line on the wall in your business labeled "high water mark"
-If a dead person has won an election in your town
-If you know of at least one instance where a candidate recieved more votes than the number of registered voters in the district
-If you have a picture of President Kennedy on the wall next to the Pope
-If you go trick-or-treating and have to have a song, poem, or do a dance so you can get the treat
-If you belong to at least one bowling team
-If you live in half a double block
-If there are 6 other churches within 2 blocks of yours - and 4 of them are Catholic and at least one of them is Eastern Rite
-If you think that "rusty" is the color of every river
-If the street on which you live is 22 feet wide, is two way, and has parking on both sides

Well, that was longer than I was anticipating, but those are basically the funniest ones IMO. Some of them might not make sense unless you're from the area or are at least familiar with it, it's hard for me to be a good judge of that, because I'm so used to it.

You definitely know you're from Iowa if you have ever drank in a cornfield. :D

Here's my commentary on the afformentioned list (the blogthings site)

You Know You're From Florida When...

You know someone who's been struck by lightning

Better: I know someone whose hamster was struck by lightning. That's a once-in-an-eternity event, don't you think?

Your backyard is sometimes a swamp

Any time it rains.

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

Gators really aren't that bad if you leave them alone. Only the very stupid and the very unlucky get hurt by them.

You're officially sick of Disney
You shrug off hurricane warnings

To both, heck yeah.

There are only two seasons - hot and hotter

Nah. The seasons are hotter and wet.

You know your from Conneticut when:
-You own every DMB CD
-You've never taken public transportation
-Your mom drives a Volvo wagon
-The only overcrowding is of deer in your backyard
-You still can't find your way in Hartford (except for that bar area near Union Station.)
-You get pissed at anyone who doesn't know how to drive in the snow.
-You have at least 4 friends who drive Jeep Grand Cherokees
-You think the Connecticut River is endless
-You have known at least 2 preppy rich kids from Fairfield who listen to Phish.
-You don't have an accent when you talk
-You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Connecticut.

You know you're from North Carolina if ...

1. You drive a badly dented pickup truck with a rebuilt engine and a gun rack in the rear window.

2. You think grits are what God really meant when he talked about "mana."

3. You listen to a combination of Country&Western and Rap ... loudly!

4. You go to tractor-pulls to pick up girls.

5. You understand that "y'all" is used only when referring to more than one person.

6. You say "hey" instead of "hi."

7. You know the names of all your third-cousins-by-marriage.

8. You think California is "the land of fruits and nuts."

9. Your favorite commedian is Jeff Foxworthy.

10. You attend the Free Will Baptist Church on Sunday, then do as you damned well please for the next six days, then go back to the Free Will Baptist Church on Sunday to repent of your "sins."

You know your from Southern California if...

- Your school has white people as a minority
- Low-rider bikes are more common among teens than cars
- You support Arnold, but are a Democrat

You might be from the NorthWest if you:

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

You know you're a redneck if your gunrack has a gunrack on it...
YOU SUCK!

You know your from Minnesota if...
Fried Candy bars on a stick don't sound odd to you.

you know you are from Northern Ireland if...
- youve heard the question "are you a catholic atheist/jew/muslim etc or a protestant atheist/jew/muslim etc" a hundred times
-if you have to change your religion as you move about to avoid getting your shit kicked in.

thats about it

oh
-if the politics is too complicated for anyone to understand

You know your from Saskatchewan if.....

If you can actually spell Saskatchewan

If you sleep in a bed in the back of a pick up truck while someone's driving

If you actually think a 30 foot hill would make a good ski hill

If you think coffee should only be made with lake water

If you think an exotic vacation is going to Minot, North Dakota

If you think prairie oysters are good

If you haven't guessed, Saskatchewan is the biggest hick Province in Canada.

From Toronto, Ontario when...
- you think people in Ottawa are all politicians and military personnel
- you believe that Ottawa is just a vast wasteland that is the capital with a wussy hockey team of Europeans players who can't fight (Sens)
- complain about traffic but complain when additional commuter lanes are added (St. Clair W)
- can't figure out why there are bilingual signs with French and English in a city whose main languages are English and various dialects of Chinese
- you go into a panic when there is more than 10 cm of snow on the ground; time to call in the army
- you know there is more to the city than pavement, Yonge Street, Bay Street and King and Queen... and that there are real trees in the city
- have friends who live next door but are in another area code
- know only morons take the 401 and the Don Valley Parkway during rush hour
- when going into the rural outskirts means going out to Ajax, Pickering, Stouffville...
- you know that Downsvierw Park isn't a park, it's just a huge-ass open field that used to be use by the military

If you haven't guessed, Saskatchewan is the biggest hick Province in Canada.
Actually, it isn't. Alberta has the real hicks; Saskatchewan is just a vast open province with lots of big wheat fields and a few quaint log homes ;)

From Toronto, Ontario when...
- you think people in Ottawa are all politicians and military personnel
- you believe that Ottawa is just a vast wasteland that is the capital with a wussy hockey team of Europeans players who can't fight (Sens)
- complain about traffic but complain when additional commuter lanes are added (St. Clair W)
- can't figure out why there are bilingual signs with French and English in a city whose main languages are English and various dialects of Chinese
- you go into a panic when there is more than 10 cm of snow on the ground; time to call in the army
- you know there is more to the city than pavement, Yonge Street, Bay Street and King and Queen... and that there are real trees in the city
- have friends who live next door but are in another area code
- know only morons take the 401 and the Don Valley Parkway during rush hour
- when going into the rural outskirts means going out to Ajax, Pickering, Stouffville...
- you know that Downsvierw Park isn't a park, it's just a huge-ass open field that used to be use by the military

Hell ya!

You Know You're From New Zealand When...
You know what to do in an Earthquake: get into the nearest doorway before any other bugger and say, "Nah, i don't reckon it's the big one this time. We'll be right"

You can hum the theme song to Coronation street.

You know what apples really taste like (and that there are more than four different kinds)

You know rugby league is not, and never will be, an international sport.

You're not sure about cricket, either. Or hockey. Or netball. Or swimming. Or the women's 400m. Or any other sport in which Australia are world champions. Yes, you're even having doubts about real rugby.

You know what happened to the lead singer of Push Push

You're seen split Enz, or former members thereof, performing live at least once

You reckon anyone who carries on about how great they are is an up-themselves wanker. Or an Australian.

You wouldn't dream of wearing thongs on your feet. Thats what jandals are for.

The name "Chappell" still makes you queasy

You know someone who worked on The Lore of the Rings or Xena

You wish Fitzy, Zinzan and Josh were still playing for the ABs.

The dairy sells more than just stuff from cows

You rolled Snifters, rather then Jaffas, down the aisle at the movies

You know something's horribly wrong if you've been driving for more then 2 hours without the scenery changing.

The words "NZ cricket victory" just don't sound right, somehow

Wow...some interesting places NS players live in.

You Know You're From New Zealand When...
You know what to do in an Earthquake: get into the nearest doorway before any other bugger and say, "Nah, i don't reckon it's the big one this time. We'll be right"
-They seem to happen in the middle of the night. I just wake up think 'hm and earthquake' and then I'm back to sleep once its over..

You can hum the theme song to Coronation street.
-Nope

You know what apples really taste like (and that there are more than four different kinds)
-Yep

You know rugby league is not, and never will be, an international sport.
-Yep

You're not sure about cricket, either. Or hockey. Or netball. Or swimming. Or the women's 400m. Or any other sport in which Australia are world champions. Yes, you're even having doubts about real rugby.
-O_o netball def isn't

You know what happened to the lead singer of Push Push
-nope, but then i'm not old

You're seen split Enz, or former members thereof, performing live at least once
-Yep

You reckon anyone who carries on about how great they are is an up-themselves wanker. Or an Australian.
-or an aucklander :D

You wouldn't dream of wearing thongs on your feet. Thats what jandals are for.
-yep, my tui jandels :D

The name "Chappell" still makes you queasy
-makes me angry still too

You know someone who worked on The Lore of the Rings or Xena
Hell everyone had something to do with LOTR

You wish Fitzy, Zinzan and Josh were still playing for the ABs.
Fitzy and Zinny yes, but I like Richie better than Josh. I wish Cully was still playing too. The name 'Mitch' makes me angry too.

The dairy sells more than just stuff from cows
-well, yeah...

You rolled Snifters, rather then Jaffas, down the aisle at the movies
-I've done both

You know something's horribly wrong if you've been driving for more then 2 hours without the scenery changing.
-You're probably driving around the same block over and over. If you're on the main drag, then you're probably in Australia.

The words "NZ cricket victory" just don't sound right, somehow
-But hey, we fought for an 'honourable draw'



My responses in the quote. Keep in mind I'm only 18 and live in the city..

You know you're from Minnesota when
sleeping in fields is a bi-weekly habit.
you go hunting on a tuesday
you go to the brewery to get your beer

Naperville, IL if Governer George Bush calls it "Nappervill."

You know you're from Kingston, On. if:
-You've had more than enough of Avril Lavigne, but you can never seem to get enough of Doug Gilmore.
-You know why the Tragically Hip called it "Across the Causeway".
-You notice that Queen's University students managed to get really good marks in high school, but can't seem figure out that they're supposed to walk on the sidewalk, and not the street. (You also know why the phrase "cars kill frosh" is popular there).
-Whenever you aren't sure where to find something, you assume it's on Princess Street.
-It doesn't bother you that there's four or five prisons in town, because it's been almost six months since the last excape.
-You know someone who works in one of those prisons (or someone locked inide one.)
-You've stopped your car for platoons crossing the street on your way to work.
-You love the sound the bridge makes when you drive over it. (You know the one.)
-You've passed by that plaque marking the building where Sir John A. Macdonald, first prime minister of Canada, first practiced law, and thought it odd that it appears to be a shoe repair shop or something now.

Actually, it isn't. Alberta has the real hicks; Saskatchewan is just a vast open province with lots of big wheat fields and a few quaint log homes ;)




Having lived in both, Saskatchewan is FAR more hickish. A lot of people are poor, we steal each others cars and our government is full of nice but extremely useless people. Alberta, on the other hand, has money, is going in a direction, has the rockies and the best NHL team (no, not Calgary). I'd take Alberta ANY day over Saskatchewan, I only live here because I had to move with my family. While Alberta is more redneck, Saskatchewan has no neck or backbone for that matter. Believe me, Calgary and Edmonton are the fastest growning cities in Canada for a reason. Also, log cabins are too good for us, we just put some stray bricks together and make a wall to shelter us from the wind. Then we use a tent as our roofs when it begins to snow, which it is tonight in Regina.

My responses in the quote. Keep in mind I'm only 18 and live in the city..
The lead singer from Push Push is Mikey Havoc.

The lead singer from Push Push is Mikey Havoc.

O_o I see.

You know you're from Ottawa, Ont when...
- The Sens make the headlines everytime they win, but somehow seem to vanish from the face of the earth when they lose to the Maple Leafs
- you refuse to admit that Toronto isn't the crime ridden capital of earth with the most violent crime per capita
- you turn 18 and for your birthday go to Quebec to drink then come back to Ontario to gamble
- you think someone is weird if they aren't white Christian or Arab Muslim
- it takes 5 minutes to tour "downtown"
- think you're special because you have the O-Train (Rip off of GO)
- you went to Canterbury HS and but had friends at Brookfield/Hillcrest HS that spray painted your school
- you have no problem with stupid laws like "no Leaf jearsys at the Sens game", but hate the law that prohibits you from eating ice cream on Bank St. on Sunday
- think everyone from Toronto is an asshole and that the city is comprised of Yonge Street and a whole of concrete and high rises
- you speak are bilingual when you speak French with really bad English, but you're "English" when you only speak English
- know that only idiots swim in Mooney's Lake
- complain that it hasn't snowed all winter when there is only about 10 cm of snow on the ground in January
- think it's perfectly normal to go skating on the Rideau Canal when it's -25C with a nice windchill of -35C
- you know what a Beaver Tail is and laugh at your friends from out of town who think it's disgusting and they've tried it or even know what it is

(Found deep within some old files I have, I can't remember the original source, though.)

You Know you're Barnsley (Yorkshire, northern England) if...

You define Summer as three months of bad coal picking.
Your definition of a small town is one that only has five pubs.
Bull bars, 'Tarn Army' and 'traffic light' air fresheners come standard on all your cars.
You refer to the Tykes as "we."
At least 50% of your relatives used to work downt pit.
You can make sense out of the word Asthagorowttegivus.
You have ever gotten frostbitten and suntanned in the same week.
You identify a Sheffield accent as "Southern".
You know what "twocking" is. (Taking Without Owners Consent)
You learned to drive a Reliant Robin before the training wheels were off your bike.
"Down South" to you means Chapletown.
Traveling coast to coast means going from Wath-on Dearne to the Ladybower Res.
The "Big Five" means LYONS CAKES, S.R. GENT, SLAZENGER, SHAW CARPETS & WOMBWELL FOUNDRY.
Snap is something you eat.
You know that a bag of spice is something kids eat.
You were brassed off by the movie "Brassed Off."
You have no problem saying Penistone.
You consider Holmfirth "exotic."
You got a passport to go to Leeds.
Your idea of foreign culture is listening to Oasis.
You don't have a coughing fit from one sip of Barnsley Bitter.
Summat to Eight is a meal, not the time of day.
You used to think Mischievous Night was included as an official school holiday.
You know that Jump is a real place.
You have one word that means Hello, How are you,Whats this, Hang on a minute and bloody hell! (Ayup..)
A Chip oil and a Bug oil is a grand night owt.
Eastern Promise is a blind date in Doncaster.
Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a miner next to your Leylandii.
You think there should be a "Southern puff, go home" bumper sticker on every car north of Ecclesfield.
Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new flymo.
A Friday night out is taking your girlfriend yomping up the tips with the rotweiller.
McDonalds is a posh night up town.
You go to work in a shellsuit in the morning and return home wearing someone else's shorts.
Kids roar..
You know how to line dance.
pop is a drink, not your grandad
Formal wear is a kappa shirt, union jack boxers and a baseball cap.
You think a warm winter coat is Thompsons Waterseal
You are unaware there is a legal drinking age.
You have to go to Tererife to get a tan in August.
You have caught a fish in the Dearne and it glowed in the dark.
You know where the towns of Pogmoor and Pilley are
You have more fishing poles than teeth...
You decided to have a picnic this summer because it fell on a weekend .
You know that "Oo war shi wi", "She wa wi ersen", O wa Shee Naa" "aaah shi wa" isn't Chinese
You proudly claim that the Town Hall is the highest point in Yorkshire.
You have subsidence insurance.
Your idea of a cruise ship is a tin bath in the Dearne, and your idea of a foreign cruise ship is rowing boat on Elsecar Reservoir.
You can pronounce "Alhambra" but can't spell it.
If someone says "Castlereagh," "Pitt" or "Peel" you think Street instead of Prime Minister
You get on a bus marked "Jump Circular" without a second thought.
You can cross two lanes of heavy traffic and U-turn through a central reservation while avoiding two joggers and a traccy bus then fit into the oncoming traffic flow while never touching the brake.
You can consistently be the second or third person to run a red stop light.
You got rear-ended 10 times by people with no insurance.
The major question when the Barnsley Chronicle runs a restaurant review is "Whats a restaurant?"
The rest of the review is about how Barnsley got all cosmopolitan when Burtons sold out to Ronald McDonald
You judge a cafe by its black pudding and gravy.
You consider having warm chips and a pickled onion as your birthright.
You call drinking water "Dearne Valley Pop".
You visit another town and they "claim" to have Barnsley Chop -- but you know better.

You know when your from Hastings, East Sussex, UK when...

-You realise you are living in a cess pool

-you learn that your town is the 11th worst place for crime in the country, the top 10 all going to sectors of London

-You see sad-act townies with their "hoodies" up trying to scare old ladies

-You kick a townies ass and he still taunts you till you knock him out (Many a time i've had to do that...)

-crime goes on all around you

-your government gives your town the worst council funding in the country, and the council pockets all the cash and does jack shit for the community

-the cops commit crimes themselves

-you long to get out of your town as soon as you can afford it

-you can't afford to live anywhere because the cheapest house is £80,000 and your bank will let you have a mortgage of £40,000

-you sink into depression and decide to just wait it out here for death.

did i mention i hate where i live? Life sucks here. stay away. FAR AWAY.

You know you're from Finland if:

- When a stranger on the street smiles at you:
a. you assume he is drunk
b. he is batshitinsane
c. he's an American
- You see a student taking a front row seat and wonder "Who does he think
he is!!??
- Your idea of unforgivable behaviour now includes walking across the street
when the light is red and there is no walk symbol, even though there are
no cars in sight.
- You finally stop asking your class "Are there any questions?"
- You think hugging is reserved for sexual foreplay.
- You refuse to wear a hat, even in -30°C weather.
- You accept that 80°C in a sauna is chilly, but 20°C outside is freaking hot.
- You hear loud-talking passengers on the train. You immediately assume:
a. they are drunk
b. they are Swedish-speaking
c. they are Americans
d. all of the above.
- You no longer see any problem wearing white socks with loafers.
- You know that "religious holiday" means "let's get pissed."
- You know that "Gents" is another term for sidewalk.
- You've come to expect Sunday morning sidewalk vomit dodging.
- You've become lactose intolerant.
- You know how to fix herring in 105 different ways.
- "No comment" is Your conversation strategy.
- You think silence is fun.
- You understand why the Finnish language has no future tense.
- You can't understand why people live anywhere but in Finland.

(Recycling most of these from the last round of this game)

You know you're fromn Osaka when:

you ask for a discount - in a department store - and get one.

people from Tokyo either laugh at evey thing you say or quake in fear when you speak.*

you know where "pick up bridge" and "make out bridge" are, and where one goes after visiting those. :)

you've ever jumped into the Dotombouri canal to celebrate something.

you know why one should never throw Col. Sanders into the canal.

you know where the best okonomiyaki and takoyaki are served.

you've ever gotten in an argument about where the best okonomiyaki and takoyaki are served.

you know what "Juso Music" is, and why most women don't like it. :D


*This is the only one I'll explain - the steriotype of Osakans is that they are either comedians or Yakuza gangsters. The others you can look up - or ask about. ;)

From blogspot.com

You Know You're From Sydney When...


You make over $100,000 AU and still can't afford a house.

You never bother looking at the train timetable because you know the drivers have never seen it. {{Hell yeah!}}

You order organic fruit and vegies online, but eat out every night anyway.

You spent more money on your coffee machine than on your washing machine.

You spend $200+ for your room in an apartment with stunning harbour/beachviews and European appliances; and then spend a total of 40 hours each week there (37 of which you are sleeping).

You contemplate calling a taxi from your home to where you managed to park the car the night before.

You spend 30 minutes in a traffic jam next to a car with more power to its speakers than its wheels.

You know everyone's e-mail and mobile number but not their last name or home address. {{True}}

You can roll sushi, make pasta and keep your red curry paste recipe under lock and key...but couldn't roast a chicken to save your life. {{my idea of cooking is canned spaghetti}}

Your taxi driver was a micro-surgeon before he moved to Australia.

Your co-worker tells you he/she has 8 body piercings but none are visible.

You can't remember....is dope illegal?

You've been to more than one baby shower that has two mothers and a sperm donor.

You have a very strong opinion where your coffee beans are grown and can taste the difference between Sumatran and Ethiopian.{{not happened}}

A really great parking space can move you to tears.

You are thinking of taking an adult class but you can't decide between yoga, aromatherapy, conversational Italian, French or building your own website.

A man in full leather regalia and crotchless chaps gets on the bus. You don't notice.

A woman with live poultry gets onto the bus. You don't notice.

You are genuinely surprised when you meet someone who was actually born in Sydney (but then, they are Swiss/Thai/Brazilian).

Your hairdresser is straight, your plumber is gay, the woman who delivers your mail is straight.... and your Avon Lady is a drag queen

You take a bus and are shocked at 2 people carrying on a conversation in English.

You assume every company offers domestic partner benefits.

Your boss runs in "The City to Surf"... it's the first time you have seen him/her nude.

You think any guy with a George Clooney haircut must be visiting from the North Shore.

You know that any woman with a George Clooney haircut is not a tourist.

You couldn't figure out how to drive to Sydney Tower if your life depended on it.{{who on earth drives there?}}

You meet friends for coffee at 1am at your local Netcafe / Laundramat /Bookstore / Bar / Alternative healing centre and go for drinks and pool at nine in the morning.

You go out each Saturday for breakfast and the paper...at 3pm.

Your shiatsu therapist is headhunted by an Internet Startup and your accountant becomes an actor.

you know if your from Mississauga Ontario if,

-you don't mind a mayor who should have died twenty years ago
-you know square one is not shaped like a square
-you fear the torontonians
-YOU CAN FIND IT ON A MAP!

There ain't no such thing as "lunch." There's "dinner" and then there's "supper."

Sweet tea is appropriate for all meals, and you start drinking it when you're two. "Backards and forwards" means, "I know everything about you."

There is a Dairy Queen in every town with a population of 1000 of more, except for Orangeburg which has Dairy-O.

You know that going "barefootin" is one of the great joys of life

You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.

"Vacation" means going to Myrtle Beach.

Out of state friends beg you to send them fireworks

You know at least three places to get great fried chicken

You've taken a road trip to South of the Border - and it wasn't Mexico

You buy your groceries at Winn-Dixie

You know someone who works at Hooters

And last but not least, Michael Jackson owns the rights to your state anthem. Dammit.

You might be from the NorthWest if you:

1. Feel guilty throwing aluminum cans or paper in the trash.
2. Use the expression: "sun break" and know what it means.
3. Know more than 10 ways to order coffee.
4. Know more people that own boats than air conditioners.
5. Feel overdressed wearing a suit to a nice restaurant.
6. Stand on a deserted corner in the rain waiting for the "Walk" signal.
7. Are amazed by accurate weather forecasts.
8. Consider that if it has no snow or has not recently erupted, it's not a real mountain.
9. Complain about Californians, as you sell your house for twice its value to one.
10. Know the difference between Chinook, Coho, and Sockeye salmon.
11. Know how to pronounce Sequim, Puyallup, Issaquah and Oregon.
12. Consider swimming an indoor sport.
13. Can tell the difference between Japanese, Chinese and Thai food.
14. In winter, go to work in the dark and come home in the dark, while only working an eight-hour day.
15. Obey all traffic laws except "Keep right except to pass".
16. You never go camping without waterproof matches and a poncho.
17. Can taste the difference between Starbucks, Seattle's Best Coffee, and Veneto's.
18. Know that boring is a town in Oregon and not just a state of mind.
19. Can point to at least two volcanoes, even if you can't see through the cloud cover.
20. Say "the mountain is out" when it's a pretty day and you can actually see it.
21. Feel like you've grown up with Bill Gates and can't quite figure out why people can be so mean to him.
22. Put on your shorts when the temperature gets above 50, but still wear your hiking boots and parka.
23. Switch to your sandals when it gets above 60, but keep the socks on.
24. Have actually used your mountain bike on a mountain.
25. Think people who use umbrellas are either wimps or tourists.
26. Knew immediately that the view out Frasier's window was fake.
only too true :D living in the northwest myself :)... only i wear my shorts in colder than 40 degree weather XD

you know if your from Mississauga Ontario if,

-you don't mind a mayor who should have died twenty years ago
-you know square one is not shaped like a square
-you fear the torontonians
-YOU CAN FIND IT ON A MAP!
Good! TREMBLE IN FEAR!! BWAHAHAHAHAhaha... damn, I feel like such a moron.

And yes, I can find it on a map...just not on a TTC map... I think... It's somewhere...west of us... Out in there...you know...after Etobicoke/Rexdale...

You know you're from Germany...
if you aspire to take over europe

You know your from Southern California if...

- Your school has white people as a minority

That could be a lot of places, not just SoCal.

You know you're from Germany...
if you aspire to take over europe
And you know that as well if you are from France, Russia or if you are a Roman (or a follower of Mussolini, who wanted to take over the mediteranean).

You know you're from holland if...
you laugh at people from other countries calling their weed superior

And you know that as well if you are from France, Russia or if you are a Roman (or a follower of Mussolini, who wanted to take over the mediteranean).
France:
if you aspire to have the longest armpithair

Russia:
if you make you're own Vodka

Roman:
if you're dead for 2000 years

France:
if you aspire to have the longest armpithair
Napoleon was even a bit more close with his forces to Moscow than Hilers forces.

Russia:
if you make you're own Vodka
Stalin was a bit more serious though.

Roman:
if you're dead for 2000 years
The West Roman Empire collapsed in 476. So, not that long ago. Two thousand years ago it actually had its peak under Augustus.

Napoleon was even a bit more close with his forces to Moscow than Hilers forces.


Stalin was a bit more serious though.


The West Roman Empire collapsed in 476. So, not that long ago. Two thousand years ago it actually had its peak under Augustus.
this is actually a serious thread :eek:

this is actually a serious thread :eek:
Yes. But that is now almost 200 years ago. And Hitler is dead since almost 60 years now.
So: why do you want to wake up the dead spirits?

... woah, I either need sleep or things suddenly got too serious.

This list says you know you're from Oregon when swimming isn't a sport, but a survival skill to prevent boating deaths. That makes me laugh.

This one is kind of funny, "You think people who use umbrellas are wimps or Californians, or both."

Edit: Ahaha! Had to add this one, from "You Know You're From Eugene (Oregon)."

"A day without sunshine is a month."

You Know You're From Australia When...

Your next door neighbours can be from Tunisia, Israel, Indonesia, Japan, Zimbabwe, Iraq, Brazil, Spain, Malaysia...

The community is so concerned over the fact that muslim women can't use public swimming pools because there are men present that they have female-only periods.

The Greeks and Mexicans next door ask you over to have a barbeque.

You don't actually use the words 'sheila' or 'shrimp'.

You sleep with Aeroguard on.

You're wearing a cap emblazoned with 'Get A Dog Up Ya.'

You feel obliged to spread salty black stuff that looks like congealed motor oil on bread and actually grow to like it.

You actively dislike Americans, but watch their TV, eat their food and worship their idols.

You think Tall Poppy Syndrome is a national condition.

Democracy means the freedom to draw caricatures of John Howard.

Your idea of a lethal weapon is a slug gun.

The closest you ever got to going overseas was your packet of 5 Days In Rio grundies.

A posh meal = an all-you-can-eat buffet.

The term "musical instrument" also extends to wobbly bits of ply-wood, hand saws, gum leafs and combs.

Your most offensive curse also doubles as an exclamation of awe or amazement, like, "fark orf!"

All of your internationally famous people don't live here.

You think footballers dressing up in drag on TV is funny (but your son being gay isn't).

You relish test cricket - the longest, slowest game in sport (and that's not even counting the replays). After all, what else gives you an excuse to sit on your arse for five days, watch TV and sink piss with your mates?

You don't drink Fosters, but you let the world think you do.

The only thing better than beating the Pohms at ANY sport is giving them shit for it.

You love, adore and admire a particular team/sportstar/actor on a winning streak - until they lose. Then they're just crap and 'past it.'

You can compress several words into one - ie 'g'day', 'd'reckn?' This allows for more space for profanities.

You favour either Holden or Ford - or a souped-up WRX with new kit and a bootful of subwoofer.

Driving down the main street/beach road playing bad techno is your idea of a perfect Saturday night / Sunday arvo.

You make kooky films, sometimes about wayward road trips (across the outback preferably). Quite a few are crap.

You know all the words to Khe Sahn but not the national anthem.

Your nickname ends in 'a' or 'o'.

You have a customised stubby holder.

Your soap stars become pop singers and move to the UK.

You've ever used the words - grouse, tops, ripper, choice, sick, rad, exo, ace, wicked, ballistic - to mean good. And then you place 'bloody' in front of it when you really mean it.

Your cooking apron has plastic breasts on it.

The "Aussie Aussie Aussie! Oi oi oi!" chant has been a religious experience in the past.

The blokes at the local gym think your weight training is an opportunity to ask you out on a date.

The big national sporting events are men-only.

Your politicians believe than sticking the prefix 'un' in front of your nationality is an effective way of making you sit down and shut up.

Our mantras are 'fair go for all', 'mateship' and 'little Aussie battler' - but we still publicly condemn those with different viewpoints to us.

The barbeque is a male-dominated arena. And the women do the salads.

'Fair go for all' excludes indigenous people.

An eight-hour trip to go camping for the weekend isn't out of the question or excessive.

You take pride in living in a tolerant multicultural society but firmly believe that all Poms and Kiwis are fair game.

You insist on asking every celebrity who steps of an aircraft what they think of Australia. If the response is not overwhelmingly positive, they should be subjected to immediate public ridicule.

The private lives of footy and cricket players become more important than local and national news stories.

Slick pick-up lines like 'Wanna shag?' and 'Carn, show us yer tits' can constitute male-to-female conversation.

You say 'no worries' quite often, whether you realise it or not.

You realise you have no Bill of Rights.

The first thing guaranteed to get eaten at parties is fairy bread.

So that's the special ingredients that make up an Aussie - whatever your taste.

You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Austrailia

You know you're from Maryland when:

-You're shocked to learn someone you know has never tried blue crab
-You're more excited about seeing the Oscar Meyer Weenie van than the Washington Monument
-You still feel warm and fuzzy when the Colts win
-You follow the Ravens by choice
-You follow the Redskins by default
-Smooth roads surprise you
-Light traffic surprises you
-It's faster to drive 250 miles to NYC than 60 miles to the beach
-It sounds weird to annunciate consonants
-Half of your family is actually from West Virginia
-The other half is from South America
-You're not surprised to see signs in stores printed in Spanish
-You hear the state song and think "O Christmas Tree"

You know you're in Manchester, UK, when you're carrying an umbrella on a sunny day.

You know you are from Michigan if...


1 You've never met any celebrities.
2 "Vacation" means going to Cedar Point.
3 At least 1 member of your family disowns you the week of the Michigan/Michigan State game.
4 Half the change in your pocket is Canadian... eh!
5 You drive 86 mph on the highway and pass on the right.
6 Your idea of a traffic jam is 40 cars waiting to pass an orange
barrel.
7 You know how to play (and pronounce) Euchre.
8 It's easy to get VERNORS ginger ale and Sanders hot fudge sauce, and Faygo pop.
9 You know how to pronounce "Mackinac".
10 You've had to switch on the "heat" and the "A/C" in the same day.
11 You bake with SODA and drink a POP.
12 The movie "Escanaba in Da Moonlight" wasn't funny. You consider it a documentary.
13 Your little league game was snowed out.
14 The word "thumb" has geographical, rather than anatomical significance.
15 You show people where you grew up by pointing to a spot on your right hand.
16 Traveling coast-to-coast means driving from Port Huron to Muskegon.
17 You measure distance in miles not minutes.
18 When giving directions, you refer to "A Michigan Left".
19 You know that Kalamazoo not only exists, but isn't that far from Hell.
20 Your year has 2 seasons: Winter and Construction.
21 Home Depot on any Saturday is busier than toy stores at Christmas.
22 You know when it has rained because of the smell of worms.
23 Owning a Japanese car was a hangin' offense in your hometown.
24 You believe that "down south" means Toledo.
25 You refer to Bad Axe as 'Nasty Hatchet'
26 The Krauts in Frankenmuth love to see pictures of your Christmas tree.
27 You lost your virginity up at Higgins or Houghton to some skank from Detroit.
Courtesy of an Email from a friend of mine.

Good! TREMBLE IN FEAR!! BWAHAHAHAHAhaha... damn, I feel like such a moron.

And yes, I can find it on a map...just not on a TTC map... I think... It's somewhere...west of us... Out in there...you know...after Etobicoke/Rexdale...
meh, I don't know myself, and I live here...

You know your from Conneticut when:
-You own every DMB CD
-You've never taken public transportation
-Your mom drives a Volvo wagon
-The only overcrowding is of deer in your backyard
-You still can't find your way in Hartford (except for that bar area near Union Station.)
-You get pissed at anyone who doesn't know how to drive in the snow.
-You have at least 4 friends who drive Jeep Grand Cherokees
-You think the Connecticut River is endless
-You have known at least 2 preppy rich kids from Fairfield who listen to Phish.
-You don't have an accent when you talk
-You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Connecticut.

I from Connecticut and I HATE DMB. I must be the only one. And with the exception of the Volvo, the rest is pretty much true. Although some Long Islander thought I was from Boston with my "accent".

On a side note....
-You know someone's from New Jersey if they tell you they work at a toll booth
-You know you're in New Jersey if you just passed a toll booth 5 minutes ago and sit at yet another one.

-You think all american white people are pansies

-you think all american black people are pansies

-you think all chicanos are pansies

-you think all americans are pansies

-you think all mexicans are pansies

-you think all Panameians are traitorous, corrupt, pansies

-you think all Puerto ricans are traitorous corrupt pansies who lick the balls of the americans

-you think liberals are pansies

-you think conservatives are pansies, too, but less pansy than liberals

-you think the current US president is a total bitch, no mater who it is

-you fear the chinese as a whole, but individually, theyre pansies.

You Know You're From Ohio When...

You don't think of Florida first when someone mentions Miami.
You think Pro football teams are supposed to wear orange!
You've heard of 3.2% beer.
You're proud of your state fair, but would rather go to Cedar Point.
You know what a buckeye really is, and have a recipe for candy ones.
You always visit more than two amusement parks in one summer.
You know that Serpent Mounds were not made by snakes.
You know what game they're playing when the Mud Hens take on the Clippers.

You know you're from Poland when . . .

-People forget you
-The enemy can sink your navy just by putting it on the water
-The enemy can destroy your air force just by cutting off your paper supply
-Your last name ends in 'ski,' or 'sky'
-Nobody can pronounce your last name right


(I'm part Polish so any other Poles here, please just laugh at this)

You know you are from Michigan if...
19 You know that Kalamazoo not only exists, but isn't that far from Hell.
Yeah, but Ann Arbor is closer.
24 You believe that "down south" means Toledo.

...and up north means "Yooper". (I'm from Toledo, BTW)