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"You know you're from __________ when. . ."

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1) Look up "you know you're from [name of your home state / country / region] when. . ." (when identifying where you live, feel free to be as specific or as vague as you like).
2) Paste it to this thread.
3) Go through it and bold, underline, or otherwise highlight however you please, all those on the list that you believe are true and/or are true of yourself.

I'll start off with this (ridiculously long) list from my home region: Massachusetts:

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YOU KNOW YOU ARE FROM MASSACHUSETTS WHEN. . .

1. You talk and think twice as fast as everyone else.
2. The Red Sox World Series win was, and will always be, one of the greatest moments in your life.
2A. The playoff win over the Yankees after being down 3 games was bigger than the Series win.
3. The guy driving in front of you is going 70 mph and you're swearing at him for going too slow.
4. When ordering a tonic, you mean a Coke.
5. You went to Canobie Lake Park or Water Country as a kid.
6. You actually enjoy driving around rotaries.
7. You do not recognize the letter 'R' as a part of the English language.
8. Your social security number starts with a zero.
9. You know what a 'regular' coffee is.
10. You keep an ice scraper in your car year-round.

11. You can tell the difference between a Revere accent and a Dorchester accent.
12. Springfield is located 'way out west."
13. You almost feel disappointed if someone doesn't flip you the bird when you cut them off or steal their parking space.
14. You know how to pronounce the names of towns like Worcester, Billerica, Gloucester, Peabody, Haverhill and Martha's Vineyard.
15. Anyone you don't know is a potential idiot until proven otherwise.

16. Paranoia sets in if you can't see a Dunkin Donuts or CVS Pharmacy within eye shot at all times.
17. You have driven to New Hampshire on a Sunday just to buy alcohol.
18. You know how to pronounce Yastrzemski.
19.. You know there's a trophy at the end of the Bean Pot.
20. You order iced coffee in January.
21. You know that the Purple Line will take you anywhere.

22. You love scorpion bowls.
23. You know what they sell at a Packie.
24. Sorry Manny, but number 24 means DEWEY EVANS.
25. You know what First Night is.
26. You know at least one guy named Sean, Pat, Whitey, Red, Bud or Seamus. Bonus: You know how to pronounce Seamus.
27. McLobster = McCrap

28. You know at least 2 cops in your town because they were your high school drinking buddies.
29. You know there are 6 New England states, but that Connecticut really doesn't count.
30. You give incomprehensible directions to tourists, feel bad when they drive off, but then say to yourself , 'Ah, screw it.'

31. You know at least one bar where you can get something to drink after last call.
32. You hate the Kennedys, but you vote for them anyway.
33. You know holding onto the railing when riding the Green Line is not optional.
34. The numbers '78 and '86 make you cringe.
35. You've been to Goodtimes.
36. You think the rest of the country owes you for Thanksgiving and Independence Day.
37.. You have never actually been to 'Cheers.'
38. The words ' WICKED' and 'GOOD' go together.
39. You've been to Fenway Park.

40. You've gone to at least one party at UMass.
41. You own a 'Yankees Suck' shirt or hat.
42. You know what a Frappe is.

43. You've been to Hempfest.
44. You know who Frank Averuch is.
45. You know Frank Averuch was once Bozo the Clown.

46. You can complete the following: "Lynn, Lynn," (the city of sin, you never come out the way you come in).
47. You get pissed off when a restaurant serves clam chowder, and it turns out to be f*** Snows, or worse, Manhattan style.
48. You actually know how to merge from six lanes of traffic down to one.
49. The TV weatherman is damn good if he's right 25% of the time.
50. You never go to Cape Cod,' you go 'down the Cape '.

51. You think that Roger Clemens and Johnny Damon are more evil than Whitey Bulger.
52. You know who Whitey Bulger is. (After The Departed, I don't think this is just a MA thing anymore)
53. You went to the Swan Boats, House of Seven Gables, or Plymouth Plantation on a field trip in elementary school.
54. Bobby Orr is loved as much as Larry Bird, Tom Brady, and Ted Williams.
55. You remember Major Mudd.
56. You know what candlepin bowling is.
57. You can drive from the mountains to the ocean all in one day.
58. You know Scollay Square once stood where Government Center is.

59. When you were a kid, Rex Trailer was the coolest guy around.
60. Speaking of which.... You can still hum the song from the end of Boom Town.
61. Calling Carrabba's an 'Italian' restaurant is sacrilege.
62. You still have your old Flexible Flyer somewhere in your parents' attic.
63. You know that route 128 is some kind of strange weather dividing line.
64. The only time you've been on the Freedom Trail is when relatives are in town.
65. The Big Dig tunnel disaster wasn't a surprise.

66. You call guys you've just met 'Chief' or 'Boss.'
67. 4:15pm and pitch black out means only 3 more shopping days until Christmas.
68. You know more than one person with the last name Murphy.

69. You refer to Savin Hill as 'Stab 'n Kill.'
70. You've never eaten at Durgin Park, but recommend it to tourists.
71. You can't look at the zip code 02134 without singing it.
72. You voted for a Republican Mormon as Governor just to screw with the rest of the country.
73. 11 pm ? Drunk? It means one thing: Kowloons!
74. 2 am ? Drunk? It means one thing: Kelly's! The one on Revere Beach not the one on Route 1.
75. 5 am ? Drunk? It means one thing: You wish you had a blanket in your back seat.
76. You know that P-Town isn't the name of a new rap group.
77. People you don't like are all 'Bastids.'
78. You took off school or work for the Patriots first Super Bowl Win Parade.
79. You've called something 'wicked pissa'.
80. You'll always get razzed for Dukakis.
81. Saturday afternoons meant Creature Double Feature with Dale Dorman.
82. Sunday mornings meant the Three Stooges on Channel 38.
83. You've slammed on your brakes to deter a tailgater.
84. No, you don't trust the Gorton's Fisherman.
85. You know that Papa Gino's usually has a jukebox.

86. You think Aerosmith is the greatest rock band of all time.
87. Your town has at least 6 pizza and roast beef shops.
88.. You know at least three Tony's, one Vinnie and a Frankie.
89. 20 degrees is downright balmy as long as there is no wind - then it gets wicked cold.
90. You were very sad when saying goodbye to the Boston Garden.
91. Thanksgiving means family, turkey, High School football, and the long version of Alice's Restaurant.
92. You know the guy who founded the Boston Pops was named Athah Feedlah.
93. You know what the Combat Zone is.
94. You actually drive 45 minutes to New Hampshire to save $5 in sales tax.
95. You've pulled out of a side street and used your car to block oncoming traffic so you can make a left. (I have done that when pulling out of a parking lot though ^^;).
96. You've bragged about the money you've saved at The Christmas Tree Shop.
97. You've been to Hampton Beach on a Saturday night.
98. Playing street hockey was a daily after school ritual.
99. Hearing an old lady shout 'Numbah 96 for Sioux City!' means it's time for steak.
100. You've walked to Brighams for an ice cream cone "to go" in the snow.
101. They aren't sprinkles. They're jimmies.
102. When the NHL went on strike, you didn't notice.
103. You know that Woodman's is overrated.
104. You've ever worn shorts and a parka together.

105. You actually drink Sam Adams.
106. You know who Jim Cook is.
107. You can actually find your way around the streets of Boston.
108. You think Conan O'Brien is funny.
109. You think if someone is nice to you they either want something or they are from out of town.
110. You think driving through a blizzard is preferable to sharing the road in the Fall with the "leafers."
111. You could own a small town in Iowa for the cost of your house.
112. If you stay on the same road long enough it eventually has three different names.
112. 53 degrees is "on the warm side."
113. You cringe every time you hear some actor/actress imitate the "Boston Accent" on TV.
114. A water fountain is called a bubbler.
115. You can navigate a rotary without a problem.

116. St. Patrick's Day is your second favorite holiday.
117. You think the ads for Bob's Discount Furniture are the dumbest on the planet (I used to until I watched TV in Vegas).
118. The phrase "imitation lobster" does not compute.
119. The Departed is one of your favorite movies of all time.

120. Good Will Hunting is one of your favorite movies of all time.
121. Gone Baby Gone is one of your favorite movies of all time.
122. The public transportation system is known as the "T."

123. You'd rather drive through bumper to bumper traffic for four hours than be caught dead on the "Orange Line."
124. Your Dairy Queens are only open seven months out of the year.
125. The four seasons are Winter, Dead Winter, Still Winter, and Construction.


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You know you're from San Francisco when...

You almost suffer a seizure whenever you hear someone refer to "The City" as "Frisco". (True story: Highway Patrol nailed an escaped convict when, while being issued a speeding ticket he mentioned he was "from Frisco"... at which point, without any further prompting, the cop called for backup and removed him from the vehicle at weapon-point)

You think three-dollar-gas is cheap.

You think four dollars for bridge toll is cheap.

You are firmly convinced that anyone driving a Toyota Prius in the carpool lane should be shot on sight.

You see someone run down the street completely naked and not think that this is all that strange.

You hear the term "Southern Republican" and think it refers to "those idiots who live in L.A."

You think people from Modesto are illiterate rural hicks (except George Lucas, who is God).

The fact that the earthquake happened in 1989 and they're still not done fixing the bridge, no longer arouses any sense of outrage in you.

It seems perfectly rational to you that your city has fewer miles of freeway today than it did fifty years ago.
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You know you're from Mexico when....

You were decapitated by a machete and buried in a mass grave on the Texas border, a victim of a drug war that has killed nearly 30,000 people in the last 2 years.
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You know you're from California when....

1. You're the only Native on the block.

2. None of your neighbors speak the same languages and none of them speak English.

3. You fall asleep while waiting for the voice on the telephone to tell you which number to press to continue the rest of the call in English.

4. Just going out for a bite to eat is an adventure in exotic cooking, and it's all great!

5. Being a WASP (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant) puts you in a minority.

6. Most of the politicians on the Republican ballot are hard core Liberals.

7. You think 90 degrees in the summer and 50 degrees in the winter are extreme temperatures.

8. There are warning signs near the border showing groups of running people.

9. The sales tax is easy to compute: just take 10% of the cost and that's the tax.

10. You keep devising ways of getting people to leave your state because it's too full.

11. The Oath of office for elected officials can be answered by " Yeah, sure."
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You know you're from the Netherlands when you see a coffeeshop on every street.
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You know your from the North when you stop at every intersection that doesnt have a stop sign in Florida.
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