You know your from (insert state) when..

[ICP]

Got bored and the pop vs soda topic remined me of a few sayings.

Please post any you have or think of for your state,



You know your from Illinois when...

You know if someone is from southern, middle or northern Illinois as soon as they open their mouth.

When you say "the city" - you mean Chicago.

You think ethanol makes your truck "run a lot better."

You know what's knee-high by the Fourth of July.

Stores don't have bags; they have sacks.

All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, or animal.

You think of the major four food groups as beef, pork, soddie, and Jell-O salad with marshmallows.

You know what "cow tipping" and "snipe hunting" is.

You spent a good deal of your high school nights hanging out at DQ.

"Vacation" means going to Six Flags.

You don't pronounce the "S" in Illinois like the rest of the world.

Whenever anyone mentions going out for steak, the first place you think of is Ponderosa.

You know more than one person with a septic tank.

You pronounce the invisible "R" in the word wash.

Down south to you means Kentucky

You have no problem spelling or pronouncing "Des Plaines"


You know the answer to the question, "Is this Heaven?"


Detassling was your first job

You've ever been on a "Geode Hunt"

Your idea of a really great tenderloin is when the meat is twice as big as the bun and accompanied only by ketchup and a dill pickle slice

You learn your pickup will run without a muffler

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


People from other states love to hear you say "Illinois" and other words with "Os" in them.


You drink "pop."

You actually get these jokes

[RevBrown]

You know your from Montana when........




The most firey debate around is Ford or Chevy.

You know what side of the Ford/Chevy debate your on.

You will go to blows over the Ford/Chevy debate.

Your not in a real town if it doesn't have two bars and a post office.

You've said atleast twice "There ain't no way in hell the gubament is gonna get my gun"

You know how to put a saddle on a horse before you can drive a car.

You've told more than one joke about North Dakotans in the last hour.

You have saved up money to get a cowboy hat.

You own one of those godawful brightly colored cowboy shirts.

The cowboy shirt and the hat are things to wear to formal events.

You think everyone from Billings is crazy as soon as you hear they are from Billings ( I live in
Billings I have dealt with it)

You live in Billings, Butte, Missoula, Great Falls, or Helena and think that all the other places around you do things to sheep.

You are from any other place and you do things to sheep.

6ft of snow and -55 degree temperatures is a minor irritation.

And you think everyone from California is a damn commie.

It's a pickup if you use it to work out of or store tools in it.

It's a truck if it's used for everyday traveling.

It's NEVER a pickup-truck.

You have given up on trying to predict weather cause it's just gonna change as soon as you get it right.

[Automaggin2]

You know you're from South Jersey when.....



You don't "go to the beach", you go "down the shore".

In your mind you hear "watch out for the tram car please" even in your sleep.

You've had arguments over cheesesteak quality.

When it snows more than an inch, you call it a blizzard.

You know someone named Siprasiut Xayapachan.

You've actually found the Echelon Mall.

Your uncle is in the mafia.

You or your friends have Lyme Disease.

You don't understand why there aren't more 24-hour diners elsewhere in the country.

You know what a Wawa is, and know the location of at least 15 of them.

You know what became of the 13th Leeds child, and claim to have seen him one time while peeing in the woods.

One time you were driving in the woods and got stuck in sand.

You have an EZ Pass, but you just hold it up.


Your neighborhood demonstrates co-existence of African-Americans and racist rednecks.

You know that you should get the hell out of Camden before dark.

Your car is covered with yellow-green dust in April ann May.

You buy Shop-Rite brand food at Shop-Rite.

Honesty, sincerity, and courtesy are things you once saw happen in Ohio.

You know how to successfully handle a traffic circle.

You think the Olive Garden is a bunch of crap and should not open restaurants in South Jersey.

You worked at a blueberry farm when you were 13.

You played soccer from Kindergarten through high school.

You've counted the number of titty bars on the Black Horse Pike.

You always went to the Franklin Institute when you were a kid.

Your middle school hangout was the mall.

You have an unusable, piece-of-**** boat in your front yard.

You once skipped school and went to Wildwood.

You're Italian.

You know where to get the best bagel.

You've called someone an "*******" to their face at the Philly airport.

You say "water" weird.

Even your school made good Italian subs, but you call them hoagies.

You've almost fallen asleep on the Expressway.

You've lived through hurricanes, nor'easters and fires, but have never seen a tornado, earthquake or volcano.

You can't believe MTV went to Seaside Heights.

You know that ACME is an actual store, not just a Warner Bros. creation.

You never had school on Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur.

You take day trips to New York City.

The mafia runs half the businesses in your town.

You have mandatory recycling. Enforced by law.

In the woods behind your house, you can find couches, washing machines, and shoes.

You don't have to go to Red Lobster to get fresh seafood.

You go to at least one parade at the boardwalk each year.

You've made a meal out of Tastycakes, Herr's BBQ potato chips, and Pennsylvania Dutch Birch Beer.

You know the Atlantic City High School marching band can lay down some phat beats.

You know New Years is all about the Mummers and the Polar Bear club.

You smoke Parliament Lights or Newports.

You go to the local Fire Department barbeque in June.

Down the road, in the middle of nowhere, is an Egyptian restaurant and a custard stand with a minature golf course.

You know what custard is in South Jersey.

You can go bowling at 1:30 A.M. (with automatic scoring!)

In high school, you worked at a Friendly's.

Route 206 doesn't freak you out at night.

One time, a sea gull **** all over your head.

You once said, "It smells like Philadelphia in here."

You know that people from the 609 area code are "a little different".

Your mom still loves Bruce Springsteen.

You know it can be -10 degrees and 70 degrees in January in the same year.

There's a fruit and vegetable stand down the road.

You will always say "YO", and you'll say it often.

You scoff at tourists in Philadelphia.

Your town has an online commmunity.

At least one person brings Big Fizz to a party.

You go to another state and sit at a gas station wondering when the people will come out to pump your gas.

You have your own bucket for carmel corn refills.

You know that no matter how much they put into the Camden waterfront Camden is still Camden.

You have to mail your relocated friends tastykakes.

You think North Jersey is a different state and South Jersey deserves its own secession.

You have season passes to Great Adventure.

You refuse to call Hoagies "subs."

You know where Olga's Diner is on rt 70.

You are tired of people not believing you're from jersey because you don't have a New York accent.

You drive by a farm every time you get in the car.

You know what "jimmies" are and refuse to call them anything else.

Eastern Regional High School has a rip list every year!

Your neighbor is either a painter, a plumber, a builder, or an electrician with a work truck in the driveway.

You have crossed all 5 bridges into Philly at one point in your life.

You take day trips to philly to walk on South Street.

You have had a near or close call experiences hitting a deer with your car.

You run around in the nearest patch of woods and play paint ball with your buddies.

You've considered renaming "the Garden State" to "the Hoagie State"

You have a story about the "Hell Hole" ride in Wildwood.

You remember the ducks in the middle of Cherry Hill Mall.

You took your report card to Clementon Park for free tickets.

You've had some of the best parties in a field.

Other people dont know what funnel cake and water ice is because everyone else calls it fried dough and slush.

You went "diner hopping" till the sun came up.

You don't acknoledge that it is tomorrow until either you go to sleep or the sun comes up.

You know where to buy a katana for less than $50.

You go on dates to diners and arcades.

You have empty Wawa half gallon iced tea bottles all over your car and room.

You've ever driven around aimlessly for hours with your friends saying "So, whatta we doin?"

You've ever said the phrase "look at fricken MacGyver over here!"

You know the difference betwine the train and the speedline.

The term "I think of you as a brother" turns into a whole family tree.

You ever drove all the way to the shore just to walk around for 5 minutes then drive back.

Your memories of places all consist of what you did there once when you were ****ed up.

You ever went over someone's house to hang out with their mom.

You have a knife collection, a PS2, a cell phone, a pager, and a computer but you can't afford to get your car fixed.

One of your hangouts is a parking lot.

You say "'lanic city", instead of Atlantic City.

You can't get that sand out of your toes no matter how long it's been there.

You haven't been able to find a decent stromboli since moving out of South Jersey.

You've seen a shack with a satellite dish.

You know that a Jug Handle is both a feature of the highway and a bar that looks like someone's house in Maple Shade.

You know of at least 3 bars where you know they won't card you.

You lived near a "crick" not a creek.

You don't recognize any one at your family reunion.

You say "gimme" instead of give me, or "com' mer" instead of come here.

You know a Chrissy and we all know she's gotten around!

You think we should sell north "Joisey" to New York for $24.

Everyone eventually starred at the Latin Casino.

You never could figure out which was the Black Horse Pike or The White Horse Pike.

You're a female and have beaten the crap out of at least one guy who wasn't your brother.

You ever taken your parents car while they were asleep or away, before you were old enough to drive.

You ever cut your foot on a broken bottle in a local stream.

You have gotten bad poison ivy from hiding in a bush to make weird noises at the people passing by.

There is a dead body somewhere in or near the stream by your house.

You have to drive at least 30-60 minutes to get to work in order to make more than $10 an hour.

You know what "pulling a camper" means and do it publicly when it is necessary.

You know that a "Yield" sign is merely a suggestion.

You've considered going to your high school late at night to check for ghosts in the halls rumoured haunted.

You think pit bulls are harmless.

You don't think you have an accent.

Half your high school went to Burlington County College or Camden County College.

You know what the song "V-town" is about.

Your front yard is made out of stones.

Everything is "twenty minutes away". If you ask how long it takes to get any place in South Jersey, the person always says, "about twenty minutes". To get to a mall, "Oh, about 20 minutes". To get to the airport, "Mmm, about 20 minutes." To get from Runnemede to Philly, "Only about 20 minutes". Try it. Only the shore areas take more than "twenty minutes". They're usually "an hour and twenty minutes."

Thrift shopping with friends is an event.

You've intentionally stood in front of the tram car, and you're upset that it no longer stutters.

You remember the old Morey's Pier before the fire.

Your parents gave in and bought you a hermit crab when you were down the shore.

You curse off three drivers in two minutes.

You went to StoryBook Land as a kid.

You haven't moved out of state soley for the reason you know the food is that bad everywhere else.

You know the one-day sale at JC Penny's really lasts three.

You live or know someone that lives in a "dry town" and every road out of it has a liquor store at the town border.

Every time someone in Hollywood makes fun of Jersey, you're mad and proud at the same time.

Your big elementary school trip was to Springdale Farms.

You know what the conductor is going to say for every stop on the PATCO HighSpeedline.

Your neighborhood has a name that ties people together, as in "the kids"

Your shoes have turned black from being in Pennsauken.

You know at least 5 people who work at a prison.

You say "porta reeko" instead of puerto rico, as it should be pronounced.

You go to college and describe where you live in reference to how far you are from Cherry Hill.

You come home from college for christmas break and 75% of your HS graduating class is at the same diner you are at 3am.

You aren't scared of the speed line.

You don't even care when you leave your door unlocked.

More than one of your friends has spent more than a week at your house.

You've lived in a row home.

Making left turns just doesn't feel right anymore.

You have a super secret place to sled that in better than anywhere else in town!

You remember The Garden State Race Track and the day it burnt to the ground and all the tons of ashes that fell for miles.

The only thing you can play on guitar is "Stairway to Heaven"

You were amazed Moorsetown was on MTV Cribs.

A member of your family does not have all of their teeth.

You know Voorhees used to be known as Kirkwood.

You had a birthday party at Xhilarama.

You've been to 2 or more festivals named after some kind of fruit (strawberry, apple, blueberry, lima bean).

You're astounded when a friend that moves tells you theres not a Wawa nor CVS withen a 10 mile radius of them.

Going to New York is a huge trip but Philly is someplace to go when you're bored.

You think Amish people are amazing.

Your whole school knows when each water ice place opens, and the line goes on forever!

You would drop everything you were doing and run to the voting polls right now if you heard we were voting to make North and South Jersey separate states.

Summer is a process, not a season.

You've ever been to Wheaton Village.

You know which places were built on indian burial grounds.

You've slept behind a Wawa.

You remember Caldor.

You've had a dinner with your friends for less than $3.

You don't know that in every other state, people get their liscenses when they're 16.

Everyone you know has had Confirmation but never goes to church.

You know all of the "back roads" to get everywhere and prefer them to the expressway.

You think a mountain is any landform taller than your house.

You know what a "shoe-bie" is and can pick one out at the shore.

You go to Delaware to buy smokes.

You can name all the flavors of salt water taffy.

You choose Yuengling over any other beer

You can smell and know when it's low tide.

You remember the bad gypsy moth years.

You eat at restaurants that have locations I, II, III, IV, and V.

You know that you don't put ketchup on boardwalk fries.

You get three 50's in a row when you play skeeball.

Donald Trump is mentioned at least daily in your local paper.

[TheDuelist]

No one is actually "from" Florida so...

[Jeffy-CanCon]

[QUOTE=Automaggin2]You know you're from South Jersey when.....

...

You know New Years is all about the Mummers and the Polar Bear club.
...[/QUOTE)

Mummers in Jersey? People dressing up and going house to house? I thought that was only a Newfie tradition.

[Jeffy-CanCon]

You Know You're From Labrador When:

1. You measure distance in hours by ski-doo or boat.
2. You turn up the heat and open the window.
3. You drive at 80 km/h through 8 feet of snow in a raging blizzard.
4. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave the door unlocked.
5. There are empty cars running in the post-office parking lot.
6. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
7. You decide to walk somewhere for exercise and 5 people pull over and ask you if you want a ride somewhere.
8. Your teachers remember when they taught your parents.
9. You've had snowball fights in June.
10. It takes three hours to go to the store and pick up one item even when you're in a rush because you have to stop and talk to everyone in town that you see.
11. You can name everyone you graduated with
12. You got a speeding ticket and your parents knew within the hour
13. The whole school went to the same party after graduation
14. You knew how to drive a ski-doo before you could ride a bike.
15. It is normal to see an old man riding through town on a bicycle or picking bottles in the ditch (and you know his name).
16. Everyone who played sports had to play on every type of team, or there wouldn't be enough people to have a team
17. You can remember when your town finally got cable.
18. You see people wearing hunting clothes at social events.
19. Your think the four major food groups are caribou, beer, fish, and berries.
20. You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them.

[Automaggin2]

[QUOTE=Jeffy-CanCon]

You know you're from South Jersey when.....

...

You know New Years is all about the Mummers and the Polar Bear club.
...[/QUOTE)

Mummers in Jersey? People dressing up and going house to house? I thought that was only a Newfie tradition.

No, Its reffering to the Mummers parade that is held everyyear in Philadelphia. Many people from S. Jersey participate in the Mummers parade

[ShooterJM]

You Might Be From Colorado If...

... You carry your $3,000 mountain bike on top of your $500 car.

... You think "South Park" is a place to stop for gas on your way to Buena Vista.

... You have a business degree and are frying burgers at a McDonald's in Vail.

... You notice that people from other states breathe twice as often as you.

... You have a fat tire in your refrigerator and your garage.

... You've never seen the tourist attractions in your own city.

... One time, all summer you thought a redneck named "Bubby" was gonna be your quarterback.

...You think a pass does not involve a football or a woman.

... You are 82 years old and take up snowboarding.

... Your real Y2K fear is running out of Celestial Seasonings tea and trail mix.

... You personally wouldn't pay $10 per head to drive up Pikes Peak unless it was the only mountain on earth, but you tell all your house-guests to do it.

... You can recite the entire Bible from memory, but can't remember to use your turn signal (CO Springs).

... You get depressed after one day of foggy weather.

... You think that formal wear is ironed denim.

... North means "mountains to the left;" south is "mountains to the right;" and east and west are where all those damned liberals keep moving in from.

... You go anywhere else on the planet and the air feels "sticky" and you notice the sky is no longer blue.

... You consider a three-piece suit to be a pair of shorts, a sweatshirt and Birkenstocks.

... You see your East Coast relatives now more than when you lived there.

... You think gun control is not dropping it.

... Your bridal registry is at REI.

... You can run up 10 flights of stairs without huffing and puffing.

... You've ever stood on solid ground and looked down on an airplane in flight.

[Archangel Kid]

you know that people from the 609 area code are "a little different".


Hey man... thats not cool... not cool at all.

[Automaggin2]

you know that people from the 609 area code are "a little different".


Hey man... thats not cool... not cool at all.

I speak the truth




jp, my cell phone number is still 609

[teufelhunden]

hahaha, for as much crap as that list gives to North Joisey [] like 2/3 of it applies here too

Except we go to NYC when we're bored and Philly is a big trip.

[Big'n slo]

You know you're from South Jersey when.....


You think North Jersey is a different state and South Jersey deserves its own secession.

You know where Olga's Diner is on rt 70.

You drive by a farm every time you get in the car.

You run around in the nearest patch of woods and play paint ball with your buddies.

You have a story about the "Hell Hole" ride in Wildwood.

You took your report card to Clementon Park for free tickets.

You've had some of the best parties in a field.

Your memories of places all consist of what you did there once when you were ****ed up.

You know that a Jug Handle is both a feature of the highway and a bar that looks like someone's house in Maple Shade.

You lived near a "crick" not a creek.

You think we should sell north "Joisey" to New York for $24.

You ever cut your foot on a broken bottle in a local stream.

There is a dead body somewhere in or near the stream by your house.

You remember the old Morey's Pier before the fire.

You went to StoryBook Land as a kid.

You haven't moved out of state soley for the reason you know the food is that bad everywhere else.

You live or know someone that lives in a "dry town" and every road out of it has a liquor store at the town border.

You would drop everything you were doing and run to the voting polls right now if you heard we were voting to make North and South Jersey separate states.

You've ever been to Wheaton Village.

You know which places were built on indian burial grounds.

You've slept behind a Wawa.

You remember Caldor.

You've had a dinner with your friends for less than $3.

You know all of the "back roads" to get everywhere and prefer them to the expressway.

You choose Yuengling over any other beer

You can smell and know when it's low tide.

Uhh yup.

[Will Wood]

You know you're from Maine if..
*you have to replace you mailbox yearly because of the town plow.
*All of the traffic lights blink yellow at 10 o'clock at night.
*You eat ice cream with flavors like 'Moose Tracks" and "Maine Black Bear".
*You use "wicked" as a multipurpose part of speech

[WenULiVeUdiE]

You know you're from South Jersey when.....

In your mind you hear "watch out for the tram car please" even in your sleep.

Damn, do I hate that tram car. You think they could have pickeda better voice for it as well.

"Route 206 doesn't freak you out at night. "
It goes through my town. Easy road if you ask me.

[Glickman]

You Know You're From Long Island When...

Jones Beach Theater is the best place in the world to see a concert. CASE CLOSED!

Is it just me, or is every girl from Rockville Centre a *****?

Billy Joel said it best, "Either you date a rich girl from the North Shore, or a cool girl from the South Shore."

What's the big deal about the Hamptons?

If you're not from Long Island or NYC, you're not really from New York.

You don't go to Manhattan, you go to "the City"

You know the Belt Parkway sucks!

You never, ever want to "change at Jamaica..."

You never realize you have an accent until you leave.

You curse. A lot.

The goddamn geese are everywhere!

Commack movie theatre scares you

You walk around the mall aimlessly.

You drive around your town with your friends, and that's the most exciting part of your evening.

On the weekend, your evening consists of seeing a movie, going bowling, or playing pool.

When you walk in the city and you see two men holding hands...it becomes normal to you.

No word ends in an ER, just an AH.

You feel like you know Howard Stern.

You live in the shadow of the greatest city in the world, but you never go there.

When you're away from Long Island, you love it and when you're there, you don't.

You're still waiting for a bridge to Connecticut.

No matter what you do, you end up at the diner.

Your distant future might involve the state of Florida.

You've never been to Times Square on New Year's Eve.

You love that salty smell of the ocean.

No, you don't want mustard on that burger!

The most exciting day of your summer is when all tickets to every Jones Beach show go on sale.

You know White Castle is terrible for you and the food sucks. But, you periodically "Get the Crave"

You want the Yankees to stay in the Bronx, but would probably go to more games if they moved to Manhattan.

You can order a pizza pie and a soda and people will understand.

You wanted Hooters to open simply to piss off "decency" groups.

You watched a game show and wondered, "why are these people so happy that they won a trip to New York?"

You know that parts of the Sopranos were filmed on LI.

At some point in your life, you've gone clamming.

Your parents took you to Nathans or Carvel

Public beach? What's that?

You can correctly pronouce places like Happauge, Commack, Islip, Islandia, Massapequa.

You know the location of 6 malls and a dozen McDonalds and 36 7-11's.

You grew up thinking Chinese food was a basic food group.

You're used to driving down the street in December and seeing more light-up menorahs than you can shake a latka at. In fact, even your non-Jewish friends know what Matzoh is. And you've never driven more than 10 miles without seeing a temple.You consider nachos and cheese at the Coliseum to be a suitable dinner date.