You know You're From WI when...

[euphorya]

I live in Wisconsin and one of the things I both love and hate is the weather.

This afternoon it was 62 degrees.  Now, five hours later, its snowing!

Reminds me of a joke I heard that goes "you know you're from WI when you have to use the AC and the heat in the same day!"

How do you "know" where you're from?

[ladiedeathe]

You know you're from Cincinnati when:

*You know cinamon and chocolate belong in chili, and that chili is served over spaghetti or hotdogs
*You know that hamburgers are 2 inches square, 1/4 inch thich, and served steamed on a bun
*You know what goetta is
*You think "Please?" means "What did you say?"

[Clara Bow]

You know you're from Georgia when:
You order grits with dinner
You scoff at peaches from other states
You can pronounce "Cairo" (it's pronounced like the corn syrup down hyeah)
You know what "down hyeah" means
You can say pronounce Georgia "Joja" and not sound ridiculous
You can actually work up a good head of steam about Gone With The Wind not being filmed here

[Uf]

Only in Britain... do you call 'soccer',  football.
Only in Britain ... can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.
Only in Britain ... do banks leave both doors open and chain the pens to the counters.
Only in Britain ... do we leave cars worth thousands of pounds on the drive and put our junk in the garage.

[megswsu]

[...you accept and are okay with the fact that Highway 280 North really runs west, and Highway 680 North really runs east.]

Why is that? That drives me nuts! 

You know you're from Sacramento when you've resigned to the fact that the best selling feature is "you're 2 hours away from the ocean, and 2 hours away from the mountains."

[Sibby]

You know your from New York when you pronouce all words ending with an "o" or "er" with an "a" sound (potata, New Yorka, tornada, worka)

[juliechan]

You know you're in eastern North Carolina when...

...  barbeque is pronounced "baaaaaabuhque" and doesn't have anything tomato-based in it.  Oh, and it's made of pork...

... "bless his/her heart", if enunciated just so, is a euphemism for "what a f(^@!-ing idiot"...

... anybody can be "sugar", "darlin'", or "sweetie"...

... "ma'am" and "sir" are still required parts of anyone's vocabulary...

... you know exactly how far and in what direction "over yonder" is, and how it's different from "up yonder"...

... the proper usages of y'all include:
                y'all= small group
                y'all's= small group possesive
                all y'all= large group
                all y'all's= large group possesive

[Romes7329]

You can look up most of tehse on the net, but this is a scaled down version of it if you google it, unbelieveable, there are more than double these on the list I took these from:

You know you're from Boston if:

-The person driving in front of you is going 70 mph and you are cursing him for going too slow.
-You actually enjoy driving around rotaries.
-You almost feel disappointed when someone doesn't flip you the bird when you cut them off or steal their parking space.
-You know how to pronounce the names of towns like Worcester, Woburn, Billerica, Haverhill, Barre and Cotuit.
-You know what they sell at a packie.
-You get jimmies on your ice cream.  (Jimmies are chocolate and sprinkles are rainbows.  ALWAYS)
-Evacuation Day is a recognized holiday.
-When the words 'WICKED' and 'GOOD' go together.
-The curse of the Bambino is taught in public schools.
-You own a "Yankees Suck" shirt or hat. (Ok, I have two of each, one each for me and hubby)
-You think Doug Flutie is the greatest athlete ever.
-You remember exactly where you were when the ball rolled through Buckner's legs.
-You prayed for the Red Sox to win the World Series not this season, but in your lifetime...
-You know  the difference betwee a frappe and a milkshake and what a hoodsie is.
-You never go to "Cape Cod", you go "down the Cape".
-You think that Roger Clemens, Wade Boggs and Derek Jeter are more evil than Whitey Bulger.
-You can drive to the mountains and the ocean all in one day.
-You do not recognize the letter "R" as a part of the English language.
-You've slammed on your brakes to deter a tailgater
-Paranoia sets in if you can't see a Dunkies, ATM or CVS within eyeshot at all times.
-You order iced coffee in January
-You drive 45 minutes to New Hampshire to save $5 in sales tax
-You think of Philadelphia as the Midwest.
-You think three straight days of 80+ temperatures is a heatwave.
-You refer to 6 inches of snow as a "dusting."
-The weather changes from 70 and sunny to 20 and snowy in under an hour, and you hardly notice.
-Just hearing the words "New York" puts you in an angry mood.
-You don't think you have an attitude.
-You always 'bang a left' as soon as the light turns green, and oncoming traffic always expects it.
-Everything in town is "a five minute walk."
-You believe using your turn signal is a sign of weakness.
-You don't realize that you walk and talk twice as fast as everyone else.
-Your favorite adjective is "wicked."  And it must always be used as an adjective to an adjective.  ie: wicked awesome
-You think 63 degree ocean water is warm.
-You know that Breakdown lanes are not for breaking down, but for speeding, especially during rush hour.  Breakdown lanes may also end without warning causing traffic jams as people merge back in.
-You think the Kennedy's are misunderstood.

HOW WE'LL KNOW YOU WEREN'T BON HEAH:

You wear a Harvard sweatshirt.
You ask directions to "Cheers."
You order a grinder and a soda.
You follow soccer.
You eat at Durgin Park.
You pronounce it "Worchester" or Glouchester."

[Shores]

You know you're from Cincinnati when:

*You know cinamon and chocolate belong in chili, and that chili is served over spaghetti or hotdogs

Thank for making me crave Starlight Chili while sitting here in my Reds Tshirt (honestly!)


You Know You're From Virginia When...

Speed limits are just suggestions

You have at least two friends who have no idea what their relatives do...because its "top secret" government work

It's not actually tailgating unless your bumper is touching the car in front of you.

Despite the fact that Virginia fought for the south in the Civil War, you are not, under any circumstances, a "southerner"

An inch of snow and you miss 3 days of school

If you stay on the same road long enough, it will eventually have three new names.

You have to dial the area code to call your neighbor

Your favorite past time is telling West Virginia jokes.


And even though I just moved here....

You know you're from Holland when:

Raw herring is a delicacy

You consider a 32 hour work week "full time" and a 36 hour work week as "working to the point of exhaustion"

Your bike gets stolen at least every couple years (I've been here 6 months and had mine stolen already!)

You think a VW beetle is a family-sized car

Your favorite past time is telling jokes about Belgium.

[Romes7329]

You have to dial the area code to call your neighbor

We have to do this in Massachusetts too.  I'm moving to Iowa, and when I went to visit, I tried calling a local number from a local phone, and I got wicked confused  when I kept getting an error tone.  It finally dawned on me that I was dialing 515 first, and it was reading hte numbers as 515-#### and it didn't recoginze the number...*slaps forehead*

[Ondine]

You know you're from Canada when you make your child's Halloween costume so it fits over thier snowsuit.

[Sibby]

You have to dial the area code to call your neighbor

[/quote]

In NYC alone we have 4 area codes (212, 718, 646, 347) and forget it once you start adding in surrounding areas in a less than 50 mile radius (516, 914, 201, 631...).  And you still have to dial the area code, even if you are calling within the same code you are calling from, so if I'm dialing from 718-XXX-XXXX to 718-YYY-YYYY I still have to dial 718.

I've always been confused by people who cite 7 digit phone numbers.  when i was younger and didn't realise the whole world/country wasn't like NYC, I would say "what's the rest of the number, this is only 7 numbers!" to people and think they were insane for giving a look, etc... actually I still think it's pretty silly to only give 7 numbers...

[euphorya]

So here's some more "you know you're from Wisconsin when..."

* You can easily find and pronounce : Eau Claire, Oconomowoc, Menomonee Falls, Waukesha,  La Crosse, Fond du Lac and Lac Du Flambeau and think that anyone who can't is stupid.
* You know what a "bubbler" is (no to mention the difference between a bubbler and a water fountain)
* When talking about the Green Bay Packers you refer to them as "we".
* You know what a brat is (and it has nothing to do with misbehaved children).
* You family owns a "winter car" while the "good one" sits in the garage from Nov-Apr.
* You can visit Luxemburg, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Berlin, New London & Poland all in one afternoon.
* You can recognize someone from Illinois from their driving.
* you go out for fish fry every Friday.
* You know what to do with a Blatz.
* Your bank has the name of your town included in its name (ex: Citizens Bank of Mukwonago)
* You've seen a Hodag, or, at least you think that's what it was.
* You have ever partied at Summerfest, Festa Italiana, German Fest, Irish Fest, Oktoberfest, or all of the above.
* You or someone you know was a "Dairy Princess" at a county fair
* You know what's knee-high by the Fourth of July.
* You buy your Christmas presents at Fleet Farm (or, Farm & Fleet, depending on where in the state you live).
* You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it,  no matter what time of the year.
* You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition (ex: Where are my shoes at?)
* You know that Kaukauna is NOT a Hawaiian Island.
* Your mom asks, "Were you born in a barn?" and you know exactly what she means.
* Football schedules are checked before wedding dates are set. (guilty)
*You know all four seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter and road construction.


 

[euphorya]

In NYC alone we have 4 area codes (212, 718, 646, 347) and forget it once you start adding in surrounding areas in a less than 50 mile radius (516, 914, 201, 631...).  And you still have to dial the area code, even if you are calling within the same code you are calling from, so if I'm dialing from 718-XXX-XXXX to 718-YYY-YYYY I still have to dial 718.

I've always been confused by people who cite 7 digit phone numbers.  when i was younger and didn't realise the whole world/country wasn't like NYC, I would say "what's the rest of the number, this is only 7 numbers!" to people and think they were insane for giving a look, etc... actually I still think it's pretty silly to only give 7 numbers...

We are similar here too, so maybe its not that uncommon anymore...annoying though, to have to explain to people not from around here that the town ten minutes away in the same area code is actually a long distance phone call.

We ALWAYS ask people "what's your area code" when we are taking messages at work because that 7 digit thing is weird here too 

[T'Mar of Vulcan]

You Know You Live In South Africa When...

1. You get cold easily. Anything below 16 degrees Celsius (61 F) is Arctic weather.
2. You call a bathing suit a "swimming costume".
3. You stop at robots, not traffic lights.
4. You're not surprised when minibus taxis don't stop at robots. For that matter, nothing a minibus taxi does surprises you.
5. You've never seen live theatre, but you've heard of it.
6. You only drink instant coffee and in fact have no clue why anyone would bother drinking anything else.
7. You know what Rooibos Tea is, even if you've never had any.
8. None of the programs on the five available TV channels run on time.
9. You think a car's hazard lights mean, "F*** you, I'm stopping here."
10. Your standard response to any statement is, "Is it?" (Pronounced, "Izzit?")
11. You can sing your national anthem in four languages, and you have no idea what it means in any of them.
12. You know someone who knows someone who has met Nelson Mandela. (In my case, my mother met him.)
13. You go to "braais" (barbecues) regularly, where you eat boerewors (long meaty sausage-type thing) and swim, sometimes simultaneously.
14. You're inured to people from overseas thinking you live in a mud hut.
15. The electricity goes off and you see it as a sign of The Collapse of Civilization (tm).
16. The electricity comes back on, and you check to see if there are any soccer or cricket games on TV - why else would ESCOM have fixed the electricity so quickly?
17. "Armed Response" is not an action, it's a description of every security company in the country.
18. You actually bought baked beans in 1994 before the elections.
19. You feel it is your democratic duty to vote.
20. You have a gear lock for your car.
21. You come out of a friend's house/shopping centre/office to find the gear lock worked and your car is still there, but your radio, tapes, jersey and every other removable thing you had in the car is gone, and you just sigh, shrug and go home.
22. You know the urban legend about the Oriental Plaza. (Women kidnapped and taken to harems in the Middle East.)
23. You gawk at American tourists. They're so rare.
24. Someone mentions the sea, and your first thought is "Durban" although you wouldn't actually go there.
25. You've been up Table Mountain.
26. You've been to the Kruger National Park, but only as a child when your school arranged a tour.
27. You've never seen snow in real life.
28. You know what 'water restrictions' are.
29. Tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes and volcanoes are only known to you through disaster movies, but you're intimately acquainted with floods and droughts.
30. You go to a shopping mall and have to keep detouring around people who stop dead in the middle of the aisle when something catches their interest.
31. You go to a New Year street party in Hillbrow and wake up in hospital.
32. You know that there's nothing to do in the Free State.
33. You shout "Vrystaat!" at rugby games, local or international, even when Vrystaat (the Free State) isn't playing.
34. You think that the people who paint their faces the colour of the SA flag look really cool.
35. You still rub people's noses in the fact that we won the 1995 Rugby World Cup.
36. You drive like a maniac.