You know You're From WI when...

[hobish]

tacky, thank you for posting that! I copied it & sent it to a good friend who recently moved to CO from NJ & has been having a miserable time of it. She's been really homesick and having a terrible time making friends; and apparently everyone in her office thinks she's a weirdo with a bad accent. She shared that with them & she said everyone in her office loved it & said it was very true.

I can't tell you how nice it was to be able to brighten her day.

[Romes7329]

Romes7329, you forgot to mention that the Coop is full of students, not chickens.

And the T is not just a letter.

You know the original name of Government Center.

You avoid The Zone.

You've ever answered your phone "Mary Baker Eddy".

You pronounce the C in Quincy as a Z.

You are NOT the Phantom Gourmet.

You get extra credit if you know why Evacuation Day is so special only in Boston.

Gosh this is fun!

We don't JUST pronounce the C in Quincy as a Z....that's how you're really supposed to prounounce Quincy, MA.  It's because the town wasn't named after John Quincy or John Quincy Adams.  It was named after thier great-grandfather (or something lke that) who pronounced it Quinzee.

Can you tell I grew up in Quincy and have gotten sick of people telling me I'm saying it wrong?

And it's never hte subway...its the T!

[TheaterDiva1]

This just appeared on my MySpace bulletin:

You know you're from Long Island when...

1. When the sound is not something you hear, but you swim in
2. You know exactly what they mean when they say "Don't change at Jamaica."
3. You know that The Drift Inn and Neptunes are in the same building, but you also know that they are NOTHING alike.
4. Screw the SAT, you know the exact pronuncuation of Islip, Wantagh, Commack, Mattituck, Shinnecock, Quogue, Ronkonkoma, Hauppauge, Mineola, Islandia, Massapequa, and Patchogue.
5. You and your friends are going to the beach, but the word beach never comes up in the conversation. Instead, it sounds something like this..."Well, we could go to Jones, but Robert Moses is closer, the North Shore is too rocky...whatever lets go to the Hamptons."
6. You have no idea what jimmies are, or why someone would want to put them on their ice cream
7. You have never used "wicked" as an adjective
8. You know that Americana Manhasset is NOT a type of coffee
9. You know that it's possible to take Jericho all the way to queens...but you would never EVER do it
10. Parallel parking in your drivers ed class was pointless...you only had to do it next to one car
11. You live in the shadow of the greatest city in the world, but you almost never go there.
12. When you're away from Long Island, you love it and when you're home, you don't.
13. You think if you're not from Long Island or NYC, you're not really from New York.
14. You know the exact point at which Queens turns into Nassau simply on intuition.
15. You don't go to Manhattan, you go to "The City."
16. You never realize you have an accent till you leave.
17. Everything north of the Bronx is "upstate."
18. At some point in your life you've gone clamming.
19. Either your parents or your grandparents lived in the city.
20. You'd pay $11.50 for a movie.
21. You don't live in Long Island. You live ON Long Island.
22. You know where the Commack Motor Inn is.
23. Your distant future might involve the state of Florida.
24. You know the location of 6 malls and a dozen McDonalds and 36 7-11's.
25. You've tried to find the Amityville Horror house.
26. No, you don't want mustard on that burger!!
27. You can't understand why a diner would ever close.
28. You've had a seagull poop on your car.
29. You don't really see the big deal about the Hamptons, unless you got smashed at the Boardy Barn.
30. You know White Castle is terrible for you and it gives you a stomach ache, but you periodically "Get the Crave."
31. You want the Yankees to stay in the Bronx, but would probably go to more games if they moved to Manhattan.
32. You think that somehow, the Jets and Giants still play in New York.
33. You've missed that "Drunk Train," the 2:42 out of Penn, and had the dreaded wait until 5:30.
34. You or someone you know has owned an animal that came from North Shore Animal League.
35. You've never taken an MTA bus.
36. The Long Island Expressway isn't really as bad as everybody thinks.
37. You don't associate Fire Island with gay men.
38. You know which parts of the Godfather were filmed on Long Island.
39. You've paid a $10 cover charge to get into a bar, but got nothing for it.
40. You miss whiffle ball and running through sprinklers.
41. Billy Joel said it best, "either you date a rich girl from the North Shore, or a cool girl from the South Shore."
42. You have or someone you know has fallen asleep on the LIRR and ended up in one of these three places; Babylon, Port Washington or Hicksville.
43. You know that there is a big different between any of the other Hamptons, and Hampton Bays
44. The Belt Parkway sucks!
45. You've been stuck in a traffic jam for more than 2 hours (without moving).
46. Your parents took you to Carvel (on the way home from the beach).
47. You don't have to go far to see your family.
48. You remember Grumman.
49. You know the color of the water at Jones Beach is not BLUE!
50. You were upset when all the Roy Rogers turned into Wendy's and Arby's closed for good.
51. You can spout off all the LIRR stops between Penn Station and Ronkonkoma.
52. Paying $35 for a haircut doesn't sound so crazy.
53. You think the people from Brooklyn are "da wunz dat tawk wit a accent."
54. You went sledding in the sumps.
55. You knew of Massapequa before the Amy Fisher-Joey Buttafuoco nightmare.
56. You think going to Queens is a hike.
57. The first time you heard the term "Long Island Iced Tea" you were somewhere else and you laughed.
58. When you live somewhere else and are astounded to see that people actually stop at yellow lights.
59. Its rare to get really bad bagels or pizza on long island, almost as rare as it is to get good bagels and pizza anywhere else.
60. You can name at least three bands that came from Long Island.
61. You've partied in the woods at least once in your life.
62. You know what Pilgram State and Sweet Hallow Road are...and you are NEVER going again
63. You are never more then 20 minutes away from the water.
64. You have been to at least one concert at jones beach.
65. When you hear "the end", you think Montauk. Orient Point never crosses your mind.
66. Wandering around Fire Island trashed is an acceptable plan for any night.
67. Doing 90 over the Robert Moses bridge or on Ocean Parkway is perfectly fine.
68. When you say that you are going to "the outlets", Tanger is implied.
69. You have a friends who swears they saw Billy Joel somewhere in Oyster Bay
70. When people ask "where are you from?" you answer Long-Guy-Land and automatically assume everyone in the world knows that answer means New York.
71. You've seen the commercials, an d you've craved their shakes, but you know dingdangity well there are no DQ's or Sonics on Long Island.
72. You remember all the good times had at Records on the Roof , and the emotional distress it caused when it was closed
73. you know or at least heard this saying "I ONCE SEEN A MAN WITH A CHAIN SAW",,"CHAIN SAW!!! I DONT LIKE CHAIN SAWS. I ONCE HAD A CLOSE SHAVE WITH WITH A CHAIN SAW",,,

do you remember ? ok. last time i heard it was over 15 years ago im not sure if Adventure land still has the haunted house. o yea and your still pissed about the pair of flip flops that you lost on the swings. most likely landing on rt.110

[Sibby]

This just appeared on my MySpace bulletin:

You know you're from Long Island when...

1. When the sound is not something you hear, but you swim in
2. You know exactly what they mean when they say "Don't change at Jamaica."
3. You know that The Drift Inn and Neptunes are in the same building, but you also know that they are NOTHING alike.
4. Screw the SAT, you know the exact pronuncuation of Islip, Wantagh, Commack, Mattituck, Shinnecock, Quogue, Ronkonkoma, Hauppauge, Mineola, Islandia, Massapequa, and Patchogue.
5. You and your friends are going to the beach, but the word beach never comes up in the conversation. Instead, it sounds something like this..."Well, we could go to Jones, but Robert Moses is closer, the North Shore is too rocky...whatever lets go to the Hamptons."
6. You have no idea what jimmies are, or why someone would want to put them on their ice cream
7. You have never used "wicked" as an adjective
8. You know that Americana Manhasset is NOT a type of coffee
9. You know that it's possible to take Jericho all the way to queens...but you would never EVER do it
10. Parallel parking in your drivers ed class was pointless...you only had to do it next to one car
11. You live in the shadow of the greatest city in the world, but you almost never go there.
12. When you're away from Long Island, you love it and when you're home, you don't.
13. You think if you're not from Long Island or NYC, you're not really from New York.
14. You know the exact point at which Queens turns into Nassau simply on intuition.
15. You don't go to Manhattan, you go to "The City."
16. You never realize you have an accent till you leave.
17. Everything north of the Bronx is "upstate."
18. At some point in your life you've gone clamming.
19. Either your parents or your grandparents lived in the city.
20. You'd pay $11.50 for a movie.
21. You don't live in Long Island. You live ON Long Island.
22. You know where the Commack Motor Inn is.
23. Your distant future might involve the state of Florida.
24. You know the location of 6 malls and a dozen McDonalds and 36 7-11's.
25. You've tried to find the Amityville Horror house.
26. No, you don't want mustard on that burger!!
27. You can't understand why a diner would ever close.
28. You've had a seagull poop on your car.
29. You don't really see the big deal about the Hamptons, unless you got smashed at the Boardy Barn.
30. You know White Castle is terrible for you and it gives you a stomach ache, but you periodically "Get the Crave."
31. You want the Yankees to stay in the Bronx, but would probably go to more games if they moved to Manhattan.
32. You think that somehow, the Jets and Giants still play in New York.
33. You've missed that "Drunk Train," the 2:42 out of Penn, and had the dreaded wait until 5:30.
34. You or someone you know has owned an animal that came from North Shore Animal League.
35. You've never taken an MTA bus.
36. The Long Island Expressway isn't really as bad as everybody thinks.
37. You don't associate Fire Island with g*a*y men.
38. You know which parts of the Godfather were filmed on Long Island.
39. You've paid a $10 cover charge to get into a bar, but got nothing for it.
40. You miss whiffle ball and running through sprinklers.
41. Billy Joel said it best, "either you date a rich girl from the North Shore, or a cool girl from the South Shore."
42. You have or someone you know has fallen asleep on the LIRR and ended up in one of these three places; Babylon, Port Washington or Hicksville.
43. You know that there is a big different between any of the other Hamptons, and Hampton Bays
44. The Belt Parkway sucks!
45. You've been stuck in a traffic jam for more than 2 hours (without moving).
46. Your parents took you to Carvel (on the way home from the beach).
47. You don't have to go far to see your family.
48. You remember Grumman.
49. You know the color of the water at Jones Beach is not BLUE!
50. You were upset when all the Roy Rogers turned into Wendy's and Arby's closed for good.
51. You can spout off all the LIRR stops between Penn Station and Ronkonkoma.
52. Paying $35 for a haircut doesn't sound so crazy.
53. You think the people from Brooklyn are "da wunz dat tawk wit a accent."
54. You went sledding in the sumps.
55. You knew of Massapequa before the Amy Fisher-Joey Buttafuoco nightmare.
56. You think going to Queens is a hike.
57. The first time you heard the term "Long Island Iced Tea" you were somewhere else and you laughed.
58. When you live somewhere else and are astounded to see that people actually stop at yellow lights.
59. Its rare to get really bad bagels or pizza on long island, almost as rare as it is to get good bagels and pizza anywhere else.
60. You can name at least three bands that came from Long Island.
61. You've partied in the woods at least once in your life.
62. You know what Pilgram State and Sweet Hallow Road are...and you are NEVER going again
63. You are never more then 20 minutes away from the water.
64. You have been to at least one concert at jones beach.
65. When you hear "the end", you think Montauk. Orient Point never crosses your mind.
66. Wandering around Fire Island trashed is an acceptable plan for any night.
67. Doing 90 over the Robert Moses bridge or on Ocean Parkway is perfectly fine.
68. When you say that you are going to "the outlets", Tanger is implied.
69. You have a friends who swears they saw Billy Joel somewhere in Oyster Bay
70. When people ask "where are you from?" you answer Long-Guy-Land and automatically assume everyone in the world knows that answer means New York.
71. You've seen the commercials, an d you've craved their shakes, but you know dingdangity well there are no DQ's or Sonics on Long Island.
72. You remember all the good times had at Records on the Roof , and the emotional distress it caused when it was closed
73. you know or at least heard this saying "I ONCE SEEN A MAN WITH A CHAIN SAW",,"CHAIN SAW!!! I DONT LIKE CHAIN SAWS. I ONCE HAD A CLOSE SHAVE WITH WITH A CHAIN SAW",,,

do you remember ? ok. last time i heard it was over 15 years ago im not sure if Adventure land still has the haunted house. o yea and your still pissed about the pair of flip flops that you lost on the swings. most likely landing on rt.110

Ok so I get this a joke list which is why I'm confused... "Everything north of the Bronx is "upstate.""  Isn't this fact, not humor?

[IndianInlaw]

Romes, I also know not to refer to Peabody as anything other than Peabuddy.

[Telmereth]

You know you're from Sussex, UK, when:

1. You have perfected the blank look you give to people who say 'ere, you talk like the Queen'.
2. You think that anywhere above London counts as 'North'.
3. You convieniently ignore that you are not the southernmost point of the British Isles because Devon and Cornwall is 'The West Country'
4. You own a small house that is worth enough that you would be able to buy a large mansion/small village if you drove 100 miles north.
5. French fries are called 'chips' and are a staple part of any Chinese takeout.
6. And on that note, takeout is called takeaway.
7. You tell everybody who will listen what a dump Brighton is, but defend it angrily if anyone else dares to say a word against it.
8. A 'circle' is called a roundabout and you are perplexed that people find them so difficult.
9. You can call a trip to France a day trip.
10. When people mention your 'local airport' you say 'which one?'
11. Going as far north as the M25 is a real adventure.
12. Going further west than Portsmouth is likewise.
13. You have your milk and eggs delivered to your door by the local dairy.

Okay, I'm going to stop there, because I'm fully aware that the majority of you won't know what the heck I'm talking about

[dings]

tacky, thank you for posting that! I copied it & sent it to a good friend who recently moved to CO from NJ & has been having a miserable time of it. She's been really homesick and having a terrible time making friends; and apparently everyone in her office thinks she's a weirdo with a bad accent. She shared that with them & she said everyone in her office loved it & said it was very true.

I can't tell you how nice it was to be able to brighten her day.

Glad to help!   

[TheaterDiva1]

Ok so I get this a joke list which is why I'm confused... "Everything north of the Bronx is "upstate.""  Isn't this fact, not humor?

It depends... I'm originally from Rockland County, NY, and that's just north of NYC.  Back then, I thought "upstate meant" Syracuse, or Albany, or Buffalo - WAY up north.  We were still in the southern tip.  It wasn't until I moved to Long Island that I started hearing Rockland and Westchester Counties referred to as "upstate."

[Clara Bow]

You know you are a Hoosier when:

Atlanta, Georgia:

*You drive at least 85 mph around the Perimeter or risk getting run over.
*People buy all the milk, eggs and bread if they hear even a mention of snow, ice or "wintery mix" on the news.
*The Weather Channel is based here and even they can't get the forecast right.
*You check the Braves schedule before driving anywhere in the evening during the summer months.
*You must leave at least 2 hours before you are scheduled to be at work just in case of traffic.
*You know what Spaghetti Junction is and avoid it during the am and pm rush hours.
*You call all pop Coke.
*The only kind of iced tea is Sweet tea. If you want UN-sweet, you better ask!
*People brag about their bbq.
*You have neighbors who have a Confederate flag in their yard.



Ginger

You forgot the Big Chicken!!!
And I live in Florida and am fortunate enough to get Bob and Tom on the radio...I am in love with Chick Magee!

[Crazy TKD_girl]

You Know You're From Virginia When...
Speed limits are just suggestions

--Wait, you mean they AREN'T suggestions? No wonder I keep failing my driver's test. J/K

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

--Well, we're kinda, sorta Southerners. We have the accent, at least.

An inch of snow and you miss 3 days of school

--We've been known to cancel school for 1 snowflake.

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

--No joke, this one REALLY is true!

[scooter2071]

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

Your favorite past time is telling jokes about Belgium.

LOL, I was there for about 3 weeks and my bike got stolen. And my camera...
Also, the local people we hung out with did tell an awful lot of jokes about Belgium...

[LuckyDucky]

You know you are an Aussie when...

• You've mimicked the broad Australian accent of Alf Stewart from the TV show 'Home And Away' as in, "Push off, ya flamin' drongo!"
  You've had an argument with your mate over whether Ford or Holden makes better cars.
  You've done the 'hot sand dance' at the beach while running from the ocean back to your towel.
  You know who Ray Martin is.
  You start using words like 'bloody' and 'grouse' and call people 'mate'.
  You stop greeting people with "Hello", and go straight to the "How ya doin'?" ... alternatively, you use "G'day" all the time.
  You own a pair of Ugg Boots.
  You've seriously considered running down the shop in a pair of Ugg Boots.
  You've been to a day-nighter cricket match and screamed until your throat went raw.
  You kind of know the first verse to the national anthem, and were surprised to find out there was a second verse.
  You have a story that somehow revolves around excess consumption of alcohol and a mate named 'Dave'.
  You've risked attending an outdoor music festival on the hottest day of the year.
  You've tried to hang off the clothesline while pretending you can fly.
  You've had a visit to the emergency room after hanging off the the hills clothesline, pretending you can fly.
  You own a pair of thongs for everyday use, and another pair of dress thongs - for special occasions.
  For that matter, you are horrified to find out, that thong means something else in America. 
  You don't know what's in a meat pie, and you don't care.
  You pronounce Australia as 'Straylya' or 'Straya'.
  You've squeezed Vegemite through Vita Brits to make little Vegemite worms.
  You suck your coffee and/or hot chocolate through a Tim Tam.
  You realise that lifesavers are the only people who can get away with wearing Speedos.
  You pledge allegiance to Vegemite over Promite or Marmite.
  You understand the value of public holidays.
  Your weekends are spent barracking for your favourite sports team.
  You have a toilet dolly.
  You've played beach cricket with a tennis ball and a bat fashioned out of a fence post.
  You firmly believe that in the end, everything will be OK, and have told a mate in tough times that, "She'll be right, mate".
  You use the phrase, "no worries" at least once a day.
  You've been on a beach holiday and have probably stayed in a caravan.
  You constantly use shortened words, such as "brekkie", "arvo" and barbie".
  You've adopted a local bar as your own.
  You know the oath of mateship can never be limited by geographical distance.
  You get the giggles everytime you hear an American say they are "rooting" for something - everyone here knows that word is naughty.
  Footy is either AFL or NRL, Rugby is NRL or Union, But Soccer is never called Football.

[ginlyn32]

You know you are a Hoosier when:

Atlanta, Georgia:

*You drive at least 85 mph around the Perimeter or risk getting run over.
*People buy all the milk, eggs and bread if they hear even a mention of snow, ice or "wintery mix" on the news.
*The Weather Channel is based here and even they can't get the forecast right.
*You check the Braves schedule before driving anywhere in the evening during the summer months.
*You must leave at least 2 hours before you are scheduled to be at work just in case of traffic.
*You know what Spaghetti Junction is and avoid it during the am and pm rush hours.
*You call all pop Coke.
*The only kind of iced tea is Sweet tea. If you want UN-sweet, you better ask!
*People brag about their bbq.
*You have neighbors who have a Confederate flag in their yard.



Ginger

You forgot the Big Chicken!!!
And I live in Florida and am fortunate enough to get Bob and Tom on the radio...I am in love with Chick Magee!

Yeah...I forgot THe Big Chicken! Everyone gives directions using that...Go one mile South of the Big Chicken...

FInally someone who Loves B&T as much as I do...I love when they have Keven Pollack on air. OR John Mellancamp. They do some of the most hillarious things!!

You should send Chick an email telling him you love him...he might call you on air!

Ginger

[hobish]

LuckyDucky ... i am almost afraid to ask ... what is a toilet dolly?

I am sure it is not the type of dolly that when you squeeze its tummy says "mama" that you take to the loo; but i can't figure what it might be.

[LuckyDucky]

A toilet dolly is a crocheted (sp?) cover for spare toilet paper rolls.  You take the top half of a barbie doll, give her a crochet hat, and a crochet dress big enough to hide a loo roll under.

I have attached a link, so you get the general idea. Let me know if it doesn't work.

http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://thumb5.webshots.com/t/30/30/9/41/23/2339941230029521605NXgXYp_th.jpg&imgrefurl=http://community.webshots.com/album/551289598ROikzz&h=95&w=100&sz=3&hl=en&start=32&tbnid=_bxNCCfitaoh3M:&tbnh=78&tbnw=82&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcrochet%2B%252B%2Btoilet%26start%3D20%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN