You Know You're from [Blank] When...

[noelle ackerman]

After reading some of these I seriously couldn't resist making a thread for it, they are so funny and true. If you go to google and type in You Know You're from [your state] When... you can get a pretty good list of stuff. Others can post theirs here, and this is mine:


You Know You're From Pennsylvania When...

• You have an uncontrollable urge to buy bread and milk when you hear the word "snow."
  
  
• You’ve never referred to Philadelphia as anything but “Philly.” And New Jersey has always been “Jersey.”
  
  
• You refer to Pennsylvania as “PA” (pronounced Peeay). How many other states do that?
  
  
• You know what “Punxsutawney Phil” (A Ground Hog) is, and what it means if he sees his shadow.
  
  
• The first day of buck and the first day of doe season are school holidays.
  
  
• You can use the phrase “fire hall wedding reception” and not even bat an eye.
  
  
• You can’t go to a wedding without hearing the “Chicken Dance,” at least 1 Polka and either an Italian song (sung in Italian,) or “Hava Nagila.”
  
  
• At least 5 people on your block have electric “candles” in all or most of their windows all year long.
  
  
• You know what a “Hex sign” is.
  
  
• You know what a “State Store” is, and your out of state friends find it incredulous that you can’t purchase liquor at the mini-mart.
  
  
• You can give directions to Intercourse with a straight face.
  
  
• You own only three condiments “salt, pepper and Heinz ketchup.”
  
  
• Words like “hoagie,” “crick,” “chipped ham,” “sticky buns,” “shoo-fly pie,” “pirogues” and “pocketbook” actually mean something to you.
  
  
• You can eat cold pizza (even for breakfast) and know others who do the same. (Those from NY find this “barbaric.”)
  
  
• You not only have heard of Birch Beer, but you know it comes in several colors: Red, White, Brown, Gold.
  
  
• You know several places to purchase or that serve Scrapple, Summer Sausage (Lebanon Bologna), and Hot Bacon Dressing.
  
  
• You can eat a cold soft pretzel from a street vendor without fear and enjoy it.
  
  
• You know the difference between a cheese steak & a pizza steak sandwich and a Primanti’s, and know that you can’t get a really good one outside PA.
  
  
• You live for summer, when street and county fairs signal the beginning of funnel cake season.
  
  
• Customers ask the waitress for “dippy eggs” for breakfast.
  
  
• You know that Blue Ball, Bird-in-Hand, Beaver, Moon, Virginville, Paradise, Mars, and Slippery Rock are PA towns.
  
  
• You know what a township, borough, and commonwealth is.
  
  
• You can identify drivers from New York, New Jersey, Ohio, or other neighboring states by their unique and irritating driving habits.
  
  
• A traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a horse-drawn carriage on the highway in Lancaster County.
  
  
• You know several people who have hit deer more than once.
  
  
• You carry jumper cables in your car and your female passengers know how to use them.
  
  
• You still keep kitty litter,starting fluid, de-icer, or a snow brush in your trunk, even if you live in the South.
  
  
• Driving is always better in winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
  
  
• As a kid you built snow forts and leaf piles that were taller than you were.
  
  
• Your graduating class consisted of mostly Polish, German, & Italian names.
  
  
• “You guys” and “yuz” is a perfectly acceptable reference to a group of men & women.
  
  
• You know how to respond to the question “Djeetyet?”(Did you eat yet?)
  
  
• You learned to pronounce Bryn Mawr, Wilkes-Barre, Schuylkill, Bala Cynwyd, Conshohocken, & Monongahela.
  
  
• You know what a “Mummer” is, and are disappointed if you can’t catch at least highlights of the parade.
  
  
• You actually understand these jokes and send them on to other Pennsylvanians. Plus friends who you want to know why you think the way you do.
  

What's great is that I really DO understand most of these xD And the ones that I do understand are true! haha

[jasper]

You Know You're From Colorado When...

• Your sense of direction is towards the mountains and towards the other mountains.
  
• You design your Halloween costumes to fit over a snowsuit and you think that May is a totally normal month for a blizzard.
  
• You know all 4 seasons, almost winter, winter, still winter and yay! it's above forty degrees.
  
• You can never figure out why your out-of-town guests faint from altitude sickness on a picnic to the mountains.
  
• 'Timberline' is someplace you have actually been.
  
• You know what a Chinook, Rocky Mountain Oyster, and a fourteener is.
  
• A bear on your front porch doesn't bother you nearly as much as a Republican in Congress does.
  
• You know where the real "South Park" is and know it consists of about three buildings.
  
• If if snows two feet you know you'll probably only get a two hour delay.
  
• You say "the interstate" and everybody knows which one.
  
• You've made naked snow angels.
  
• It's not unusual to have an announcement over the school intercom say "Um, there's a bear sitting by the main doors again, please be careful."
  
• A classic prank at your high school is putting a cow on the second floor.
  

[audreysprague]

You Know You're From Kentucky When...

* first off, Louisville is pronounced "Lou-ah-vull". If you're gonna live here you have to get that one down first...and quick.
* Other pronunciations that have particularly annoyed me are stated as followed: pen is pronounced pin, hour is pronounced hrrrr, older is pronounced odor well, there are more I just can't think of any right now. I'll edit this later, I'm sure.
* Idea always has an "r" on the end.
* The only way to get chili is with spaghetti in it.
* Turn signal are useless to Kentuckians.
* There are these multi-colored horse statues are all over the place...I still have to figure out what they're for.
* When your car gives you trouble just park on the side of the road...and let me tell ya, I've never seen so many broke down old cars on the side of the highway before!
* There's only one kind of tea around here and it's sweet. And everyone drinks tea, I've seen 2 years olds drink it!
* Almost every other commercial on TV or the radio is for lawyers.
* People ignore "no smoking" signs, they think they're just there to make a select few people happy.
* When people ask you where you live, they mean what county are you in.
* College sports are HUGE! Mainly football, and basketball and there's only two teams you're allowed to vote for: University of Louisville Cardinals or Kentucky State Wildcats. Red vs. Blue...and everyone and their grandma roots for either one of these teams...if you don't care, that means you're not from around these parts.
* Did I mention college sports are huge? There are no other sports!


--Most of these aren't true, like the speech things and turn signal things. In my town, everyone speaks completely fine - including me - and we're not hicks. xDDDDD--

[dramaqueenscpa]

You know you're from California when...

• You are surprised when anyone tells you they've never been to Disneyland.
  
• Rain means anything from pouring buckets down to a few sprinkles.
  
• When people say they want to go to Black's Beach, it's hard to keep a straight face.
  
• You prefer the Spanish Soaps on TV because the guys are hotter.
  
• You make over $300,000 and still can't afford a house.
  
• Unlike back home, the guy at 8:30 am at Starbucks wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses who looks like George Clooney really IS George Clooney.
  
• You pass an elementary school playground and the children are all busy with their cells or pagers.
  
• You speak Spanglish.
  
• You heckle Raiders or Chargers fans.
  
• The San Diego Zoo becomes more than just a place to see animals, but alo to see foreign toursists.
  
• Your tan lines never go away.
  
• You can surf and snowboard in the same day, but you've never felt like actually doing it.
  
• There's no such thing as North, South, East or West, there's only toward the ocean or away from the ocean.
  
• The performing arts is no stranger to you.
  
• San Francisco is the 2nd bestplace forseafood, just behind Seattle.
  
• You've seen more than one GLBT Pride Parade.
  
• You own or know somebody who owns quads for the desert.
  
• Being white, whether it be lack of sun exposure or Caucasian descent, is a novelty.
  
• Every street name is either in Spanish or Spanish related, and you're surprised when other areas don't have this.
  
• There are more bands than people.
  
• You're shocked when you find out people have never been to the beach, and even more shocked to find out some have never seen the ocean.
  
• You think the Governator pwns.
  

[arizona cassaway.]

you know you're from texas when. . .

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• If someone in a Lowe's store offers you assistance and they don't work there
  
• If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time
  
• If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number
  
• If 'Vacation' means going anywhere south of Dallas for the weekend
  
• If you measure distance in hours
  
• If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once
  
• If you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both unlocked
  
• If you carry jumper cables in your car and your wife knows how to use them
  
• If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph and you're going 80 and everybody's passing you
  
• If you find 60 degrees 'a little chilly'
  
• The preacher says, "I'd like to ask Bubba to help take up the offering." and five guys stand up.
  
• You attend a formal event in your best clothes, your finest jewelry and your cowboy boots.
  
• You realize asphalt has a liquid state.
  
• You no longer associate bridges with water.
  
• You see more Texan flags than American flags.
  
• You know someone who ate the 72 oz steak and got it for free.
  
• You prefer Whataburger to McDonalds.
  
• You dress up to go shopping at the mall.
  
• You've hung ornaments and tinsel on a tumbleweed and used it as a Christmas tree.
  
• You're disappointed when a food doesn't come in spicy flavor.
  
• You know from experience that rattlesnake meat tastes like chicken.
  
• You can tell a rock from an armadillo at 300 yards.
  
• You know what a 'Cowboy Cadillac' is.
  
• You have both a dog and a brother-in-law named Bud
  
• Your local grocery store sells cactus in the Fresh Produce department
  
• at the local spelling bee, it is acceptable to spell it barbeque, bbq, or bar-b-q.
  
• You don't consider people from Austin to be real Texans.
  
• There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in Texas, plus a couple no ones seen before.
  
• There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live in Texas.
  
• Nothing will kill a mesquite tree.
  
• The wind blows at 90 MPH from Oct. 2 until June 25, then it stops totally until Oct 2.
  
• When you live in the country, you dont have to buy a dog. City people drop them off at your gate in the middle of the night.
  
• Fixinto is one word.
  
• You know what cow tipping and snipe hunting is.
  
• You see more trucks on your daily commute than youll see in the state of New Jersey
  
• Your high school football stadium is equal to, or better, than most professional stadiums
  
• You know there are more longhorn, cattle and steer than there people in the state
  
• A formula less than 30 SPF is a joke and you only wear that to go to the corner store . . .
  
• Sunscreen is sold year round, kept at the front of the checkout counter . . .
  
• A tornado warning siren is your signal to go out in the yard and look for a funnel.
  
• You can properly pronounce Corsicana, Ennis, Waxahachie, Palestine, Decatur, Wichita Falls, San Antonio, Mexia, Waco, and Amarillo.
  
• You listen to the weather forecast before picking out an outfit.
  
• Pull your droopy pants up. You look like an idiot.
  
• We open doors for women. That is applied to all women, regardless of age.
  
• They are cattle & oil wells. That's what they smell like to you. They smell like money to us. Get over it. Don't like it? I-20 and I-10 go east and west, I-35 goes north and south. Pick one.
  
• If you actually understand these jokes, and share them with all your Texas friends, you definitely live in Texas .

surprisingly, i only picked the ones that i've done, witnessed, or something of the sort. haha.

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