you know you live in ___ when. . .

[arizona nicole cassaway.]

basically, 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, make comments on some, it's entertaining. . . anyway this is mine;

_{you know you're from texas when. . .}

• 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.
  ^{-and we mean nothing.}
  
• 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.
  ^{- how i got one of my best dogs.}
  
• 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 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 it grows, it sticks. if it crawls, it bites.
  
• there is a dairy queen in every town with a population over 1000.

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

now let's see y'all's

[eulaline alette poe]

"the preacher says, "i'd like to ask bubba to help take up the offering." and five guys stand up." seriously? hahahahaha

[zaryn kate oliver]

_{you know you're from canada when...}

[/i]

• you know all the words to "if i had a million dollars" by the barenaked ladies, even the inter-stanza banter between steven and ed
• you recognize wayne gretzky without having to see his hockey jersey
• you have ever had your tongue frozen to something
• someone accidentally steps on your foot, and you apologize
• you know that canada is not part of the united states, no matter how many americans think that it is the 51st state
• you drive on a highway, not a freeway
• you are moved to tears by the bell canada commercials that show around remembrance day, where the grandson calls his grandfather from dieppe. you understand the manipulative nature of the commercials, but continue to be moved nonetheless
• everything is labeled in english and french -- except in the french province
• you laugh when americans say canada is overseas
• you start watching a tv show because there is a canadian actor in it
• you can sing "o canada" in french and actually know what the words mean
• your luggage always has more than one canadian flag iron-on
• you carry empty beer cans home with you from your camping trip so you can recycle them when you return to civilization
• when abroad, you fear being mistaken for an american. you make a point of being nice to the locals, mentioning you're from canada if you can, and sticking the canadian flag on all of your bags
• you know the difference between real snow and the fake stuff you see on television -- "look, it's not even melting!" or "that should be sticking to their pants"
• someone calls your house but they had the wrong number -- and you apologize for not being the one they wanted to talk to
• you have an inuit carving by your bedside with the rationale, "what's good enough protection for the prime minister is good enough for me"
• on jeopardy, when there's questions about canada answered wrong, you consider yourself a hundred times smarter than them, even if you weren't sure of the answer yourself
• you find it difficult to describe "milk in a bag" to non-canadians, and even more difficult to describe the "snippy thing" used on the corners
• you know how to pronounce and spell "saskatchewan"
• the last letter of the alphabet is pronounced "zed," not "zee," even if it doesn't rhyme with the rest of the song
• 25ºC is warm
• you spend hours in the dark making to-scale models of the avro arrow and cursing the diefenbaker government
• you call it a bun, not a roll
• you want to know why there isn't a $5 coin yet
• your local zoo is mainly flamingos, giraffes and sad-looking elephants freezing their butts off against a backdrop of pine trees and grey skies
• you use a red pen on your non-canadian books and fill in the missing u's in honor, labor, and color
• you have "canadian tire" money in your kitchen drawers
• you know the french equivalents for "free," "prize," and "no sugar added," thanks to your extensive education in bilingual cereal boxes
• you get excited whenever an american television show mentions canada
• your banks are polite to you, even when they're ripping you off
• health care is a right, not an expense
• you go down into the states and people ask you if you live in an igloo and own a polar bear
[/ul]

[gracelyn shae grammar]

you know you're from north carolina when...
1. you've gotten used to the smell of cow manure on a car trip to raleigh.

2. saying "y'all" isn't just a cute expression; it actually means something.

3. there are big labrador retrievers in the back of every truck.

4. you give directions using kfc and waffle house as landmarks.

5. you still see dale earnhardt tributes on cars.

6. you can't imagine life without bojangles' sweet tea.

7. your annual church fundraiser always deals with bbq and potato salad.

8. you have a sunburn from may to october.

9. your 'heavy winter clothing' consists of some turtleneck sweaters, a fuzzy jacket, and your daddy's boots.

10. your family has fried chicken once a week.

11. you can tell the difference between cotton fields and tobacco fields while driving.

12. one of your neighbors has a confederate flag hanging on their front porch.

13. those "damn yankees" are taking over your school/church/workplace/neighborhood...

14. you've been "properly raised", and yankees love it when they hear you say "ma'am" and "sir".

15. you get your carbs from biscuits, rolls, pancakes, and grits.

16. you know the difference between a "redneck" and a "hick".

17. you own at least one t-shirt from bert's surf shop, ab surf shop, or the sanitary fishmarket. (i'd have to add in the salty dog cafe)

18. no matter what those people in ohio say, we are still "first in flight".

19. the coca-cola 600 is as big as the super bowl.

20. you prefer chick-fil-a to kfc.

21. you know pastry is a chicken stew, not a dessert item.

22. every time you visit someone you’re offered something to eat and a glass of tea.

23. your granddaddy always wore overalls and your grandma always wore an apron.

24. in summer you have home-grown tomatoes with every meal.

25 when it rains and the creek rises, everyone gathers to see how high it rose.

26. you know that "chunk" the ball means to throw it.

27. you've had a burger "all the way" - chili and slaw on it.

28. you can recognize a copperhead and your heart drops when you see one.

29. you have at least one relative that raises collards.

30. you know krispy kreme makes the best doughnuts.

31. you have an opinion about unc. you went there and loved it, or you hate everyone who did.

32. you know the difference between eastern bbq and western bbq (see number 85).

33. you would rather eat at bojangles than mcdonald's.

34. you have actually uttered the phrase "it's too hot to go to the pool".

35. you faithfully drink pepsi, mountain dew, sundrop or cheerwine everyday of your life.

36. you have your own secret bbq sauce.

37. you or your neighbors have more hunting dogs than you have family members.

38. you know pepsi originated in new bern, cheerwine in salisbury, and sundrop in gastonia.

39. you know coke tastes better in the little bottles and that peanuts make coke taste even better.

40. your folks have taken trips to the mountains to look at leaves.

41. your school took a field trip to the state fair in raleigh.

42. you would elect richard petty or ric flair for governor if either ever ran.

43. you watched as dale earnhardt was the only man who ever lived who could go 200 mph, spin somebody out, call them a you-know-what, and win the race, all in the last lap.

44. you skipped school or work to go to dale earnhardt’s memorial service.

45. a toboggan to you means a knit cap, not a sled.

46. you sold krispy kreme doughnuts for a school or church fundraiser before those glazed doughnuts went global.

47. when you're traveling out of state, people ask if you're from mayberry.

48. you remember watching the acc tournament on television at school.

49. the local newspaper covers state, national and international news in one page, but sports requires six pages.

50. most men in town consider the first day of deer season a national holiday.

51. fifty degrees fahrenheit is “a little chilly."

52. you have no problem spelling or pronouncing “conetoe", “topsail", or “beaufort."

53. you know it’s pronounced appalachian and not “app-a-lay-shun."

54. your school classes were cancelled because of cold.

55. your school classes were cancelled because of a chance of snow.

56. your school classes were cancelled because of heat.

57. your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waitin’ to pass a tractor on the highway.

58. your school classes were cancelled because of a hurricane.

59. your school classes were cancelled because of hunting season.

60. your school classes were cancelled because of a livestock show.

61. you’ve ridden the school bus for an hour...each way.

62. you know more about acc basketball than professional basketball.

63. you know the carolina league is the greatest baseball league in the country.

63. you know that "carolina" refers to unc-chapel hill, while "state" refers to nc state.

64. you think south carolina was dead weight well shed.

65. you know tea is served sweet unless you specifically ask for unsweetened.

66. you’ve ever had to switch from “heat" to “a/c" in the same day.

67. you think ethanol makes your truck run a lot better.

68. stores don’t have bags...they have sacks and are called piggly wigglys.

69. you see people wearing bib overalls at funerals.

70. you see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it, no matter what time of the year.

71. most of the festivals around the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, tobacco, or seafood: seafood festival (morehead), mullet festival (swansboro)...

72. priming was your first job...and you know what it means.

73. your idea of a really great tenderloin is when the meat is twice as big as the bun and comes with cole slaw on top.

74. you say catty-wampus, yunto, ill-ass and ah-ite.

75. you know the difference between a deer dog, a bear dog and a coon dog by the way they bark.

76. you put security lights on your house and your garage and leave both of them unlocked.

77. your four seasons are almost summer, summer, still summer, and highway construction.

78. you can tell if another north carolinian is from eastern or western north carolina as soon as he opens his mouth.

79. you can spell words such as ocracoke, fuquay-varina and chocowinity.

80. when asked how your trip to any foreign, exotic place was you say, “it was different."

81. hyde county is considered a foreign or exotic place.

82. in the piedmont, you see all the grown-ups go out and play in the snow.

83. schools and churches hold barbecue fundraisers with banana puddin’ as the dessert.

84. after church you either stay for the barbeque lunch or the pig pickin'.

85. you know that barbeque is a food, not an occasion, and it applies to pork, not hamburgers or hot dogs. you also know that the best of any version, whether chopped or pulled, vinegar or tomato, can be found somewhere in nc.

86. you know what a "pig pickin" is and you can't wait to go.

87. you consider being a “pork queen" an honor.

88. you carry jumper cables in your car.

89. you know what “cow tipping" is.

90. you've driven with "carolina hurricanes" flags on your car because we won the stanley cup!!

91. you dip.

92. you've seen one tree hill and/or dawson's creek being filmed in wilmington.

93. pop refers a lot of things, not including soda.

94. you learned all about the lost colony in 4th grade...(and you know where blackbeard's treasure really is ; )

95. you listen to beach music and you can shag.

96. you can pay the mechanic who worked on your truck with a quart of moonshine in return.

97. your school was declared a "tobacco free zone", but there are tobacco fields right outside.

98. you constantly see signs for tractor pulls and turkey shoots while driving through eastern nc.

99. you mash buttons and eat creamed potatoes.

100. you show this to some carolina friends ‘cuz ya know it’s true, darlin'!

[aurora rose eldrick]

^^
As a Carolina Girl, I agree with ALL of them.
<3

[brooklyn ava cauldwell]

_{you know you're from MONTANA when...}

- You get passed when you are driving seventy five
- You tell North Dakota jokes
- You can actually pronounce the City's name Glasgow (Glasgo) without calling it Glascow
- The gun show attracts more people than you thought lived in the whole state
- Towns have names like Big Sandy and Two Dot
- You've found dinosaur bones on your property when tilling
- Even biker bars play country music
- Gun Shows sell everything from pistols to grenade launchers
- You know the meaning of "amber waves of grain"
- Soda is called pop and you laugh at those who call it soda
- You carry two keys when you go shopping during the winter. One to leave the car running, and the other to unlock the door when you come out (Actually, in most places, we just don't lock our cars at all. xD)
- You know what sun dogs are.
- You've seen a purple sky with red clouds.
- The Northern Lights still amaze you
- The sun doesn't fully set until 11pm during the summer. However the moon has been up for hours
- You think nothing of an elk, buffalo, moose, or other wild life wandering through town
- While you welcome the city slickers during tourist season as it boosts the economy, you wish the movie stars hadn't moved to Hamilton and Missoula because they've driven up property taxes so high you can't afford to keep your outhouse nevertheless your house
- The wind is faster than your truck
- You hear the words "stream" or "brook" pronounced "crick"
- The elevation exceeds the population
- You've broken down on the highway and somebody stops to help you
- People drive 200 miles to shop in a real mall
- Your back yard smells like sagebrush or various animals
- A girls' basketball game fills the gym
- Democrats are like salmon, they are on the endangered species list
- You wave to someone on the freeway because you recognize the truck
- You talk about a combine and people don't wonder what you are putting together
- In the spring every tenth car you pass is a tractor
- You design your Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit
- You've taken your kids trick-or-treating in a blizzard
- You find -40F a little chilly
- You know 4 seasons - Winter, Still Winter, almost Winter and construction
- You know which county people are from based on their license plate.
- You carry a snow-scraper in your car all year, along with a hat and gloves, "just in case of snow"
- School has never been canceled because of cold or snow. What kind of crazy person invented that concept anyway? (when school actually does get canceled, it takes a scraper and a 4x4 with chains following it to get back home)
- You give people directions by telling them at which bar they need to turn, and if they've gone too far at which bar to turn around.
- If you travel for 13 hours and never leave the state or the time zone.

These are all totally true. : D

[gracelyn shae grammar]

Mar 13, 2011 11:10:50 GMT -10 aurora rose eldrick said:

^^
As a Carolina Girl, I agree with ALL of them.
<3

except the "i dip" one, 'cause that's just gross.