Where Do You Live?

pilotjww

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You live in Arizona when...
1. You are willing to park 3 blocks away because you found shade.
2. You can open and drive your car without touching the car door or the steering wheel.
3. You've experienced condensation on your butt from the hot water in the toilet bowl.
4. You would give anything to be able to splash cold water on your face.
5. You can attend any function wearing shorts and a tank top.
6. "Dress Code" is meaningless at high schools and universities. Picture lingerie ads.
7. You can drive for 4 hours in one direction and never leave town.
8. You have over 100 recipes for Mexican food.
9. The 4 seasons are: tolerable, hot, really hot, and ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!!
10. You know that "dry heat" is comparable to what hits you in the face when you open your oven door.


You Live in California when...
1. You make over $250,000 and you still can't afford to buy a house.
2 The high school quarterback calls a time-out to answer his cell phone.
3. The fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway.
4. You know how to eat an artichoke.
5. You drive your rented Mercedes to your neighborhood block party.
6. When someone asks you how far something is, you tell them how long it will take to get there rather than how many miles away it is.

You Live in New York City when...
1. You say "the city" and expect everyone to know you mean Manhattan.
2... You have never been to the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building.
3. You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus Circle to Battery Park, but can't find Wisconsin on a map.
4. You think Central Park is "nature,"
5. You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you multi-lingual.
6. You've worn out a car horn.
7. You think eye contact is an act of aggression.

You Live in Maine when...
1. You only have four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup, and Tabasco.
2. Halloween costumes fit over parkas.
3. You have more than one recipe for moose.
4. Sexy lingerie is anything flannel with less than eight buttons.
5. The four seasons are: winter, still winter, almost winter, and construction.

You Live in the Deep South when...
1. You can rent a movie and buy bait in the same store.
2."ya'll" is singular and "all ya'll" is plural.
3. After five years you still hear, "You ain't from 'round here, are Ya?"
4. "He needed killin' " is a valid defense.
5. Everyone has 2 first names: Billy Bob, Jimmy Bob, Mary Sue, Betty Jean, MARY BETH, etc.

You live in Colorado when...
1. You carry your $3,000 mountain bike atop your $500 car.
2... You tell your husband to pick up Granola on his way home and he stops at the day care center.
3. A pass does not involve a football or dating.
4... The top of your head is bald, but you still have a pony tail.

You live in the Midwest when...
1. You've never met any celebrities, but the mayor knows your name.
2. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor.
3. You have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day.
4. You end sentences with a preposition: "Where's my coat at?"
5. When asked how your trip was to any exotic place, you say, "It was different!"

You live in Florida when....
1. You eat dinner at 3:15 in the afternoon.
2. All purchases include a coupon of some kind -- even houses and cars.
3. Everyone can recommend an excellent dermatologist.
4. Road construction never ends anywhere in the state.
5. Cars in front of you are often driven by headless people.
 
HEHE thats funny. I fit all of the deep south ones except the two name things...

Do two initials as a name count???
 
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You Live in the Deep South when...
1. You can rent a movie and buy bait in the same store.
2."ya'll" is singular and "all ya'll" is plural.
3. After five years you still hear, "You ain't from 'round here, are Ya?"
4. "He needed killin' " is a valid defense.
5. Everyone has 2 first names: Billy Bob, Jimmy Bob, Mary Sue, Betty Jean, MARY BETH, etc.


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Yup.

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You live in Florida when....
1. You eat dinner at 3:15 in the afternoon.
2. All purchases include a coupon of some kind -- even houses and cars.
3. Everyone can recommend an excellent dermatologist.
4. Road construction never ends anywhere in the state.
5. Cars in front of you are often driven by headless people.

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Double yup.
 
You know you're from Michigan when...

1.You've been kicked out of Red Wings game for throwing squid on the ice.
2."Vacation" means going to Cedar Point.
3.At least 1 member of your family disowns you the week of the Michigan/Michigan State game.
4.Half the change in your pocket is Canadian.....eh!
5.You drive 86 mph on the highway and pass on the right.
6.Your idea of a traffic jam is 40 cars waiting to pass a snow plow.
7.You know how to play (and pronounce) Euchre.
8.It's easy to get VERNORS Ginger Ale, Sanders Hot Fudge sauce, AND Faygo Pop.
9.You know how to pronounce "Mackinac."
10.You've had to switch on the "heat" and the "A/C" in the same day.
11.You bake with SODA and drink a POP.
12.The movie "Escanaba in Da Moonlight" wasn't funny. You consider it a documentary.
13.Your little league game was snowed out.
14.The word "thumb" has geographical, rather than anatomical significance.
15.You show people where you grew up by pointing to a spot on your left hand.
16. Traveling coast-to-coast means driving from Port Huron to Muskegon.
17.You measure distance in minutes.
18.When giving directions, you refer to "A Michigan Left."
19.You know that Kalamazoo not only exists, but isn't that far from Hell.
20.Your year has 2 seasons: Winter and Humid.
21.Home Depot on any Saturday is busier than toy stores at Christmas.
22.You know when it has rained because of the smell of worms.
23.Owning a Japanese car was a hangin' offense in your hometown.
24.You believe that "down south" means Toledo.
25. Not only do you know what Ryba's Fudge is, but you've been in the shop.
26. You own a petosky stone.
27. When driving during dusk and dawn you spend more time looking for deer on the road shoulders than cars in the lanes.
28. When some one tells you they hit a deer, you're first question is, "Buck or doe?" If they say 'buck', the next question is "How many points?"
29. You've hit a deer with your car on purpose because you haven't had venison for three weeks and deer season is still six months away.
30. You have two masters degrees and a PhD, but you work in a sportshop and plow driveways in a tiny town just so you can live close to your favorite trout stream.


Ahh, how I miss home . . .
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I've gotta add another one to the Michigan one:

You go to school in Kalamazoo, and are dating a girl that is going to school in Ypsilanti (and know how to pronounce Ypsilanti!).

Fun times let me tell you what.

Cheers


John Herreshoff
 
Great post PhotoPilot!! Are you originally from MI? I'm from Sterling Heights originally! Almost every single one of those was right on....except the deer ones.
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Gave me a good little laugh!
 
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I've gotta add another one to the Michigan one:

You go to school in Kalamazoo, and are dating a girl that is going to school in Ypsilanti (and know how to pronounce Ypsilanti!).

Fun times let me tell you what.

Cheers


John Herreshoff

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Double points if you can pronounce it because you live there....*shudder*....Long Live Yipsitucky!!!
 
LOL those were all right on! I was doing about 86 for part of the way home today...and then got stuck behind a stupid semi
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and construction
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The deer ones not so much, except for looking for them on the side of the road...I saw like 4 (dead) on the way home from John's this morning. Oh, and I'd like to clarify, the girl from Ypsi was his ex, I actually am in Ann Arbor
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You live in California when:

6. When someone asks you how far something is, you tell them how long it will take to get there rather than how many miles away it is.


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Ohhhhh yes.

"How far's the store?"

"Oh, only about 10 minutes away"
 
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You know you're from Michigan when...

1.You've been kicked out of Red Wings game for throwing squid on the ice.
2."Vacation" means going to Cedar Point.
3.At least 1 member of your family disowns you the week of the Michigan/Michigan State game.
4.Half the change in your pocket is Canadian.....eh!
5.You drive 86 mph on the highway and pass on the right.
6.Your idea of a traffic jam is 40 cars waiting to pass a snow plow.
7.You know how to play (and pronounce) Euchre.
8.It's easy to get VERNORS Ginger Ale, Sanders Hot Fudge sauce, AND Faygo Pop.
9.You know how to pronounce "Mackinac."
10.You've had to switch on the "heat" and the "A/C" in the same day.
11.You bake with SODA and drink a POP.
12.The movie "Escanaba in Da Moonlight" wasn't funny. You consider it a documentary.
13.Your little league game was snowed out.
14.The word "thumb" has geographical, rather than anatomical significance.
15.You show people where you grew up by pointing to a spot on your left hand.
16. Traveling coast-to-coast means driving from Port Huron to Muskegon.
17.You measure distance in minutes.
18.When giving directions, you refer to "A Michigan Left."
19.You know that Kalamazoo not only exists, but isn't that far from Hell.
20.Your year has 2 seasons: Winter and Humid.
21.Home Depot on any Saturday is busier than toy stores at Christmas.
22.You know when it has rained because of the smell of worms.
23.Owning a Japanese car was a hangin' offense in your hometown.
24.You believe that "down south" means Toledo.
25. Not only do you know what Ryba's Fudge is, but you've been in the shop.
26. You own a petosky stone.
27. When driving during dusk and dawn you spend more time looking for deer on the road shoulders than cars in the lanes.
28. When some one tells you they hit a deer, you're first question is, "Buck or doe?" If they say 'buck', the next question is "How many points?"
29. You've hit a deer with your car on purpose because you haven't had venison for three weeks and deer season is still six months away.
30. You have two masters degrees and a PhD, but you work in a sportshop and plow driveways in a tiny town just so you can live close to your favorite trout stream.


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Yeah so all of those are right on. Got married on MA-KIN-AW. I can't stand it when people say soda. I would also add that "you know what a yooper is". I never realized till I was older how much different Michigan culture is from other parts of the country. I thought everyone played Euchere (YOO-KER) at family functions. And I thought everyone went "up north" on vacations.
 
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You live in California when:

6. When someone asks you how far something is, you tell them how long it will take to get there rather than how many miles away it is.


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Ohhhhh yes.

"How far's the store?"

"Oh, only about 10 minutes away"

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They do that in the Plains states too. "So, how far is Sioux Falls from here?" "Oh, about 50 minutes South on the Interstate?"

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I got something to add to the New York part;

You know you're from New York City/Long Island when you've been asked at least once by and out of towner; "do you have a gun or knife?"

I swear this has happened, not to me but people I know have had this question asked. People not from NY think that we're all just a bunch of IROC Camaro driving thugs. (i apologize to camaro owners, I have nothing against camaros they are awesome cars)
 
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7.You know how to play (and pronounce) Euchre.

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God I miss that game. I think people in Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana are the only ones that know how to play it, or for that matter have even heard of it. I ask people up here, and you should see some of the looks I get.
 
The baking w/ soda and drinking pop applies to Colorado too. I've been in CA almost a year now and just can't get used to calling it soda. I've gotten a lot of strange looks when I ask people if they want anything from the pop machine. Sometimes they even get defensive.
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Soda (sodi is somewhat acceptable) = soft drinks.
Pop = someone's father.

Deal with it.
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And once again, the Mid-Atlantic is left out . . . no respect I tell ya . . . and by the way, we drink SODA
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You know you're from Delaware when:

1. It only takes 2 hours to drive from the top of the state to the bottom
2. It only takes anywhere from 15-35 minutes to cover the state from east to west
3. People recognize your state, not for being the first state, or the second smallest, or home of the I-AA NCAA football champs . . . but for Rehoboth Beach and it's abundant gay population.
4. You purchase a double cheeseburger from the Dollar Menu at McDonald's, and all you need to pay is a $1 bill -- YAY TAX FREE SHOPPING!
5. You don't need county stickers on your car because you already have a 33% chance of guessing what county a person if from
6. You actually have to get your car inspected at the DMV
7. Twice a year those of us from/in Dover know not to dare leave our house because NASCAR paralyzes the city (not that I'm complaining--all that revenue helps keep DE tax free)
 
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