Stereotype the US states

[Krissy Phaserman 0]

I like Euchre, he's cool...Oh, you mean the card game, not the Milwaukee Brewer's Broadcaster?

[pittykitty 0]

You Know You’re In Kansas When .....

 

 

You know the meaning of Rock Chalk Jayhawk.

 

Your closest neighbor is more than a mile away, and you can still see him from your front porch.

 

Except in Johnson County, a Mercedes Benz is not a status symbol. A Ford F150 4x4 is.

 

Traffic congestion is ten cars waiting to pass a combine on the highway.

 

A shotgun is your idea of instant messaging.

 

The radio buttons on a new car are all preset to country.

 

You've had classes canceled for heat and snow in the same month.

 

You support the Chiefs through thick and thin.

 

No one would dream of putting vinyl upholstery in a car or not having air conditioning.

 

You know that Mt. Oread is really only just a hill.

 

You have seen people wear bib overalls to funerals and weddings.

 

You eat hot chilies to cool your mouth off.

 

You've never met any celebrities. (Bob Dole isn't a celebrity, he's your neighbor.)

 

You can say 110 degrees without fainting.

 

You know in your heart that K-State can beat Oklahoma in football.

 

Hot water now comes out of both taps.

 

Going on vacation means going to Hutch to the fair, Abilene to Ike's house or Boot Hill to see Miss Kitty.

 

Your excuse for being late is the cows got out, and the boss accepts it MANY times

 

Your main drag in town is two blocks long.

 

Over 50% of your wardrobe is purple.

 

You've been hit by enough tornados to know there is no such thing as Oz

 

You can properly pronounce Salina, Basehor, Schoenchen, Kechi, Olathe, Chautauqua and Osawatomie.

 

You've been to see Santa at the the North Pole in Colorado Springs more than once.

 

You learned how to shoot a gun before you learned how to multiply.

 

You learn that a seat belt makes a pretty good branding iron.

 

What in the world is a vegetarian special? We don't even know what that is much less serve it at the local diner.

 

The temperature drops below 95, you feel a bit chilly.

 

You're ready to shoot the next person who asks about Toto or Dorothy

 

You have to travel 20 miles just to go to the nearest mall

 

The potatoes cook underground, and all you have to do to have lunch is to pull one out and add butter, salt and pepper.

 

The terms Sooners, Huskers and Missouri Tigers cause the hairs on the back of your neck to stand up straight and your blood pressure to rise.

 

You are not surprised to find movie rentals, ammunition and bait all in the same store.

 

You prefer the Little Apple over the Big Apple as a place to live.

 

You had at least one summer job that was bucking bails or custom cutting.

 

You understand the difference between 3.2 and 6 point, and more than once you've made a beer run to another state.

 

You really do think Sunflowers are beautiful.

 

You went to skating parties as a kid.

 

You'll pay for your kids to go to college...unless they want to go to OU or NU.

 

Your earliest driving lessons were in a field while picking up hay.

 

You wave to all the oncoming traffic.

 

You know that cow pies aren’t made of beef.

 

There’s a tornado warning and the whole town is outside looking for it.

 

Those strange lights you see at night is a farmer working late in the field – not a UFO.

 

You don’t buy all your vegetables at the grocery store.

 

You go to Wal-Mart to shop.

 

Using the elevator involves a corn truck.

 

The number of the Co-op is on speed dial.

 

You no longer associate bridges (or rivers) with water.

 

You can make instant sun tea.

 

You discover that in July, it takes only two fingers to drive your car.

 

You discover that you can get a sunburn through your car window.

 

Down south means Oklahoma.

 

It's noon in July, kids are on summer vacation, and not one person is out on the streets.

 

You actually burn your hand opening the car door.

 

You know everything goes better with Ranch.

 

You know the real way to pronounce the name of Clintons state and the river... arKANSAS.

 

You break a sweat the instant you step outside at 7:30 a.m. before work.

 

You realize that asphalt has a liquid state.

 

Your biggest bicycle wreck fear is, "What if I get knocked out and end up lying on the pavement and cook to death?"

 

The only tourists you see are on the way to Colorado.

 

You complain that you can not see Scott City...And you are in Dighton!

 

You instantly know someone is from Johnson County when they call everything west of Topeka... Western Kansas.

 

It's a bottle or a can of pop here. Soda is something you bake a cake with.

 

You think the opening day of pheasant season is a national holiday.

 

The popcorn growing in the field is already popped.

 

 

I found all of these at this site kansas facts

[Yillara Skye 1]

You can Live in California where...

3. You know how to eat an artichoke.

:P

 

You can Live in New York City where...

1. You say "the city" and expect everyone to know you mean Manhattan.

:biggrin: LOL, lived in NY for about 2 years(well only remember little bits since I was a toddler there) and my sister was born in Manhattan.

 

You can Live in the Deep South where...

5. Everyone has 2 first names: Billy Bob, Jimmy Bob, Mary Sue, Betty Jean, MARY BETH, etc.

ROFL, oh boy do I know this one. When I was an infant and my parents would introduce me, people thought my first & middle name was just my first name. And still to this day I will often just continue to hyphenate my names especially if there is more than one person who shares my first name (like at dance class for instance, and it was incredibly common in gymnastics).

 

 

AND You can live in Florida where..

 

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. And a superb plastic surgeon.

4. Road construction never ends anywhere in the state.

5. Cars in front of you are often driven by headless people.

6. The 4 seasons are: tolerable, hot, really hot, and snowbirds.

1) LOL, in my family's case it dinner is at ???? PM/AM (depends on where everybody is)

2) Yeah, I guess that is if we EVER remember where we misplaced the coupons

3)mmmmm, no. But I have heard people doing that. Best I can do is an excellent pain mgmt Dr, Orthopedist, gastrointestinal surgeon, and emergency dentist. Oh, and a cousin of mine is married to a General practice Dr.

4) Oh, Lord isn't THAT one the truth!!

5) I am NOT that short!! ohh... :blush 2: you were talking about the little seniors in their big cars, weren't you...heehee.

6.) Yeah those seasons would work. But then there is that season that crosses a couple others (not hurricane season in this case), Tourist Hunting Season.

 

 

oooohhh, speaking of that last one to keep my post on topic.

 

FLORIDA: Remember FL citizens, register early to get your Tourist Hunting License as supply runs out FAST! HURRY! HURRY! HURRY!

Edited July 3, 2006 by Yillara_Skye

[He Who Shall Not Be Named 2]

You can Live in California where...

 

1. You make over $250,000 and you still can't afford to buy a house.

2. The fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway.

3. You know how to eat an artichoke.

4. You drive your rented Mercedes to your neighborhood block party.

5. 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.

 

6. You are tired of explaining how H 280 N goes West and H 680 N goes East even though it is the same stretch of road

[gul_nodrog 2]

You can live in Kentucky if you know how to:

 

1.) Hold a fifth of bourbon or a can of beer while dancin'

 

2.) Kick your shoes off before you go outside to work in the yard

 

3.) Plant shrubs around your old-timey big satellite dish so it won't spoil the feng shui in your front yard

 

4.) Explain the connection between the Baptists and the bootleggers in the dry part of the state

 

5.) Explain to someone not from Kentucky that Bourbon County is "dry" and Christian County is "wet."

 

6.) Use your food stamps to buy a loaf of bread and use the change to buy a carton of cigarettes

 

and

 

7.) Accept the fact that no matter what part of the state you live in, be it a trailer in Hazard or a palace in Louisville, Lexington, or Northern Kentucky, people who are not from here still think you are a barefooted hillbilly with a couch on your porch.

[Yillara Skye 1]

You know you're from Florida when:

 

You own at least five pairs of flip flops

 

You know someone who's been struck by lightning (Yep. I am one who has been hit indirectly at least twice, my mom is another person with multiple hits indirectly, my sister got mildly indirectly hit once. And there are a few other people I know)

 

You're more scared of the freaks who live down the street than gators (YES!! )

 

Your backyard is sometimes a swamp (Especially this one section of the yard)

 

You're officially sick of Disney (LOL, have not been there in years!)

 

You shrug off hurricane warnings (YES! Matter of fact, I head to the beach to check out the clouds & waves. And will take pictures as the storm comes in)

 

You've been permanently blinded by fat men in speedos (Blarrggg, This is the truth, ICK!)

 

You've drank a flaming alligator.

[Odie 0]

You've been permanently blinded by fat men in speedos (Blarrggg, This is the truth, ICK!)

 

I am surprise you live after that experence!

Edited July 4, 2006 by Odie

[youbroughtheryouRiker 2]

Just thought of one....

 

You know you're from Michigan when you say "Just hop on 69 and go south" with a straight face.

[mj 7]

Delaware

 

You're from Dela Where?

 

(Sorry, but many folks have just never met anyone from Deleware, nor visited there)

 

Does this count? I have met someone who lived in Delaware during the 1990's and was told that he just recently moved.

 

This guy moved from my current state to Delaware, but was orginally from West Africa.

 

 

You can Live in California where...

 

 

5. 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.

 

So true! After living in California for eight years, I had to learn to return to talking about real distance when I moved here.

 

But the real adjustment was to stop crossing the street by what I and my other midewestern- and southeastern- born friends called 'California style', because in the part of the Bay Area where we lived, the pedestrian had right of way. We learned to just step out into the street, and have all the cars stop. Cannot do that in my city of birth without being splattered all over the roadway by a bewildered driver who later would be forced to tell the police "he/she just stepped out in front of my car!!'

 

You can Live in the Deep South where...

 

1. You can rent a movie and buy bait in the same store.

2. "y'all" is singular and "all y'all" is plural.

3. "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 left out the big one.

6. You have to have a minimum speed on the interstates.

The southerner in his/her 4X4 drives at whatever speed he/she likes on a city street, and would do the same on the interstate without minimum speeds posted.

 

 

You can live in the Midwest where...

 

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?"

 

Oh so true!!!

 

Hoosiers = basketball. ( Remember the movie 'Hoosiers.' The movie was named 'Hoosiers', but it was ABOUT basketball!)

 

Indiana basketball > Kentucky basketball.

[Yillara Skye 1]

You've been permanently blinded by fat men in speedos (Blarrggg, This is the truth, ICK!)

 

I am surprise you live after that experence!

Amazingly you can... just you're totally nauseous for about a week afterward.

Edited July 9, 2006 by Yillara_Skye

[Jim Phaserman 0]

1. If you can drive down the road and see a Packers' vanity plate and a Bears Vanity Plate...

 

2. If you root for (circle one: Brewers/Cubs/Sox) and think the other two are minor-league teams...

 

3. If you know what the Chedderline or Cheese Curtain is....

 

4. If you know what a FIB is...

 

5. If the bowling alley or bar has both a Packers and a Bears flag and or neon sign in the window...

 

You might live near the Illinois/Wisconsin border

[athena28 2]

 

You can Live in New York City where...

1. You say "the city" and expect everyone to know you mean Manhattan.

 

Well, doesn't everyone?!? LOL

Edited November 13, 2006 by athena28