You Know Your From.....When

[Madame Butterfly 0]

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You Know You're From Michigan When...

You define summer as three months of bad sledding.

 

You think Alkaline batteries were named for a Tiger outfielder. :lol:

 

You can identify an Ohio accent.

 

Your idea of a seven-course meal is a six pack and a bucket of smelt.

 

Owning a Japanese car is a hanging offense in your hometown.

 

You know how to play (and pronounce) Euchre.

 

The Big Mac is something that you drive across.

 

You believe that "down south" means Toledo.

 

You bake with soda and drink pop.

 

You drive 75 on the highway and you pass on the right. That's because all the yahoo's from Ohio are driving in the left lane because they feel free after leaving their home state!! :lol:

 

Your Little League baseball game was snowed out.

 

You learned how to drive a boat before you learned how to ride a bike.

 

You know how to pronounce "Mackinac". Mac IN AWWW

 

The word "thumb" has a geographical rather than an anatomical significance.

 

You have experienced frostbite and sunburn in the same week.

 

You expect Vernor's when you order ginger ale.

 

You know that Kalamazoo not only exists, but that it isn't far from Hell.

 

Your favorite holidays are Christmas, Thanksgiving, the opening of deer season and Devil's Night.

 

Your snowmobile, lawn mower and fishing boat all have big block Chevy engines.

 

At least one person in your family disowns you for the week of the Michigan/Michigan State football game.

 

You know what a millage is.

 

Traveling coast to coast means driving from Port Huron to Muskegon.

 

Half the change in your pocket is Canadian, eh.

 

You show people where you grew up by pointing to a spot on your left hand.

 

You know what a "Yooper" is. _I don't know this, is this new since I moved? :blink:

 

Your car rusts out before you need the brakes done

 

Half the people you know say they are from Detroit... yet you don't personally know anyone who actually lives in Detroit

 

"Up North" means north of Clare.

 

You know what a pastie is. So many good Cornish pasties back home. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.

 

You occasionally cheer "Go Lions- and take the Tigers with you."

 

Snow tires come standard on all your cars.

 

At least 25% of your relatives work for the auto industry.

 

You don't understand what the big deal about Chicago is. :lol:

 

Octopus and hockey go together as naturally as hot dogs and baseball.

 

You know more about chill factors and lake effect than you'd EVER like to know!

 

Your snowblower has more miles on it than your car.

 

Shoveling the driveway constitutes a great upper body workout.

 

When giving directions, you refer to "A Michigan Left."

 

You know when it has rained because of the smell of worms.

 

You never watch the Weather Channel - you can just assume they're wrong.

 

The snowmen you make in your front yard actually freeze. Solid.

 

The snow freezes so hard that you can actually walk across it and not break it or leave any marks.

 

All your shoes are called "tennis shoes", even though no one here plays tennis anyway.

 

Your major school field trip includes camping and cross-country skiing.

 

Half your friends have a perfect sledding hill right in their own backyard.

 

You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Michigan.

Edited April 14, 2005 by Madame Butterfly

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Wont put every thing down but from detroit area

Warren to be percise. and yes i know marshall aka Emaim. hung out at my sisters house at 8 1/2 mile. Did not like him then do not like him now. Was a ----- when he was young and still is.

 

Yooper is someone from the U P

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MB

Do the seduction quiz. its not dirty its kind of funny. i would post it but cant

you can put it in kronos.

[Madame Butterfly 0]

Wont put  every thing down  but from detroit area

Warren to be percise. and yes i know marshall aka Emaim. hung out at my sisters house at 8 1/2 mile. Did not like him then do not like him now. Was a ----- when he was young and still is.

 

Yooper is someone from the U P

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I guess I think of it as U-per. The other way had me thinking of Yoh-per.

 

Do you like the UP eh?

[A l t e r E g o 9]

I don't currently live in LA but it is where I'm "from".

 

You Know You're From LA When...

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You're driving on the 101 and see a clear cut definition of where the smog begins and ends

 

You go to a karaoke bar and battle with seven year old divas-in-training who are trying to steal your thunder

 

You're sitting in traffic for at least an hour at any given part of the day

 

You go to the beach and see that real lifeguards actually do look like the lifeguards from Baywatch

 

You see purple and gold and the word "Threepeat" on every corner

 

You begin to "lie" to your friends about where you are (i.e. "Yeah I'm like 20 minutes away") - when you know that it'll take you at least an hour to get there).

 

You eat a different ethnic food for every meal

 

You look around at the nice cars around you during traffic, thinking it'll be your favorite Laker or WB star.

 

You make a conscious choice to watch Jay Leno over David Letterman

 

You mourned for Tupac and not for Biggie

 

You know it's best not to be on the 405 at 4:05 pm.

 

Getting anywhere from point A to point B, no matter what the distance, takes about "twenty minutes".

 

You know what neighborhood someone lives in by the degree of damage incurred during the riots.

 

You've inadvertently learned Spanish.

 

You've got to bring the cat/plants in when it drops to 55 degrees.

 

In the "winter", you can go to the beach and ski at Big Bear on the same day.

 

You've bumped into a celebrity at El Pollo Loco.

 

You know what "sigalert", "PCH", and "the five" mean.

 

Your pizza delivery guy is also on contract with Warner Bros.

 

If your destination is more than 5 minutes away on foot, you're definitely driving.

 

You have a gym membership because it's mandatory.

 

Your TV show is interrupted by a police chase.

 

You can't fall asleep without the lull of a helicopter flying overhead.

 

When tourists ask where they can get souvenirs, you direct them to Venice Beach.

 

You know someone named Freedom, Rainbow, Persephone or Destiny.

 

You've trespassed through private property to get to the "Hollywood" sign.

 

You've partied in Tijuana at least once.

 

You know Hollywood has a "lake".

 

You don't stop at a STOP sign, you do a California Roll.

 

You've lost your car in the Century City Shopping Center parking lot.

 

You've ever bought oranges, flowers, cherries or peanuts on a freeway off-ramp.

 

You think that Venice is a beach.

 

You drive next to a Rolls Royce and don't notice.

 

You've started crossing a street and returned to the curb when the DON'T WALK sign started flashing.

 

You've never listened to NPR.

 

Calling your neighbors requires knowing their area code.

 

You have a favorite Thai restaurant.

 

You think Johnnny Rocket's is an accurate depiction of a diner.

 

You think Manhattan is a beach.

 

You eat pineapple on pizza.

 

You've been to Disneyland more times than Downtown.

 

When giving directions , you follow up with the phrase: "With/Without traffic."

 

You classify new people you meet by their Area Code. An "818" would never date a "562" and anyone from "323" or "213" is ghetto/second class. Best area code: "310."

 

Driving along, you see a high-speed police chase approaching in your rear view mirror. You don't panic or even flinch. Instead, you call your friends on your car phone and tell them you're on TV.

 

You know that if you drive two miles in any direction you will find a McDonald's or a Starbucks.

 

Your cell phone has left a permanant impression on the side of your head.

 

You never, ever go into the water at the Beach. You barely touch the sand.

 

Everyone you know has 3+ phone numbers. Home, Office, mobile, pager, two-way, voicemail.....

 

It is not unusual for your waitress at a restaurant to have blue streaked hair, a dragon tattoo and tounge piercing.

 

You are awakened in the middle of the night by a moderate earthquake. Your reply: "That ain't even a 5-pointer" and go back to sleep.

 

You think you are better than the people who live "Over the Hill". It don't matter which side of the hill you are currently residing, you are just better than them, for whatever reason.

 

You live 10 miles from work. It takes you 60 minutes to get home.

 

Walking out of Jamba Juice, you see that a movie is being shot on-location across the street.

 

You are not happy, or even slightly exited that there may be a movie star there. You just say, " They (I'm trying to misspell a badword but can't)in better not be blocking my parking space."

 

You have to yell at your bank teller through a 2 inch thick wall of plexi-glass.

 

That last one goes for your local convienience store man, too.

 

You go to Las Vegas for a weekend getaway and the whole trip cost you $50.

 

You personally know at least 5 people with agents.

 

You personally know at least 3 people who have been in a movie or TV show.

 

You know what In N Out is and feel bad for all the other states because they don't have any.

 

You know that not everyone in Beverly Hills is a millionaire.

 

You know who the tinsel underwear dude in Venice Beach is.

 

You've done something on a street corner in an attempt to get money (i.e. sang, tap danced, told jokes).

 

You've gotten parking tickets from parking in the red zone in front of your house.

 

You say you live in LA when really you live in a subsection of a subsection of a subsection of southern LA.

 

Any major movie star is picking out the best portobello mushrooms next to you at the grocers and you don't notice.

 

The guy at 8:30 in the morning at Starbucks wearing the baseball cap and sunglasses who looks like George Clooney IS George Clooney.

 

You really can never be too rich or too thin.

 

The gym is packed at 3pm...on a workday.

 

The workday starts at 10am...or whenever you get out of your therapy session.

 

Any invitation comes with, "Starts at 8pm or as soon as you can get through traffic."

 

You have never met a waiter that wasn't really an "Actor."

 

You never go to a coffee house without a copy of a script - any script.

 

It's sprinkling and there's a report on every news station about "STORM WATCH '99"

 

You call 911 and they put you on hold.

 

You have to leave the big company meeting early because Billy Blanks himself is teaching the 4:30 tae-bo class.

 

The three hour traffic jam you just sat through wasn't caused by a horrific 9 car pile-up, but by everyone slowing to rubberneck at a lost shoe lying on the shoulder.

 

A nurse can look at you in all seriousness and ask, "you don’t drink or smoke, right?"

 

All the "cool gyms" allow pedestrians on the street a full-view of those working out. Literally, you can’t drive by Wilshire without staring into L.A. Fitness. Perhaps a new form of window shopping?

 

The hot seasonal party favor is a candied apple from Neiman's. The apples are called "Skinny Dippers."

 

The waitress asks if you'd like "carbs" in your meal.

 

Bars card. For real.

 

You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Los Angeles.

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[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

 

You're more scared of the freaks who live down the street than gators

 

Your backyard is sometimes a swamp

 

You're officially sick of Disney

 

You shrug off hurricane warnings

 

You've been permanently blinded by fat men in speedos

 

There are only two seasons - hot and hotter

 

You've drank a flaming alligator.

 

You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Florida.

 

Yeah, the struck by lightning one... indirect strike: 1) hit a street sign about 15 feet away from them: that would be me. 2) hit indirectly while they were using a weed eater in their yard: my mom. 3) watched a couple cars get hit by lightning while they were on the highway.

 

I guess Floridians might not shrug off too many more hurricane warnings after last year's season.

 

Fat men in speedos... correction men in general wearing speedos... * gag, going to lose my lunch now* :blink:

 

ptthhh!!! :lol: I only own ONE pair of flip flops thank you. lol

 

When it rains, yeah it can get pretty swampy here. And my former high school?? Oh definately!

 

Not exactly sick of Disney, but it is not a push to go to any of the theme parks down in that area... save for maybe Wet & Wild or Wild Waters when it gets a little bit warmer.

 

Never drank a flaming aligator, but then again I do not drink alcohol...save for maybe a single sip of a wine on a very very very very rare occasion.

 

 

And where I was born.. and have been back to a few times.

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You Know You're From Miami When...

The police shoot you for pointing a "walkman" radio at anybody.

 

The police shoot you 27 times for putting your hand in a sock and waving it at everybody.

 

The police draw their weapons and shoot someone with a red dot laser pointing device, (even if it's not mounted atop a gun).

 

The police shoot you for pointing a water-pistol at them.

 

The police rear-end your car and give you a ticket for going too slow.

 

You rent a car and the first toll you pay is to the thief waiting around the corner.

 

You rent a car, ask someone for directions, then get mugged.

 

You rent a car, get on the expressway and get shot for passing somebody.

 

You exit the expressway downtown and someone forces you to pay them for cleaning your clean windshield.

 

You check into a Hotel, call room service and have someone answer, "Ju espeek Espanis"?

 

You ask someone for directions and they reply, "parlez vous frances" in Spanish.

 

You go downtown and buy a great camera for $99, then discover that you must pay at least another $1,000 for the rest of it.

 

You pay the extra $1,000 then get home and find a little sticker on the underside that reads "refurbished".

 

You hail a cab and ask to be taken to an American restaurant and the driver just stares at you.

 

You sail away on a starlight cruise and it rains all night.

 

You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Miami.

Edited April 14, 2005 by Yillara_Soong