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MuppetFan

Jessalyn2013 said:

So it seems that everywhere counts distant in minutes...

I need someone from Cali to comment on this. I got chewed out SO many times when I did this when I was living there.

egeurts

All right, Minnesota-isms:

The weather is 80% of conversation

Snow tires come standard on your car

You don't have to explain where "The Cities" are. 

People love how you say the "o" in words.

75% of your graduating class went to the U of M

You've frozen your tongue to a metal handrail before

You or someone in your family owns an ice house, snowmobile, and four-wheeler.

You've gone trick or treating in the snow.

Or better, you remember trick or treating in the blizzard of '91.

You have, or have access to, a cabin on a lake.

Your local DQ is closed for the winter.

You know where "Dinkytown" is.

When you talk about "Opener" you aren't talking about cans.

You have refused to buy something because it's too "spendy"

Your town has an equal number of bars and churches

Everyone you know has a city preference- Minneapolis or St Paul

You can tell at least one Ole and Lena joke

There are two seasons- winter and road construction

It's not casserole, it's hotdish.

40 degrees in the fall is "let's put on a sweatshirt" weather, but in the spring, it's "shorts and teeshirt" time.

You know when lefse and lutefisk are appropriate, and you've tried both, even though they're disgusting.

You know the "Farmer's wave" when driving

You've worn shorts and a parka simultaneously.

Vacation means going "up north"

You see people wearing camo to formal events

People drive tractors to prom

Driving is better in winter because potholes are filled with snow

You've heard of Eelpout

And you can pronounce Wayzata, Cloquet, Mahtomedi, Shakopee, and Edina 

avolker1

MuppetFan said:

Jessalyn2013 said:

So it seems that everywhere counts distant in minutes...

I need someone from Cali to comment on this. I got chewed out SO many times when I did this when I was living there.

I definitely consider distance in terms of minutes, and most people around here seem to do the same.  Maybe it's certain areas of CA.  Like I said earlier, the traffic in LA is so horrendous that you need to know how long it will take you to get somewhere, not how many miles it is.

Jessa617

@chipmunk415 you don't umbrellas but always remember to roll your car windows up! 10 minutes of rain left about 6 inches of water in my dad's car. Whoops!

ravenray

MuppetFan said:

Jessalyn2013 said:

So it seems that everywhere counts distant in minutes...

I need someone from Cali to comment on this. I got chewed out SO many times when I did this when I was living there.

I count distant in minutes and I'm from Norca.  I've never heard anyone count it in miles before unless you are on long road trips and you are watching the signs? Where were you in California before? 

Salsera29

kjhowd said:

krizzo17 said:

We don't call it "taylor ham" where I'm from, we call it "pork roll", but I know that's a big debate in Jersey (I think I usually associate taylor ham with North Jersey/the Shore)

Now that I live in Central PA, I'm fascinated with their use of the words "a while". It seems you can add them on to the end of any sentence. Particularly, if you go to a restaurant, without fail, the waitress will say "What can I get you to drink a while?"

Is that what she meant?  I love the stuff and bring boxes of it home with me every time I visit my mom.  Can't get it up here, though I have heard that you can mail order it from Taylor.

Funny you mention that...I grew up calling it pork roll, but when I moved to North Jersey and ordered a "pork roll, egg, and cheese" sandwich they didn't know what I was talking about! Now I'm conditioned to say "Taylor Ham," but that's really just a brand name

Peaseblossom55

Salsera29 said:

Yay I love this topic! This is off the top of my head from one's I've seen...

You know you're from Jersey when...

- You know what Taylor Ham is and can not imagine life without it

- You go "down the shore" not "to the beach"

- You have often eaten a hard roll with butter for breakfast

- You know the only people who call it "Joisey" are from New York

- You know how to successfully navigate a circle and what a "jughandle" is

- You don't think the question, "You're from Jersey? What exit are you!?!" is all that funny

- Every year you had at least one kid in your class named Tony

- You have never, ever pumped your own gas (side note, I have a mini panic attack when I have to do this. I do not know the procedure).

ha ha so true. I freaked out when I went to grad school in WV & had to learn how to pump gas.

Chipmunk415

You're from Florida if you think snowbirds and northern vacationers are idiots/psychotic for going in the ocean/gulf at Christmas.

 

 

2012FutureMrsB

AllieBear725 said:

Here's a Texas list:

1. You say y’all to address a group of people.

2. Every place you go yo can see people wearing people shirts or caps for Texas A&M or University of Texas.

3. Brewed iced tea is available at every restaurant. (even mc donalds)

4. You say Fixinto.

5. You know 4 seasons- Almost Summer, Summer, Still Summer and Christmas.

6. You measure distance in minutes.

7. You see more cops on horses than squad cars.

8. You get out of school when there is an inch of snow, or rain.

9. You know someone who has a belt buckle bigger than your fist.

10. You know everything tastes better with ranch dressing.

11. You go to a gas station and there is a sign that reads: No shoes, No shirt, No service.

12. You have known someone who attempted to fry an egg on the sidewalk.

13. You shop at H.E.B.

14. You have had to tell someone that you don’t ride a horse to school.

15. You know that you’re not supposed to pronounce the H in Humble.

16. You have ever burned your hand on a car door.

17. You use A/C 12 months a year.

18. You know a sunscreen formula less than 30 SPF is a joke.

19. You only eat Blue Bell Ice cream.

20. You have always wondered what it would be like to have a white Christmas.

21. You have been to Paris without leaving the state.

22. You choose a side between Dallas/Fortworth or Houston.

23. You know conversational Spanish without having taken a class.

24. Your family owns at least one pick up truck.

25. Pecan Pie.

26. The UT/A&M debate can decide a relationship.

27. You plan your life around a football schedule.

28. You know how to pronounce Kuykendahl.

29. Buc-ees.

30. Steak and potatoes is always an acceptable dinner.

31. All your plans stop when the rodeo comes to town.

32. “The stars at night are big and bright…” is followed by a chorus of everyone in the general vicinity.

33. The rodeo is just as important as the super bowl.

34. You know “Don’t mess with Texas” is an anti-littering campaign.

35. You remember the Alamo without having to be told.

36. You know where most cities are without checking a map.

37. Whataburger (just like you like it)

38. You know people who keep guns in their trucks at all times.

Oh my gosh! I can totally relate to a lot of these. I live in NM and it's very similar here. I laughed at #28. I have a coworker with that name. I moved here from FL 2 years ago and had never heard of it, but now I know how to pronounce it!

2012FutureMrsB

You know you're from New Mexico when . . . 

1. People from far away states ask if you need a passport to go there.

2. More than half the menu has Spanish names for the dishes and everybody knows what they mean, even if they don't speak Spanish.

3. It's common for people to respond with "Oh yes" instead of "yeah right".

4. There are restaurants where nobody speaks English.

5. Everyone has heard of the town Hatch b/c that's where all the good green chile comes from.

6. The high school rivalry football game (in Las Cruces) packs out the university stadium, but the university games aren't even half full.

7. You have more than one freezer in order to hold all your green chile.

8. Chile is NOT same as chili, not even close.

10. Your students' idea of a fun weekend is crossing the border into Mexico to visit their family.

11. Whenever you order enchiladas, you have to choose "red or green."

12. When every fast food restaurant (McD's, Arby's, Wendy's, Burger King, Subway, etc.) offers green chile and jalepenos as extras on your burger/sandwhich.

13. You know that the Rio Grande is not so "grande."

14. Posole/Menudo can be eaten for any meal, including breakfast (btw, these are soups made with red chile, homony, and sometimes beef).

BostonGIrl4732

Speaking of area codes, my home phone is 781.  My vacation home is 508.  My cell is 617.  And my work is 774.  Yup.

buddysmom80

danser55 said:

Salsera29 said:

Yay I love this topic! This is off the top of my head from one's I've seen...

You know you're from Jersey when...

- You know what Taylor Ham is and can not imagine life without it

- You go "down the shore" not "to the beach"

- You have often eaten a hard roll with butter for breakfast

- You know the only people who call it "Joisey" are from New York

- You know how to successfully navigate a circle and what a "jughandle" is

- You don't think the question, "You're from Jersey? What exit are you!?!" is all that funny

- Every year you had at least one kid in your class named Tony

- You have never, ever pumped your own gas (side note, I have a mini panic attack when I have to do this. I do not know the procedure).

ha ha so true. I freaked out when I went to grad school in WV & had to learn how to pump gas.

The town I grew up in must've been a halfway point or something between New Jersey and our touristy area because every time I would fill up on gas in the summer there was someone with New Jersey plates that would ask me for help pumping gas. Fwiw though every time I go to New Jersey I forget about this and get all crazed "don't pump my gas it'll cost me more!" when I do get gas there. Also the left hand ramps (jug handles?) confuse me to no end.

Vintagelove4

I'll add a few to the Colorado-isms:

- You drop the t in mountains and the second t in Thornton. Something I've noticed.

- You think Casa Bonita is the Disney Land of Mexican restaurants but only go there if you have out of town guests.

I'll add a few South Dakota ones too since I lived there a while:

- You have breakfast, dinner, and supper.
- It's cold when it's in the single digits.
- Every small town has at least one or more antique store.
- Everyone knows everything about everyone. (Yay small town gossip.)
- You get three feet of snow and you know school isn't going to be canceled.
- You go to the store in a blizzard just because you can
- It's hot when it's 100 degrees or more.
- You know at least four or five people who own a truck.
- You know each hunting and fishing season by heart.
- You know that Pierre is the capitol.
- You've swerved to avoid more deer then you can count.
- You know where Wall Drug is.
- You think the corn palace is a scam.
- You think a interstate with more then two curves in it an hour is crazy.
- Your used to passing semis on two lane highways.

That's all I can think of right now.

MuppetFan

@ravenray and @avolker1 I lived in Marin and Sonoma counties.

Hey That's another thing for New Hampshire - Counties really mean nothing to us unless you have to go to court. I think most people have no clue what county they are in. I only know the counties I have lived in and that's just because I brought property in them and had t
to know rules for using our loan in those area.

@ravenray, I love your CA post, I DO feel bad for people who don't have In & Out. When I was in Vegas, I made us rent a car one day to go to In & Out and everyone was disappointed with the food. I don't get it. It's so awesome.

I am pretty sure I picked up "for sure" living there.

MuppetFan

Who says landfill instead of dump?? I've never heard of it called a landfill except on paper. lol.

The rest of yours are foreign to me!

MuppetFan

Can anyone else on this board relate to this? or Do you have something from your state?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX7nQrCgALM


It's one of my favorite songs/videos of all times. I was living in NH when it came out and thought i was the coolest thing I've ever seen and had no one to share it with that also thought it was awesome.

And

MuppetFan

Can anyone else on this board relate to this? or Do you have something from your state?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX7nQrCgALM


It's one of my favorite songs/videos of all times. I was living in NH when it came out and thought i was the coolest thing I've ever seen and had no one to share it with that also thought it was awesome.

And
ETA: if anyone watches it, the line "I donr't know any hispanics and just one black guy" made me laugh a lot. Everyone here grows up with one black family in town. We are not at all ethnically diverse.

ravenray

@Muppetfan Thank you.  Ya I do too.  That is one of the things I will miss the most when we move  I remember my dad telling me about news reporters that were interviewing some soldiers in Iran and asking them what they wanted to eat when they got home.  They were from California so they said, In and Out Burger and the news guys had no idea what they were talking about.  I felt bad for the news reporters. 

It's weird that you lived in Marin and they didn't measure in time.  I don't understand that at all.  

I also agree with you, I've never said landfill, it's always been dump for me.  

MairePoppy

@MuppetFan - I love New Hampshire. When my kids were small, we used to take them to Santa's Village, Story Land and Six Gun City every summer. I can still see my boys crawling on their bellies through the sand, with their toy pistols drawn, during one of those shootouts with the 'bad guys.' I suppose they don't do that anymore.

My parents brought my brother and I to all those places, too, when we were kids. We never booked hotels ahead of time, just looked for places that had 'vacancy' signs hanging outside. I hope those places are still there if and when I have grandkids. 

edit - spelling

MuppetFan

I have NEVER been to Story Land, Santa's Village, or Six Gun City. Ever.

No one believes me, including my mother.I have an excellent memory. I know where I've been and I can also tell you about the time we planned to go but didn't because of rain. My mother swears that she brought me because she went with my cousin who's 10 years younger than me once and thinks that memory was with me. Nope. There are photos of her with my cousin, but none with me. A little strange, ma, with my otherwise heavily documented in photos and slides early life, dontcha think? 

Also, she remembers me in the Shoe for the old woman who lived in a shoe...but that was at Benson's (a zoo that hasn't existed in many years and also had an Old Woman/Shoe).

Canobie Lake, I did go there a lot. I won a free ticket at an expo. Ill probably see if my mom will go with me for kicks. Once you've been to like Six Flags, it is a little hard to go to your tiny local nothing place.

MuppetFan

Good, you same Jimmies too. That's how it should be.

After many previous unsuccessful attempts to bring Tasty Cake here, they are finally here to replace Hostess and Drakes products for the time being. I remember my ex bfs family stocking the heck up on them when they visited their family in Philly.

MuppetFan

They're different things!!

Tell him -  Jimmies:

:

2816 × 2112 - flickr.com

Sprinkles:

1124 × 1124 - thedecoratedcookie.com

For these I would accept sprinkles or rainbow Jimmies:

Anastasia517

I can't believe the number of people who say Dairy Queen is closed for the winter.  Everywhere I've lived in Canada it is open year round!

smalfrie19

Anastasia517 said:

I can't believe the number of people who say Dairy Queen is closed for the winter.  Everywhere I've lived in Canada it is open year round!

I like in WA State and so are mine! 

misshart00

I know this thread is pretty dead, but I wanted to say our tornado sirens just went off and H and I went outside. We saw at least 5 other neighbors out there.

TKzilla

No VA love in this thread, wtf?

You know you're from Hampton Roads if:

• You know that 64E actually runs west
• You can name all the spurs off of 64 (we have I-64, 164, 264, 464, 564, 664..."
• You can finish the words to the "Beach Ford" jingle
• You know at least one person who used to work at the Ford Plant
• You know that the "Tidewater Country Club" is not actually a country club, just as "Harvard on the James" is not actually a sister school of Harvard University (it's TCC, our local community college)
• You know that if the weatherman says the word "snow" on the news, all hell will break loose. There will be no bread, milk or beer on the shelf at Wal-mart and school will be closed, even if it DOESN'T actually snow. 
• You also know that when Jon Cash had on his snowflake tie, sh*t was about to go down and you were in for a good snow storm.
• You've been due for a major hurricane for most of your life, but you know that every time they give the voluntary evacuation orders, only the tourists leave.
• You can remember the names of hurricanes based on what you lost (i.e. with Isabel we lost power for ten days, with Floyd we lost water service for a week.)
• You can see another 7-11 from the 7-11 you're standing at.
• You know that Portsmouth Blvd. runs through Chesapeake, Chesapeake Ave. runs through Norfolk, and Virginia Beach Blvd runs through just about everywhere.
• You get sick and damn tired of seeing OBX stickers on cars with VA plates.
• Portsmouth is Ports-mith, not Ports-mouth. Norfolk is EITHER Nor-fuck or Nor-fick, but never Nor-folk. You may also substitute P-town for Portsmouth.
• You can name all seven cities of Hampton Roads and they're nicknames (Portsmouth - P-town, Newport News - Bad Newz, Chesapeake - Chesafreak, etc)
• You've been to the 17th Street Surf Shop. As in the real one. On 17th street.
• You know that the Neptune Festival is not just for Pagans.
• You've seen Missy Elliot, Pat Robertson, Pharrell and/or Timbaland in a grocery store or restaurant.
• You stopped looking up at or caring about the military jets flying over your building. You just talk a little louder on the phone.
• You've seen employees from the PETA headquarters walk down to the mall to get burgers and laughed to yourself.
• Finally: You can't get anywhere without going through a tunnel or over a bridge, and you can just about guarantee one of them will be backed up.

MuppetFan

the post that keeps on givin!

lisabeats

@muppetfan - wouldn't U-eys be illegal for crossing the yellow lines? Pretty sure that outside of Boston I wouldn't feel confident doing that in front of police. I know this feels like 14 weeks ago, but I just reread with the new post. It can be the new dead horse.

lyndsay782

So I'm edited mine specially for Northern Ca (and yes there is a big difference) and I also added some northern California mountain folk things since I grew up in the mountains.  

• Your monthly house payments exceed your monthly income.
  
• You don’t know anyone’s phone number unless you check your cell phone.
• You begin to “lie” to your friends about how close you are when you know damn well that it’ll take you at least an hour to get there (see below).
  
• Getting anywhere from point A to point B, no matter what the distance, takes about “twenty minutes.”
  
• You drive to your neighborhood block party. (I drive everywhere) 
• Gas is $1.00 per gallon more than anywhere else in the US
  
• 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 can’t remember … is pot illegal?
• It’s barely sprinkling rain outside, so you leave for work at least an hour early to avoid all the weather-related accidents.
• You eat a different ethnic food for every meal.
  
• If your destination is more than 5 minutes away on foot, you’re definitely driving.
  
• Calling your neighbors requires knowing their area code.
  
• You know what “In-’N-Out” is and feel bad for the other states that don’t have any.
  
• You don’t stop at a STOP sign, you do a California roll. (No cop, no stop)
• You go to a tanning salon before you go to the beach.
  
• Your have a permanent impression on the side of your head from your cell phone.
• You call 911 and they put you on hold.
• You know that if you drive two miles in any direction you will find a McDonald’s or a Starbucks. (seriously, the town next to mine of 20k has 5 Starbucks!  5!)
• It’s barely sprinkling rain and there’s a report on every news station: “STORM WATCH.”
  
• The Terminator was your governor.  THE GOVERNATOR!!!!! 
  
• You say "like" and "for sure" and "right on" and "dude" and "totally" and "peace out" and "chill" and "tight" and "bro" and "hella" and "hecka" and "stoked" and "fo sho" and you say them often 
• You know 65 mph really means 100.
• You can get fresh and REAL Mexican food 24 hours a day.
• 50% humidity is unreasonable 

Hill specific (to my town) things:

• Bay area people drive you crazy because they drive so slow on roads with turns.  It doesn't matter if it says 25, go 45
• When you see a cop you know something really bad has happened
• You know at least 10 pot dealers
• You know your neighbors have a meth lab or two
• There are no such thing as sidewalks
• No one slows down for Squirrels

• You can identify the white power gangs from across the street
• Everything worth going to is at least 20-30 minutes away, if not longer.
• Everyone who is under 25 can't wait to leave yet somehow must never do.
• You hate those idiot (mostly from the city) who drive 70 in the snow just because they have 4x4. And then silently chuckle when you see them stuck in a snowbank (After seeing that no one was hurt, and the car isn't damaged) 
• Going shooting is a common past time 

I'm gonna bold a few add on's and then add a few NorCal/Central Coast ones of my own...

If you live in the farmlands/outlying markets of the Bay Area/Central Coast

• You know that Hollister (my hometown) is really a farm town with no beach, and lots of cows. And get really annoyed when some blonde from another state then proceeds to act like you are lying...  (Yep, it's happened).
• You refuse to drink anything other than bottled water for fear of getting pregnant. 
• You know that if you don't want Starbucks or McDonalds that a Subway is right next door.  And around the corner. or four blocks away. 
• You mock new California residents when they are terrified in their first earthquakes, and then begin to reminisce about where you were in '89.
• You dress in layers, because the weather man is always wrong. Especially in spring.  
• You complain about the heat, then the rain two days later, then the heat again... you get the picture...  
• You know all the words to California Love by Dre/2pac.  Even if you don't listen to any other hip hop song. 
• You've disowned a family member when they cheered for the Raiders/Seahawks/Etc when the Niners started to finally comeback. 
• You then made up with said family member when they cheered for the Giants later that year.  
• You know the secret Jamba Juice/In & Out Menu's better than the new teenagers they hired. 
• You know that the real "bridge" isn't the Golden Gate, it's the Bay Bridge.  
• You have at least one crazy story involving a naked person of some kid running through San Francisco during a childhood day trip to San Francisco. 
• You know that Asian families own the shops that make the best donuts.     

MuppetFan

lisabeats said:

@muppetfan - wouldn't U-eys be illegal for crossing the yellow lines? Pretty sure that outside of Boston I wouldn't feel confident doing that in front of police. I know this feels like 14 weeks ago, but I just reread with the new post. It can be the new dead horse.

No, you do it at a point where you could legally turn left and instead turn around. No crossing of lines. It's not turning around anywhere you feel like it.