Jan 22, 2005 15:57
You Know You're From a Citrus County When...
-When there's nothing to do, you hang at the "Big Tent"
- The "radioactive beach" is a place you've been to and had a good time at
- You don't like Black Diamond, but you desperately want to have a friend who lives there
- Mike Hampton and Ted Williams are no big deal, but you'd crap yourself if you met Tim McGraw
- You know that even though Citrus and Lecanto hate each other, everyone shits on Crystal River
-you frequently post about citrus county on live journal, myspace, citruscountysucks.com, and yahoo.
-if you consider yourself a redneck because you wear Dixie Outfitters, regardless if you've even really ever seen a cow
-You leave the county to go shopping
-You've never actually seen a real alligator
-You get excited when large corporations enter the county. Furthermore, you are ecstatic at the thought of a new Lowe's or Wal-Mart.
-You would NEVER miss poker night with the boys...
-Drama and band are the only things your school excels at- despite what school you attend.
-You can accurately state which gas station in the county carries the best coffees.
-The only exciting topic of conversation is the new Spencer’s at the mall.
- You actually get excited when you pull onto 19 from 41 and see all the "city lights".
-When old people complain about the kids skating at the Winn-Dixie, yet vote against a new park or hangout.
-when a parking lot is known as a hangout.
-when you actually get excited about a NEW stop light.
-and last when people say that they can't wait to leave but spend their life living here and flipping burgers at the local Wendy's.
-Thrifting is practically a sport: and you think you're winning.
- You’ve been to Super Wal-Mart at least once at 2am
- You remember the day super Wal-Mart opened
- You remember the when the mall open the theaters and the long lines there were
- You know at least 3 people who work at the power plant
- your sick of new people always saying how much better it is on the outside (we know)
- When you know where the power lines, the CR power lines, the hill, the mud hole, highlands, and the cattails are and you’ve been there at least once
- you had and attended birthday parties at the roller barn
- you were excited when citrus was on MTV for their prank and ashamed that we've been made fun of twice on the daily show
- you’ve attended the citrus county fair and remember when it was midnight madness mot midnight magic
- You were forced to take an agriculture class in middle school
- Gabby’s seems like a nice restaurant to you
- Tampa is not far away and it’s perfectly acceptable to drive there for anything
-1/3 of your class is going to FSU, 1/3 is going to UF 1/6, USF, 1/6 out of state
- you know people and or have attended at least one class CFCC
- you can say spike's code of conduct speech along with him
- at least one of your friends works at a Publix
- Denny’s is a mighty fine place to be at 2 in the morning
- You've been to at least one hurricane day party
- You know the exact time your power was out during the hurricanes
- The parking place is where one goes to decided where they are going to go next
- were excited when Kmart annoced going bankrupted for he hope they might close the one in the mall
- driving around aimlessly is an ok waste of time
- the Spanish American store is worth a day of ISS if your caught leavening school
- You know at least three kids who dress like thugs and listen to country music
- You can drive around in Citrus Springs, and NOT get lost
- You consider Olive Garden genuine Italian culture
- Manatees just annoy you because the rest of the world thinks there so damn cool
- You've actually bought sunglasses from the creepy roadside stands
- You've dared someone to stand in Lucifer the Hippo's 'spray zone' at the wildlife park
- You understand the huge difference between BEVERLY Hills and CITRUS Hills
You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from a small town.