You Know I'm From Massachusetts...
1. Go to Google (or Yahoo) and type, "You know you're from (your state) when...."
2. Cut and paste the list.
3. Bold the items that apply to you.
* You know what a pocketbook is
* You call them what they really are “sneakers” (not “tennies”)
* You think if someone is nice to you they either want something or they are from out of town
* The public transportation system is known as the "T" and you'd rather drive in bumper to bumper traffic for 4 hours to get to Boston than be caught dead on the "Orange Line"
* You could own a small town in Iowa for the cost of your house
* There are 24 Dunkin Donuts shops within 15 minutes of your house and that is how you give directions
* If you stay on the same road long enough it eventually has three different names
* 53 degrees is "on the warm side"
* You've walked to Brigham's for an ice cream cone "to go" in the snow
* You cringe every time you hear some actor/actress imitate the "Boston Accent" on TV (except DiCaprio. He does a decent job)
* You call chocolate sprinkles "jimmies"
* A water fountain is called a bubbler. Say it "bubbla".
* You can go from one side of town to the other in less than fifteen minutes
* You know how to pronounce towns like Worcester, Eastham, Chatham, Haverhill, Peabody, Scituate, and Leominster
* You know what they sell at a "packie"
* You keep an ice scraper in your car all year round
* Paranoia sets in when you can't see a Dunkin Donuts, ATM or CVS
* You've pulled out of a side street and used your car to block oncoming traffic so you can make a left
* You've bragged about saving money at The Christmas Tree Shop
* You know what a "regular coffee" is!
* You can navigate a rotary without a problem
* You use the words "wicked" "pissa" and "good" in the same sentence
* You know what a frappe is
* Saint Patrick's Day is your second favorite holiday
* You drink tonic and would never consider using it on your hair
* You never say "Cape Cod" you say "The Cape"
* 5You went to Old Sturbridge Village and Plymouth Plantation at least once, in elementary school, but never to Bunka Hill
* You know the Mass Pike and 495 create some sort of strange weather dividing line
2. Cut and paste the list.
3. Bold the items that apply to you.
* You know what a pocketbook is
* You call them what they really are “sneakers” (not “tennies”)
* You think if someone is nice to you they either want something or they are from out of town
* The public transportation system is known as the "T" and you'd rather drive in bumper to bumper traffic for 4 hours to get to Boston than be caught dead on the "Orange Line"
* You could own a small town in Iowa for the cost of your house
* There are 24 Dunkin Donuts shops within 15 minutes of your house and that is how you give directions
* If you stay on the same road long enough it eventually has three different names
* 53 degrees is "on the warm side"
* You've walked to Brigham's for an ice cream cone "to go" in the snow
* You cringe every time you hear some actor/actress imitate the "Boston Accent" on TV (except DiCaprio. He does a decent job)
* You call chocolate sprinkles "jimmies"
* A water fountain is called a bubbler. Say it "bubbla".
* You can go from one side of town to the other in less than fifteen minutes
* You know how to pronounce towns like Worcester, Eastham, Chatham, Haverhill, Peabody, Scituate, and Leominster
* You know what they sell at a "packie"
* You keep an ice scraper in your car all year round
* Paranoia sets in when you can't see a Dunkin Donuts, ATM or CVS
* You've pulled out of a side street and used your car to block oncoming traffic so you can make a left
* You've bragged about saving money at The Christmas Tree Shop
* You know what a "regular coffee" is!
* You can navigate a rotary without a problem
* You use the words "wicked" "pissa" and "good" in the same sentence
* You know what a frappe is
* Saint Patrick's Day is your second favorite holiday
* You drink tonic and would never consider using it on your hair
* You never say "Cape Cod" you say "The Cape"
* 5You went to Old Sturbridge Village and Plymouth Plantation at least once, in elementary school, but never to Bunka Hill
* You know the Mass Pike and 495 create some sort of strange weather dividing line