i was bored so i did the South Jersey checklist
You have referred to people as “yous guys”.
You drop the “F-bomb” and its variations very often, particularly while you are driving.
You will always say "YO", and you'll say it often.
You have pondered what area the Sopranos episode in the Pine Barrens was filmed.
“Going into town” means Philly but “going to the city” means New York.
You know all the cops by name in your town and those surrounding it.
If you refer to sprinkles as “jimmies” and like them better that way.
Your town doesn't have a stop light.
You know that mosquitoes come in several sizes.
You are tired of people not believing you’re from Jersey because you don't have a New York accent.
You know what a Benny is.
You know it’s called Great Adventure, not Six Flags.
You know Wawa is not just a store; it's a way of life!
You still find it hard to believe there are states where people pump their own gas
You have to mail your relocated friends TastyKakes
You know what scrapple is and eat it anyway.
You know the Statue of Liberty is really in NJ.
You have to turn right to turn left, and don’t mind at all because its completely natural.
You remember sitting outside at McDonald's.
You've been kicked out of a diner.
Your directions consist of more than one Wawa and diner as landmarks
You've seen 10 cop cars at a diner and thought nothing of it
You say "gimme" instead of give me, or "com' mer" instead of come here.
It's normal to see a Confederate Flag while driving.
You know where more diners are than McDonalds.
You think we should sell north "Joisey" to New York for $24.
You chat with the attendant from the local gas station and you even know his name.
You've gone skinny dipping too many times to count.
You've ever changed clothes or got dressed in the car.
You know that a "Yield" sign is merely a suggestion.
You know someone who graduated high school on the five year plan
You call your grandparents "MomMom" and "PopPop".
You know what Black Friday is.
You went to StoryBook Land as a kid.
You shook hands with Mr Peanut on the boardwalk.
Every time someone in Hollywood makes fun of Jersey, you're mad and proud at the same time.
You know Kool-Aid is called "Bug Juice".
You know yellow really means go faster because the light's about to change.
You leave your car unlocked hoping some one will steal it.
You actually know who has the right away in a circle.
Half of your high school goes to Burlington County College.
You know the difference between corn and horse corn.
Someone has called you a "Hick" and you correct them by saying "I'm a Piney, not a Hick".
Monica Melpass, Dave Thomas, Gary Papa, Lisa Thomas-Lori, and Marc Howard all sound familiar.
You only go to 7-11 for the slurpees.
You think Amish people are amazing and go to Columbus Farmers Market to see them.
Instead of saying "I used the ATM", you say "I tapped the MAC"
You’ve been to Wheaton Village.
You refer to it as Italian ice, not water ice.
The only things to do are the movies, bowling, the diner, or the shore.
You never "go to the beach", you go "down the shore".
You or someone u know has Lyme’s Disease.
You don't understand why there aren't more 24-hour diners elsewhere in the country.
You know what became of the 13th Leeds child, and claim to have seen him one time while peeing in the woods.
You know what a "shoe-bie" is and can pick one out at the beach.
You know that you should get the hell out of Camden before dark.
You can name all the flavors of salt water taffy.
Your car is covered with yellow-green dust from April until May.
You buy Shop-Rite brand food at Shop-Rite.
You can smell and know when it's low tide.
F-16s fly above your house at 150 feet.
You get excited when you see Chopper 6, and you can hum the Action News theme song.
You know that you don't put ketchup on boardwalk fries.
You know how to successfully handle a traffic circle.
You think the Olive Garden is a bunch of crap and should never have open restaurants in South Jersey.
You've hung out at a gravel pit.
You always went to the Franklin Institute when you were a kid.
You know what "cedar water" is.
Your middle school hangout was the mall
You know that ACME is a supermarket, not just a Warner Bros creation.
You had a sandbox.
Even your school made good Italian hoagies.
You've rented a house at the shore for a week every summer
You've lived through hurricanes, nor'easters and fires, but have never seen a tornado, earthquake or volcano.
You have mandatory recycling. Enforced by law.
You don't have to go to red lobster to get fresh seafood.
You've pondered, "Maybe basketball would be more popular in South Jersey if the 76ers and the Nets didn't blow."
You know that Rowan was Glassboro State and TCNJ was Trenton State.
You know New Years is all about the Mummers and the Polar Bear club.
You know what custard is in South Jersey.
Route 206 doesn't freak you out at night.
One time, a sea gull shit all over your head.
You have nearly been run over by a Tram Car in Wildwood or in the Great Adventure parking lot.
You once said, "It smells like Philadelphia in here."
You've waited for the goddamn drawbridge for more than ten minutes.
You even swam in the ocean after the hypodermic needle scare.
There's a fruit and vegetable stand down the road.
You don't take any shit from anybody especially people from New York and Philly, because you live here for Christ's sake and just who the hell do they think they are anyway? Invading our beaches and bars, they are just here for the damn summer and they think they own the damn place...
You know the myth of the New Jersey devil and you think it lives as Gov. Christie Todd Whitman.