you know you're from DC when...
dude. this is so cool. my favorite ones are bolded. i cannot wait until i move to DC! i really feel like DC is where i belong.
you know you're from washington, dc when...
You say you're from DC, but you actually live in VA or MD but are too tired to explain where.
You don't consider exploding man hole covers to be an unusual occurrence.
You know where the Pentagon really is but never bother to correct anyone about its location.
When it takes you 45 minutes to drive 3 miles on I-66, 95, 395, 495, 50, 123, 29, or 270, it's a pretty good day.
There are at least fifteen ways to get everywhere and you know which way to go based on the weather, time of day, current political climate, terrorism road closures, and whether you are coming or going.
You pay more money in parking tickets in a year than you do in medical bills, college costs and rent combined.
You know that driving through Georgetown, you will hear the music of the car next to you louder than you can hear your own.
"I got stuck behind a motorcade" is a common and real excuse for being late.
Hopefully I will have my own motorcade one day!
"Finding a parking space" actually becomes an appointment on your calendar. (E.g.. 7:00-8:00 Gym, 8:30-9:00PM - find a parking space, 9:00-10:30PM - Dinner reservations.)
You've never once been to Wal-Mart and don't even know if there is one.
Hell yeah, bitches! Down with Wal Mart!
When you say you're going to the mall and you don't mean shopping.
You never refer to the 'Metro' as the 'subway'.
"The Subway" is for yankees from New York!
You elbow tourists out of the way on the Metro escalators to "gently" emind them to WALK LEFT, STAND RIGHT.
HELL YES! Biggest pet peeve ever, especially on weekends
Going to work early means being there by 9:00AM.
You don't bat an eye at 500 politicians and businessmen in suits running like their lives depended on it just to catch a Metro that will be followed by another in 90 seconds.
Dude, I can't wait to be one of those people! It's so much fun!
You call it Targét, not Target, and are well aware that the one in Alexandria is just a "tad different".
When Washington National Airport is and will always be "WASHINGTON NATIONAL", not "Reagan National".
You can tell by people's cars where they live and maybe even what neighborhood.
You've claimed that there's nothing to do on a weekend night even when you have the entire nation's capitol to explore.
You have the Metro map memorized, yet act like you don't know when someone asks you how to get to Metro Center.
I totally know how to get to Metro Center! But getting there depends on where you are... in a nutshell, you can get there from anywhere but the yellow line or green line.
You meet someone else who says they're from the DC area and you realize they live two hours away from you.
You notice that there's been construction on the same stretch of highway for the past 5 years and you've never see anyone working on it.
You know you've crossed into Northern Virginia, without ever seeing a sign, only because your speedometer goes from 60 to 0.
You know that Vietnam is no longer in the South Pacific, it's now been re-located to Seven Corners.
The few times you have gotten lost in DC you have somehow ALWAYS ended up in Anacostia and every road out somehow leads back to Anacostia.
You realize that I-395 is Northern Virginia's version of NASCAR.
So much fun! Speed limit 55 really translates into speed limit approximately 80, but we won't pull you unless you're going at least 95 or 100!
There is no such thing as North, South, East, or West on the beltway, it's just go "that" way!(Inner circle / outer circle)
You go anywhere on the Eastern Shore, Rehoboth, Dewey, Ocean City, Skyline Drive, or the Outer Banks for vacation and everyone you meet is from DC
Snow means rain to you
Ice on the roads just means that you pay more attention to other cars, but still go 75 mph on the highways
You can see the national cathedral from almost anywhere
You know at least 2 rowers
You know that Georgetown is NOT only a school
You consider Northern VA to be in no way similar to southern VA
You know which bridges to cross to get to Maryland or VA
You actually know what goes on in Dupont circle
I LOVE Dupont circle!
You can't go to Tysons Mall without seeing someone you know!!
You have a few friends who don't know what their parents do...It's Top Secret government work.
People don't ask you if Chevy Chase is named after the actor.
You can harmonize perfectly with the alert for "Doors Closing" on the Metro
Well... Amber can do it better than me! "Doors closing... ding... ding... please stand clear of the door..."
50% of your senior class went to Mason, JMU, Tech, VCU or UVA
When you get a person's phone number, you get their home number along with their cell phone number, work number, work e-mail, and personal e-mail and either put it in your own cell phone or in your palm pilot.
You actually know at what times the streets change directions and which direction they change to
You don't need a dictionary and a PhD. to read and comprehend the parking signs and regulations
When 'getting in a workout' sometimes takes precedence over actually having dinner
If you've ever had to explain to someone that there's more to Arlington than a big cemetery
If you've ever given directions to an overweight woman in a mini-van looking for 'thaa whyyyyyite house' when you were stopped at the red light on 15th and Pennsylvania Ave, NW.
Dude. It's right there! Good luck finding parking.
When you know the Old Post Office doesn't sell stamps, yet point tourists there anyway
When you can take the Metro to another state
When you actually block out time in your schedule for the escalator ride at Dupont, Rosslyn or Tenleytown...
I LOVE those escalators! But yeah, if you don't run up them they can be quite time consuming.
When the 90 yr old woman trying to physically battle the metro door to get in after it's closed, seems to be behaving in a 'perfectly normal' manner
That's totally going to be me when I'm 90!
When you're either a Lawyer, Lobbyist, Politician, Student or IT professional and seem confused and perplexed when someone informs you they don't fit one of the above categories... "but... but... I don't
understand..."
When you can tell by people's cars where they live and maybe even what neighborhood
When people from outside the area are thrown off by your sarcasm
When people from outside the area are constantly telling you to 'slow down' and 'relax'
You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from DC.
you know you're from washington, dc when...
You say you're from DC, but you actually live in VA or MD but are too tired to explain where.
You don't consider exploding man hole covers to be an unusual occurrence.
You know where the Pentagon really is but never bother to correct anyone about its location.
When it takes you 45 minutes to drive 3 miles on I-66, 95, 395, 495, 50, 123, 29, or 270, it's a pretty good day.
There are at least fifteen ways to get everywhere and you know which way to go based on the weather, time of day, current political climate, terrorism road closures, and whether you are coming or going.
You pay more money in parking tickets in a year than you do in medical bills, college costs and rent combined.
You know that driving through Georgetown, you will hear the music of the car next to you louder than you can hear your own.
"I got stuck behind a motorcade" is a common and real excuse for being late.
Hopefully I will have my own motorcade one day!
"Finding a parking space" actually becomes an appointment on your calendar. (E.g.. 7:00-8:00 Gym, 8:30-9:00PM - find a parking space, 9:00-10:30PM - Dinner reservations.)
You've never once been to Wal-Mart and don't even know if there is one.
Hell yeah, bitches! Down with Wal Mart!
When you say you're going to the mall and you don't mean shopping.
You never refer to the 'Metro' as the 'subway'.
"The Subway" is for yankees from New York!
You elbow tourists out of the way on the Metro escalators to "gently" emind them to WALK LEFT, STAND RIGHT.
HELL YES! Biggest pet peeve ever, especially on weekends
Going to work early means being there by 9:00AM.
You don't bat an eye at 500 politicians and businessmen in suits running like their lives depended on it just to catch a Metro that will be followed by another in 90 seconds.
Dude, I can't wait to be one of those people! It's so much fun!
You call it Targét, not Target, and are well aware that the one in Alexandria is just a "tad different".
When Washington National Airport is and will always be "WASHINGTON NATIONAL", not "Reagan National".
You can tell by people's cars where they live and maybe even what neighborhood.
You've claimed that there's nothing to do on a weekend night even when you have the entire nation's capitol to explore.
You have the Metro map memorized, yet act like you don't know when someone asks you how to get to Metro Center.
I totally know how to get to Metro Center! But getting there depends on where you are... in a nutshell, you can get there from anywhere but the yellow line or green line.
You meet someone else who says they're from the DC area and you realize they live two hours away from you.
You notice that there's been construction on the same stretch of highway for the past 5 years and you've never see anyone working on it.
You know you've crossed into Northern Virginia, without ever seeing a sign, only because your speedometer goes from 60 to 0.
You know that Vietnam is no longer in the South Pacific, it's now been re-located to Seven Corners.
The few times you have gotten lost in DC you have somehow ALWAYS ended up in Anacostia and every road out somehow leads back to Anacostia.
You realize that I-395 is Northern Virginia's version of NASCAR.
So much fun! Speed limit 55 really translates into speed limit approximately 80, but we won't pull you unless you're going at least 95 or 100!
There is no such thing as North, South, East, or West on the beltway, it's just go "that" way!(Inner circle / outer circle)
You go anywhere on the Eastern Shore, Rehoboth, Dewey, Ocean City, Skyline Drive, or the Outer Banks for vacation and everyone you meet is from DC
Snow means rain to you
Ice on the roads just means that you pay more attention to other cars, but still go 75 mph on the highways
You can see the national cathedral from almost anywhere
You know at least 2 rowers
You know that Georgetown is NOT only a school
You consider Northern VA to be in no way similar to southern VA
You know which bridges to cross to get to Maryland or VA
You actually know what goes on in Dupont circle
I LOVE Dupont circle!
You can't go to Tysons Mall without seeing someone you know!!
You have a few friends who don't know what their parents do...It's Top Secret government work.
People don't ask you if Chevy Chase is named after the actor.
You can harmonize perfectly with the alert for "Doors Closing" on the Metro
Well... Amber can do it better than me! "Doors closing... ding... ding... please stand clear of the door..."
50% of your senior class went to Mason, JMU, Tech, VCU or UVA
When you get a person's phone number, you get their home number along with their cell phone number, work number, work e-mail, and personal e-mail and either put it in your own cell phone or in your palm pilot.
You actually know at what times the streets change directions and which direction they change to
You don't need a dictionary and a PhD. to read and comprehend the parking signs and regulations
When 'getting in a workout' sometimes takes precedence over actually having dinner
If you've ever had to explain to someone that there's more to Arlington than a big cemetery
If you've ever given directions to an overweight woman in a mini-van looking for 'thaa whyyyyyite house' when you were stopped at the red light on 15th and Pennsylvania Ave, NW.
Dude. It's right there! Good luck finding parking.
When you know the Old Post Office doesn't sell stamps, yet point tourists there anyway
When you can take the Metro to another state
When you actually block out time in your schedule for the escalator ride at Dupont, Rosslyn or Tenleytown...
I LOVE those escalators! But yeah, if you don't run up them they can be quite time consuming.
When the 90 yr old woman trying to physically battle the metro door to get in after it's closed, seems to be behaving in a 'perfectly normal' manner
That's totally going to be me when I'm 90!
When you're either a Lawyer, Lobbyist, Politician, Student or IT professional and seem confused and perplexed when someone informs you they don't fit one of the above categories... "but... but... I don't
understand..."
When you can tell by people's cars where they live and maybe even what neighborhood
When people from outside the area are thrown off by your sarcasm
When people from outside the area are constantly telling you to 'slow down' and 'relax'
You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from DC.