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browneyzs901 &
love_burn , I know yall can relate to this. It's funny how everything listed, I think back and I'm like, "Hell yea, I remember that shit!" lol
U know u from Memphis if ...
1. You need to go to rehab for your Bar-be-que addiction.
2. You or someone you know has a gold grill.
3. You’ve never been to Graceland, and you don’t plan to do so.
4. You pay someone to park in their yard at the Mid-South Fair or the Southern Heritage Classic.
5. You wait until the last day before you go to the Mid-South Fair because it will supposedly be “crunk‿ and you end up running because some fool got to shooting.
6. You’re the fool that got to shooting.
7. You go shopping specifically for the Southern Heritage Classic.
8. You walk around the whole time at the Southern Heritage Classic except during halftime when the band performs.
9. You have a cousin that’s a mechanic, cosmetologist, or restaurant owner.
10. You only go to Libertyland on wristband day.
11. You think the Zippin Pippin needs renovation.
12. You think every city has a DBO’s or Crumpy’s.
13. You actually think “yall‿ is a real word.
14. You use words and phrases like "damn right", "stout junt", "she goin", "kinfolk", "killa fye head", "gettin cap", "checkin'","Yeah, Yeah!!", "gettin skully", "chiefin", "fie", and end sentences wit "foo", "BRUH" & "manne" and end roasts wit "lookin ass nicca"
15. You loose your damn minds at the party when Triple Six, Project Pat,or Yo Gotti come on and huddle up with everyone else from MEMPHIS and sing THE WHOLE SONG.
16. You used 2 airbrush every damn thang for big events
17. Kno how Mall of Memphis lives in the heart of everyone...and how we don' made the Hickory(hood)Ridge Mall da spot
18. Kno all da old Three 6 Mafia, Project Pat and Eighball/MJG neva gets old(remember them tapes with the typed stickers on em) and still call them "Triple 6."
19. Got a whole "Play" family which includes: 2 Play brothaz that you always kick it with, 1 play sista u can depend on, 2or 3 Play mamaz that are allowed to whoop yo azz...
20. Rockin all da newest/and old J'z.....ya Icey white 1's...when when da weather right-- a nice pair of polo boots
21. Rock Girbaud pants w/ velcro straps and the matching shirts.
22. Kno that Terrance Howard's accent in "Hustle and Flow" was extremely exagerrated!
23. If you rename parts of Memphis, for example: Hickory Hill > Hickory Hood, Whitehaven > Blackhaven, Orange Mound > Tha Mound, Frayser > Tha Bay Area
24. If your boyfriend has longer hair than you.
25. ^You refer to it as good hair.
26. You used to skate at Crystal Palace.
27. You were one of those people that went to see Hustle & Flow the night it came out, and people in the theater called themselves getting “crunk‿ when “Whoop That Trick‿ came on.
28. You’ve witnessed someone fight over their part of Memphis.
29. If you know this quote from the church commercial: "Get that dope out your veins, and hope in your brains! You'll never get nowhere smoking the pipe! Now you wanna get you lesson and be smart in school? Get rid of the drugs! Get away from the incrowd! Get close to God"
30. If you know who Shunn Gunn is and you went to at least one of his parties while in high school.
31. You know what “P.V.‿ is and where it is located (Third and Fairway if you forgot).
32. You've actually seen a movie at the Whitehaven Cinema or the Southbrook Mall.
33. You go to IHOP after every event because everything else is closed.
34. Your parents ever dropped you off at the Mall of Memphis.
35. Your heart was broken when the Mall of Memphis was torn down.
36. You know somebody named Skinny Pimp.
37. You have or had a family member with a Jherri Curl!
38. ^You always spelled it "JERRI CURL"!
39. You know about Voodoo Village.
40. You can Gangsta Walk!
41. Your summer vacation includes going to Atlanta or Biloxi.
42. You know what’s all on Brooks Rd.
43. You used to go the wrestling match on Monday nights.
44. You ever used “the box‿ to get cable.
45. You buy your car from 'It's All Good Auto Sales' on South Third because he's stepping in the name of love on the commercial.
46. You get your jewelry from Regency Jewelers....."Where you can get your BLING BLING on."
47. You go to Catfish King on your birthday to get the free dinner.
48. You get your taxes done at MO' MONEY TAXES!!!!!
49. You have to put The Club, a tracking system, & a kill switch on your car.
50. You change the shoe laces in your sneakers to match your outfit.
51. You get your gold teeth caps from the beauty supply store.
52. You only go to the Zoo on Tuesday because you refuse to pay $10 to see a panda.
53. You got colored contacts from the beauty supply store.
54. You know what a "freeze cup" is and have purchased one from the candy lady.
55. Your candy lady sold everything from nachos with or without chilli and hot peppers to toilet tissue, swishers, and black n milds.
56. Going to Tennessee Academy (ya'll know the hair school) is your idea of "higher learning".
57. You rode on the carousel at the Hickory Ridge mall with your girlfriend or boyfriend (Basically anyone who would ride with you).
58. You have been to the flee market on Third and Raines or sold your stuff there.
59. If every young dude you know wants to be a rapper, is recording in the studio, or is trying to sell you his cd.
60. You can get your hair "did" your nails "did" buy a fish plate, a CD, and a Louis Vuitton purse all in the same place (The Beauty Shop!)
61. You dip your Jack Pirtle's fries in the gravy
62. Know somebody's uncle or cousin who bootleg Cdz...and DVDz
63. Remember Stan Bell doin' the Roll Call on K97 every evening at 6:30 and was crunk when someone from ya hood or town was on there ("Now that sounds cool, and that may be, so where u callin from, what's yo set homie?").
64. Remember when everybody just HAD to go to the Majestic on friday and saturday nights.....
65. You say "YEAH YEAH..hoe" afta everythang instead of clap.
66. You can count the handful of dudes that don't have and have neva had a grill.
67. You're rockin New Balances now...and used to rock Saucony's (ya'll remember them from like '00)
68. Had a CITYWIDE Senior skip day...(LOL)
69. Made your own damn "Memphis Walk"
70. Hit up da Plush, Martini Room, and the Premier religiously
71. Remember when EAST END skating rink was da place to be..(Skate Odessey is for da new skool youngins)
72. Kno niggaz that skipped skool to go get da new J's.
73. Used 2 go 2 Peabody Place er weekend when it was first built cuz we thought we was grown cuz we was downtown...
74. Remember the Memphis CHAT line...used to sneak on da phone when ya mama went to sleep so you could get on therre to fye folks up.
75. You say "slick" before erthang.. ex: Damn I'm slick hungry as hell"
76. Know erbody in Memphis is: a producer, rapper, and gotta CD comin out next month.
77. You know how to freestyle.
78. You remember when K-97 played BBBBBBACKTRACKS on Sunday nights.
79. You remember the lady who's baby was switched at the hospital and how she acted a fool saying, "that baby ugly, it ain't mine". You remember the next week she found out it was hers.
80. You have ever turned flips (not tricks) on Beale Street for money.
81. You know NOT to eat at YUM's deli, and you know why!
82. You bought a whole house full of furniture from Jolly Royal for just $399.00.
83. If you spell fire "fi".
84. You know what of people occupy Overton Park and the rest of Midtown on the weekends.
85. If the last guy that tried to talk to you had a Jherri Curl, gold teeth, missing teeth, was fat or too short.
86. You ever dress up to go to Wal-mart because “You might see somebody fine‿!
87. If you have the CRUNKEST Mayor in America!..."Get the Hell outta my office!!"