Meme tiem
1. Go to Google and type, "You know you're from (your city or state) when...." (hit "I'm feeling lucky")
2. Cut and paste the list.
3. Bold the items that apply to you.
You know you're from Alabama...
1. You measure distance in hours.
2. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
3. Stores don't have bags; they have sacks.
4. Stores don't have shopping carts; they have buggies. (I call them carts. ;-;)
5. You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it,
no matter what time of the year.
6. You use "fix" as a verb. Example: I am fixing to go to the store. (Family does that.)
7. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable,
grain, or animal.
8. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both
unlocked.
9. You carry jumper cables in your car...for your OWN car.
10. You know what "cow tipping" and "snipe hunting" are.
11. You only own four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup, and Tabasco.
12. You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.
13. You think sexy lingerie is a tee shirt and boxer shorts.
14. The local paper covers national and international news on one page but
requires 6 pages for sports. (I don't even read the news paper, but I know this is true.)
15. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.
16. You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
17. You find 90 degrees F "a little warm." (But I'm always cold.)
18. You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, Still Summer, and
Christmas.
19. You know whether another Alabamian is from southern, middle, or northern
Alabama as soon as they open their mouth.
20. There is a Dairy Queen in every town with a population of 1000 or more.
21. Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past-time known as "goin wal-martin"or
off to "Wally World.
22. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good chili
weather.
23. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or pop ... it's a Coke,
regardless of brand or flavor
24. You understand these jokes and forward them to your friends from
Alabama.
Huuurrr, I fail at Alabama-ing.
1) You know and love Moonpies.
2) You know where Corridor J goes
3) You've accidentally gotten on to the wrong highway trying to leave Northgate Mall - also, you know atleast 5 different ways to get to Northgate from anywhere in the city
4) You remember Hixson/Rt. 153 BEFORE the Super Walmart and the retail madness when there were houses there....
5) You know that Marshal Mize Ford will beat your best deal, REGARDLESS!
6) You took your prom pictures in front of the Walnut Street bridge/Coolidge Park
7) Your school took field trips to the Creative Discovery Museum.
8) You secretly enjoyed the heck out of the Creative Discovery Museum.
9) Your school took you on field trips to the TN Valley Rail Road Museum that was kinda cool if they used a steam train
10) You've thought to yourself that the aquarium looks freakin sick in the skyline at night
11) You know that going to Hamilton Place on the day after Thanksgiving is pretty much the worst idea since the Japanese picking a fight with the US during WW2.
12) You've ever been told to leave Hamilton Place because of the YEP rules. (Must be with an adult..)
13) You've been a Lookouts fan since Engle stadium....
14) And, as much as you miss it, AT&T Field/Bellsouth Park is pretty much off the hook...
15) I-24 is Chattanoogan for "road that makes 18 -wheelers flip over and back traffic up all day"
16) I-75 has been under construction since like...the day you were born
17) You know how to spell/pronounces Lake Winnepesaukah...but just call it Lake Winnie
18) You don't go to the Bessie Smith Strut for fear of being shot
19) You remember when 98.1 used to be KISS FM and play cool music
20) You remember when 96.5 The Mountain used to be EVEN BETTER and play amazing Alt. Rock...
21) You remember 95.3 being "Alive 95" and playing pretty decent music when 98.1 was playing gay stuff like Timberlake.
22) You know that Usher is really from Chattanooga
23) You know that Samuel L. Jackson is from Chattanooga
24) You know that Krystal is pretty much the nectar of the gods.
25) You know that the App. State comes to town every year and dominates in the National Championship
26) You've been to Fathom....once...and realized that it's a place for creepers and emos.
27) You've ridden the electric shuttle...and realized it's...just a bus.
28) You highly dislike sitting in line at the vehicle inspection station on Saturday morning for hours upon hours when you could be sleeping.
29) You're acutely afraid of "Yellow Deli" but somehow intrigued just in case the food might be good
30) The Times-Free Press is the best paper ever
31) You remember when traffic on Rt. 153 actually moved well
32) You're aware the VW is building a plant in Chatty
33) You wonder what ever happened to the Happy Motors guy..."You need some cash...you need some money?" The guy dressed as a chicken....you know
34) You've never, ever been to a UTC football game and will probably never, ever go.
35) You keep saying to yourself that you'll go to a UTC football game
36) Maybe I'll go to a basketball game and the McK Arena...
37) You know that Lookouts games are pretty much the most awesome way to spend a summer night
38) You know the Lookouts have the coolest uniforms in baseball
39) The County Fair at Chester Frost is the best freakin corn dog in the world.
40) You never EVER go to Red-Bankistan because...it sucks, and you'll probably get some kind of ticket.
41) You laughed when half the county government went to jail when the FBI did the "Tennessee Waltz" thing
42) You found it amazing that the Sheriff got arrested....
43) You've seen Rock City...and wondered why in the heck the school you make you spend a day there.
44) Ruby Falls is the biggest scam since ever.
45) The corn maze in St. Elmo in the Fall is pretty cool....trying not to get mugged AND find your way out of a corn maze.
46) You know how to pronounce "Ooltewah" (Ooh-duh-wah)
47) You know that "Chaddnuga" means you're from the south, "Chatt-nooga" means you're from the north...
48) You've been to Soddy-Daisy
49 You have no problem with a giant nuclear power plant being located in "Soddy-Daisy."
50) McCallie vs. Baylor...selling more seats at Finley than UTC since...forever.
51) Bumper to bumper traffic does not ever surprise you anymore
52) You hate the city so much for being boring...but at the same time you would never love another city so much.....
53) You've been on more than one field trip focused on Chattanooga's role in the civil war...and you still could care less
54) You've been involved in a fight sparked by UT vs. UGA football or UT-Alabama football
55) You avoid Rossville Blvd. after dark.....at all costs
56) You always know that "It's SPRINGTIME...now go play in the yard"
57) You know that Lupi's is the most amazing pizza the world has ever known, and you DARE anyone to say different
58) You're very much aware of the fact that Chattanooga is completely different from any of the other Tennessee citiy...
59)You know that absolutely no one does 55 mph on Hwy 153....
60) Zach Wamp has been the Congressman as long as you can remember
61) You're amazed by the amount of gang activity
62) You have no idea why anyone would come on vacation to Chattanooga
63) You really, honestly, hate tourists
64) Riverbend is awesome! but...
65) Riverbend needs better bands.....and
66) You've parked highly illegally to go to Riverbend.
67) Riverbend could be so much better if they really wanted it to be with real bands...better than Belle Chere
68) The W Road is freaky....especially in the winter
69) You're aware that Chattanooga bottles most of the world's supply of Coca-Cola
70) Krystal....weird meat, but delicious...'nuff said
71) Central Park....best fries ever (Oh my God, yes.)
72) Waycrazies BBQ holds its own against Memphis
73) Coolidge Park is the funnest place ever - if you don't get mugged
74) You fear the Hixson Pike S Curves....but you're not sure if it's the wayward cars or the cameras set to capture any traffic violation that freak you out
75) You know absolutely no one who takes CARTA on a regular basis
76) You remember Golden Gallon...bonus points if you remember Dash for Cash from the double G
77) You realize it's very hard to buy gasoline from anywhere other than a BP station now....
78) You remember Winn-Dixie
79) You remember Red Food Stores, before it was Bi-Lo
79) You know Nikki's Diner has the best onion rings in the world
80) You know that, despite Rachael Ray's assertion, Aretha Frankensteins is a restaurant with decent food that's just run by dumb people that make it sucky
81) You get your news from the Chattanoogan.com
82) You, or someone you know someone you know lived in Hidden Harbor
83) You remember "Live it, Love it....it's CHATTANOOGA!!"
84) You thought that slogan was gay....
85) You've heard that they're planning to build a high speed train between Chatty and Atlanta...but at the same time you highly doubt you'll ever see it in your lifetime
86) You realize that, thanks to the suckiness of TDOT, if they really do build the train that Georgia will finish first
87) You've bought a Northface at Rock Creek Outfitters
88) You've never been to Eastgate for fear of being shot
89) You've been to the Tivoli to see the Nutcracker with your respective school group
90) You couldn't focus on the play because there were a bunch of naked little boys made out of gold on the ceiling of the Tivoli.
91) You thought that was probably the worst field trip ever
92) The Pepsi Haunted Carnival is the best part of your Halloween
93) You're not sure if Cleveland is cool enough to really be a part of Chattanooga or not....
94) You know that Little Debbies are definitely one of the best products of the suburbs....
95) You're secretly afraid that one day, we will just be a suburb of Atlanta
96) You're not sure if that's bad or not.....
97) At Hunt Nissan...if you've got my name on it, you've got my word on it
98) Ken Hunt is annoying....
99) The Carmike at Northgate is ridiculously huge
100) You Know that they are building another ridiculously huge Carmike downtown
101) You've realized just how many pawn shops there are
102) You've realized just how many check-cashing/payday advance stores there are
103)You are shocked but very pleased with the sudden outburst of Starbucks when we pretty much had none for the longest time.
104) The whole city scrambles for bread and milk at the slightest mention of snow
105) You remember when a bunch of people got shot up outside the Rave after a showing of A-T-L...and weren't surprised...at all.
106) The Aquarium looks cool in the skyline...but it's...kinda lame now that you're older than 6
107) You miss the old Hixson Target "boutique"....but almost kinda like the new Target
108) You go to Coolidge or the Walnut St. Bridge if you're brave enough to risk involvement with gang violence
109) You know the ghost story of the Read House and kinda wanna stay over one night just to prove that you're a real ballah
110) Anytime you're talking to a non-Chattanoogan giving your address, you immediately spell "Chattanooga," "Hixson," "Soddy-Daisy," or "Ooltewah"
111) You thought that brick couch downtown was kinda flippin sweet
112) You've played ball at Middle Valley Rec
113) Roundabouts...
114) You've crossed the bridge over Chicamauga Dam a million times in your life, but couldn't name it if your life depended on it
115) You know what the Chattanooga Ducks are
116) You remember The Night Breeze on Sunny...92.3...punch 642-9236 for love song, requests, and dedications...only....on Sunny...92.3
117) When crossing the Market Street bridge...when your car runs over that metal-mesh/faux road surface your skin crawls...
118) Alton Park is awesome...but didn't there used to be black people around? What the....?
119) You went to one of like a bazillion private schools
120) Downtown smells horrible
121) You know someone who is employed by the TVA
122) If you know that with the humidity in the summer, there's pretty much no point in drying off from the shower; you'll be soaking wet within minutes are drying
123)There can be like 6 inches of snow on the mountains/ridges but like 0 in the valley
124) You remember when 4 Squares had a movie theater
125) Where the heck did the nice cars guy go?
126) You've ridden the Cannonball 17 times in a row just because there was no line.
127) You used to get really excited to see the Snow Bird reports on Channel 3 - Paul said it would be like this!
128) You know that any given day between the months of October-April, Grundy, Bledsoe, Sequatchie, and VanBuren counties are going to be out of school when you in Hamilton/Walker co.s will not be
129) Luther...yes, he's still alive
130) You have ever been dismissed from school for snow.... on a sunny day...
131) You've run the A/C and the heat on the same day
132) You've shopped at a Pruett's Food Town
133) You've heard of / been to the Blue Hole and know what it is
134)Yesterday's will always have a place in your heart
135) You remember when Tyner wasn't a magnet school
136) You've been bowling in the building that is now Central Baptist's Faith Building
137) You have ShowBiz tokens around in a drawer somewhere...
138) You know what the Space House is
139) You've been into the city to see the Christmas display at the EPB
140) At one time, your school was part of either the City's system or the County's system...
141) You, or someone you knew, drove a nicer car than your teacher
142) "We have FUN at Shakey's, also pizza"
143) You've known the Boathouse since it was the Sandbar
144) Nana's Frozen Custard....heck yeah
145) KZ106 Window Wings - the WINGS of rock and roll
146) You remember when the McK Arena was simply "The Roundhouse" - I always did like that name better
147) You remember Power 94 being Jet 94 - The Rhythm of the City
148) You've been to a birthday party at either Skatin' Jakes or Rollercoaster Skating World.
149) You've been on a date involving a hike
150) You hate tourists who attempt to dance on the feet on Frazier Avenue
151) Town and Country Restaurant
152) You remember a time when you fetched a Times from the driveway in the morning, and a Free Press in the evening...before the merger
153)There wasn't anything past Northgate Mall going up Rt. 153 except for the auction house w/ the nudie statues out front
154) You wonder why King's Lodge hasn't fixed the burnt out lights in FOREVER
155) You remember Rock 105 being Lite Mix 105
156) You've had or been to a birthday party at the awesome indoor playplace at the Hwy 58 McDonalds
157)You remember the 32oz multicolored insulated jugs from Krystal
158) If you know that the Dallas Cowboys' Terrell Owens went to UTC.
159) You know who else played football for UTC? Hugh Beaumont - the Dad on Leave It To Beaver.
160) You remember a little restaurant at the corner of Cherokee and Manning..."We're one great establishment...The Loft!" ...ask your parents.
161) You've been to/are aware of the Grand Illumination and have seen Santa parachute in to light all the buildings in the city
162) You've gotten a delicious not-so-healthy treat from Kay's Castle (seriously, my grandma worked at the one in Soddy when she was like 20 and apparently made like 40 cents an hour...it's OLD)
163) You've seen more than 10 different forms of advertising for the Rush gym without traveling more than 5 miles from home
164) If you can't believe Nashville just hired Dr. Register to head their school system (no lie, they really did)
165) If you grew up watching "The Miss Marcia Show" on TV.
166) If your school took a field trip to the Mayfiled Dairy Farm because it was THE milk of Chattanooga.
167) Your entire family dressed up to go into the city at Christmastime for pictures with Santa at the Miller Brothers department store.
168) Or, perhaps you went to Santa's Highland Plaza location in the mobile building, enjoying dime candy while you waited.
169) You have walked the Miller Brothers subway under Broad Street and eaten at the dinner
170) If on the first Wednesday of every month you hear air raid sirens and don't panic...just TVA testing the alarm for the nuclear plant - and have full knowledge that if anything ever did happen, you live so close that you'd just see a pretty light...and thats it
171) If you remember the Nickel Bag off of Hixson Pike and known it has nothing to do with drugs
172) If someone says they live on Signal Mountain, you automatically assume they're wealthy
173) You've held a KZ 106 Gold Card in your possession at some point in your life
174) You've ever taken a school field trip to the News Channel 9 Science Theater at Northgate Mall
175) If you remember Eastgate Mall being THE mall of Chattanooga...bonus points if you remember when it was open-air (yes, kids, there was a time when shopping malls weren't always enclosed)
176) If you saw Chattanooga on Cops and freaked out, only to realize it made sense
177)If you remember when A&W, Burger King, Pizza Hut
and Petro's were all inside Northgate Mall
178) If you remember the alpine slide
179) You've seen Dennis "Mr. Belding" Haskins around town. hey hey hey WHAT is going on here?
180) If you know that mini-golf originated in Chattanooga
181) If you know that Nice Cars is as American as Apple Pie
182) If you have been inspired by a Roy Exum article
183) If you can remember driving your car across the Walnut St. Bridge
184) "...where you buy that Totten-pickin' furniture and NOT the building!....Neighbor you must know what I'm talking about"
185) If you remember watching airplanes from the observation deck at Lovell Field
186) If you've gotten a hot dog from one of the street vendor downtown. (And if you haven't, you should)
187) If you watched the episode of MTV's "16 and Pregnant" with the girl from Chattanooga just to see where they went around town
188) If you know what the River Gorge Explorer is
189) If you now check your review mirror for the police before you "text while driving"
190) If you've ever wondered why CARTA offers Wi-Fi on their buses...
191) If you've ever laughed at the medical supply store Stubb's Prosthetics...
192) If you know what the ridge cut is and know that by all means possible do NOT get behind a semi-truck.
Clearly, I still know Chattanooga better than Alabama.