This is oh so true ...
You might be a Floridian if...
"Down South" means Key West
"Panhandling" means going to Pensacola.
You think no-one over 70 should be allowed to drive.
Flip-flops are everyday wear.
Shoes are for business meetings and church.
No, wait, flip flops are good for church too, unless it's Easter or
Christmas.
Sweet tea can be served at any meal.
An alligator once walked through your neighborhood.
You know the difference between an alligator and a crocodile.
You smirk when a game show's "Grand Prize" is a trip or cruise to Florida.
You measure distance in minutes.
You have a drawer full of bathing suits, and one sweatshirt.
You get annoyed at the tourists who feed seagulls.
All the local festivals are named after a fruit.
A mountain is any hill 100 feet above sea level.
You think everyone from a bigger city has a northern accent.
You know the four seasons really are: almost summer, summer,
not summer but really hot, and Christmas.
On a 100-degree day you leave the house in shorts, flip-flops, and a tank-top... but you're freezing because the AC in every building is set to 65. (remember to take your sweater!)
You've ever had a full-length discussion about the fact that FL looks like America is peeing.
It's not soda, cola, or pop...it's coke, regardless of brand or flavor, "What kinda coke you want?"
Anything under 95 is just warm.
You've hosted or ever been to a hurricane party.
You've ever secretly been excited about a hurricane.
You know the going rates for hurricane insurance, flood insurace, wild fire insurance, and lighting coverage.
You go to a theme park for an afternoon, don't need a map and know when to get on the best rides.
You pass on the right and honk at the elderly.
You understand the futility of exterminating cockroaches.
You can pronounce Okeechobee, Kissimmee and Withlacoochee.
You understand why it's better to have a friend with a boat, than have a boat yourself.
You were 8 before you realized they made houses without pools.
You were 12 when you first met someone who couldn't swim.
You were 16 when someone first told you that some cars are made without AC- and you didn't believe them.
When its summer and a scorching, cloudless day clouds over in 10 minutes and produces the most torrential downpour most people will ever see, you say: gee, must be 4 o'clock.
You get angry when people say "Florida isn't really part of the SOUTH."
You've worn shorts and used the A/C on Christmas.
You know what the "stingray shuffle" is, and why it's important!
You recognize Miami-Dade as "Northern Cuba."
Almost everyone you know either owns an air boat, lake boat, ocean boat, or jet ski.
You can drive less than 15 minutes and be at some kind of a lake, pond, or ocean.
...BUT when someone asks if you want to go swimming in said lake/ pond/ocean you say: WHAT?!?! and risk the alligators/cottonmouths/jellyfish/sharks?!?!?!
You realized that everywhere else it costs $3 an ounce for crappy orange-flavored water they try to pass off as Orange Juice.
You laugh when non-floridians pass an orange tree and ask, "What is that amazing smell?!"
"Down South" means Key West
"Panhandling" means going to Pensacola.
You think no-one over 70 should be allowed to drive.
Flip-flops are everyday wear.
Shoes are for business meetings and church.
No, wait, flip flops are good for church too, unless it's Easter or
Christmas.
Sweet tea can be served at any meal.
An alligator once walked through your neighborhood.
You know the difference between an alligator and a crocodile.
You smirk when a game show's "Grand Prize" is a trip or cruise to Florida.
You measure distance in minutes.
You have a drawer full of bathing suits, and one sweatshirt.
You get annoyed at the tourists who feed seagulls.
All the local festivals are named after a fruit.
A mountain is any hill 100 feet above sea level.
You think everyone from a bigger city has a northern accent.
You know the four seasons really are: almost summer, summer,
not summer but really hot, and Christmas.
On a 100-degree day you leave the house in shorts, flip-flops, and a tank-top... but you're freezing because the AC in every building is set to 65. (remember to take your sweater!)
You've ever had a full-length discussion about the fact that FL looks like America is peeing.
It's not soda, cola, or pop...it's coke, regardless of brand or flavor, "What kinda coke you want?"
Anything under 95 is just warm.
You've hosted or ever been to a hurricane party.
You've ever secretly been excited about a hurricane.
You know the going rates for hurricane insurance, flood insurace, wild fire insurance, and lighting coverage.
You go to a theme park for an afternoon, don't need a map and know when to get on the best rides.
You pass on the right and honk at the elderly.
You understand the futility of exterminating cockroaches.
You can pronounce Okeechobee, Kissimmee and Withlacoochee.
You understand why it's better to have a friend with a boat, than have a boat yourself.
You were 8 before you realized they made houses without pools.
You were 12 when you first met someone who couldn't swim.
You were 16 when someone first told you that some cars are made without AC- and you didn't believe them.
When its summer and a scorching, cloudless day clouds over in 10 minutes and produces the most torrential downpour most people will ever see, you say: gee, must be 4 o'clock.
You get angry when people say "Florida isn't really part of the SOUTH."
You've worn shorts and used the A/C on Christmas.
You know what the "stingray shuffle" is, and why it's important!
You recognize Miami-Dade as "Northern Cuba."
Almost everyone you know either owns an air boat, lake boat, ocean boat, or jet ski.
You can drive less than 15 minutes and be at some kind of a lake, pond, or ocean.
...BUT when someone asks if you want to go swimming in said lake/ pond/ocean you say: WHAT?!?! and risk the alligators/cottonmouths/jellyfish/sharks?!?!?!
You realized that everywhere else it costs $3 an ounce for crappy orange-flavored water they try to pass off as Orange Juice.
You laugh when non-floridians pass an orange tree and ask, "What is that amazing smell?!"