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You Know You're from Sussex County When...
- there are at least 3 diners within a 20 minute drive from your house, and you’ve been in one after 3 AM.
- you’ve had to argue with a waitress that refused to make you a milkshake at one in the morning.
- you’ve been to Sunrise Mountain.
- you know that people from Sparta are snobs.
- you consider a movie theater with more than two screens “big.”
- you know what “Harvard On the Hill” is.
- two thirds of you high school class went to SCCC, and most of the rest went to Rutgers.
- you can’t refer to SCCC without saying “SCCC…..C….CC…..C”
- you realize that “a bonfire” refers to a party, and you’ve been to one.
- the 4-H is one of the most popular groups in your town.
- at least one of your friends raises livestock.
- you know that Wallkill Valley High School has no windows.
- you’ve cursed loudly while trying to drive around the square in the center of Newton.
- you’ve hit numerous small furry animals with your car, and you’ve nearly hit a deer.
- you keep your trash cans inside so that the bears can’t get at them.
- at least one of your friends drives a pickup truck.
- you’ve always wanted to steal the “Sussex County: People and Nature Together” signs.
- you can’t remember the last time that Wallkill Valley had a good football team.
- you think Pope John kids are assholes, but the girls are always attractive.
- you’ve lost miserably to Pope John in some sport.
- you’ve driven over multiple one-lane two-way bridges.
- you know that all traffic lights are green after one in the morning.
- in order to get anywhere you have to get onto either Route 23, Route 206, or Route 15.
- you can’t believe that people actually vacation at Mountain Creek.
- you’ve memorized the layout of the Sussex County Fair.
- you’re friends with someone that was in the running for Queen of the Fair.
- you’ve gone to the bowling alley just to hang out.
- you’ve gotten stuck driving behind a tractor.
- you or someone you know has defended his/her home from the bears with a beebe gun.
- you know where Ross’ Corner is.
- you know that Sparta cops are assholes.
- you think that the town of Sussex is kind of a shit-hole.
- you’ve gone to the Sussex Inn, and know that it used to be a crack house.
- you’ve futilely tried to explain that the Parkway goes nowhere near your house, and you don’t designate your town with an exit.
- you’ve gotten pissed at someone for insisting that there are no rural areas left in New Jersey.
you went to a regional high school.
- you’ve bought a random assortment of objects at either True-Value or Rockaway Sales.
- you consider five inches of snow “a dusting.”
- going to the mall requires a serious time commitment.
- you know people that consider the first day of hunting season a national holiday and many schools don't have school that day.
- the local Wal-Mart sells rifles and ammunition.
- you can’t remember the last time that Kittatinny had a bad wrestling team.
- the three malls closest to your house are in three different states.
- you’ve gone sleigh riding after midnight on someone else’s property.
- more people in your town go to the fishing tournament than the Christmas tree lighting.
- you’ve had to stop your car in the middle of the road and wait for the cows to cross.
- you know that the Sussex County Fair is the state fair, and you go every year.
- you’ve been hoping that Greatest Deals on Wheels goes out of business ever since you were old enough to watch television.
- you’re overwhelmed when your radio picks up more than two stations.
- you’ve been told that there are foxes, mountain lions, and coyotes in the woods, but you’ve never seen any of them
- you’ve been in a town that has a mineral named after it.
- you’ve had to stay indoors because of reports of rabid animals in the area.
- you or someone you know has been pictured on the front page of the New Jersey Herald doing something completely innocent, like ice skating.
- you begin to appreciate woodpiles as a decorative feature for the front porch.
- you’ve had no less than seven species of animal in your front yard at one time or another.
- you or someone you know has shot and barbecued a squirrel.
- you know people who pick up dead deer on the side of the road and take them to the butcher.
- you’ve bitched about Pope John being in the SCIL.
- your bus ride to school lasts over forty-five minutes.
- you know someone who owns a tractor and has driven it down a major road.
- you don’t believe in streetlights.
- you've been in a minor school-bus accident due to ice and sharp corners.
- you know at least three roads that you pull onto blindly while hoping that no one's coming.
- you purposely don't get all cordless phones, because you expect to lose power for an extended period of time at least twice a year.
- after missing a turn, you stop in the middle of the road, put the car into reverse, and back up.
- you’ve never seen a Democrat run for any local office.
- you take deer crossing signs very seriously.
- you’ve picked and eaten wild berries.
- you’ve gone hiking in the woods and found some abandoned cars.
- you’ve had an unplanned sleepover due to inclement weather.
haha how true!