i dont get how this meme works
so i'll just steal it from epogurl
see i went into Google and typed "you know you're from (Baltimore) when" and i didnt get anything like what erin had behind the cut. i got something about how Cal Ripken's retirement affected you more than some rabbi's did.
Baltimore:
you accept the word "hon" in everyday speech. i dont really care one way or another
you can accept the word "believe" without a direct object.
you don't object to your mayor repainting the park benches every year as an attempt to boost moral.
you accept that the sky has four colors: pale blue, orange, pink, and hazy purple. (the city follows that color scheme too, although the purple is bolder, due to the ravens.)
you know what a "light rail" is.
you know better than to take public transportation.
you can shrug off living in the heroin capital of the world. well i guess since i didnt know this until now i've been shrugging it off the entire time
you know better than to go to the inner harbour in june or july. i may know better but that doesnt stop me. two years ago i was there on the 4th of july. tim drove and he made his own parking lot in this grassy lot where you had to sorta drive over the sidewalk to get there. lots of other people followed his example and the whole thing was filled with cars when we left.
you can handle 3 to 5 name changes in a stretch of road a mile long. (and know the sequence.)
you accept the fact that parallel roads can in fact meet and that one way roads can become two way.
you know that any road could become a highway ramp at any time.
you know that all roads stem from 95 or 83.
you have actually heard of 83.
you spend a significant portion of your time driving on 83. only when all the other roads are backed up, but most of the time i get lost trying to actually get to 83
you know that everything really happens in towson. it's all about hanging out at the Barnes and Noble.
you know of at least 3 different colleges with the letters "U M B and C" in them The best has all four <-- i second that thought
you know the difference between a "hopkins party" and a "mica" one.
you dont flinch at hideous sculptures or orange bridges while traveling down the street. but there are hideous sculptures everywhere, not just baltimore
you know why not to get onto howard street.
you know how to get off of howard street.
you know how to avoid getting onto howard street.
you've never seen a gang because they're bad for the drug trade.
you are used to your street being routinely shut down for street fairs.
you can parallel park on the left. i can't parallel park on the right, or at all for that matter
you read the small print on street signs (and parking meaters).
you know that "park" avenue is a lie between mondays at 7 am and saturdays at 6 pm.
on a 8 block drive you routinely pass 3 busses, 16 cabs and 5+ cars belonging to the baltimore police.
you think of the washington monument as a large pole with a statue on top.
you cant get to dc on the weekends.
you know which direction to go when the roads split.
you know exactly what they carry at the 24 hour rite aid.
you can finish your homework in 3 hours relying entirely upon supplies from the 24 hour rite aid.
you feel the need to remind people that baltimore is actually a city. ("baltimore city")
you think that the charles theater is a cultural mecca.
you can give directions to anything on the city and include the words "falls road, charles, northern parkway, 83 or york"
you know that there is at least one place on earth that gives out something for free.
you literally have to call cabs. . . on the telephone.
you understand what people are talking about when they say "inner or outer loop." i know that they are part of 695 but i never know which one i'm on
you just accept that "downtown" shuts down at 6 pm every night.
you can walk to 3 art supply stores before finding a grocery store.
you have heard of the walters art gallery.
you have taken a field trip to the walters art gallery.
you can't tell whether you're in the north or south. (and noone knows. . .)
You still root for the Orioles even though they suck see previous entry
You're not surprised when suddenly it begins to rain in 85 degree weather and a clear sky. Don't like the weather? Come to Maryland and wait 10 minutes. hell it's like that in florida sometimes!
You plan for "The Festival" (you all know what I'm sayin) a year in advance. i think this is referring to the RenFest, and though i enjoy the Fest, i don't plan a year in advance
During the summer, You spend more time in Ocean City than at home. it's 3 hours from my house, that's a little far, though i do spend more time down there than i used to because my grandmother moved down there
You'll never understand why tourists come to Washington D.C.
When in florida, you can only laugh when you see signs saying "Real Maryland Blue Crab Cakes!" well i havent seen any signs but i would laugh if i did
You know where Baldemoor, Merlin is.
You color with "Crowns", Take a "Share" with "Wooter" and think the president lives in "Warshenton" not to mention borrowing books from the "lieberry"
You know the difference between Glen Burnie ghetto and Catonsville ghetto
Your whole family lives within a 200 mile radius of your town not anymore
Your radio dial is stuck on 99.1 or 92.3
You know more than 10 people who own boats
You can pronounce (and spell) "Pocomoke", "Mattaponi", "Accokeek" and "Havre de Grace"
1 hour is an easy commute to work .
You have more than three recipes for crabcakes
There are more than two crab places in your town
Even your high school cafeteria made good crabcakes where did you go to school?
You've actually given someone a T-shirt with a picture of crabs in a trap that says "Trapped in Annapolis"
You got your first lacrosse stick before you were six years old
You call all turtles terrapins
You refer to your state as "Merlind"
Your school was ever closed because of cold as gittygiggles says, they closed my school because of rain once
Your school was ever closed because of heat
Your mother shops at Hecht's i've shopped at hecht's, there's no problem with hecht's
You still call Six Flags America "Adventure World", or even "Wild World" no, but i remember going to it when it was called Wild World and Adventure World. and i like to talk about that a lot for some reason
see i went into Google and typed "you know you're from (Baltimore) when" and i didnt get anything like what erin had behind the cut. i got something about how Cal Ripken's retirement affected you more than some rabbi's did.
Baltimore:
you accept the word "hon" in everyday speech. i dont really care one way or another
you can accept the word "believe" without a direct object.
you don't object to your mayor repainting the park benches every year as an attempt to boost moral.
you accept that the sky has four colors: pale blue, orange, pink, and hazy purple. (the city follows that color scheme too, although the purple is bolder, due to the ravens.)
you know what a "light rail" is.
you know better than to take public transportation.
you can shrug off living in the heroin capital of the world. well i guess since i didnt know this until now i've been shrugging it off the entire time
you know better than to go to the inner harbour in june or july. i may know better but that doesnt stop me. two years ago i was there on the 4th of july. tim drove and he made his own parking lot in this grassy lot where you had to sorta drive over the sidewalk to get there. lots of other people followed his example and the whole thing was filled with cars when we left.
you can handle 3 to 5 name changes in a stretch of road a mile long. (and know the sequence.)
you accept the fact that parallel roads can in fact meet and that one way roads can become two way.
you know that any road could become a highway ramp at any time.
you know that all roads stem from 95 or 83.
you have actually heard of 83.
you spend a significant portion of your time driving on 83. only when all the other roads are backed up, but most of the time i get lost trying to actually get to 83
you know that everything really happens in towson. it's all about hanging out at the Barnes and Noble.
you know of at least 3 different colleges with the letters "U M B and C" in them The best has all four <-- i second that thought
you know the difference between a "hopkins party" and a "mica" one.
you dont flinch at hideous sculptures or orange bridges while traveling down the street. but there are hideous sculptures everywhere, not just baltimore
you know why not to get onto howard street.
you know how to get off of howard street.
you know how to avoid getting onto howard street.
you've never seen a gang because they're bad for the drug trade.
you are used to your street being routinely shut down for street fairs.
you can parallel park on the left. i can't parallel park on the right, or at all for that matter
you read the small print on street signs (and parking meaters).
you know that "park" avenue is a lie between mondays at 7 am and saturdays at 6 pm.
on a 8 block drive you routinely pass 3 busses, 16 cabs and 5+ cars belonging to the baltimore police.
you think of the washington monument as a large pole with a statue on top.
you cant get to dc on the weekends.
you know which direction to go when the roads split.
you know exactly what they carry at the 24 hour rite aid.
you can finish your homework in 3 hours relying entirely upon supplies from the 24 hour rite aid.
you feel the need to remind people that baltimore is actually a city. ("baltimore city")
you think that the charles theater is a cultural mecca.
you can give directions to anything on the city and include the words "falls road, charles, northern parkway, 83 or york"
you know that there is at least one place on earth that gives out something for free.
you literally have to call cabs. . . on the telephone.
you understand what people are talking about when they say "inner or outer loop." i know that they are part of 695 but i never know which one i'm on
you just accept that "downtown" shuts down at 6 pm every night.
you can walk to 3 art supply stores before finding a grocery store.
you have heard of the walters art gallery.
you have taken a field trip to the walters art gallery.
you can't tell whether you're in the north or south. (and noone knows. . .)
You still root for the Orioles even though they suck see previous entry
You're not surprised when suddenly it begins to rain in 85 degree weather and a clear sky. Don't like the weather? Come to Maryland and wait 10 minutes. hell it's like that in florida sometimes!
You plan for "The Festival" (you all know what I'm sayin) a year in advance. i think this is referring to the RenFest, and though i enjoy the Fest, i don't plan a year in advance
During the summer, You spend more time in Ocean City than at home. it's 3 hours from my house, that's a little far, though i do spend more time down there than i used to because my grandmother moved down there
You'll never understand why tourists come to Washington D.C.
When in florida, you can only laugh when you see signs saying "Real Maryland Blue Crab Cakes!" well i havent seen any signs but i would laugh if i did
You know where Baldemoor, Merlin is.
You color with "Crowns", Take a "Share" with "Wooter" and think the president lives in "Warshenton" not to mention borrowing books from the "lieberry"
You know the difference between Glen Burnie ghetto and Catonsville ghetto
Your whole family lives within a 200 mile radius of your town not anymore
Your radio dial is stuck on 99.1 or 92.3
You know more than 10 people who own boats
You can pronounce (and spell) "Pocomoke", "Mattaponi", "Accokeek" and "Havre de Grace"
1 hour is an easy commute to work .
You have more than three recipes for crabcakes
There are more than two crab places in your town
Even your high school cafeteria made good crabcakes where did you go to school?
You've actually given someone a T-shirt with a picture of crabs in a trap that says "Trapped in Annapolis"
You got your first lacrosse stick before you were six years old
You call all turtles terrapins
You refer to your state as "Merlind"
Your school was ever closed because of cold as gittygiggles says, they closed my school because of rain once
Your school was ever closed because of heat
Your mother shops at Hecht's i've shopped at hecht's, there's no problem with hecht's
You still call Six Flags America "Adventure World", or even "Wild World" no, but i remember going to it when it was called Wild World and Adventure World. and i like to talk about that a lot for some reason