I been busy...
...but I'll update as soon as all this hurricane shit is settled down.
For now....
You Know You're From Key West When...
You realize there are far more Rainbow flags in the city than United States Flags.
Old friends you haven't talked to in years suddenly call to ask if you have a spare bedroom for Fantasy Fest.
A really great parking spot can move you to tears.
You go to your office manager's baby shower - the parent's are named Judy and Becky.
Street people greet you by your first name.
You go into a fancy restaurant and have to feed the chickens at your garden table before you can get enough peace to begin your own meal.
People actually have the occupation of holding up a PARKING sign on Duval Street.
Your parents, brother, sisters, aunts, and uncles all live on the same block.
You go into a bar and find more dogs than people.
You curse those damn tourists, but always stop to help a cute woman (or man) who is looking puzzled at a city map.
It's tourist season but they still won't let you shoot them.
You think anyone who owns a car is decadent.
You realize that you live in a city where taxes are ludicrously high and you pay twice your annual income to rent an apartment that could easily be carried on a commercial airline flight.
You wake up physically drained and realize that you don't have a disease, you just live in Key West.
You think of your favorite bartender as your investment banker.
You and your co-workers have Cuban bread and Bucci for breakfast.
You know the difference between real and fake Key Lime Pie.
The Crime report is a source of daily entertainment.
You know where Jimmy Buffett lives.
It's barely sprinkling rain and there's a report on every news station about "HURRICANE WATCH 2004."
If it's 60 degrees F, you break out the fur coat and space heaters.
Your power goes off before you finish reading thi.....
You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Key West.
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I don't know how this could get any truer.
For now....
You Know You're From Key West When...
You realize there are far more Rainbow flags in the city than United States Flags.
Old friends you haven't talked to in years suddenly call to ask if you have a spare bedroom for Fantasy Fest.
A really great parking spot can move you to tears.
You go to your office manager's baby shower - the parent's are named Judy and Becky.
Street people greet you by your first name.
You go into a fancy restaurant and have to feed the chickens at your garden table before you can get enough peace to begin your own meal.
People actually have the occupation of holding up a PARKING sign on Duval Street.
Your parents, brother, sisters, aunts, and uncles all live on the same block.
You go into a bar and find more dogs than people.
You curse those damn tourists, but always stop to help a cute woman (or man) who is looking puzzled at a city map.
It's tourist season but they still won't let you shoot them.
You think anyone who owns a car is decadent.
You realize that you live in a city where taxes are ludicrously high and you pay twice your annual income to rent an apartment that could easily be carried on a commercial airline flight.
You wake up physically drained and realize that you don't have a disease, you just live in Key West.
You think of your favorite bartender as your investment banker.
You and your co-workers have Cuban bread and Bucci for breakfast.
You know the difference between real and fake Key Lime Pie.
The Crime report is a source of daily entertainment.
You know where Jimmy Buffett lives.
It's barely sprinkling rain and there's a report on every news station about "HURRICANE WATCH 2004."
If it's 60 degrees F, you break out the fur coat and space heaters.
Your power goes off before you finish reading thi.....
You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Key West.
Get Your Own "You Know You're From" Meme Here
More cool things for your blog at
Blogthings
I don't know how this could get any truer.