Aug 15, 2008 09:03
I was going through and deleting old email from my Yahoo account, and ran across this gem. I'm not sure if it's directly from a Foxworthy routine (or just his style) but it's SO VERY TRUE!!!! Just had to share this. I'm off to jump start my car and then go help strangers at the Home Depot now ...
> * **Jeff Foxworthy on "Upstate New Yorkers***
>
> * If the speed limit on the highway is 55 - you're going 80 -- and
> everybody is passing you, you may live in upstate New York.
>
> If you have switched from heat to AC and back again in the same day,
you may live in upstate New York.
>
> If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September to the end of
May, you could live in upstate New York!
>
> If you install security lights to your house and garage, but leave
both unlocked, you may live in upstate New York.
>
> If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they
don't work there; you may live in upstate New York.
>
> If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a blizzard
without flinching, you may live in upstate New York.
>
> If you have worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you may live
in upstate New York.
>
> If you have a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed
a wrong number, you may live in upstate New York.
>
> If "Vacation" means going anywhere south of Albany for the weekend,
you may live in upstate New York.
>
If you measure distance in hours, you may live in upstate
New York.
>
> If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you
may live in upstate New York.
>
> If you carry jumper cables in your car and your wife knows how to
use them, you may live in upstate New York.
>
> If your kids Halloween costume is designed to fit over a snowsuit,
you may live in upstate New York.
>
> If driving is better in the winter because the pot holes are filled
with snow, you may live in upstate New York.
>
> If you know all four seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter,
and road construction, you may live in upstate New York.
>
> If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car, you may
live in upstate New York.
>
> If you find 10 degrees a " little chilly ", you may live in upstate
New York*
>
> If you actually understand these jokes and forward them to all your
upstate New York friends and others, you definitely live in upstate
New York.