Welcome Guest ( Log In | Register )










Reply to this topicStart new topicStart Poll

> You Know You're From...when...
Ceciliastar1 
Posted: 07-Dec-2004, 02:21 PM
Quote Post

Member is Offline



Celtic Guardian
********

Group: Celtic Nation
Posts: 828
Joined: 09-Jun-2004
ZodiacAlder

Realm: Ohio.

female









You Know You're From Indiana When...


You drive for three hours and the scenery outside doesn't change.

There's three feet of snow on the ground and school is still in session.

You only go to the mall once a year 'cause it takes too long to get there.

While driving all you see is corn.

People still have Christmas decorations up at Easter.

You start saying to yourself "More than corn in Indiana my butt."

Anyone with a cell phone looks out of place.

Walking through Wal-Mart with two carts full of kids is normal.

Wnyone with a tan is rich.

The hip hang-out place is McDonald's.

There really is more than corn in Indiana. There?s soybeans, too.

When you plan an orgy and a Euchre game breaks out.

A restaurant has an invisible wall in the non-smoking section and you believe it works.

Speeding consists of 2 miles over the speed limit.

You think you don't have to use a turn signal on your car because you don't use it on your tractor.

You build your dream house on a cornfield, and you considered it posh.

You warsh your clothes and you think George Warshington was the first president.

You're proud to be called a Hoosier, even if you don't know what one is.

You have no problem spelling or pronouncing "Terre Haute"

Detassling was your first job. Bailing hay, your second.

You can stack hay, swim in the pond to clean off, and then have the strength to play a couple of games of hoops all in the same day.

You say things like "catty-wumpus" and "kitty-corner".

You own a dirtbike or a ATV.

You live in a city ... and there's a cornfield in your backyard.

High school basketball game draws a bigger crowd on the weekend nights than movie theaters.

You can see at least 2 basketball hoops from your yard.

You can name every one of Bob Knight's "exploits" over the last few years.

You shop at Marsh.

Damon Bailey was your childhood hero.

The biggest question of your youth was "IU or Purdue?"

Indianapolis is the "big city".

"Getting caught by a train" is a legitimate excuse for being late to school.

People at your high school chewed tobacco.

Everyone knows who the town cop is, where he lives, and whether he is at home or on duty.

You actually know what the CART vs IRL debate is about and have taken a side.

To you, a raccoon is simply a "coon".

The vehicle of choice in your area is not a car, but a pickup.

Someone you know is BIG John Mellencamp fan.

You've been to the Covered Bridge Festival.

To you, a tenderloin is not an expensive cut of beef, but a big, salty, breaded piece of pork served on a bun with pickles.

You call a green bell pepper a "mango".

Sometimes, you call the toilet the "commode" or the "stool".

In the fall, one of your favorite pranks was corning cars.

You know what FFA and 4H stand for.

You know what chip-and-seal is, and your high school was located on just such a road.

You go the county fair every night of it's week-long duration.

You can say "French Lick" without laughing out loud.

There's actually a college near you named "Ball State."

The last "g" is silent in any word ending in "ing."

You think the state Bird is Larry.

You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Indiana.







--------------------
There's a dear little plant that grows in our Isle
Twas St . Patrick himself, sure, that set it;
And the sun of his labour with pleasure did smile,
And with dew from his eye often wet it.
It grows through the bog, through the brake, through the
Mireland, and they call it the dear little shamrock of Ireland.
PMEmail Poster My Photo Album               View My Space Profile.
Top
MDF3530 
Posted: 07-Dec-2004, 03:29 PM
Quote Post

Member is Offline



Celtic Guardian
********

Group: Celtic Nation
Posts: 7,290
Joined: 30-Jul-2002
ZodiacWillow

Realm: Midlothian, IL

male









You Know You're From Chicago When...


You say "Wanna go with?" when you mean "Do you want to come with me?"

You know what Kennedy, Dan Ryan, Eisenhower, Edens, and Bishop Ford, have in common and curse one of them daily.

You know what "the Hillside strangler is."

You can name three or four extra taxes nobody else pays.

You know the difference between Richard J Daley and Richard M Daley.

You can use two or three Daleyisms in context.

You can imitate the Mayor's whine.

You say Chicawgo and not Chicaago.

You think going to a Bears game in single digit temperatures with a wind off the lake (and freezing rain) is fun.

Da is a proper definite article.

You expect corruption in local politics.

You go to the Dells in the summer to get away from the other 20 thousand that followed you.

You've been caught speeding in Wisconsin because you had Illinois plates.

You guard your shoveled parking space with an old chair and unusable broom.

You know why they call it "the Windy City."

You know dead people who voted.

You understand the Democratic machine and don't fight against it.

You've never ever considered the idea of hiring non-union laborers.

You've never been to Springfield.

You know a good gyros joint.

You know what Giordanos, Lou Malnati's, and Gino's have in common.

You know when the last time the Cubs won a pennant.

You know exactly how many cars are "legally" allowed to turn left after the light turns red.

You don't know which ethnic "fest" to choose on any given Summer weekend.

Your idea of relaxing and getting away from it all is Ravinia (with 10,000 others who have the same idea).

You can recite many of "The Blues Brothers" lines and know where they filmed certain scenes.

You consider paying someone to watch your car at a sporting event as just another "city tax."

The "Living Room" is called the "front room"

You don't pronounce the "s" at the end of Illinois. You become irate at people who do

You measure distance in minutes (especially "from the city"). And you swear everything is pretty much 15 minutes away

You refer to anything South of I-80 as "Southern Illinois"

You refer to Lake Michigan as "The Lake"

You refer to Chicago as "The City"

"The Super Bowl" refers to one specific game in a series of 35 played in January of 1986

You have two favorite football teams: The Bears, and anyone who beats the Packers!

You buy "The Trib"

You think 35 degrees is great weather to wash your car!

You know what goes on a Chicago Style Hot Dog

You know what Chicago Style Pizza REALLY is

You understand what "lake-effect" means

You know the difference between Amtrak and Metra, and know which station they end up at. You have ridden the "L"

You can distinguish between the following area codes: 847,630,773,708, 312, & 815

You respond to the question "Where are you from" with a side" example:"WEST SIDE", "SOUTH SIDE" or "NORTHSIDE."

You know what the phone number is to Empire Carpet!

You wear gym shoes, not sneakers.

Your favorite melody to hum is "Bang,Bang,Bang-Skeet,Skeet,Skeet!!!!"

You faithfully attended Lil Louis parties at The Bismarck.

You GOT to have spaghetti at your barbecue.

You are STILL a Bulls fan........

You think kicking it outside of White Castles parking lot, (79th and Stony Island) is the "Freak Nik"

You go to Harold`s and order 4 pc wing, mild sauce, salt and pepper.

You have a picture of Harold Washington in your kitchen, living room, family room or basement.

You have ever waited in line at Home of the Hoagy on 111th for 30-45 minutes for a steak samich wit cheese

You have ever been to the Tiki Room lounge in Hyde Park

You have Y made a special trip downtown because you had a craving for Garrett's caramel and cheese popcorn.

What!!! We don`t get a Fifty? Oh yeah....

You drink at bars called "Bud on Tap" or "Milwaukee's Best" -- no names, just beer signs out front.

It's January and you see someone's kitchen chair in the street, and you know that if you're a responsible citizen and bring it back to the sidewalk you will be shot on sight

You live two miles from work and it takes you two hours to drive there

You don't flinch when you pay the fifth toll of your 45-minute car ride on the highway

When you read a big story in the paper about mob ties in the city government, your first reaction is "So, tell me something I don't know."

You know Lincoln Towing is Satan incarnate.

You've paid $105 for towing, $30 for more than one "street cleaning" ticket, $58 for a city vehicle sticker, and $70 for a license plate sticker -- and chalk it all up to "neighborhood taxes."

You pluralize grocery stores and retail chains: "I'm going to Jewels"; "I bought it at Targets"; "I couldn't find parking at Wal-Marts"

You've taken the Red Line past the point where all white people get off and all black people get on -- or vice versa.

You've cursed at a cyclist, pedestrian, or in-line skater on the lakefront path.

You know the significance of State and Madison.

You wonder if the fries will taste the same at Sammy Sosa's Restaurant.

You don't miss Planet Hollywood.

You're not ashamed of wearing a big fur Russian hat, or a headsock with one hole in it, in public from November through March.

You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Chicago.







--------------------
Mike F.

May the Irish hills caress you.
May her lakes and rivers bless you.
May the luck of the Irish enfold you.
May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.


user posted image
PMEmail PosterMy Photo Album               
Top
susieq76 
Posted: 07-Dec-2004, 03:35 PM
Quote Post

Member is Offline



Queen of the Stars
Group Icon

Group: Ireland
Posts: 1,259
Joined: 13-Aug-2003
ZodiacVine

Realm: Middle o' North Carolina

female









You Know You're From North Carolina When...


You've gotten used to the smell of cow manure on a car trip to Raleigh.

Saying "y'all" isn't just a cute expression; it actually means something.

There are big labrador retrievers in the back of every truck.

You give directions using KFC and Waffle House as landmarks.

You still see Dale Earndheart tributes on cars.

You can't imagine life without Bojangles' sweet tea

Your annual church fundraiser always deals with bbq and potato salad

You have a sunburn from May to October

Your 'heavy winter clothing' consists of some turtleneck sweaters, a fuzzy jacket, and your daddy's boots

Your family has fried chicken once a week

You can tell the difference between cotton fields and tobacco fields while driving

One of your neighbors has a confederate flag hanging on their front porch

Those "damn yankees" are taking over your school/church/workplace/neighborhood...

You've been "properly raised", and yankees love it when they hear you say "ma'am" and "sir"

You get your carbs from biscuits, rolls, pancakes, and grits

You know the difference between a "redneck" and a "hick".

You own at least one surf shop or seafood restaurant shirts.

No matter what those people in ohio say, we are still "first in flight"

The Coca-Cola 600 is as big as the Super Bowl

You prefer Chick-fil-a to KFC

You know pastry is a chicken stew, not a dessert item.

Every time you visit someone you?re offered something to eat and a glass of tea.

Your granddaddy always wore overalls and your grandma always wore an apron.

In summer you have home-grown tomatoes with every meal.

When it rains and the creek rises, everyone gathers to see how high it rose.

You know that "chunk" the ball means to throw it.

You've had a burger "all the way" - chili and slaw on it.

You can recognize a copperhead and your heart drops when you see one.

You have at least one relative that raises collards.

Your folks have taken trips to the mountains to look at leaves.

Your school classes were cancelled because of a hurricane.

You know Krispy Kreme makes the best doughnut.

You have an opinion about UNC. You went there and loved it, or you hate everyone who did.

You know the best BBQ is found in Lexington

You would rather eat at Bojangles's than McDonald's

You have actually uttered the phrase "It's too hot to go to the pool"

You faithfully drink Pepsi or Mt. Dew everyday of your life.

You have your own secret bbq sauce.

You or your neighbors have more hunting dogs than you have family members.

You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from North Carolina.






That is hilarious!! I loved the Chicago one, too because my dad is from there! They were very true!


--------------------
"Alas for those who never sing and die with all their music left in them" - Oliver Wendell Holmes
PMMy Photo Album               
Top
susieq76 
Posted: 07-Dec-2004, 03:37 PM
Quote Post

Member is Offline



Queen of the Stars
Group Icon

Group: Ireland
Posts: 1,259
Joined: 13-Aug-2003
ZodiacVine

Realm: Middle o' North Carolina

female





Here is another great email I got about NC once....

Things I've learned about North Carolina.....

Possums sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air.

There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live in North Carolina.

There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in North Carolina, plus a couple no one's seen before.

Squirrels will eat anything.

Unknown critters love to dig holes under tomato plants.

Raccoons will test your crop of melons and let you know when they are ripe.

If it grows, it sticks; if it crawls; it bites.

A tractor is NOT an all-terrain vehicle. They do get stuck.

Onced and Twiced are words.

It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy.

Fire ants consider your flesh as a picnic.

People actually grow and eat okra.

Fixinto is one word.

There ain't no such thing as "lunch". There's only dinner and then there's supper.

Tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're 2.

Backards and forwards means I know everything about you.

'Jeet? is actually a phrase meaning "Did you eat?"

You don't have to wear a watch because it doesn't matter what time it is.
You work until you're done or it's too dark to see.


More about North Carolinians....

You know you're from North Carolina if:

1. You measure distance in minutes.

2. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.

3. You know what a 'tar heel' is.

4. You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it, no matter what time of the year.

5. You use "fix" as a verb. Example: I am fixing to go to the store.

6. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal.

7. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.

8. You carry jumper cables in your car... for your OWN car.

9. You know what "cow tipping" is

10. You only own four spices: salt, pepper, texas pete and catsup.

11. The local papers cover national and international news on one page but requires 6 pages for local gossip and sports.

12. Your think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.

13. You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit "a little warm"

14. You know all four seasons: Almost summer, summer, still summer, and Christmas.

15. You know whether another North Carolinian is from east, west, or middle North Carolina as soon as they open their mouth.

16. Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past time known as "goin wal-martin or off to"Wally World"

17. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good pinto-bean weather.

18. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or pop...it's a Coke, regardless of brand or flavor,

Example: "What kinna coke you want?"

19. Fried Catfish is the other white meat.

20. You understand these jokes and forward them to your friends from NC

(and those who just wish they were)

PMMy Photo Album               
Top
MDF3530 
  Posted: 07-Dec-2004, 04:07 PM
Quote Post

Member is Offline



Celtic Guardian
********

Group: Celtic Nation
Posts: 7,290
Joined: 30-Jul-2002
ZodiacWillow

Realm: Midlothian, IL

male





QUOTE
14. You know all four seasons: Almost summer, summer, still summer, and Christmas.


That sounds like the four seasons here in Chicago: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter and Road Construction construction.gif biggrin.gif .
PMEmail PosterMy Photo Album               
Top
susieq76 
Posted: 07-Dec-2004, 04:19 PM
Quote Post

Member is Offline



Queen of the Stars
Group Icon

Group: Ireland
Posts: 1,259
Joined: 13-Aug-2003
ZodiacVine

Realm: Middle o' North Carolina

female





LOL!! We always say that NC should have the orange construction cone as our state tree....
PMMy Photo Album               
Top
MacEoghainn 
Posted: 07-Dec-2004, 05:22 PM
Quote Post

Member is Offline





Fear-leanmhainn an Rìgh
Group Icon

Group: Founder
Posts: 2,961
Joined: 18-Jan-2004
ZodiacHazel

Realm: Cape Coral, Florida, USA, Planet Earth

male









You Know You're From Florida When...


You use "fix" as a verb in this context: "I am fixing to go to the store".

You know what "cow tipping" is.

You find 100 degrees F "a little warm."

You know the four seasons as: Almost summer, summer, still summer, and Christmas.

A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or pop ... it's a Coke, regardless of the brand or flavor.

You own at least five pairs of flip flops

You know someone who's been struck by lightning

You're more scared of the freaks who live down the street than gators

Your backyard is sometimes a swamp

You're officially sick of Disney

You shrug off hurricane warnings

You've been permanently blinded by fat men in speedos

There are only two seasons - hot and hotter

You've drank a flaming alligator.

You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Florida.







--------------------
MacE
AKA
Steve Ewing

I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth. Job 19:25

"Non sibi sed patriae!"

Reviresco (I grow strong again)
Clan MacEwen motto

Audaciter (Audacity)
My Ewing Family Motto
(descendants of Baron William Ewing of Glasgow, born about 1630)

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt." Abraham Lincoln

"Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum." from "Epitoma Rei Militaris," by Vegetius

PMEmail Poster My Photo Album               View my Facebook Profile.
Top
MDF3530 
Posted: 07-Dec-2004, 09:48 PM
Quote Post

Member is Offline



Celtic Guardian
********

Group: Celtic Nation
Posts: 7,290
Joined: 30-Jul-2002
ZodiacWillow

Realm: Midlothian, IL

male





QUOTE (susieq76 @ 07-Dec-2004, 04:19 PM)
LOL!! We always say that NC should have the orange construction cone as our state tree....

I think our state emblem is an orange diamond emblazoned with the motto "Road Counstruction Ahead".
PMEmail PosterMy Photo Album               
Top
dfilpus 
Posted: 08-Dec-2004, 07:53 AM
Quote Post

Member is Offline



Celtic Guardian
********

Group: Celtic Nation
Posts: 693
Joined: 08-Mar-2004
ZodiacAsh

Realm: Chapel Hill NC

male









You Know You're From Northern Michigan When...


The fishing opener is a BIG deal!

Competing against Moorhead and Bemidji in sports is scary.

You know exactly where people ar talking about when they say I-Falls or DL.

You could name all the ___ Falls. (International Falls, Little Falls, etc.)

Track season starts with indoor meets and the first three outdoor meets are cancelled because it's just too cold.

All the rest of the schools in the state are cancelled because of the snow or cold, but the buses are still running on time at home.

You know what radio station KB101 is all about and depend on them for weather related announcements.

Most people drive a 4-wheel drive truck.

An ice-scraper is necessary equipment for traveling anywhere September- April.

You've seen -50 temperatures more than once.

You spend your summer building deer stands.

Everyone in your school thinks that deer season should be considered a national holiday.

People sit in deerstands for hours on end in -20 weather just for the thrill of shooting a deer.

You get excited when you hear "Da Tirdy Point Buck" "Second Week of Deer Camp" and "Da Fourdy Pound Croppie" on the radio.

Everybody gets together in the spring and goes mudding.

Your hometown has more gas stations than stores in the mall(if there even is a mall).

A boy wearing tight jeans, cowboy boots, and a cowboy hat can be considered hot.

You have more than one wild-life animal mounted in your home.

Pets are indefinately kept outside.

You hail Perkins as the all-mighty hangout place.

You can walk into Perkins and know every high schooler in there.

The people in the town consider hockey players bigger heros that football players.

Baseball players need a hat and mittens when the season starts.

Going to "The Cities" is a big deal.

Shopping MUST be done out-of-town.

Your house runs on the heat of a wood stove.

You have gotten your tounge stuck on something metal.

You can name half of the "10,000 Lakes".

You depend on Target for your every need.

You feed the wild-life that lives in your yard.

You either have a cabin or stay at someone else's.

You own a snowmobile, 4-wheeler, and a jet-ski to cover all conditions.

The only "gym" there is to work out at is the one at the local high school.

They grow the girls big in your hometown.

Industrial Tech classes have more students than the art and music classes combined.

Your car is always dirty from driving on all the dirt roads.

It takes 2 hours to get to anywhere worth going.

The only thing to do on a Friday or Saturday night is to have a bonfire or rent movies with friends.

You've been out-hunted by a girl hunter.


You don't call a foot of snow falling overnight a state of emergency; you call it Wednesday.

You have combination bait, tackle and gift shops.

You drink beer brewed in Canada.

The majority of the parties you've attended in your life had one corner of the room set aside for people playing euchre.

People walk into banks wearing ski masks, and no one gets excited.

You can tell a person is a 'fudge' regardless of whether they have fudge in their possion.

Sitting for hours on a frozen lake in front of a hole in the ice is an activity you look forward to for months.

On your weekend trips on I-75, both Friday on the way out and Sunday on the way back, you're in the fast moving lane, looking across the median at the bumper-to-bumper crawl.

You're fiercely loyal about your particular make of snowmobile.

Your wife has shot a buck.

You regularly drive on roads that have never been paved, and probably never will be.

You know every person you graduated from high school with.

You go to restaurants named after the person who is actually
cooking the food.

You've helped push the vehicle of someone you've never met before out of a snowbank.

Your town has a curfew whistle.

When you think of a 'pasty,' you think of something to eat, not something a stripper would wear.

You have seven right-handed gloves

You tap-tap your feet to knock of the snow before you get into your car

You're from the U.P.

You see the annual snowbird migration to the south

You put cherries in everything you eat

You wear four different-size jeans throughout the year

You can get to another town through the woods

You put plastic on your windows

You have a DUI or two

Anyone from below M-72 is from "the south"

You take your hooded parka everywhere - just in case

You have long underwear in three or more colors

You work your own hours, eat venison and fish regularly

You drive to Grand Rapids to catch a plane because it's half the price

Tourists make you late all summer but snow doesn't slow you down at all

Every restaurant menu: steak & whitefish, steak & whitefish, steak & whitefish...

You can greet every store or gas station counterperson by their first name

You keep a broom in your car to clear your windows.

It's completely understandable to have an umbrella, snow shovel and swimsuit in your vehicle all on the same day.

You don't get a glass for your beer.

Da Yoopers are your wedding band.

You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Northern Michigan.


There is a lot of truth in these jokes. I know, I grew up there.


--------------------
Näkemiin

Dave (SCA: Geoffrey Genour of Carney)
Protector of Bits and Bytes, Third cousin once removed to Phil, Prince of Insufficient Light


user posted image

Help out with the site! Win prizes!
Suggest videos at VideoCelt.com

Check out the outstanding video - Merchant Marine by Celtae
PMEmail PosterMy Photo Album               
Top
dfilpus 
Posted: 08-Dec-2004, 07:56 AM
Quote Post

Member is Offline



Celtic Guardian
********

Group: Celtic Nation
Posts: 693
Joined: 08-Mar-2004
ZodiacAsh

Realm: Chapel Hill NC

male





QUOTE (MDF3530 @ 07-Dec-2004, 10:48 PM)
I think our state emblem is an orange diamond emblazoned with the motto "Road Counstruction Ahead".

A couple of summers ago, I found a T-shirt in Michigan that had an array of pictures like that. The State Tree was the orange construction barrel. The State Animal was a construction worker. The State Rock was concrete. And so on. beer_mug.gif
PMEmail PosterMy Photo Album               
Top
Shamalama 
Posted: 08-Dec-2004, 09:15 AM
Quote Post

Member is Offline



Celtic Guardian
********

Group: Celtic Nation
Posts: 2,165
Joined: 05-Feb-2004
ZodiacBirch

Realm: Conyers, GA

male





You Know You're From Atlanta and/or Georgia When...

You give directions starting with, "Go down Peachtree" and include the phrase, "When you see the Waffle House."

You know the difference between a hillbilly, a redneck, and a Southerner.

You only drink Coke or Diet Coke - drinking Pepsi is blasphemy.

You know to wear sneakers to the airport.

The 8:00 AM rush hour is from 6:30 to 10:30 AM. The 5:00 PM rush hour is from 3:00 to 7:30 PM. Friday's rush hour starts Thursday afternoon, and lasts through 2:00 AM Saturday.

You use "Sir" and "Ma'am" if there's a remote possibility that person you're talking to is least 30 minutes older than you are.

The falling of one rain drop causes all drivers to immediately forget all traffic rules.

If a single snowflake falls, the city is paralyzed for three days, and it's on all the channels as a news flash every 15 minutes for a month. All the grocery stores will be sold out of milk, bread, bottled water, toilet paper, and beer.

People actually grow, eat, and like okra - boiled or fried.

Construction crews are not doing their jobs properly unless they close down all major streets during rush hour.

You never go less than 70 mph on "The Watermelon 500" (I-285).

Sweet tea is THE drink. No questions.

When a waitress asks what you want to drink and you say Coke, she asks "What kind?"

"Ya'll" is a word.

You know you're not allergic to pollen, because if you were - you'd be dead already.

You know people who consider a six pack and a bug zapper quality entertainment.

The directions to your house include "turn off the paved road."

You know at least five different ways to get to work, none of them any good.

You greet people with"Howdy, Whachu doin?"

You know what a 'dawg' is.

You've been in traffic on I-85, I-75, I-20 or GA 400 (choose one) - wondering if your fuel, your cell-phone battery, and your bladder will make it to the next exit, just 1/2 mile (or one hour) ahead.



--------------------

Clan Mac Cullaich:
- Brewed in Scotland
- Bottled in Ulster
- Uncorked in America

Common Folk Using Common Sense
PMEmail Poster               
Top
birddog20002001 
Posted: 08-Dec-2004, 01:58 PM
Quote Post

Member is Offline



Celtic Guardian
Group Icon

Group: Isle of Man
Posts: 663
Joined: 12-Sep-2003
ZodiacRowan

Realm: North Carolina

male





You Know You're From Houston When...

The "farm-to-market" roads have seven lanes.

If you want to be a snob about your grocery shopping, you can go to a Randall's Flagship, a Kroger Signature, a Rice Epicurean, or soon, an HEB Central Market to buy bread and milk (but you have to dress up!)

You have a Roach Story: You opened your flatware drawer to find a roach the size of the Taco Bell chihuahua. He stood up and looked you in the eye. You closed the drawer, bought new flatware -- and stored it in the oven.

"Bum Phillips" doesn't mean a bad screwdriver.


You know that the Astrodome will always be the Eighth Wonder of the World.

Your neighbor's Christmas yard decorations look like a re-creation of the gunfight at the OK Corral, complete with a ten-foot tree decorated with boots and cowboy hats, and a Santa Claus who looks a lot like Wyatt Earp.

You know that "Dad gummit" has nothing to do with your father's failure to practice good dental hygiene.

A 747 with the Space Shuttle riding piggyback has actually flown low, right overhead, and nobody paid any attention to it.

You know that while saving you money, "Mattress Mac" has amassed more than the U.S. Treasury has.


"Luv Ya Blue" still makes you smile, even if you did run the Oilers out of town.


You think y'all is a perfectly good word when you're referring to more than one person.

You see nothing unusual about an eighty-something former sheriff's deputy who wears a white pompadour toupee and blue sun-glasses, mispronounces names, allows televising of his frequent plastic surgeries, seems unnaturally obsessed with slime in the ice machine, and screams "MAR-VIN ZIND-ler, iiiiiiii-witness news" into a television.

You see your neighbor dancing around the front yard, and you don't think he's won the Publisher's Clearing House Sweepstakes; you know that he just stepped in a fire ant bed.

You're on your way to work one FEBRUARY morning and suddenly you're trapped in a traffic jam caused by a chuck wagon and fifty horses with riders and you look around to see that everybody in the cars around you is wearing a cowboy hat.

You have to turn on the air conditioning in January, two days after a low of 29 degrees.

You come to work in short sleeves and walk out at noon to find that a "blue-tailed norther" has blown through and the temperature has dropped 40 degrees in a matter of minutes.

You go to an art festival on Westheimer and you're almost run down by two hand- holding cross dressers on roller blades.

For a Chili Cookoff, you'll use anything from armadillo to frog's legs, but you know that the only GOOD chili is made with chopped (not ground)- beef, and it has NO beans and NO tomatoes.
You know that Society matrons of "a certain age" still sport big hair and faces that have gone east, west, and north rather than south.

You can leave your house, head out of town, and an hour later you still haven't left the city limits (during rush hour, you haven't left your NEIGHBORHOOD).

You've never seen I-45 in any condition other than under construction, and you've lived here for 20-30 years.

You think that the humidity being below 90 percent makes it a GOOD hair day.

The only REAL Mexican food is Tex-Mex.

You've seen a 747 with a Space Shuttle riding piggyback flying low right overhead, and nobody paid any attention to it.

You know that while saving you money, "Mattress Mac" has amassed more than the U.S. treasury.

You're happy to have beaten Los Angeles out of a football team, but you'd rather they keep the title of "Smog Capital."

You know that the Astrodome will always be the 8th wonder of the world.

You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Houston.


You Know You're From Texas When...

You see more Texan flags than American flags.

You know someone who ate the 72 oz steak and got it for free.

You can write a check at Dairy Queen for 2 Hungr-Busters and fries.

You prefer Whataburger to McDonalds.

You dress up to go shopping at the mall.

You're disappointed when a food doesn't come in spicy flavor.

You know from experience that rattlesnake meat tastes like chicken.

You can tell a rock from an armadillo at 300 yards.

You have both a dog and a brother-in-law named Bud

Your local grocery store sells cactus in the Fresh Produce department

You watch the movie Urban Cowboy and laugh at the phony Texan accents

You choose a brand of Mexican salsa with the same care that another might use to select a bottle of fine wine

You think that the 4 basic food groups are nachos, bar-b-que, fajitas, and Copenhagen.

You refer to the Dallas Cowboys as "God's favorite football team"

You know whether another Texan is from South, West, East, North, or Central Texas as soon as they open their mouth.

You don't consider people from Austin to be real Texans.

There is no such thing as a "secret" sin.

The Blue Book value on your truck goes up and down depending on how much gas it has in it.

You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Texas.


--------------------
"when a person is prepared to die for a cause, and indeed to glory in such a death, it impossible to supress him or the cause it represents." Jawaharlal Nehru

"Only the suppressed word is dangerous." Ludwig Borne

"All of our freedoms are a single bundle, all must be secure if any is to be preserved." Dwight David Eisenhower

"All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are both immortal and divine." Socrates
PMEmail Poster               
Top
gettin-away 
Posted: 08-Dec-2004, 09:23 PM
Quote Post

Member is Offline



Celtic Guardian
********

Group: Celtic Nation
Posts: 265
Joined: 17-Jan-2004
ZodiacOak

Realm: Flushing Michigan USA

male





Since we already heard from Northern Michigan here is a little about my neck of the "Michigan" woods....





You Know You're From Flint When...


A gourmet meal is "two up to go"

You demanded a "feathered hairdo" after 1985

You think that Genesee Towers is a TAAAAAL building

You have to go to Jolly O and Skip's before you end up at Bubba's

You think that traffic on Linden Road is too heavy

You know what a coney is

Going away to college is a choice between Mott and U of M Flint

Saginaw is "Up North"

The Blue Hawaiian's are your favorite band

Your idea of culture is The Whiting Auditorium

You've been to a Generals game

You know a short cut between Robert T and Court

You remember Chicago 21, Rush St. Wild Bill's or The Light

You were an underage drinker at the Mikatam

You shopped at The Small Mall

vast majority of your family income came from "THE SHOP"

You know what a "40" is

You bought a record at Rock-A-Rola or Wyatt Earps

You participated in a cruise at The South Flint Plaza

You know what an Eastsider is

You have ever ordered fries with gravy at 3 am

You know what a Boston Cooler is

You have had a few too many at The Torch

Your definition of rich is a Power's kid

You refer to all paper bags as a "Hamady sack"

You have heard Rosie sing "Won't you come home Bill Bailey"

You have ever been sledding at Mott Park or Swartz Creek

You know someone who had to go to the School of Choice

You were bussed to The Skill Center

You have bought beer at Awad's

You know Mt Holly has "good powder"

You spent the day after Prom at Cedar Point

Your Friday night party was at Circle Drive

You put vinegar on your Luigi's Pizza

You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Flint.







--------------------
Paradox...Dirty socks...Glacier Rocks...Goldilocks

user posted image
PMEmail PosterMy Photo Album               
Top
MDF3530 
  Posted: 09-Dec-2004, 12:57 AM
Quote Post

Member is Offline



Celtic Guardian
********

Group: Celtic Nation
Posts: 7,290
Joined: 30-Jul-2002
ZodiacWillow

Realm: Midlothian, IL

male





QUOTE (gettin-away @ 08-Dec-2004, 09:23 PM)
Since we already heard from Northern Michigan here is a little about my neck of the "Michigan" woods....





You Know You're From Flint When...


A gourmet meal is "two up to go"

You demanded a "feathered hairdo" after 1985

You think that Genesee Towers is a TAAAAAL building

You have to go to Jolly O and Skip's before you end up at Bubba's

You think that traffic on Linden Road is too heavy

You know what a coney is

Going away to college is a choice between Mott and U of M Flint

Saginaw is "Up North"

The Blue Hawaiian's are your favorite band

Your idea of culture is The Whiting Auditorium

You've been to a Generals game

You know a short cut between Robert T and Court

You remember Chicago 21, Rush St. Wild Bill's or The Light

You were an underage drinker at the Mikatam

You shopped at The Small Mall

vast majority of your family income came from "THE SHOP"

You know what a "40" is

You bought a record at Rock-A-Rola or Wyatt Earps

You participated in a cruise at The South Flint Plaza

You know what an Eastsider is

You have ever ordered fries with gravy at 3 am

You know what a Boston Cooler is

You have had a few too many at The Torch

Your definition of rich is a Power's kid

You refer to all paper bags as a "Hamady sack"

You have heard Rosie sing "Won't you come home Bill Bailey"

You have ever been sledding at Mott Park or Swartz Creek

You know someone who had to go to the School of Choice

You were bussed to The Skill Center

You have bought beer at Awad's

You know Mt Holly has "good powder"

You spent the day after Prom at Cedar Point

Your Friday night party was at Circle Drive

You put vinegar on your Luigi's Pizza

You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Flint.





Who wrote this? Michael Moore biggrin.gif ?
PMEmail PosterMy Photo Album               
Top
bigjimhainey 
Posted: 09-Dec-2004, 01:47 AM
Quote Post

Member is Offline



Celtic Guardian
********

Group: Celtic Nation
Posts: 199
Joined: 01-Dec-2004
ZodiacHawthorn

Realm: South Mississippi

male









You Know You're From Alabama When...


You have a party or a barbeque whenever Alabama plays Auburn in football.

You go to Gulf Shores every summer.

You call the Atlanta Braves baseball team "us" like they're actually from Alabama.

You would much rather visit Florida than California.

You don't "take", you "carry" or "tote"... as in "You want me to carry you down to the 7-11?"

A soft drink isn't soda, cola, or pop, it's Coke.

You call it a "buggy" and not a shopping cart.

You've said "fixin' to," "might could," or "usetacould" during the last week.

Someone you know has used a football schedule to plan their wedding date.

You know the meaning of the phrase "Fobbed again."

You can properly pronounce Eufaula, Opelika, Bayou La Batre, and Oneonta.

The Talladega 500 is the biggest sporting event of any sort during the entire year.

You know exactly what chitlins and mountain oysters are, and you know someone who eats them anyway.

You think that people who complain about the humidity in other states are sissies.

You aren't surprised to find rental movies, groceries, ammunition and bait all in the same store.

You've missed a wedding or a funeral to go to a football game.

Asian food is always "CHINESE" regardless of the fact that it may actually be Korean or Japanese or Thai

You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Alabama.





yes yes i know it says that im from southern MS, but my family is from alabama. and what part of alabama you might ask, none other than Talladega county. And i was suprised at how many of these that i could relate to.


--------------------
ERIN GO BRAGH

Beware the Celtic Storm

Big Jim Hainey
PMEmail PosterMy Photo Album               
Top
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:

Reply to this topic Quick ReplyStart new topicStart Poll


 








© Celtic Radio Network
Celtic Radio is a TorontoCast radio station that is based in Canada.
TorontoCast provides music license coverage through SOCAN.
All rights and trademarks reserved. Read our Privacy Policy.








[Home] [Top]