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tafkar, google for "you know you're from [your state] ", post the list and bold the ones that apply to you. I grew up in Mississippi, but I was born in NoVA and have been here for the last fifteen years, so I had to do that one too.
You know you're from Mississippi if:
1. You measure distance in minutes.
2. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
3. Stores don't have bags; they have sacks.
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, chili powder, and catsup.
Ain't no genuine Mississippian ever called it "Catsup". Down here it's "Ketchup",
..........and let's not forget peppersauce for the turnip greens! [I own a lot more spices than that, but it is "ketchup"]
11.. The local papers cover national and international news on one page but requires 6 pages for sports.
12. . You 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 Mississippian is from east, west, or middle Mississippi as soon as they open their mouth. [My mother was from Long Island and I have absolutely no southern accent; I have no real ear for regional accents within the state.]
16. Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past-time known as "going to Wal-marts.
17. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good chili 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.
I took this list fromtafkar, since laziness is a virtue. ;)
You Know You're From Northern Virginia If...
Speed limits are just suggestions
You constantly complain about there being nothing to do, even though you are right next to DC
You have at least 2 friends who have no idea what their parents do because its "top secret" government work
When people ask where you're from, you tell them DC because its easier to explain
You've never told someone you're from Virginia without putting "northern" in front of it
Its not actually tailgating unless your bumper is touching the car in front of you.
A yellow light means at least 5 more cars can get through.
A red light means 2 more can.
It takes you 30 minutes to drive 10 miles
Your local news is national news
If you hear the word "sniper" one more time you're going to slap someone
You actually know what the black boxes at stoplights are for
You have over 500 students in your graduating class
Despite the fact that Virginia fought for the south in the Civil War, you are NOT, under ANY circumstances, a "southerner"
You know at least 2 people who drive a mercedes, BMW, Lexus, etc.
The cars in the student parking lot are woth 3x those in the teacher parking lot.
You are amused by visiting relatives who are actually excited to see Washington DC
You are amazed when you go out of town and the people at McDonalds speak english
You can cross 4 lanes of traffic in under 30 seconds
There are at least 3 malls within 20 minutes of your house
There are at least 6 Starbucks within 20 minutes of your house
You or someone in your family has a Smart Tag
Homework/Extra credit for a class has been to visit a museum in DC
When traveling, you have your choice of 3 airports
You don't actually like the Redskins/Wizards
An inch of snow and you miss 3 days of school
All the potholes just add a little excitement to your driving experience
Stop signs mean slow down a little, but only if you feel like it
A rich white kid driving a BMW while blasting rap music is a common occurance
You call things "ghetto" even though in most of the rest of the country it'd be high class
You or most of your friends have a 3 car garage
You don't actually keep your cars in it.
When you were driving on the beltway at 2:13am on a Tuesday there was still traffic
Crown Victoria = undercover cop
A slow driver is someone who isn't going at least 10mph over the speed limit
You understand the meaning of "If you don't get it, you don't get it"
Subway is a fast food place. The transportation system is known as Metro, and only Metro
You've taken a wrong turn somewhere late at night and ended up in a bad part of DC
Most of Loudoun County is the "middle of nowhere"
They just tore down the old farm house across the street and put 12 new houses in its place
The word Hfstival actually means something to you
Someone has honked at you because you didn't peel out the second the light turned green.
You've honked at someone because they didn't peel out the second the light turned green.
Rush hour lasts all day
For the cost of your house, you could own a small town in Iowa
Helicopters and airplanes flying above your neighborhood is a normal occurance.
9:30 isnt just a time, its a place.
If you stay on the same road long enough, it will eventually have 3 new names.
You have to dial the area code to call your neighbor
You live 5 minutes from at least 2 high schools, but you go to one thats 30 minutes away.
You know at least 3 alternate routes to avoid sitting at a stop light.
You can't pull up to a 7-11 without seeing at least one cop, and usually there's another cop sitting not too far away.
You refer to distances in minutes, not miles.
When you put on your turn signal to change lanes, the people next to you speed up.
Talking on metro in the morning is prohibited
tafkar, google for "you know you're from [your state] ", post the list and bold the ones that apply to you. I grew up in Mississippi, but I was born in NoVA and have been here for the last fifteen years, so I had to do that one too.You know you're from Mississippi if:
1. You measure distance in minutes.
2. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
3. Stores don't have bags; they have sacks.
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, chili powder, and catsup.
Ain't no genuine Mississippian ever called it "Catsup". Down here it's "Ketchup",
..........and let's not forget peppersauce for the turnip greens! [I own a lot more spices than that, but it is "ketchup"]
11.. The local papers cover national and international news on one page but requires 6 pages for sports.
12. . You 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 Mississippian is from east, west, or middle Mississippi as soon as they open their mouth. [My mother was from Long Island and I have absolutely no southern accent; I have no real ear for regional accents within the state.]
16. Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past-time known as "going to Wal-marts.
17. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good chili 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.
I took this list from
tafkar, since laziness is a virtue. ;)You Know You're From Northern Virginia If...
Speed limits are just suggestions
You constantly complain about there being nothing to do, even though you are right next to DC
You have at least 2 friends who have no idea what their parents do because its "top secret" government work
When people ask where you're from, you tell them DC because its easier to explain
You've never told someone you're from Virginia without putting "northern" in front of it
Its not actually tailgating unless your bumper is touching the car in front of you.
A yellow light means at least 5 more cars can get through.
A red light means 2 more can.
It takes you 30 minutes to drive 10 miles
Your local news is national news
If you hear the word "sniper" one more time you're going to slap someone
You actually know what the black boxes at stoplights are for
You have over 500 students in your graduating class
Despite the fact that Virginia fought for the south in the Civil War, you are NOT, under ANY circumstances, a "southerner"
You know at least 2 people who drive a mercedes, BMW, Lexus, etc.
The cars in the student parking lot are woth 3x those in the teacher parking lot.
You are amused by visiting relatives who are actually excited to see Washington DC
You are amazed when you go out of town and the people at McDonalds speak english
You can cross 4 lanes of traffic in under 30 seconds
There are at least 3 malls within 20 minutes of your house
There are at least 6 Starbucks within 20 minutes of your house
You or someone in your family has a Smart Tag
Homework/Extra credit for a class has been to visit a museum in DC
When traveling, you have your choice of 3 airports
You don't actually like the Redskins/Wizards
An inch of snow and you miss 3 days of school
All the potholes just add a little excitement to your driving experience
Stop signs mean slow down a little, but only if you feel like it
A rich white kid driving a BMW while blasting rap music is a common occurance
You call things "ghetto" even though in most of the rest of the country it'd be high class
You or most of your friends have a 3 car garage
You don't actually keep your cars in it.
When you were driving on the beltway at 2:13am on a Tuesday there was still traffic
Crown Victoria = undercover cop
A slow driver is someone who isn't going at least 10mph over the speed limit
You understand the meaning of "If you don't get it, you don't get it"
Subway is a fast food place. The transportation system is known as Metro, and only Metro
You've taken a wrong turn somewhere late at night and ended up in a bad part of DC
Most of Loudoun County is the "middle of nowhere"
They just tore down the old farm house across the street and put 12 new houses in its place
The word Hfstival actually means something to you
Someone has honked at you because you didn't peel out the second the light turned green.
You've honked at someone because they didn't peel out the second the light turned green.
Rush hour lasts all day
For the cost of your house, you could own a small town in Iowa
Helicopters and airplanes flying above your neighborhood is a normal occurance.
9:30 isnt just a time, its a place.
If you stay on the same road long enough, it will eventually have 3 new names.
You have to dial the area code to call your neighbor
You live 5 minutes from at least 2 high schools, but you go to one thats 30 minutes away.
You know at least 3 alternate routes to avoid sitting at a stop light.
You can't pull up to a 7-11 without seeing at least one cop, and usually there's another cop sitting not too far away.
You refer to distances in minutes, not miles.
When you put on your turn signal to change lanes, the people next to you speed up.
Talking on metro in the morning is prohibited
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Date: 2004-06-20 02:14 pm (UTC)I've noticed that's also a California thing - at least it was by my former cow-orkers in Mountain View.
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Date: 2004-06-20 05:15 pm (UTC)That one tripped me up college. People thought it was "cute". Cured me really quickly of saying it. (That and "cracked a window" for opened a window a small amount.)
And, for NoVa:
You figure out what's going to happen at work that day by checking page 2 of the Washington Post (i.e., where they report Federal Government news).
I didn't start measuring distance in minutes until I got to California.
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Date: 2004-06-20 05:21 pm (UTC)The thing that's wrong with that example is that they put a "g" on the end. It's "fixin' to go to the store"!
I didn't start measuring distance in minutes until I got to California.
That may be more related to the fact that traffic has gotten much, much worse out here since you lived here (I've seriously noticed it getting worse just since I've lived in this area in the last five years.) "five miles/twenty minutes" if you don't live way out west (like, past Gainesville).
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Date: 2004-06-20 07:11 pm (UTC)Specific comments:
(1) is sort of everywhere, not Mississippi. (2) I find extremely odd, having moved to New England. The weather fluctuates a lot more "in these parts". (3)? Not so true. As for (6), we've never had "festivals". (10) wasn't true at least where I was (Louisianna hot sauce, but no chili powder, though tobasco was more common than LA hot sauce--pet pieve: These are different things!) (13) just plain isn't true. 100 is hot, though not uncommon (but not as common as some would think). (15) I've never heard of--there's only two Mississippi accents and they aren't divisions of the state (rural and something probably best called "television-access"; plus varying mixes between these). (17) isn't almost true but not quite... cold is more like 65. (18) is only slightly flawed... it's a coke (Coke is coca cola regardless; coke is a soda).
The rest of them are okay, though I'm not quite sure why anyone (including me) cares.
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Date: 2004-06-21 10:13 am (UTC)True, and honestly I do it a lot more now that I'm up here than I did when I lived there.
As for (6), we've never had "festivals".
Neither did we, so far as I know.
(10) wasn't true at least where I was
Where I was, substitute "barbeque sauce" for "hot sauce". Not on greens though, naturally.. (Mmmm, Rendezvous.)
(13) just plain isn't true. 100 is hot, though not uncommon (but not as common as some would think).
It's not the heat, it's the humidity. ;) I still manage to be surprised when I see a house or other building that doesn't have central air; the idea of living without is completely alien to me.
though I'm not quite sure why anyone (including me) cares.
Good question. Because it's slightly more entertaining than whatever else it is we're supposed to be doing?
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Date: 2004-06-21 11:57 pm (UTC)>whatever else it is we're supposed to be doing?
Well, I'm learning who else comes from Mississippi, so it ain't all bad.
BTW, we did the "big fan" thing when I was little--it worked quite well except on the most humid of nights. Never underestimate your body's natural cooling abilities.
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Date: 2004-06-22 09:04 am (UTC)There is that. =)
When I moved up to DC for college, the first three weeks were spent having nearly everyone I met who found out where I was from ask me "Oh, so have you seen Mississippi Burning?" *facepalm* I started just telling people I was from Memphis, which was close enough to true.