You know you are from Atlanta when:
It takes you 5 times longer than necessary to get anywhere you want to go.
The Governor sponsors a giant prayer circle with tax payer dollars to ask god for rain.
Most employers think the above is a good reason to get off work.
You can’t buy booze for your house on Sunday.
Every time you forget the above, the clerk feels obligated to tell you that you are supposed to go to church.
There are shootings all the time but cops think that busting up small time poker games is a good use of time.
There is a registered gay phonebook.
It looks as big as a regular phonebook.
Strippers aren’t above having a bit of toilet paper still intact.
Firework shows are spectacular because fuck fire safety codes.
You know the laws better than the cops that harass you.
95% of the people you meet grew up in this state and have never lived anywhere else.
No one that inherited a lot of money knows how to tip.
There isn’t a hot tub to be found.

 

More Mississippi

MORE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW YOU’RE FROM MISSISSIPPI:
1. You measure distance in minutes.
2. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
3. You use "fix" as a verb. Example: "I'm fixing to go to the store"
4. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal.
5. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
6. You know what a "DAWG" is.
7. You carry jumper cables in your car...for your OOWN car.
8. The local papers cover national and international news on one page but require 6 pages for local gossip and sports.
9. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.
10. You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit "a little warm".
11. You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, still Summer and Christmas.
12. You know whether another MISSISSIPIAN is from HATTIESBURG, north or south as soon as they open their mouth.
13. Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite pasttime known as "goin' Wal-martin" or off to "Wally World"...Mall Mart
14. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good pinto-bean weather.
15. Fried catfish is the other white meat.
16. We don't need no stinking driver's ed... If’n our mama says we can drive, we can drive.

 

During a storm, you check the cattle before you check the kids.

You are related to more than half the town.

You can tell the difference between a cow and a horse from a distance.

You don't put too much effort into a hairstyle due to the weather.

Your quarterback is hurt and it is the top story on the six o'clock news.

You use your inheritance to attend the Oklahoma-Texas game.

You can wear red and white overalls in public without being embarrassed.

There's a tornado warning and the whole town is outside watching
for the tornado.

The local convenience store sells live bait.

You keep track of the grain and hog futures on the radio.

You don't buy all your vegetables at the grocery store.

You go to the State Fair for your only vacation.

You get up at 5:30 A.M. and go to the coffee shop, where the waitress never asks what you would like. She already knows.

You are on a first name basis with the county sheriff.

Little smokies are something you serve only on special occasions.

You have the number of the Coop feed store on speed dial.

You know what the "Sea of Red and White" is.

All your radio preset buttons are country-western stations.
ALL the radio stations are country-western stations.

You think that using the elevator involves a corn truck.

Your mayor is also the doctor, barber, and/or dentist.

You can drive 80 mph on a two-lane dirt road with one hand, but driving 45 mph on a four-lane expressway in a city scares you to death.

You listen to the weather forecast before picking out an outfit.

You call the wrong number by mistake and end up talking for an hour anyway.

Your excuse for being late for school is that the cows got out.

You know cow pies are not made of beef.

Your early morning prayer includes rain, cattle, and all the injured football players.

You aren't surprised when the Sooners are scheduled to play Iowa
Deaf and Blind in the fourth game of the season, but you're upset when the score is 82-0 and you don't
go up in the national ratings.

You use manure on your grass instead of Weed and Feed.

You listen to "Paul Harvey" everyday at noon.

Your nearest neighbor is in the next area code.

You leave your snow tires on year-round.

You know the difference between fee corn and sweet corn... while it's still on the stalk.

You pick up all the free stuff at the State Fair.

Football schedules are consulted before choosing a wedding date.

You don't clean up a dog's mess because it's just fertilizer.

You wear cowboy boots to church.

You know enough to get your driving done early on Sundays (before the Sunday drivers come out).

It takes 30 seconds to drive clear across town.

You can tell the difference between the smell of a skunk and the smell of a feedlot.

True love means you'll ride on the tractor with him.

 

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Owned

 

(I'm making these up cus the other thousands of lists are definitely not written by people from here) You know you're from Delco when...

- You know where to find a WaWa in every town
- You can start or finish an E-A-G-L-E-S chant anywhere you go at anytime
- You say "wudder" not water
- You look weirdly at guys who dress up unless they're going to a club or somewhere fancy, especially if they have their hair all gelled up
- You own at least one pair of basketball or court shoes, even if you don't play ball
- The most expensive clothes you own are probably from either American Eagle, Aeropstale, Abercrombie, or an athletic apparel store
- You consider LA and NY to be flashy, fancy cities, even if you've never been there
- You've been to either Linvilla Orchards, The Franklin Institute, or St. John Neumann's shrine at least once in your life
- You have ridden on some form of public transportation in the past year
- You consider the Poconos and the Jersey Shore a vacation, and you go to a specific city there. And you know that Avalon is the quiet town, Ocean City is the tourist attraction, Sea Isle is the family vacation spot, and Wildwood is the place to go for fun


all I can think of at the moment..

 

You know you're in Podunkville when the "Welcome to Podunkville" sign is located at the local cemetery.

 

You know you're from Las Vegas Nevada when:

1. You have no idea what a scarf does, but think it looks good
2. You know how to get to any casino on the strip without taking Las Vegas Blvd
3. You know where the natural history museum, art museum and zoo are.
4. You can now predict where the construction signs will be misleadingly placed.
5. Stop signs and red lights mean very little
6. The last time you went to the strip, your cousins were in town last summer
7. You become nocturnal between the months of April to October.
8. You know the seasons: Really hot, 2 weeks of nice, not so hot, 2 weeks of nice.
9. Your favorite chocolate is Ethel M.
10. When you go to different cities, you're amazed things aren't open after 9 pm
11. You've never seen a closed gas station
12. You can get hard liquor any day of the week, any time of the day.
13. When arriving home from vacation the slot machines in McCarran are comforting
14. You are still asked "smoking or non?" when you go to out to eat. Cali sux
15. You laugh at people playing the slots at 7-11
16. You have no idea how a lottery works
17. What the fuck is last call?
18. Your most prized possession as a Nevadan is your blue and white licence plate
19. You know the spaghetti bowl has nothing to do with food
20. You know never to merge right when driving north on I-15, it'll end anyway.
21. You think a pile of rocks is a nice lawn
22. The term Lake Las Vegas doesn't seem redundant in the slightest.
23. You remember the ugly lion
24. You give directions to your house based on location of closest casino
25. You need to walk through a casino to see a movie.
26. You go in circles through McCarran on purpose
27. You can spot a tourist from 3 miles away
28. Limos are an everyday sighting
29. You laugh at people taking pictures in front of the "welcome" sign
30. You don't own an umbrella
31. Sixty degrees is cold enough to wear a jacket
32. You can wear pants in the summer and shorts in the winter
33. You've never HAD to pay for parking.
34. You are outraged to pay more than 9.99 for prime rib and a lobster tail.
35. You pass this on to other locals
36. You remember when the 215 was a secret.

 

AUSTRIA.....Because there are NO F**KING Kangaroo's to see...

 

Hampshire, South Coast of England...

• If you can see the Isle of Wight - it's going to rain soon!
• If you can't see the Isle of Wight - it's already raining!

 

You know your from Los Angeles when ...

* the schools are sending letters home to the parents in languages other than English
* you start dancing about even though you are not on a dance floor and the ceiling is caving in on you (its an earthquake silly)
* you sit in a parking lot for hours called a freeway
* when you search for a radio station and none of them are in English
* you see drug deals on every corner out in the open
* at least one family member has been arrested for solicitation of a cop
* caucasian is considered the minority
* when you get a job because you are 'white' based on the Affirmative Action laws
* there are strict curfews set by cities and blocks to stay off the streets after 8pm
* when you look around and you can water ski, snow ski, hike, and go to an amusement park all in the same day
* when people getting shot is a non-event for you
* when you think the rest of the nations news is fluff without violence or tragedy
* when the rest of the world thinks your a freak

 

So true, it's Whista, Havrill, Peebiddy, Skichu-it, Chad-dam and Lemon-sta.

An added note is that there is no "H" in Worcester, you never call it Worchester. For you folks that use the letter "R", it's pronounced Worst-er.

BTW, Great thread Lisa...

Tina

 

seriously?

 

do u want it????

 

Yeah, when I first moved here I went to this steakhouse called Cow Tippers. There was a ton of very pretty guys there with almost no girls. When a friend was going to the bathroom he pointed to a book sitting out saying it was a gay phone book. I thought it was just a joke based on all the gay people in the restaurant. But he was being serious; it actually said something to the effect of Metro Atlanta Gay Phone Book on the cover.

 

You know you're from Texas when . . .

The water from the cold tap is warmer than water from the hot tap.

In July and August, driving the car with two fingers is normal.

You burn your hand opening the car door in the summer

In the summer, you also discover that a seat belt buckle makes a perfectly servicable branding iron.

You wonder what this big deal is about "leaves changing colors in the fall." So they change from green to brown -- meh!

"Going to the boats" means Bossier City. "Going to the casino" means Oklahoma. "Going to the island" means Padre.

You know where Dr. Pepper was "born."

 

Atlanta has a very large homosexual population

 

You know you're from Hell when you see Jezebel

 

*giggles* i think there's only one other person from Hell on this forum

 

from wher