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[charliesmum]

Gakked from karaokegal

1. Go to Google homepage and type in "You know you're from (insert your state here) if..."
2. Paste in your LJ and bold those things that are true.

I actually did "South Jersey" not "New Jersey" because the "New Jersey" ones tend toward North Jersey which, in some ways, is a completely different state.

One of your favorite X-File Episodes is the one about the Jersey Devil. (I must disagree with this. It was SO obviously NOT the Pine Barrens, the episode was almost unwatchable)

You don't "go to the beach", you go "down the shore".

You've had arguments over cheesesteak quality.

You know all of the "back roads" to get everywhere and prefer them to the expressway.

You've actually found the Echelon Mall. (Now called Vorhees Town Center)

You don't understand why there aren't more 24-hour diners elsewhere in the country.

You know what a Wawa is, and know the location of at least 15 of them.

You think a mountain is any landform taller than your house.

You know what became of the 13th Leeds child

You know what a "shoe-bie" is and can pick one out at the beach.

One time you were driving in the woods and got stuck in sand.

You live next to an inpenetrable swamp.

Even though there's a new Wal-Mart in your town, you still go to the Berlin Farmers Market for cheap stuff.

You know that you should get the hell out of Camden before dark.

You can name all the flavors of salt water taffy.

Your car is covered with yellow-green dust in April ann May.

You can smell and know when it's low tide.

F-16s buzz your house at like 150 feet.

You remember the bad gypsy moth years.

The Eagles/Giants rivalry has started fights at your school and/or local bar.

You eat at restaurants that have locations I, II, III, IV, and V.

You get excited when you see Chopper 6, and you can hum the Action News song.

You know that you don't put ketchup on boardwalk fries.

You know how to successfully handle a traffic circle.

You get three 50's in a row when you play skeeball.

You worked at a blueberry farm when you were 13.

You always went to the Franklin Institute when you were a kid.

You've run out of money on the Parkway.

You know what "cedar water" is. (see this post for Charlie's Cedar Water adventure

Your middle school hangout was the mall. (Wasn't everyone's?)

You know where to get the best bagel.

Donald Trump is mentioned at least daily in your local paper.

You say "water" weird. (I personally don't. I worked very hard NOT to say "Wudder", than you)

You have pine trees, holly trees, and mountain laurel in your yard.

You had a sandbox. I didn't realise this was regional.

You've rented a house in Stone Harbor before.

You've lived through hurricanes, nor'easters and fires, but have never seen a tornado, earthquake or volcano.

You can point to the two closest nuclear plants.

You can't believe MTV went to Seaside Heights.

You know that ACME is an actual store, not just a Warner Bros. creation.

You never had school on Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur.

You take day trips to New York City.

You don't have to go to red lobster to get fresh seafood.

You go to at least one parade at the boardwalk each year.

You remember when Rowan was Glassboro State and TCNJ was Trenton State.

You know New Years is all about the Mummers and the Polar Bear club.

You know what custard is in South Jersey. Mmmmmmm....custard....

Route 206 doesn't freak you out at night.

Because your town was founded before 1776, all the restaurants, taverns, and shops have "ye", "olde", and "colonial" in their names.

Your mom still loves Bruce Springsteen. (Springsteen was after my mother's time. I assume whoever wrote this has a mother closer to my generation. Sad...)

You know it can be 70 degrees in January.

There's a fruit and vegetable stand down the road.

Comments

[crossbow1.livejournal.com]

(I must disagree with this. It was SO obviously NOT the Pine Barrens, the episode was almost unwatchable)

I LOL at every episode that was supposed to be set somewhere I had been. Same with Supernatural They're always driving through the misty mountain forests of Nebraska. You know the writers are thinking, "No one lives in Nebraska, so no one will know the difference!"

Oh, and the X-Files where they go to Minneapolis and the police tell them this is a small town where people don't lock their doors at night? It's a metro area of over 3 million people, and at the time the episode aired we had the highest murder rate in the country. (Although I admit I did have some friends get robbed because they left their doors unlocked.)

[pairika.livejournal.com]

You've *totally* taken a day trip to NYC!! Why not bolded? Hello? Scottish tragedy??

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

I totally forgot to bold that one. :)