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simonejester) wrote2010-08-13 11:17 am
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Go to Google (or Yahoo) and type, "You know you're from (your state/province) when..."
Cut and paste the list.
Bold the items that apply to you.
You Know You're From FLORIDA When...
You own at least five pairs of flip flops
>> Yep! Even now, and I'm in Alaska!
You know someone who's been struck by lightning
You're more scared of the freaks who live down the street than gators
>> Born and raised in the South and good ole boys (as opposed to Southern gentlemen which is a totally different breed of manfolk) creep me the fuck out).
Your backyard is sometimes a swamp
You're officially sick of Disney
>> Yyyyyyep.
You shrug off hurricane warnings
>> I deflect hurricanes. In Titusville, in Sarasota, when the hurricanes were forecast to hit us, they didn't when I was there.
You've been permanently blinded by fat men in speedos
There are only two seasons - hot and hotter
>> There's "sprautumn" and suuuuummmmmerrrrrrr. (As opposed to Alaska, where the two seasons are wiiiiiinnnnntttteeeeeeerrrrrrrr and construction.)
You've drank a flaming alligator.
"Down South" means Key West
>> Oh yes. I miss being able to go north to Alabama!
"Panhandling" means going to Pensacola.
>> That's just cheesy.
You think no-one over 70 should be allowed to drive. (Amen...sorry if you're that age, but drive in FL you'll be saying the same thing. They renew licenses there every 12 years...sight unseen...and that also means...NO SIGHT. People in their 80s don't have to see anyone at the DMV for 12 years...that puts them over 90)
>> FUCK YES.
You wait with anticipation for the beginning of crawfish season.
>> Not me personally but my stepdad's buddies sure do!
Flip-flops are everyday wear.
>> All year even. Oh, how I miss that!
Shoes are for business meetings and church.
>> Or in my case, business meetings. :)
An alligator once walked through your neighborhood.
>> Didn't see alligators in the neighborhood, but we got wild turkeys and sandhill cranes.
You smirk when a game show's "Grand Prize" is a trip or cruise to Florida.
>> **nodnod**
You measure distance in minutes.
>> Yeah, but that's a general Southern thing. ;P
You have a drawer full of bathing suits, and one sweatshirt. (any sort of rubber rots in FL...so we change our suits A LOT)
>> My "winter coat" before coming up to Alaska was a hoodie.
You get annoyed at the tourists who feed seagulls. (AND there are signs telling them not to as well, but do they listen, NO)
All the local festivals are named after a fruit.
A mountain is any hill 100 feet above sea level.
>> Another definition that changed once I got to Alaska. (And on the way to Clucking Blossom, which was on Birch Hill--which I'd call a mountain!--my ears were popping and I was all "ow dammit my ears!" and the driver and the kids in the van made fun of me. :P)
You know the four seasons really are: almost summer, summer, not summer but really hot, and Christmas.
Anything under 95° is just warm.
>> I hope I'm able to get my heat tolerance back someday.
You've hosted a hurricane party.
You go to a theme park for an afternoon, and know when to get on the best rides.
>> Fuck that! You go when it's cold and rainy while the tourists are doing indoor things and wait no more than five minutes for any ride!
You pass on the right and honk at the elderly.
You understand the futility of exterminating cockroaches. (AMEN. Roaches there have their own tack shops)
>> Yyyyyyep. *shudder* (One of the few good things about living in Alaska is that there are very few bugs indoors...though mosquitoes in the short summer are awful!)
You can pronounce Okeechobee, Kissimmee and Withlacoochee.
>> But of course. :)
You understand why it's better to have a friend with a boat, than have a boat yourself.
You get angry when people say "Florida isn't really part of the SOUTH" (Only place further south is Havana, people)
>> THIS.
You've worn shorts and used the A/C on Christmas. (Hanging Christmas lights is not waiting until the coldest day in the year like up north to stand out there WITHOUT your glives cussing up a storm!)
>> And if you're a real redneck you leave them up all year. ;P
You know what the "stingray shuffle" is, and why it's important.
You have FEMA's number on your speed dialer.
You have more than 300 'C' and 'D' batteries in your kitchen drawer.
>> I feel like I should be making a "haha, not after the deployment!" joke here. :P
Your pantry contains more than 20 cans of Spaghetti O's.
>> Mmmmm, Spaghetti-O's...
You are thinking of repainting your house to match the plywood covering your windows
When describing your gutted house to a prospective buyer, you say it has three bedrooms, two baths and an open air feel to it.
Your SSN isn't a secret, it's written in Sharpie on your arms.
You are on a first-name basis with the cashier at Home Depot.
>> Well, my dad is. ;P
You are delighted to pay $3 for a gallon of regular unleaded.
The road leading to your house has been declared a No-Wake Zone.
You decide that your patio furniture looks better on the bottom of the pool.
You own more than three large coolers.
>> Doesn't everybody? o.O
You can wish that other people get hit by a hurricane and not feel the least bit guilty about it.
>> My mom would just say "I hope they get four flat tires whenever they get where they're going," with the understood so-they-don't-bother-anyone-else.
You rationalize helping a friend board up by thinking "It'll onlytake a gallon of gas to get there and back"
>> Rationalize smationalize. You do it anyway.
You have 2-liter coke bottles and milk jugs filled with water in your freezer Three months ago you couldn't hang a shower curtain; today you can assemble a portable generator by candlelight.
You catch a 13-pound red fish - in your house.
You can recite from memory whole portions of your homeowner's insurance policy.
You consider a "vacation" to stunning Tupelo, Mississippi.
>> Savannah, Georgia. But close. ;P
At cocktail parties, women are attracted to the guy with the biggest chainsaw.
You have had tuna fish more than 5 days in a row.
There is a roll of tar paper in your garage.
You can rattle off the names of three or more meteorologists who work at the Weather Channel.
Someone comes to your door to tell you they found your roof.
Ice is a valid topic of conversation.
>> So, so true.
Your "drive-thru" meal consists of MRE's and bottled water.
Relocating to South Dakota does not seem like such a crazy idea.
>> Yes, it does! It fucking snows there!
You spend more time on your roof then in your living room.
You've been laughed at over the phone by a roofer, fence builder or a tree worker.
A battery powered TV is considered a home entertainment center.
>> Isn't it?
You don't worry about relatives wanting to visit during the summer.
Your child's first words are "hunker down" and you didn't go to Ole Miss!
>> Half my family's in Alabama. We know "Roll Tide." (Heehee... "If you know what Roll Tide means, you might be a redneck!")
Having a tree in your living room does not necessarily mean it's Christmas.
Toilet Paper is elevated to coin of the realm at the shelters.
You know the difference between the"good side" of a storm and the "bad side."
Your kids start school in August and finish in July.
>> Depends on the weather during the year. We don't get snow days, we get rain/hurricane days.
You go to work early and stay late just to enjoy the air conditioning.
>> Or you can go to the library or the movie theater. :P
Cut and paste the list.
Bold the items that apply to you.
You Know You're From FLORIDA When...
You own at least five pairs of flip flops
>> Yep! Even now, and I'm in Alaska!
You know someone who's been struck by lightning
You're more scared of the freaks who live down the street than gators
>> Born and raised in the South and good ole boys (as opposed to Southern gentlemen which is a totally different breed of manfolk) creep me the fuck out).
Your backyard is sometimes a swamp
You're officially sick of Disney
>> Yyyyyyep.
You shrug off hurricane warnings
>> I deflect hurricanes. In Titusville, in Sarasota, when the hurricanes were forecast to hit us, they didn't when I was there.
You've been permanently blinded by fat men in speedos
There are only two seasons - hot and hotter
>> There's "sprautumn" and suuuuummmmmerrrrrrr. (As opposed to Alaska, where the two seasons are wiiiiiinnnnntttteeeeeeerrrrrrrr and construction.)
You've drank a flaming alligator.
"Down South" means Key West
>> Oh yes. I miss being able to go north to Alabama!
"Panhandling" means going to Pensacola.
>> That's just cheesy.
You think no-one over 70 should be allowed to drive. (Amen...sorry if you're that age, but drive in FL you'll be saying the same thing. They renew licenses there every 12 years...sight unseen...and that also means...NO SIGHT. People in their 80s don't have to see anyone at the DMV for 12 years...that puts them over 90)
>> FUCK YES.
You wait with anticipation for the beginning of crawfish season.
>> Not me personally but my stepdad's buddies sure do!
Flip-flops are everyday wear.
>> All year even. Oh, how I miss that!
Shoes are for business meetings and church.
>> Or in my case, business meetings. :)
An alligator once walked through your neighborhood.
>> Didn't see alligators in the neighborhood, but we got wild turkeys and sandhill cranes.
You smirk when a game show's "Grand Prize" is a trip or cruise to Florida.
>> **nodnod**
You measure distance in minutes.
>> Yeah, but that's a general Southern thing. ;P
You have a drawer full of bathing suits, and one sweatshirt. (any sort of rubber rots in FL...so we change our suits A LOT)
>> My "winter coat" before coming up to Alaska was a hoodie.
You get annoyed at the tourists who feed seagulls. (AND there are signs telling them not to as well, but do they listen, NO)
All the local festivals are named after a fruit.
A mountain is any hill 100 feet above sea level.
>> Another definition that changed once I got to Alaska. (And on the way to Clucking Blossom, which was on Birch Hill--which I'd call a mountain!--my ears were popping and I was all "ow dammit my ears!" and the driver and the kids in the van made fun of me. :P)
You know the four seasons really are: almost summer, summer, not summer but really hot, and Christmas.
Anything under 95° is just warm.
>> I hope I'm able to get my heat tolerance back someday.
You've hosted a hurricane party.
You go to a theme park for an afternoon, and know when to get on the best rides.
>> Fuck that! You go when it's cold and rainy while the tourists are doing indoor things and wait no more than five minutes for any ride!
You pass on the right and honk at the elderly.
You understand the futility of exterminating cockroaches. (AMEN. Roaches there have their own tack shops)
>> Yyyyyyep. *shudder* (One of the few good things about living in Alaska is that there are very few bugs indoors...though mosquitoes in the short summer are awful!)
You can pronounce Okeechobee, Kissimmee and Withlacoochee.
>> But of course. :)
You understand why it's better to have a friend with a boat, than have a boat yourself.
You get angry when people say "Florida isn't really part of the SOUTH" (Only place further south is Havana, people)
>> THIS.
You've worn shorts and used the A/C on Christmas. (Hanging Christmas lights is not waiting until the coldest day in the year like up north to stand out there WITHOUT your glives cussing up a storm!)
>> And if you're a real redneck you leave them up all year. ;P
You know what the "stingray shuffle" is, and why it's important.
You have FEMA's number on your speed dialer.
You have more than 300 'C' and 'D' batteries in your kitchen drawer.
>> I feel like I should be making a "haha, not after the deployment!" joke here. :P
Your pantry contains more than 20 cans of Spaghetti O's.
>> Mmmmm, Spaghetti-O's...
You are thinking of repainting your house to match the plywood covering your windows
When describing your gutted house to a prospective buyer, you say it has three bedrooms, two baths and an open air feel to it.
Your SSN isn't a secret, it's written in Sharpie on your arms.
You are on a first-name basis with the cashier at Home Depot.
>> Well, my dad is. ;P
You are delighted to pay $3 for a gallon of regular unleaded.
The road leading to your house has been declared a No-Wake Zone.
You decide that your patio furniture looks better on the bottom of the pool.
You own more than three large coolers.
>> Doesn't everybody? o.O
You can wish that other people get hit by a hurricane and not feel the least bit guilty about it.
>> My mom would just say "I hope they get four flat tires whenever they get where they're going," with the understood so-they-don't-bother-anyone-else.
You rationalize helping a friend board up by thinking "It'll onlytake a gallon of gas to get there and back"
>> Rationalize smationalize. You do it anyway.
You have 2-liter coke bottles and milk jugs filled with water in your freezer Three months ago you couldn't hang a shower curtain; today you can assemble a portable generator by candlelight.
You catch a 13-pound red fish - in your house.
You can recite from memory whole portions of your homeowner's insurance policy.
You consider a "vacation" to stunning Tupelo, Mississippi.
>> Savannah, Georgia. But close. ;P
At cocktail parties, women are attracted to the guy with the biggest chainsaw.
You have had tuna fish more than 5 days in a row.
There is a roll of tar paper in your garage.
You can rattle off the names of three or more meteorologists who work at the Weather Channel.
Someone comes to your door to tell you they found your roof.
Ice is a valid topic of conversation.
>> So, so true.
Your "drive-thru" meal consists of MRE's and bottled water.
Relocating to South Dakota does not seem like such a crazy idea.
>> Yes, it does! It fucking snows there!
You spend more time on your roof then in your living room.
You've been laughed at over the phone by a roofer, fence builder or a tree worker.
A battery powered TV is considered a home entertainment center.
>> Isn't it?
You don't worry about relatives wanting to visit during the summer.
Your child's first words are "hunker down" and you didn't go to Ole Miss!
>> Half my family's in Alabama. We know "Roll Tide." (Heehee... "If you know what Roll Tide means, you might be a redneck!")
Having a tree in your living room does not necessarily mean it's Christmas.
Toilet Paper is elevated to coin of the realm at the shelters.
You know the difference between the"good side" of a storm and the "bad side."
Your kids start school in August and finish in July.
>> Depends on the weather during the year. We don't get snow days, we get rain/hurricane days.
You go to work early and stay late just to enjoy the air conditioning.
>> Or you can go to the library or the movie theater. :P
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Nice place to visit...for a few weeks in the summer. I'm not looking forward to New York (where it's less cold but more snowy), but at least I'll be in the Lower 48, where I won't need a passport to go home. (Plus I can kick it lazy-style and take the Amtrak to Florida instead of braving the Yankee portion of I-95.)
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TRAINS ARE WONDERFUL.
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I'm looking forward to taking the Amtrak to NYC and home to Florida. I love riding the monorail at Disney World and just looking out the window and while I sure wouldn't do that for the whole 35-hour trip (to FL), I sure would for awhile. :)
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I also miss green Christmases. I was so hoping that last year would be my last white Christmas ever but nooooo we're going someplace that gets more snow! White Christmases just remind me how far from home I am.
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