Big F'n Dave Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 -Your sunglasses fog up when you step outside. -You reinforce your attic to store Mardi Gras beads . -You save newspapers, not for recycling but for tablecloths at crawfish boils. -Your ancestors are buried above the ground. -You get on a green trolley car to go to the park and a red one to the French Quarter. -You take a bite of five-alarm chili and reach for the Tabasco. -Every once in a while, you have waterfront property. -You sit down to eat boiled crawfish and your host says, "Don't eat the dead ones," and you know what he means. -You don't learn until high school that Mardi Gras is not a national holiday. -You push little old ladies out of the way to catch Mardi Gras beads. -Little old ladies push YOU out of the way to catch Mardi Gras beads. -You leave a parade with footprints on your hands. -You believe that purple, green, and gold look good together. -Your last name isn't pronounced the way it's spelled. -You know what a nutria is but you still pick it to represent your baseball team. -No matter where else you go in the world, you are always disappointed in the food. -Your town is low on the education chart, high on the obesity chart and you don't care because you're No. 1 on the party chart. -Your house payment is less than your utility bill. -You don't show your "pretties" during Mardi Gras. -You know that Tchoupitoulas is a street and not a disease. -Your grandparents are called "Maw-Maw" and "Paw-Paw." -Your Santa Claus rides an alligator and your favorite Saint is a football player. -You cringe every time you hear an actor with a Southern or Cajun accent in a "New Orleans-based" movie or TV show. -You have to reset your clocks after every thunderstorm. -You're walking in the French Quarter with a plastic cup of beer. -When it starts to rain, you cover your beer instead of your head. -You eat dinner out and spend the entire meal talking about all the other good places you've eaten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliaz Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 you know you are from maryland when..... You know more than 10 people who own boats and they all park them at the same marina in Annapolis You can pronounce and spell "Pocomoke," "Mattaponi," "Accokeek," and "Havre de Grace" You prononce "Bowie" BOO-ie not BOW-ie or BAUW-ie 1 hour is an easy commute to work You have more than three recipies for crabcakes French fries just don't taste right without Old Bay There are more than two crab places in your town Even your high school cafeteria made good crabcakes You got your first lacrosse stick before you were six years old You call all turtles "terrapins" You refer to your state as "Merlind" Your mother shops at Hecht's You still call Six Flags America "Adventure World", or even "Wild World" You still remember the Wild World commercial (Wild World's the cure for the summertime blues!) You can tell the difference between the smells of septic and marsh. You not only know how to eat hard crabs but you also know how to catch them, cook them and tell the males from the females. You don't think that Assawoman Bay is a strange name for a body of water. You know perfectly well why Rehoboth is called "Little San Francisco" M R Ducks makes perfect sense. So does C M Wangs. You think Salisbury is a big city. You think of dumplings as wet slippery squares of boiled dough. You and your boss take off of work when the fish are running or the ducks are flying in.. You've eaten muskrat at a church dinner but think it's better the way you fix it. You think of "Dairy Queen" as a pageant title and not a place to get an ice cream. "Formal wear" is a ball cap, a flannel shirt and Timberlands. You still root for the Orioles even when they suck You'll never understand why tourists come to DC. When in Florida, you can only laugh when you see signs saying "Real Maryland Blue Crab Cakes!" You color with "Crowns", take a "Share" with "Wooter" and think the president lives in "Warshenton." You know the difference between Glen Burnie ghetto and Catonsville ghetto. Your whole family lives within a 200 mile radius of your town. Dale Earnhardt's accident was a close personal loss to your father At least one man in your family is a waterman You plan for "The Festival" a year in advance. During the summer, you spend more time in Ocean City than at home. Margret Heater, Hedspace, Jepetto, Outside Joke and Mary Prankster are people you think are "Famous" Your radio dial is stuck on 99.1 You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Maryland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylive5 Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 -When it starts to rain, you cover your beer instead of your head. Believe that this is a DNA thing for all males everywhere not just NO. Purely an automatic reaction that requires no conscious involvement on your part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skins Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 Every one on both lists applies to me. Sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 Every one on both lists applies to me. Sweet. So your haose payment is less than your utility bill? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajncajn Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 -Your sunglasses fog up when you step outside. I've actually had my contacts fog up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skins Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 So your haose payment is less than your utility bill? Not since I moved from Louisiana. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Loins of Beef Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 Old saying in southern Louisiana--food is like sex unless you were sweating it wasn't any good--so try again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltaire Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 You have five feet of water in your living room, kitchen, bathroom, and entire bottom floor of your house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiley Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 Not since I moved from Louisiana. I definitely don't miss those New Orleans untility bills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godtomsatan Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 These aren't really ironic like most "you know you're a ____ when you ___ " lists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiPolarBear Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 Both list are great. You are from Texas if: You can get off for murder on a "needed killin'" defense You understand the phrase "It's like burnin' down the barn to get rid of rats". You are not afraid of a bull, but you are afraid of a French restaraunt. You know the balistics of guns you don't even have. You have a pocket knife collection and you know who the "Hoppin' Mad Hillbilly" is. You ave a pair of Sunday cowboy boots. You know why Texans can't ski. (Because bullcandied yams isn't white) You have a "cowboy" Cadilac You have a trot-line baited up right now. You hope nobody calls Texas "Baja Oklahoma" after you have had a few drinks. You have been to Willie Nelson's 4th of July picnic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBalla Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 (edited) I figure here you get an unbiased answer to these questions from a publik schooled Louisiana boy from Covington. Call em' as you will. -Your sunglasses fog up when you step outside. I don't wear glasses but they would. Especially with a good truck A/C...step out and you cain't see chit. -You reinforce your attic to store Mardi Gras beads . Good info here. I lost a half way filled water pan once, cause I stored up four hundred moon pies and 8,541 duhblooms I caught one year from some dude in exchange for my vote for M. Landrieu. -You save newspapers, not for recycling but for tablecloths at crawfish boils. Yes...and dog paper. -Your ancestors are buried above the ground. None that I knows of. -You get on a green trolley car to go to the park and a red one to the French Quarter. Naw...I park at the Brewery. -You take a bite of five-alarm chili and reach for the Tabasco. Yes...I like spicy chit. -Every once in a while, you have waterfront property. Not anymore...Baton Rouge is high ground. -You sit down to eat boiled crawfish and your host says, "Don't eat the dead ones," and you know what he means. Yeah...they say don't eat da ones wit da tail straight out. -You don't learn until high school that Mardi Gras is not a national holiday. No way... -You push little old ladies out of the way to catch Mardi Gras beads. I wore cleats one year. Edited July 4, 2006 by SuperBalla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBalla Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 I can't get the quotes to werk...stupid cajun... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polksalet Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 You might be from Louisiana is you think Arkansas is upscale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 I can't get the quotes to werk...stupid cajun... The board has a limit of about 10 quotes allowed per post and exceeding that limit makes none of them appear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBalla Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 (edited) -Little old ladies push YOU out of the way to catch Mardi Gras beads. Once... -You leave a parade with footprints on your hands. and forehead. I had a hoof print on my neck once too. -You believe that purple, green, and gold look good together. Dey do. -Your last name isn't pronounced the way it's spelled. Nope... -You know what a nutria is but you still pick it to represent your baseball team. Nutria has more meat on it than a squirell and they don't make no good mascot...no. -No matter where else you go in the world, you are always disappointed in the food. Not anymore. Edited July 4, 2006 by SuperBalla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBalla Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 -Your Santa Claus rides an alligator and your favorite Saint is a football player. On Boudreaux, Theriot, and Mouton. -You cringe every time you hear an actor with a Southern or Cajun accent in a "New Orleans-based" movie or TV show. Der is no way anyone other than Tbimm or myself dat could play dat part with true passion and know how. -You have to reset your clocks after every thunderstorm. Every third hour...figure that out. -You're walking in the French Quarter with a plastic cup of beer. Dey have dis beer stand right near the BourboCam. -When it starts to rain, you cover your beer instead of your head. Silly question ofcourse. -You eat dinner out and spend the entire meal talking about all the other good places you've eaten. Except at the Y. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBalla Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 (edited) -You have to reset your clocks after every thunderstorm. Every third hour...figure that out. -You're walking in the French Quarter with a plastic cup of beer. Dey have dis beer stand right near the BourboCam. -When it starts to rain, you cover your beer instead of your head. Silly question ofcourse. -You eat dinner out and spend the entire meal talking about all the other good places you've eaten. Except at the Y. -You know that Tchoupitoulas is a street and not a disease. Yes I do. I'll meet ya at the corner of Tchoupitoulas and Dauphine in 1:15 minutes. -Your grandparents are called "Maw-Maw" and "Paw-Paw." They are. They both still living too. Edited July 4, 2006 by SuperBalla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukon Cornelius Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 um u cant read should be in there somewere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBalla Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 (edited) -Your Santa Claus rides an alligator and your favorite Saint is a football player. On Boudreaux, Theriot, and Mouton. -You cringe every time you hear an actor with a Southern or Cajun accent in a "New Orleans-based" movie or TV show. Der is no way anyone other than Tbimm or myself dat could play dat part with true passion and know how. -Your town is low on the education chart, high on the obesity chart and you don't care because you're No. 1 on the party chart. and -Your house payment is less than your utility bill. Seriously...my electric bill is 175$ and that is 10 times less than the house note. -You don't show your "pretties" during Mardi Gras. Never...look at my avy. Edited July 4, 2006 by SuperBalla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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