Sepra
03-13-2004, 03:09 PM
I dont think anyone else here is from Boston or Mass but this is kinda funny (so true)
You Know You're From Boston If.......
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> >>1. You have to dial the area code to call your neighbor
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> >>2. You think crosswalks are for babies
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> >>3. khaki's are something you start the car with
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> >>4. You think if someone's nice to you, they either want something or
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> >>they're from out of town (and probably lost)
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> >>5. You know how to cross 4 lanes of traffic in 5 seconds
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> >>6. If you hear someone say "pahk the cah in hahvad yahd" one more
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> >>time you're going to bitch slap them upside the head.
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> >>7. Anything past Worcester is "the middle of nowhere"
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> >>8. You are amazed when traveling out of town that people who work at
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> >>McDonald's speak English.
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> >>9. You think it's not actually tailgating unless your bumper is
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> >>touching the car in front of you.
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> >>10. You know that a yellow light means at least 5 more cars can get
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> >>through.....
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> >>11. and that a red light means 2 more can.
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> >>12. Crown Victoria = undercover cop
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> >>13. Subway is a fast food place. The transportation system is known
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> >>as the "T", and only the "T"
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> >>14. For the cost of your house, you could own a small town in Iowa.
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> >>15. There are 6 Dunkin Donuts within 20 minutes of your house.
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> >>16 You or someone in your family has a Smart Tag
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> >>17. When people talk about the "curse of the Bambino", you know what
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> >>they're talking about (and believe in it too)
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> >>18. You know what the blinking red light atop the Hancock tower
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> >>means in the summer.
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> >>19. You think of Rhode Island as the "deep south"
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> >>20. You think the Yankee's suck.
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> >>21. You believe using a turn signal "gives away your plan to the
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> >>enemy"
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> >>22. If you stay on the same road long enough, it will eventually
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> >>have 3 names
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> >>23. Someone has honked at you because you didn't peel out the second
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> >>the light turned green.
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> >>24. You've honked at someone because they didn't peel out the second
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> >>the light turned green.
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> >>25. All the potholes just add excitement to your driving
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> >>experiences.
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> >>26. Stop signs mean slow down a little, but only if you feel like
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> >>it.
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> >>27. 6 inches of snow is considered a "dusting"
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> >>28. 3 days of 90+ heat is definitely a "heat wave" and 63 degree
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> >>weather is "wicked warm".
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> >>29. $15 to park is a bargain
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> >>30. you cringe every time you hear some actor/actress try to do "the
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> >>Boston accent" in a movie - if you don't have it, you're never gonna
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> >>get it right, even if you were born here.
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> >>31. you can go from one side of your hometown to the other in only
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> >about 15 minutes and see at least 15 deadbeats you graduated
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> >with----doing the exact same thing they were doing when the last time
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> >you saw them!
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> >>32. Through high school you had seen many fist fights between
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> >guys------but more between GIRLS!!
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> >>32. The words wicked and mint were major parts of your vocab. along
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> >with calling chocolate sprinkles at the ice cream shop Jimmy's!
You Know You're From Boston If.......
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> >>
> >
> >>1. You have to dial the area code to call your neighbor
> >
> >>2. You think crosswalks are for babies
> >
> >>3. khaki's are something you start the car with
> >
> >>4. You think if someone's nice to you, they either want something or
> >
> >>they're from out of town (and probably lost)
> >
> >>5. You know how to cross 4 lanes of traffic in 5 seconds
> >
> >>6. If you hear someone say "pahk the cah in hahvad yahd" one more
> >
> >>time you're going to bitch slap them upside the head.
> >
> >>7. Anything past Worcester is "the middle of nowhere"
> >
> >>8. You are amazed when traveling out of town that people who work at
> >
> >>McDonald's speak English.
> >
> >>9. You think it's not actually tailgating unless your bumper is
> >
> >>touching the car in front of you.
> >
> >>10. You know that a yellow light means at least 5 more cars can get
> >
> >>through.....
> >
> >>11. and that a red light means 2 more can.
> >
> >>12. Crown Victoria = undercover cop
> >
> >>13. Subway is a fast food place. The transportation system is known
> >
> >>as the "T", and only the "T"
> >
> >>14. For the cost of your house, you could own a small town in Iowa.
> >
> >>15. There are 6 Dunkin Donuts within 20 minutes of your house.
> >
> >>16 You or someone in your family has a Smart Tag
> >
> >>17. When people talk about the "curse of the Bambino", you know what
> >
> >>they're talking about (and believe in it too)
> >
> >>18. You know what the blinking red light atop the Hancock tower
> >
> >>means in the summer.
> >
> >>19. You think of Rhode Island as the "deep south"
> >
> >>20. You think the Yankee's suck.
> >
> >>21. You believe using a turn signal "gives away your plan to the
> >
> >>enemy"
> >
> >>22. If you stay on the same road long enough, it will eventually
> >
> >>have 3 names
> >
> >>23. Someone has honked at you because you didn't peel out the second
> >
> >>the light turned green.
> >
> >>24. You've honked at someone because they didn't peel out the second
> >
> >>the light turned green.
> >
> >>25. All the potholes just add excitement to your driving
> >
> >>experiences.
> >
> >>26. Stop signs mean slow down a little, but only if you feel like
> >
> >>it.
> >
> >>27. 6 inches of snow is considered a "dusting"
> >
> >>28. 3 days of 90+ heat is definitely a "heat wave" and 63 degree
> >
> >>weather is "wicked warm".
> >
> >>29. $15 to park is a bargain
> >
> >>30. you cringe every time you hear some actor/actress try to do "the
> >
> >>Boston accent" in a movie - if you don't have it, you're never gonna
> >
> >>get it right, even if you were born here.
> >
> >>31. you can go from one side of your hometown to the other in only
> >
> >about 15 minutes and see at least 15 deadbeats you graduated
> >
> >with----doing the exact same thing they were doing when the last time
> >
> >you saw them!
> >
> >>32. Through high school you had seen many fist fights between
> >
> >guys------but more between GIRLS!!
> >
> >>32. The words wicked and mint were major parts of your vocab. along
> >
> >with calling chocolate sprinkles at the ice cream shop Jimmy's!