You live in Arizona when
1. You are willing to park 3 blocks away because you found shade.
2. You can open and drive your car without touching the car door or the steering wheel.
3. You've experienced condensation on your butt from the hot water in the toilet bowl.
4. You would give anything to be able to splash cold water on your face.
5. You can attend any function wearing shorts and a tank top.
6. "Dress Code" is meaningless at high schools and universities. Picture lingerie ads.
7. You can drive for 4 hours in one direction and never leave town.
8. You have over 100 recipes for Mexican food.
9. The 4 seasons are: tolerable, hot, really hot, and ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!!
10. You know that "dry heat" is comparable to what hits you in the face when you open your oven door.


You Live in California when..
1. You make over $250,000 and you still can't afford to buy a house.
2 The high school quarterback calls a time-out to answer his cell phone.
3. The fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway.
4. You know how to eat an artichoke.
5. You drive your rented Mercedes to your neighborhood block party.
6. When someone asks you how far something is, you tell them how long it will take to get there rather than how many miles away it is.

You Live in New York City when...
1. You say "the city" and expect everyone to know you mean Manhattan.
2. You have never been to the Statue of Liberty or the EmpireStateBuilding.
3. You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus Circle to Battery Park, but can't find Wisconsin on a map.
4. You think Central Park is "nature,"
5. You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you multi-lingual.
6. You've worn out a car horn.
7. You think eye contact is an act of aggression.

You Live in Maine when...
1. You only have four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup, and Tabasco.
2. Halloween costumes fit over parkas.
3. You have more than one recipe for moose.
4. Sexy lingerie is anything flannel with less than eight buttons.
5. The four seasons are: winter, still winter, almost winter, and construction.

You Live in the Deep South when...
1. You can rent a movie and buy bait in the same store.
2."ya'll" is singular and "all ya'll" is plural.
3. After five years you still hear, "You ain't from 'round here, are Ya?"
4. "He needed killin' " is a valid defense.
5. Everyone has 2 first names: Billy Bob, Jimmy Bob, Mary Sue, Betty Jean, MARY BETH, etc. You live in Colorado when...
1. You carry your $3,000 mountain bike atop your $500 car.
2. You tell your husband to pick up Granola on his way home and he stops at the day care center.
3. A pass does not involve a football or dating.
4. The top of your head is bald, but you still have a pony tail.

You live in the Midwest when...
1. You've never met any celebrities, but the mayor knows your name.
2. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor.
3. You have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day.
4. You end sentences with a preposition: "Where's my coat at?"
5. When asked how your trip was to any exotic place, you say, "It was different!"

You live in Florida when....
1. You eat dinner at 3:15 in the afternoon.
2. All purchases include a coupon of some kind -- even houses and cars.
3. Everyone can recommend an excellent dermatologist.
4. Road construction never ends anywhere in the state.
5. Cars in front of you are often driven by headless people.

You know your from the Nebraska when your shown on three different news station's describing the noise the twister made.

You know your from the Nebraska when you consider a traffic jam a herd of cattle crossing the road.

You know your from Nebraska when you KNOW what ppl mean when they say "Built like a horse" *wink, wink*

You know your from Nebraska when football takes precidence over the Iraqi war on the news stations.

you know you're from Wisconsin when ...

opening day of deer hunting season is a school holiday.

You know you live in Kansas when your child asks, "Which city is the tornado in tonight?" and doesn't believe you when you say, "There's no tornado today!"

You know you live in Texas when; you have mixed emotions about burglars. Nobody wants to be burglarized, but if you happen to shoot and kill the burglar, you just made $10,000.

And a really interesting mounting for over the fireplace.

This is no joke. A friend of mine explained that the sticker in his window meant he belonged to a kind of a "AAA" club except for home security which would pay him $10k if he shot and killed a burglar within his home, and provide for all his legal expenses if he was brought to trial.

I said, "Well, let's get to work then moving the bigscreen into the room with the big picture window and I'll take the first shift with the shotgun..."

Given the mindset in Texas, the likelihood of being brought to trial for such a thing is unlikely at best and the chances of being convicted of wrongful manslaughter are slim.

Now there's a commonsense approach to law enforcement. Instead of spending millions on trials and retrials and appeals and etc.,etc.,etc., $10k gets one criminal/crackhead off the street permanently and provides a hefty deterrent.

Who was it that said "An armed society is a polite society"?


You live in AZ Big? Man, that's rough. The worst sunburn I ever had I got in AZ. My forehead turned PURPLE. That's no joke either.

Nope, I live in New York City (right now). Used to live in lots of places, including Texas, California and Florida.

You know you live in Idaho when...

To leave the state requires waiting for the forty feet of snow in the pass roads to melt or be plowed off the road.

You have ever seen "Outsiders" (folks from the eastern side of the continent) who "Know how to handle winter roads" recovered frozen to death from vehicles thawed out of snow drifts on back roads in late May. (Only the main roads are ever plowed in winter here, we don't have the cash more populous states in the east do).

You have ever seen the same "outsiders" medevaced by helicopter after learning Yellowstone National Park is NOT A PETTING ZOO.

You have ever walked outside in June and noticed it must be unusually warm for this time of year because there is hardly any snow on the ground.

Almost everyone owns a truck.

Almost everyone owns a gun, and most can make their own ammo.

People come up with new reasons for disliking Utah daily.

And my personal favorite, THE FISH ARE ALWAYS BITING!

You Live In New Orleans Louisiana when:

You see two drag queens skipping down the street holding hands signifying the first day of spring!

Hey, I can say ^^^^ I live here LOL!

You know you're from Indiana when...
...you know who was responsible for firing Bobby Knight.

YOUR OOOOOWN IIIINDIANA HOOOOOOOOOOOOSIERS!!!!

What's really funny is I live in NYC now and laughed like a maniac at everything BIG wrote here. I know all the ways to get to Battery Park from the Circle! :D

grew up in the country and cann't wait to get back
when i finish my phd in molecular bio and get a job at some nice bioweapons lab!!!

but the nice thing about nyc
when cooking mexican one night, then indian, then russian, then italian, then chinese then turkish is no big deal and you only walked a few blocks in either direction from your apt. to get the ingrediants

You know your from Neb. when the south side of town is sunny and fair weather and the north side of town is in a tornado warning...

You know you live in Utica when the local college and local beer both refer to themseves as U.C.

now that one IS funny!!!! Two thumbs to irish guy

You know you live in Minnesota because:


your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March


your town has an equal number of bars and churches


You find 0 degrees a little chilly


You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.

You know you are from Canada if ....


You know that a pike is a type of fish, not part of a highway.

You drive on a highway, not a freeway.

You have Canadian Tire money in your kitchen drawers.

You know that Casey and Finnegan were not part of a Celtic musical group.

You get excited whenever an American television show mentions Canada.

You brag to Americans that: Shania Twain, Jim Carrey, Celine Dion and many more are Canadians.

You know that the C.E.O. of American Airlines is a Canadian!

You know what a touque is.

You know that the last letter of the English alphabet is always pronounced "Zed" not "Zee".

You understand the Labatt Blue commercials.

You know how to pronounce and spell "Saskatchewan."

You perk up when you hear the theme song from "Hockey Night in Canada."

You were in grade 12, not the 12th grade.

"Eh?" is a very important part of your vocabulary and more polite than, "Huh?"

Winter. Whenever you want it. And then some.

There's German food, Italian food, Chinese food, Armenian food, American food, but NO Canadian food.

You call a "mouse" a "moose".

Contests run by anyone other than the government have "skill-testing questions" that winners must answer correctly before they can claim a prize.

Everything is labelled in English and French.

Milk comes in plastic bags as well as cartons and plastic jugs.

Mountain Dew has no caffeine.

You Live In New Orleans Louisiana when:

You see two drag queens skipping down the street holding hands signifying the first day of spring!

Hey, I can say ^^^^ I live here LOL!


This is so very very true.

You know you live in Minnesota because:


your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March


your town has an equal number of bars and churches


You find 0 degrees a little chilly


You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.






You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them.


Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.


A brat is something you eat.


You go out to fish fry every Friday.


Down South to you means Iowa.

You know you live in BC when...
Goretex is considered suitable business wear.
The weather is... might rain, raining or rained.
Everyone has an opinion on how to stack firewood properly.

You know you live in New Mexico when . . .

You can indentify 15 different kinds of chile and you think 8 of them are bland.

You live in the second biggest city in the state and it's small.

Half the people you know drink Corona.

You are glad when the snowbirds go.

You can tell when you leave the city and hit the highway with your eyes closed. The highway is the road with the holes.

Twenty percent of the people you know think unemployment is life style.

You can't get over that sunset.

You know you live in Texas when:

You have only two seasons: summer and not summer

Your idea on getting out the winter cloths intails getting the sweat shirts out of the bottom drawer.

When you park your $50,000 truck in the drive way because your gaurage is too full of stuff (total worth $300).

Your wearing sun screen in February

Your home can be kept warm by lighting a single burner on the stove.

Snow that stays on the ground past lunch is front page news.

When you have as many non-working vehicles in your yard as you do ones that run.

You have road kill for lunch.

You claim your dog as a dependent on your tax return.

you know you live in a tiny, coastal, seaside, summer, isolated in winter and over crowded in summer, community which just happens to be in NJ, when the local Dairey Queen closes on Labor day and reopens in June. You especially know when you can't get a DQ in the winter because it is closed and in summer you cant get a DQ because the line is too long. buuummmmer.

I just might move to Minnesota! :)

you know you live in a tiny, coastal, seaside, summer, isolated in winter and over crowded in summer, community which just happens to be in NJ, when the local Dairey Queen closes on Labor day and reopens in June. You especially know when you can't get a DQ in the winter because it is closed and in summer you cant get a DQ because the line is too long. buuummmmer.

I just might move to Minnesota! :)
Come on over to Minnesota....................we could have some FUN

hey and now I know why you are minn306. dah me

Yes we would have fun and that is probably what makes the heart mend from all of the disapointment and frustration due to a closed DQ. We could make our own ice cream treats. and maybe even have a party with cake and all...

and I might add that you my dear friend Rach are a light on this forum especially since you like to play and cause trouble. My reputation is less than glowing, so I probably need to leave town as quickly and quietly as possible! yikes. :)

You know you live in Virginia when the terms liberal and endangered species are interchangeable!!!!! And yes, I live here!!!

LOL....:eek: :D

are you endangered?????? please say no. what would this place be w/o your insights.

yeah, right.....you're REALLY stretching it on that one DB. i'll let you get away with it though:) since it's such a nice stretch!!!! i did find my little comment rather amusing....:p

note that I did not ask if you are liberal....guess you r? :)

You know you live in Wisconsin if:

1. Green and gold are the staple colors in your wardrobe

2. You have named at least one child or pet "Brett"

3. You refer to anyone from Illinois as "a flatlander"

4. Your "good clothes" are T-shirts and/or bluejeans with fewer stains on them

5. You have been to untold numbers of "polebarn" parties

6. You understand "Hotdish" is not a dating term, or gossip

7. Family parties involve picnic tables set up in the garage

8. You own and display cutout wooden figures on your lawn

9. Boat talk is a more volatile subject than politics

10. You have, or have had, a number of curly perms in your lifetime

Stuck...


Hysterical!!! :D does a polebarn party involve pole-dancing...or would it be the square variety??!!

YOu know you are from CAnada if....


You understand the phrase, "Could you pass me a serviette, I just dropped my poutine, on the chesterfield."

You eat chocolate bars, not candy bars.

You drink pop, not soda.