[gardeners] OT - FW: Characteristics By Region
Margaret Lauterbach (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Mon, 21 Jul 2003 10:16:35 -0600
> > > Subject: Characteristics by Region
> > >
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> > > You live in Florida when...
> > > 1. You eat dinner at 4:15 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 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 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.
> > >
> > > 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 Empire State
> > > Building
> > > 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,
> > > etc.
> > > 6. You think the six major food groups are sugar, salt, butter, eggs,
> > > cream
> > > and bacon grease.
> > >
> > > 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.
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