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oakenguy1) go to google.com and type in "You know you're from (your state here) if..."
2) pick out whatever you wish and bold the ones that apply to you.
3) post it in an entry.
4) have your friends do it themselves!
5) stolen from many, many people
YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM MAINE IF:
1.. you've had arguments over the comparative quality of Fried Dough.
2.. you get four inches of snow and you call it "a dusting."
3.. your neighbor's house was foreclosed after an unlucky 24 hour mini-cruise on the Scotia Prince.
4.. you don't understand why there aren't fried clam shacks elsewhere in the country.
5.. you know what an Irving is and the location of 15 of them.
6.. you knew all the flavors at Perry's Nut House.
7.. your car is covered in yellow-green dust in May.
8.. you can drive the Augusta traffic circle without slowing down.
9.. you've hung out at a gravel pit. There was one across the street, thankyewverymuch
10.. you think a mosquito could be a species of bird.
11.. you once skipped school and went to Bar Harbor, Old Orchard Beach or Reid State Park.
13.. you've almost fallen asleep driving between Houlton and Presque Isle.
14.. you know how to pronounce Calais and Machias.
15.. you've made a meal out of a Jordan's red dye hot-dog, a bag of Humpty Dumpty potato chips and a can of soda.
16.. you've gone to a Grange bean supper.
17.. in high school, you (or a friend) packed Deering Ice Cream cones.
19.. at least once in your life you've said, "It smells like the mill in here."
20.. there's a fruit and vegetable stand within 10 minutes of your house.
23.. you wonder out loud if the state can just close its borders to people from away.
26.. you have a front door but no steps to get to it.
27.. your kids start using "wicked" as a multi-purpose part of speech.
30.. you've ditched the car on the side of the road somewhere because you thought you saw some good fiddleheads!
31.. you've had a vacation from school just to help the family pick potatoes.
32.. you know a lobster pot is a trap, not a kettle.
35.. when people from "away" ask for directions and you intentionally led them in the opposite direction they wanted to go.
36.. you watch "Murder she Wrote" and snicker at the stupid fake accents.
37.. you know how to find the rope swing at the quarry.
38.. you take the New Hampshire toll personally.
39.. you feel really really good when you cross the Piscatiqua River bridge into Kittery.
42.. you know how to avoid all the traffic at the Fryeburg Fair by using the "Secret Entrance".
43.. you have to replace you mailbox yearly because of the town plow.
44.. you know how to get from Cumberland to Fryeburg via the "Egypt Road".
45.. you can remember when the "Egypt Road" was a dirt track through the woods.
48.. you actually miss the fifteen below zero mornings in winter (that have been eliminated by the greenhouse effect) because you enjoyed running or walking to work in the silent crystal stillness, punctuated by an idling car engine as the owner waited indoors for the car to warm up before his mad dash from warmth to warmth, and your lungs did not freeze; thank you very much for your concern. Miss? MISS??? Bwahhahahahahaha
50.. there's too much "stuff" in your 2 "cah" garage to get either of your cars into it.
51.. you know what a frappe is.
52.. you know the smell of Woodsmens fly dope.
53.. you eat supper at night and dinner at noon.
54.. your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.
55.. "vacation" means going to the Allagash for the weekend.
56.. you measure distance in hours.
57.. you know several people who have hit moose more than once.
58.. you often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
59.. you use a down comforter in the summer.
60.. your grandparents drive at 65 mph through 13 feet o snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching.
61.. you see people wearing hunting clothes at social events.
73.. you can actually see the milky way.
74.. you can use your brights on the highway.
77.. the nearest mall is 2 hours away.
78.. you have to yield for snowmobiles.
81.. "The City" means exclusively Portland.
82.. "salt damage" is a viable insurance claim.
83.. all of the traffic lights blink yellow at 10 o'clock at night.
84.. it's not a storm, it's a nor'eastah.
85.. open 24/7 might as well be Greek.
88.. all addresses start with RR#
90.. a rest stop means a pit toilet and a picnic table.
91.. there are more Massachusetts license plates then there are in Massachusetts.
92.. there are towns with names like Skowhegan, Madawaska, Norridgewock, Millinocket, Mattawamkeag, and Oosoola.
93.. more stores have "Bienvenue" flags than "Welcome" flags.
94.. there are frost heave warnings on the highway.
95.. you can get 17 French radio stations, but only one English one.
96.. you know Moxie isn't a woman's magazine.
97. you know that L/A doesn't mean a city in California.
99. the front page of your local paper repeatedly says "big storm rolls through the region".
103. you diet all week so you can consume 40,000 calories at a fair.
104. you eat ice cream with flavors like 'Moose Tracks" and "Maine Black Bear".
105. you know that "The Airline" has nothing to do with planes.
106. you know that a chocolate doughnut is not a white doughnut with chocolate frosting.
107. you know the difference between pea, Yellow-eye, and Red Kidney.
108. you wouldn't eat beans in tomato sauce or Manhattan clam chowder if you were starving!
109. you call that long sandwich an "Italian".
110. you crave Italian at least weekly.
111. you've taken a date to the dump to watch the bears.
112. you know what fly dope is.
113. as a child, you played outside in a snow storm without hat, mittens, scarf and with your jacket open because it was just a little cool.
114. the area around your back door is referred to as "the dooryard".
115. you get up early on Saturday mornings in the summer to go "yardsailing".
116. you eat potato chips with flavors such as "clam dip", "ketchup" and "dill pickle".
118. the smell of clam flats at low tide, while disgusting, brings back fond memories of childhood trips to the beach.
119. you call the basement "downcellah."
2) pick out whatever you wish and bold the ones that apply to you.
3) post it in an entry.
4) have your friends do it themselves!
5) stolen from many, many people
YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM MAINE IF:
1.. you've had arguments over the comparative quality of Fried Dough.
2.. you get four inches of snow and you call it "a dusting."
3.. your neighbor's house was foreclosed after an unlucky 24 hour mini-cruise on the Scotia Prince.
4.. you don't understand why there aren't fried clam shacks elsewhere in the country.
5.. you know what an Irving is and the location of 15 of them.
6.. you knew all the flavors at Perry's Nut House.
7.. your car is covered in yellow-green dust in May.
8.. you can drive the Augusta traffic circle without slowing down.
9.. you've hung out at a gravel pit. There was one across the street, thankyewverymuch
10.. you think a mosquito could be a species of bird.
11.. you once skipped school and went to Bar Harbor, Old Orchard Beach or Reid State Park.
13.. you've almost fallen asleep driving between Houlton and Presque Isle.
14.. you know how to pronounce Calais and Machias.
15.. you've made a meal out of a Jordan's red dye hot-dog, a bag of Humpty Dumpty potato chips and a can of soda.
16.. you've gone to a Grange bean supper.
17.. in high school, you (or a friend) packed Deering Ice Cream cones.
19.. at least once in your life you've said, "It smells like the mill in here."
20.. there's a fruit and vegetable stand within 10 minutes of your house.
23.. you wonder out loud if the state can just close its borders to people from away.
26.. you have a front door but no steps to get to it.
27.. your kids start using "wicked" as a multi-purpose part of speech.
30.. you've ditched the car on the side of the road somewhere because you thought you saw some good fiddleheads!
31.. you've had a vacation from school just to help the family pick potatoes.
32.. you know a lobster pot is a trap, not a kettle.
35.. when people from "away" ask for directions and you intentionally led them in the opposite direction they wanted to go.
36.. you watch "Murder she Wrote" and snicker at the stupid fake accents.
37.. you know how to find the rope swing at the quarry.
38.. you take the New Hampshire toll personally.
39.. you feel really really good when you cross the Piscatiqua River bridge into Kittery.
42.. you know how to avoid all the traffic at the Fryeburg Fair by using the "Secret Entrance".
43.. you have to replace you mailbox yearly because of the town plow.
44.. you know how to get from Cumberland to Fryeburg via the "Egypt Road".
45.. you can remember when the "Egypt Road" was a dirt track through the woods.
48.. you actually miss the fifteen below zero mornings in winter (that have been eliminated by the greenhouse effect) because you enjoyed running or walking to work in the silent crystal stillness, punctuated by an idling car engine as the owner waited indoors for the car to warm up before his mad dash from warmth to warmth, and your lungs did not freeze; thank you very much for your concern. Miss? MISS??? Bwahhahahahahaha
50.. there's too much "stuff" in your 2 "cah" garage to get either of your cars into it.
51.. you know what a frappe is.
52.. you know the smell of Woodsmens fly dope.
53.. you eat supper at night and dinner at noon.
54.. your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.
55.. "vacation" means going to the Allagash for the weekend.
56.. you measure distance in hours.
57.. you know several people who have hit moose more than once.
58.. you often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
59.. you use a down comforter in the summer.
60.. your grandparents drive at 65 mph through 13 feet o snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching.
61.. you see people wearing hunting clothes at social events.
73.. you can actually see the milky way.
74.. you can use your brights on the highway.
77.. the nearest mall is 2 hours away.
78.. you have to yield for snowmobiles.
81.. "The City" means exclusively Portland.
82.. "salt damage" is a viable insurance claim.
83.. all of the traffic lights blink yellow at 10 o'clock at night.
84.. it's not a storm, it's a nor'eastah.
85.. open 24/7 might as well be Greek.
88.. all addresses start with RR#
90.. a rest stop means a pit toilet and a picnic table.
91.. there are more Massachusetts license plates then there are in Massachusetts.
92.. there are towns with names like Skowhegan, Madawaska, Norridgewock, Millinocket, Mattawamkeag, and Oosoola.
93.. more stores have "Bienvenue" flags than "Welcome" flags.
94.. there are frost heave warnings on the highway.
95.. you can get 17 French radio stations, but only one English one.
96.. you know Moxie isn't a woman's magazine.
97. you know that L/A doesn't mean a city in California.
99. the front page of your local paper repeatedly says "big storm rolls through the region".
103. you diet all week so you can consume 40,000 calories at a fair.
104. you eat ice cream with flavors like 'Moose Tracks" and "Maine Black Bear".
105. you know that "The Airline" has nothing to do with planes.
106. you know that a chocolate doughnut is not a white doughnut with chocolate frosting.
107. you know the difference between pea, Yellow-eye, and Red Kidney.
108. you wouldn't eat beans in tomato sauce or Manhattan clam chowder if you were starving!
109. you call that long sandwich an "Italian".
110. you crave Italian at least weekly.
111. you've taken a date to the dump to watch the bears.
112. you know what fly dope is.
113. as a child, you played outside in a snow storm without hat, mittens, scarf and with your jacket open because it was just a little cool.
114. the area around your back door is referred to as "the dooryard".
115. you get up early on Saturday mornings in the summer to go "yardsailing".
116. you eat potato chips with flavors such as "clam dip", "ketchup" and "dill pickle".
118. the smell of clam flats at low tide, while disgusting, brings back fond memories of childhood trips to the beach.
119. you call the basement "downcellah."
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Date: 2004-06-18 12:10 pm (UTC)Me too! *gryns*
you know the smell of Woodsmens fly dope.
Urgh, I know this well too...can you tell I spent a lot of summers in ME? *g*
it's not a storm, it's a nor'eastah.
Yeah baby!!
you get up early on Saturday mornings in the summer to go "yardsailing".
*sheeps and chuckles* This occurs on the Cape.
you call the basement "downcellah."
We also do this as well. Maybe you guys are really part of New England ;) *giggles*
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Date: 2004-06-18 12:10 pm (UTC)Dude! There's an ice cream stand near Danvers that I can't remember the name of that has these flavors. What the frell are they?
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Date: 2004-06-18 12:32 pm (UTC)*ahem*
...and black bear is chocolate + blueberries, if I remember correctly. Unlike the clam dip potato chips, they're not going for accuracy here.
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Date: 2004-06-18 01:04 pm (UTC)And I love 81 of course. Take that you NY people!
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Date: 2004-06-18 01:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-06-18 07:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-06-18 02:03 pm (UTC)You Know You're From Maine If...
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