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Oct. 15th, 2003 07:49 pm69 WAYS TO TELL IF YOU ARE FROM NEW JERSEY
69) You went to Seaside after your senior prom.
68) You watched "Mallrats" and said, "I've been to that mall!"
67) At least half the people you knew in high school went to Rutgers.
66) You know where Jimmy Hoffa is buried.
65) Your big class trip in elementary school was to Morristown.
64) You long for the days when the Devils wore Christmas colors.
63) You know that the only people who call it "Joisey" are from New York.
62) You've been to the Meadowlands Fair.
61) You've planned a local trip around passing at least one Dunkin' Donuts.
60) You don't think of citrus when people mention "The Oranges."
59) You know that it's called "Great Adventure," not "Six Flags."
58) You actually know bakeries that are not part of a supermarket, but are individual stores.
57) You've ordered a "hard roll with butter" for breakfast.
56) You've gone to a diner after drinking all night.
55) You've eaten at that diner at 3 a.m. at least a dozen times.
54) At least three people in your family still love Bruce Springsteen.
53) "Anyone who makes bad pizza can go to hell" is your attitude.
52) You always use a minimum of 10 variations of the word "damn" while driving.
51) You don't have to go to Red Lobster to get fresh seafood.
50) You once said "It smells like New York in here."
49) You can go bowling at 1:30 a.m. (with automatic scoring!)
48) In high school you, or someone you know, worked at a Friendly's or Stewart's.
47) The Garden State Parkway doesn't freak you out at night.
46) You know what a "jug handle" is.
45) You have mandatory recycling, enforced by law.
44) You've eaten a pork roll and cheese on a hard roll, and liked it.
43) You go to the boardwalk at least once a year.
42) You've pondered, "Maybe basketball would be more popular in New Jersey if the Nets weren't here."
41) You say the words "water," "coffee," "dog," and "whatever" weird (Wadder, Cawfee, Dowg, Wadever).
40) Even your high school cafeteria made good Italian subs.
39) You've lived through hurricanes, nor'easters, and brushfires, but have never seen a tornado, earthquake, tsunami, or volcano.
38) You can't believe MTV went to Seaside Heights.
37) You know that ACME is an actual store, not just a Warner Bros. creation.
36) You only go to New York City for day trips.
35) You've run out of money on the Parkway.
34) You're Italian.
33) You know where to get a great bagel.
32) You think Perkins is terrible and should have never opened any restaurants in New Jersey.
31) There are no self-serve gas stations, and you like it that way.
30) You've had sex on the beach (not the beverage).
29) You know how to successfully handle a traffic circle.
28) The Jets/Giants game has started fights at your school and/or local bar.
27) Your car is covered with yellow-green dust in April and May.
26) You can't understand why there aren't more 24-hour diners anywhere else in the country.
25) You live within 45 minutes of at least three different malls.
24) Someone at the beach once called you a benny.
23) You can see the New York City skyline from some part of your town.
22) You know what MCCC is and a good percentage of people from your high school go there.
21) You've seen, or been in, a fight between a Rangers fan and a Devils fan.
20) You have, or know someone who has, Mafia connections.
19) You're related to someone who thinks the New York Jets should be called the New Jersey Jets.
18) You have at least one friend who drives a truck.
17) You've been camping.
16) You've been in a town or city where Spanish is spoken more than English.
15) You can't remember when Clifton didn't win a softball championship.
14) You know where to get drugs in Trenton, Paterson, Newark, or New York.
13) You've been to a party in the woods.
12) You've purchased fireworks in Chinatown.
11) You played in a P.A.L. league.
10) You liked the Jets even before last season.
9) You know where to get a freshly cooked Taylor Ham, Egg, and Cheese sandwich at 2 a.m.
8) You don't take no crap from no one.
7) You remember Action Park and may have been seriously injured there.
6) At some time you got on the wrong highway trying to get out of Willowbrook mall.
5) Z-100 used to be your favorite radio station, now it's K-Rock.
4) Anything less than three inches of snow isn't worth much.
3) Someone on the road cut you off and you used at least four swear words to tell them what you thought.
2) You think people from South Jersey talk funny.
1) You know someone who lives in a neighborhood with contaminated water, because of toxic chemicals.
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