You Know Your From Massachusetts If:

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You Know Your From Massachusetts If:

Khakis are something you start the car with

You think crosswalks are for wimps

You think if someone's nice to you, they either want something or they are from out of town and probably lost

You know how to cross 4 lanes of traffic in 5 seconds

You are amazed when traveling out of town that people who work at McDonald's actually speak English

You think it's not actually tailgating unless your bumper is touching the car in front of you

You know that a yellow light means at least 5 more cars can get through.....and that a red light means 2 more can

A Crown Victoria = Undercover Cop

The transportation system is known as the "T"

Subway is a fast food place

You could own a small town in Iowa for the cost of your house.

There are 24 Dunkin Donuts Shops within 15 minutes of your house.

When people talk about the "curse of the Bambino," you know exactly what they are talking about, and you believe in it, too

You think of Rhode Island as the "deep South"

Anything past Worcester is "the middle of nowhere"

You believe using a turn signal gives away your plan to the enemy

If you stay on the same road long enough, it will eventually have 3 or more different names

Someone has honked at you because you didn't peel out the second the light turned green

You've honked at someone because they didn't peel out the second the light turned green

All the potholes just add excitement to your driving experience

Stop signs mean slow down a little, but only if you feel like it

Six inches of snow is considered a "dusting"

Three days of 90+ heat is definitely a "heat wave".... and 63 degree weather is "on the warm side"

$15 to park is a bargain

You cringe every time you hear some actor/actress imitate the "Boston accent" on TV or in a movie. If you don't have it, you're never going to get it right ... even if you were born here

At the ice cream shop, you call chocolate sprinkles "Jimmies"

You can go from one side of your hometown to the other in less than 15 minutes and see at least 15 losers you graduated with doing the same exact same thing they were doing the last time you saw them

 

[hogman14]

Addendum

Addendum

1) The person driving in front of you is going 70mph and you are cursing him/her for going too slow.

2) The fact that Route 128 and I-95 are pretty much the same thing doesn't confuse you.

3) When ordering a tonic, you mean a Coke...not quinine water.

4) You actually enjoy driving around rotaries. And a three-laner doesn't strike you as an attempt by the government to cull the surplus population.

5) You almost feel disappointed when someone doesn't flip you the bird when you cut them off or steal their parking space.

6) You know how to pronounce the names of towns like Worcester, Billerica, Haverhill, Barre and Cotuit.

7) You have driven to New Hampshire on a Sunday in order to get beer.

8) You know that there are two Bulger brothers, and that they're both crooks.

9) You know what they sell at a packie.

10) You knew that there was no chance in hell that the Patriots would ever move to Hartford.

11) You laugh at all the other states in New England.

12) You know at least one bar where you can get something to drink after last call.

13) You can actually find your way around Boston.

14) You have gone to at least one party at UMass.

15) The curse of the Bambino is taught in public schools.

16) You refer to the New York Yankees as the Devil's spawn, or something worse.

17) Colleges are used as landmarks for directions, i.e., "Go past MIT until you hit Harvard. Take a right and go past Lesley. Keep going until you get to Tufts". (No, we're not kidding. These are actual directions.)

18) Doug Flutie is the greatest athlete ever.

19) Evacuation Day is a recognized holiday.

20) You know at least one guy named Sean, Pat, Whitey, Red, Bud or Seamus.

21) You think the rest of the country owes you for Thanksgiving and Independence Day.

22) You laughed at the kids down south who never got snow days.

23) You feel that the rest of the world needs to drive more like you.

24) You know The Beanpot is a hockey tournament, not a serving container.

25) You have never been to Cheers.

26) You can recognize a girl from Medford by catching a 2-second glimpse of her hair in the fog.

27) You remember exactly where you were when the ball rolled through Bill Buckner's legs.

28) You know that there is a bigger difference between Roxbury and West Roxbury than just a compass direction.

29) Somebody calls UMass "ZooMass" and you take it as a compliment .

30) When the words "WICKED" and "GOOD" go together.

31) When you pray for the Red Sox to win the World Series not this season, but in your lifetime.

33) When you know how to make a frappe.

34) When you know that "Big Dig" is also a kind of ice cream you can get at Brigham's.

35) When you actually know how to merge from 6 lanes of traffic down to one.

36) When you know what "Southie" is. And how it is different from the South End.

37) When you are proud to drink Sam Adams and think that the rest of the country owes Bostonians a big thank you.

38) When St. Patrick's Day is your favorite holiday.

39) When you never go to "Cape Cod", you go "down the Cape".

40) If you cried when Boston Garden was torn down.

41) When you think that Roger Clemens, Wade Boggs and Derek Jeter are more evil than Whitey Bulger.

42) You went to Old Sturbridge Village, Plymouth Plantation, or both, on a field trip in grammar school.

43) You're aware that there is a town, somewhere in Massachusetts, named Brimfield, where they have the biggest outdoor antique market in the world.

44) You can drive to the mountains and the ocean all in one day. (But who'd want to?)

45) You have a special place in your heart for the Worcester firefighters.

46) If you live in Charlton City, most likely 99% of your family does as well. (Or, if you don't live there, you have a clue where Charlton City might be found.)

47) You know that the Mass Pike is some sort of strange weather dividing line.

48) You know that P Town isn't the name of a new rap group.

49) You know that Ludlow is 90% Portuguese and that Fall River is 90% Lebanese.

50) If you've ever met a Republican, he or she was from New Hampshire. After all, isn't single-party government a sensible state of affairs, politically?

And, the final and most important way to know that you are from Massachusetts...

51) In your world, the letter "R" has long since disappeared from the English language. However, it pops up now and then, sort of like Elvis, on the end of words like Linda as in "Linder."

 

[Blitz]

8) You know that there are two Bulger brothers, and that they're both crooks.

actually there are 3 Bulger Brothers...

 

[SixFive]

water is pronounced wutter, and heart is pronounced hot.

 

[Irish]

when "wicked-awesome" is considered a one word adjective for anything.

Everyone knows where the closest jetty is.

Captain Parkers Chowder is a food group.

Nantucket sound in not a relaxation music tape.

Marthas vineyard was the only place you could get an "Alex Kittner" (the boy eaten in jaws) loose meat sandwich.