Boston

[Wagamama]

I just got this e-mail, its kind of cute

original college town.



We number somewhere over 200,000. We are Suffolk. BU. Northeastern. BC. Wentworth. Emerson. Simmons. Harvard. Emmanuel. Mount Ida. Lasell. UMass. AI. Tufts. MIT. Berklee. Bentley. Babson. More. We live in Back Bay, the North End, S o u t h i e , Beacon Hill, Kenmore Square, allston, JP, Fenway, Dorchesta', the North and South shores... We club on Landsdowne and shop on Newbury. We don't go in the common alone at night. We don't walk the freedom trail or ever quack back at the duck tours when they pass. We don't quite understand the alarming amount of tourists in our city. We don't s i g n a l when we turn. We don't pronounce our 'R's. We don't take the orange line if we can avoid it. We don't take the flowers from those crazy ladies downtown thinking they're free. We work hard. We play hard. Our weekends start Thursday afternoons and sometimes include Tuesday nights. Our walk of shame is morning after T rides and cab fares. We are all 21 on nights out, whether our birth certifictes confirm so or not. We are GUYS, girls, white, black, tall, short...smart (and on scholarships), dumb (and owing more than our life's worth in student loans...). We live for bars that don't card. New York Pizza at 1 am. Warm days on the common. Fire & Ice. Cambridgeside Galleria, Copley Square and Downtown Crossing. Sunday Pats Games. Blizzards cancelling classes. Hempfest. Keg parties in Allston. Crazy people on the T. Bums asking our broke asses for money. All-nighters in the dorms. M a r a t h o n Monday. Drunken cab rides. We're defined by the roommates we've had, the parties we've attended, the classes we've taken, the people we've kissed...those that we've missed. Nights of laughter. Nights of tears. Hellos, goodbyes, "I'm sorry"s, "I'll call you"s, "what's your major?"s and everything in b e t w e e n ...but most of all, we are the friendships we've made and the bonds we've built. The people may f a d e , but the memories never will. We're just small kids in a big city...but we are Boston. Now, and always.

 

[cinmell]

So true!

 

[cinmell]

Wagamama, have you seen this before? Your post made me think of it and dig it up. It's kind of long but funny.

You Know You're from Boston When…
* You think of Philadelphia as the Midwest.
* You think it's your God-given right to cut someone off in traffic.
* You think there are only 25 letters in the alphabet (no R's).
* You think three straight days of 90+ temperatures is a heat wave.
* All your pets are named after Celtics or Bruins.
* You refer to six inches of snow as a "dusting."
* Just hearing the words "New York" puts you in an angry mood.
* You don't think you have an attitude.
* You always 'bang a left' as soon as the light turns green, and oncoming traffic always expects it.
* Everything in town is "a five minute walk."
* When out of town, you think the natives of the area are all whacked.
* You still can't bear to watch highlights from game 6 of the 1986 World Series.
* You have no idea what the word compromise means.
* You believe using your turn signal is a sign of weakness.
* You don't realize that you walk and talk twice as fast as everyone else.
* You're anal, neurotic, pessimistic and stubborn.
* You think if someone is nice to you, they must want something or are from out of town.
* Your favorite adjective is "wicked."
* You think 63° ocean water is warm.
* You think the Kennedy's are misunderstood.
When we say _____, we mean…
* Bizah — odd
* Flahwiz — roses, etc.
* Hahpahst — minutes after the hour
* Hahwahya? — how are you?
* Khakis — what we staht the cah with
* Pissah — superb
* Retahded — silly
* Shewah — of course
* Wikkid — extremely
* Yiz — you, plural
* Popcahn — popular snack
How We'll Know You Weren't Bon Heah:
* You wear a Harvard sweatshirt.
* You ask directions to "Cheers."
* You order a grinder and a soda.
* You follow soccer.
* You eat at Durgin Park.
* You pronounce it "Worchester" or Glouchester."
* You call it "COPELY" Square.
Definitions:
* Frappes have ice cream; milk shakes don't.
* If it's fizzy and flavored, it's tonic. Soda is club soda. Pop is Dad. When we mean tonic WATER, we say tonic WATER.
* The smallest beer is a pint.
* Scrod is whatever they tell you it is, usually fish.
* If you paid more than $6 a pound, you got scrod.
* It's not a water fountain, it's a bubblah.
* It's not a trash can, it's a barrel.
* It's not a shopping cart, it's a carriage.
* It's not a purse, it's a pockabook.
* Brown bread comes in a can. You open both ends, push it out, heat it and eat it with baked beans.
* They're not franks, they're haht dahgs. Franks are money in France.
Things NOT to Do:
* Don't call it "Beantown."
* Don't pahk your cah in Hahvid Yahd. They'll tow it to Meffa (Medford) or Slumaville (Somerville).
* Don't swim in the Charles, no matter what Bill Weld tells you.
* Don't sleep in the Common.
* Don't wear orange in Southie on St. Patrick's Day.
Things You Should Know:
* There are two State Houses, two City Halls, two courthouses and two Hancock buildings (one old, one new).
* Route 128 is also I-95. It is also I-93.
* It's the Sox, The Pats (or Patsies if they're losing), the Seltz, the Broons.
* The underground train is not the subway. It's the T and it doesn't run all night (fah chrysakes, this ain't Noo Yawk).
Getting Around:
* Back Bay streets are in alphabetical odda. Arlington, Berkeley, Clarendon, Dartmouth. So are South Boston streets: A, B, C, D.
* If the streets are named after trees (Walnut, Chestnut, Cedar), you're on Beacon Hill. If they're named after poets you're in Wellesley.
* All avenues are properly referenced by their nicknames: Comm Ave., Mass Ave., Dot Ave.
* Dot is Dorchester, Rozzie Roslindale, JP is Jamaica Plain. Readville doesn't exist.
The North-East-South-West Thing:
* Southie is South Boston. The South End is the South End.
* Eastie is East Boston. The North End is east of the West End.
* The West End and Scollay Square are no more—a guy named Rappaport got rid of them one night.
* The geographical center of Boston is in Roxbury. Due north of the center we find the South End. This is not to be confused with South Boston, which lies directly east from the South End.
* North of the South End is East Boston and southwest of East Boston is the North End. Back Bay was filled in years ago.

 

[Wagamama]

Cindy,
I posted something like that about a year ago. It's one of favorite things to read! So... Funny!

 

[cinmell]

I got this in an email a couple of years ago and kept it. I crack up every time I read it and it's true. My husband still gets confused about 128/95/93 when driving and he's lived here all his life!

 

[delikado]

Hahahahaha! Those are some funny posts... Gotta love this town! It's wikkid pissah!!!

 

[figmentvi]

I'M SO HOMESICK, I CAN'T STAND IT !!!

 

[CamColt]

ROFLMBO!!!! Both of those are sooo true!
Well, except I dont have pets named after the Celtics or Bruins...But DS is named after Cam Neely.

 

[montessori]

Originally posted by figmentvi
I'M SO HOMESICK, I CAN'T STAND IT !!!

me too, figmentvi.
I've got to visit Boston and all my relatives in QuinZy soon!