you know you're from MA if.....

[cepmom]

YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM MASSACHUSETTS IF:
> >>
> >> You think if someone is nice to you they either want something or they
> >> are from out of town
> >>
> >> The public transportation system is known as the "T" and you'd rather
> >> drive in bumper to bumper traffic for 4 hours to get to Boston than be
> >> caught dead on the "Orange Line"
> >>
> >> 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 and
> >> that is how you give directions
> >>
> >> If you stay on the same road long enough it eventually has three
> >> different names
> >>
> >> 53 degrees is "on the warm side"
> >>
> >> You've walked to Brigham's for an ice cream cone "to go" in the snow
> >>
> >> You cringe every time you hear some actor/actress imitate the"Boston
> ! >> Accent" on TV
> >>
> >> You call chocolate sprinkles "jimmies"
> >>
> >> A water fountain is called a bubbler. Say it " bubbla".
> >>
> >> You can go from one side of town to the other in less than fifteen
> >> minutes
> >>
> >> You know how to pronounce towns like Worcester, Haverhill, Peabody,
> >> Scituate, Chatham, and Leominster
> >>
> >> You know what they sell at a "packie"
> >>
> >> You keep an ice scraper in your car all year round
> >>
> >> Paranoia sets in when you can't see a Dunkin Donuts, ATM or CVS
> >>
> >> You've pulled out of a side street and used your car to block oncoming
> >> traffic so you can make a left
> >>
> >> You've bragged about saving money at The Christmas Tree Shop
> >>
> >> You know what a "regular coffee" is!
> >>
> >> You can navigate a rotary without a prob! lem
> >>
> >> You use the words "wicked" "pissa"! and "go od" in the same sentence
> >>
> >> You know what a frappe is
> >>
> >> Saint Patrick's Day is your second favorite holiday
> >>
> >> You drink tonic and would never consider using it on your hair
> >>
> >> You never say "Cape Cod" you say "The Cape"
> >>
> >> You went to Old Sturbridge Village and Plymouth Plantation at least
> >> once, in elementary school, but never to Bunker Hill
> >>
> >> You know the Mass Pike and 495 create some sort of strange weather
> >> dividing line
> >>
> >>
>

 

[cinmell]

So true!

 

[winniedapooh]

LOL Yup I'm from ride outsida Wooster or Worchester, lol! I love the Cape and I most def. know what a packie is...I thought the Mass Pike and 495 divided the state People don't consider 53 degrees on the warm side??? I love jimmies and I recall drinkin outa the bubbla when I was little. Icki! I love chocolate frappes and I think I can go from one side of my town to the other in like 10 minutes! I guess MA isn't that bad!!!

 

[JennyMominRI]

Most of this also applies to Rhode Island

 

[CapeCodTenor]

How about paranoia sets in when you can't see the Pru? How about, you know you're from MA if you can tell the difference between Boston College and Boston Univeristy. The Green Line...that's all I'm going to say on that one.

 

[Dismom+two]

These are too funny and too true! I grew up in Dracut, Ma!
Thanks for the laughs!!

 

[kat3668]

Classic!!! Thanks for the laughs!

 

[DMickey28]

I miss home...

DH and I have agreed that while we love MA, we do not want to move back yet. You can't help but miss it b/c they really do relate!!

 

[gallaj0]

You know you're from MA when...

you walk into a packie on a Sunday, and still feel like you're going to get in trouble.

 

[Costumesaremylife]

I just recently found out that not everyone knows what a regular coffee contains. I don't actually drink coffee.

I do agree about the part where you get nercous when you can't see the pru. It always makes me feel calm when I am driving home from the suburbs.

 

[Mari annie]

Great post!

I love Boston, but my heart belongs in FL!