You know you're from...(insert here)

Since alot of people on this forum/site have been moving and new folks have been starting to come into here... I decided it was time to do one of these again, because they never seem to get old, to me.

You know you're from Virginia when, for the cost of your house, you could own a small town in Iowa.


You say you're from "The Beach", Vabeach", or "Vabeeotch"

You just call it "The Boulevard."

The word "Weak" means "Funny."

Jet noise doesn't interrupt your conversations.

You don't think you have that heavy of a southern accent, but you use the idioms.

You begin every sentence with "Dude" or end it in "Beast".

You shake your head when someone calls it "Boogie-boarding."

The worst cut down in middle school was to be called a "Poser."

You know what 422-8823 is. (wooo.... seventeenth street surf)

You're at the beach during a hurricane.

You/your best friend has ever had bleached hair.

You can spot a Navy squid/Army brat from a mile away.

You've been up in The Jewish Mother. Hell yeah. http://www.jewishmother.com/

You've snuck into swimming pools

You haven't been to "Wild Water Rapids" in years.

Your high school is smaller than the junior high school they just built next door.

You call it "Gang Run" instead of "Green Run."

You call T.C.C. "Virginia Beach University."

You think a t-shirt, shorts, and flip flops are proper attire in February.

You' ve ever owned a beach-cruiser.

You vacation in Nags Head/Outer Banks.

Beach week is every week for you.

You think NoVa kids are a little weird.

You know that Volcom is a brand, not some guy from Star Trek.

You know that Hurley is a brand, not some generic Harley-Davidson.

Guy's volleyball doesn't seem that strange to you.

You know what a gerard golden is.

You've ever used a fake I.D. at the Pour House.

You can spot a Navy squid from a mile away.

You've spent time at Coney Island Games waiting for your movie at Pembroke.

You remember the mini-Epcot center at the beach.

You know "Chicks Beach" is a misnomer.

You know the Haunted Fun House looks cooler on the outside than the inside.

You've ever smoked up or tripped in the mirror house.

You know what dome shots are, and you would like some of them in the near future.

You've been drunk/stoned at the Waffle House or IHOP at 2am.

You've seen Rudy from Survivor in Farm Fresh, buying beef jerky and tampons.

You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Virginia Beach.

 

You know you're from California, when they start using medical marijuana to treat everything

 

And here's some from us NOVA kids(the funny thing is, most of them are ture)

1. Speed limits are just suggestions
2. You take a major highway to school (95, 66,28, etc)
3. You constantly complain about there being nothing to do, even though you are right next to DC
4. You have at least 2 friends who have no idea what their parents do because its "top secret" government work
5. 50% of your senior class plans on going either to Mason, JMU, Tech or UVA
6. When people ask where you're from, you tell them DC because its easier to explain
7. You've never told someone you're from Virginia without putting "northern" in front of it
8. When you and your friends get bored you all whip out your cell phones and start playing with them
9. Its not actually tailgating unless your bumper is touching the car in front of you.
10. A yellow light means at least 5 more cars can get through.
11. A red light means 2 more can.
12. It takes you 30 minutes to drive 10 miles
13. Your local news is national news
14. If you hear the word "sniper" one more time you're going to slap someone
15. You actually know what the black boxes at stoplights are for
16. Even if your high school is only a year old, its already overcrowded
17. You have over 500 students in your graduating class
18. Despite the fact that Virginia fought for the south in the Civil War, you are NOT, under ANY circumstances, a "southerner"
19. You are friends with people from at least 2 other high schools
20. You know at least 2 people who drive a mercedes, BMW, Lexus, etc.
21. The cars in the student parking lot are woth 3x those in the teacher parking lot.
22. You are amused by visiting relatives who are actually excited to see Washington DC
23. You are amazed when you go out of town and the people at McDonalds speak english
24. You can cross 4 lanes of traffic in under 30 seconds
25. There are at least 3 malls within 20 minutes of your house
26. There are at least 6 Starbucks within 20 minutes of your house
27. You or someone in your family has a Smart Tag
28. Homework/Extra credit for a class has been to visit a museum in DC
29. When traveling, you have your choice of 3 airports
30. You don't actually like the Redskins/Wizards (except when Jordan was playing)
31. An inch of snow and you miss 3 days of school
32. All the potholes just add a little excitement to your driving experience
33. Stop signs mean slow down a little, but only if you feel like it
34. A rich white kid driving a BMW while blasting rap music is a common occurance
35. You call things "ghetto" even though in most of the rest of the country it'd be high class
36. You or most of your friends have a 3 car garage
37. You don't actually keep your cars in it.
38. When you were driving on the beltway at 2:13am on a Tuesday there was still traffic
39. Crown Victoria = undercover cop
40. A slow driver is someone who isn't going at least 10mph over the speed limit
41. You understand the meaning of "If you don't get it, you don't get it"
42. Subway is a fast food place. The transportation system is known as Metro, and only Metro
43. You've taken a wrong turn somewhere late at night and ended up in a bad part of DC(ex. anacostia)
44. Most of Loudoun County is the "middle of nowhere"
45. They just tore down the old farm house across the street and put 12 new houses in its place
46. The word Hfstival actually means something to you
47. Someone has honked at you because you didn't peal out the second the light turned green.
48. You've honked at someone because they didn't peal out the second the light turned green.
49. Rush hour lasts all day
50. For the cost of your house, you could own a small town in Iowa
51. Helicopters and airplanes flying above your neighborhood is a normal occurance.
52. 9:30 isnt just a time, its a place.
* Added by other people *
53. If you stay on the same road long enough, it will eventually have 3 new names.
54. You have to dial the area code to call your neighbor
55. You live 5 minutes from at least 2 high schools, but you go to one thats 30 minutes away.
56. You know at least 3 alternate routes to avoid sitting at a stop light.
57. You can't pull up to a 7-11 without seeing at least one cop, and usually there's another cop sitting not too far away.
58. You refer to distances in minutes, not miles.
59. When you put on your turn signal to change lanes, the people next to you speed up.
60. Talking on metro in the morning is prohibited

 

NoVa is so depressing to me. I always used to get it Nova mixed up with Norfolk, VA.

 

you and me both. But I blame that on the "scene" here more then anything else.

 

Nothing like having the Springfield Interchange as the most well known landmark.

 

but never the less, we still get umphrees at the 9:30 club and all the other jam bands at the state theater. Not to mention most of the national touring festivals at nissian. And of corse there is one rule not added

You've seen the rocky horror picture show at least twice in one month.

 

Buttt... we have the norva, schooner's, peabody's, jewma, the mothership (hampton), VABeach Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, and others I can't even remember. Plus, I think The Wailers have family in the area, so they come here four or so times a year... Gregg Allman does, as well... his dad was murdered in Norfolk.

....and you know where Will Smith's beachhouse is. (Willoughby Spit, once you cross the HRBT)

 

Well, by the way my parents are arguing it seems like we won't be living here much longer. It's to expensive. I now doubt even weather or not I'll finish high school here.

 

Yeah, I probably wouldn't be able to take it either, if I lived any further North/closer to DC.

It's bad enough with all the bases down here, but I like going to the Carolinas to get away from all the BS.

You know you're from NC when...

* You are leaning over the tailgate of a Dodge throwing up so it won’t get his rear bumper dirty while your brother drives you around.
* You put ATV tires on the rear end of your Poulan lawnmower so it won’t get stuck mowing the barn pasture.
* Your nickname has nothing to do with your real name or anything you did.
You called Mopeds “likker cycles” because men who had lost their driver’s license from a DWI puttered those motorized bicycles around town.

Opossums sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air.

There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live in North Carolina.

There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in North Carolina, plus a couple no one's seen before.

Unknown critters love to dig holes under tomato plants.

If it grows, it sticks; if it crawls; it bites.

A tractor is NOT an all-terrain vehicle. They do get stuck.

Onced and Twiced are words.

It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy.

People actually grow and eat okra.

Fixinto is one word.

There is no such thing as "lunch". There's only dinner and then there's supper.

Sweet Tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're 2.

Backwards and forwards means I know everything about you.

More about North Carolinians...

1. You measure distance in minutes.

2. You've had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.

3. You know what a 'tar heel' is.

4. You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it, no matter what time of the year.

5. You use "fix" as a verb. Example: I am fixing to go to the store.

6. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal.

7. You carry jumper cables in your car... for your OWN car.

8. You know what "cow tipping" is.

9. You only own four spices: salt, pepper, Texas Pete and catchup... and you know Texas Pete is made and bottled in Winston-Salem, NC.

10.The local papers cover national and international news on one page but requires 6 pages for local gossip and sports.

11. You think that the first day deer season is a national holiday.

12. You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit "a little warm"

13.You know all four seasons: Almost summer, summer, still summer, and Christmas.

14. You know whether another North Carolinian is from east, west, or piedmont North Carolina as soon as they open their mouth or by the type of barbecue they eat.

15. Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past time known as "going wal-martin" or off to"Wally World"

16. A carbonated soft drink isn't a pop...it's a Coke, regardless of brand or flavor, Example: "What kinda coke you want?"

17. Fried Catfish is the other white meat.

18. You can grill anytime of the year and you couldn't live without BBQ sauce.

19. Hush puppies or cornbread are a staple.

20. You still haven't gotten over Earnhardt and you're still support Jr. no matter what.

21. You know that VA/Country ham is also grown in NC.

22. You know where the orange peel is and what it's used for, same for Ball/Mason jars and copper radiators.

23. You understand these jokes and forward them to your friends from NC and those who just wish they were.

Alot of those apply to Southern VA, too.

 

i love these
you know you're from louisiana whenn..

Every so often, you have waterfront property.

The crawfish mounds in your front yard have over taken the grass.

When you refer to a geographical location "way up North," you are referring to places like Shreveport, Little Rock or Memphis, "where it gets real cold."

The four seasons in your year are: crawfish, shrimp, crab, and King Cake.

When giving directions you use words like "uptown," "downtown," "backatown," "riverside," "lakeside," "other side of the bayou" or "other side of the levee."

You don't learn until high school that Mardi Gras is not a national holiday.

You believe that purple, green and gold look good together.

Your last name isn't pronounced the way it's spelled.

You describe a color as "K & B Purple."

You like your rice and politics dirty.

You know those big roaches can fly, but you're able to sleep at night anyway.

You assume everyone has mosquito swarms in their backyard.

You realize the rainforest is less humid than Louisiana.

When out of town, you stop and ask someone where there is a drive-through Daiquiri place, and they look at you like you have three heads.

You consider a Bloody Mary a light breakfast.

No matter where else you go in the world, you are always disappointed in the food.

You eat sno-balls instead of throwing them.

Your grandparents are called "Maw Maw" and "Paw Paw."

You go to the lake because you think it is like going to the ocean.

You aren't surprised to find movie rental, ammunition, and bait all in the same store. (not at all..)

On Christmas Eve, your daughter looks up in the sky, sees Santa Claus and yells, "T'row me somethin', mister!"

Little old ladies push you out of the way to catch Mardi Gras throws.

You're not offended by the term "coonass." If anything, it's a compliment.

You fall asleep to the soothing sounds of four box fans. (love it..)

You've have to switch from heat to A/C in the same day.

A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or pop . . . it's a Coke, regardless of brand or flavor. Example: "You wanna coke?" "Yeah!" "What kind?" "Dr. Pepper"

You consider having a good meal as your birthright, and you judge a resturant by it's bread.

The smell of a crawfish boil turns you on more than Chanel No. 5. (YES)

You use "fix" as a verb. Example: I am fixing to go to the store. (is this really just a southern thing?)

 

Crab boils here.

And yes, I think that is just a southern thing.

 

MARDI GRAS IS NEXT TUESDAY OOOOMG YAAYYYY!!!










i'm gonna be in mexico ..or..somewhere in the middle of the carribbean..
oh well..if i can't be in nola i guess mexico is the next best thing, right?

 

its king cake season

ahaha... well a crab/crawfish boil might just have to be the best thing fuckin ever.. ya

 

you know you're from ga when

When James Brown dies you have to do a report about famous black georgians

When Allman Bros comes to town its a must see for everyone (not just the heady kids)

When you've eaten enough peanuts and peaches to lsat you your lifetime

When the movie ATL came out you saw it out of pure interest of seeing your party town on a movie screen

When you have to drive all the way to alabama or tennessee OR SC jsut to get some fireworks

When there's more family owned Mexican restaraunts in town than fast food

When winter is considered the two weeks it gets below 50 in january

When you take pride that the AP starts in your state

When you can drive 30 minutes and take a tour through the house that the ABB lived in

I'm done I cant think of anymore

 

I think thats just a southern thing too... eh I dunno I think it shulda been regions instead uh states..... or maybe just diff highschools and towns

 

whooppss

 

you know you're from leesport when the 'bomb-shelter' isn't for bombs at all

 

oh, boo hoo.


make some etouffee or somethin while yer there

 

You know you're from Kentucky when....
Your dad and your brother are the same guy.
Your baby has more teeth than your best friend.
You say "Well, ain't ye gon' go down yonder thur and git ye a sammich?"
Ain't is DEFINITELY a word.
I reckon means yes.
Your next door neighbor has just as many appliances/furnishings on his porch as in his house.