You live in different parts of the country when....

[SATX*APhi]

You live in California when . . .

1.You make over $250,000 and you still can't afford to buy a house.
2.The high school quarterback calls a time-out to answer his cell phone.
3.The fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway.
4.You know how to eat an artichoke.
5.You drive to your neighborhood block party.
6.When someone asks you how far something is, you tell them how long it will take to get there rather than how many miles away it is.


You live in New York when . . .

1.You say "the city" and expect everyone to know you mean Manhattan.
2.You have never been to the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building.
3.You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus Circle to Battery Park, but can't find Wisconsin on a map.
4.You think Central Park is "nature."
5.You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you multi-lingual.
6. You've worn out a car horn.
7.You think eye contact is an act of aggression.


You live in Alaska when . . .

1.You only have four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup and Tabasco.
2. Halloween costumes fit over parkas.
3.You have more than one recipe for moose.
4. Sexy lingerie is anything flannel with less than eight buttons.
5.The four seasons are: winter, still winter, almost winter, and
construction.


You live in the Deep South when . . ..

1.You get a movie and bait in the same store.
2."ya'll" is singular and "all ya'll" is plural.
3. After five years you still hear, "You ain't from 'round here, are
ya?"
4."He needed killin' " is a valid defense.
5. Everyone has 2 first names: Billy Bob, Jimmy Bob, Mary Sue, Betty Jean,etc.


You live in Colorado when . . .

1.You carry your $3,000 mountain bike atop your $500 car.
2.You tell your husband to pick up Granola on his way home and he stops at the day care center.
3.A pass does not involve a football or dating.
4.The top of your head is bald, but you still have a pony tail.


You live in the Midwest when . . .

1. You've never met any celebrities, but the mayor knows your name.
2. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor.
3.You have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day.
4.You end sentences with a preposition: "Where's my coat at?"
5.When asked how your trip was to any exotic place, you say, "It was different!"


You live in Florida when...

1.You eat dinner at 3:15 in the afternoon.
2. All purchases include a coupon of some kind-even houses and cars.
3. Everyone can recommend an excellent dermatologist.
4. Road construction never ends anywhere in the state.
5. Cars in front of you are often driven by headless people.
6. There are only GIANT doctors in Florida (Every person's doctor is "The Biggest" in his field)

I can only speak for the Midwestern ones but... that's way too right

[AOX81]

Originally posted by SATX*APhi
2. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor.
3.You have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day.

This is SOOO true!!

[ZTAngel]

Originally posted by SATX*APhi
You live in Florida when...
4. Road construction never ends anywhere in the state.

Hah Hah! Very true. My red car has a sheet of white dust over it from all the road construction have been doing in Orlando. I have to wash and wax my car every week because it gets so bad. I have another one to add to that.
You live in Florida when....
The front of your car gets covered with love bugs after a five minute drive to the supermarket.

[ladybug1116]

"love bugs"...lol...that's one thing about Florida that I won't miss

[nycgirl]

"You live in New York when . . .

1.You say "the city" and expect everyone to know you mean Manhattan.
2.You have never been to the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building.
3.You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus Circle to Battery Park, but can't find Wisconsin on a map.
4.You think Central Park is "nature."
5.You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you multi-lingual.
6. You've worn out a car horn.
7.You think eye contact is an act of aggression."

this is so true!

[bruinaphi]

Originally posted by SATX*APhi
You live in California when . . .

3.The fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway.
4.You know how to eat an artichoke.
5.You drive to your neighborhood block party.
6.When someone asks you how far something is, you tell them how long it will take to get there rather than how many miles away it is.

This is too true...I work two blocks from home but have to drive b/c of my job. It took me 40 minutes to get home from work tonight. AGH! Definitely teaches you why people in LA have road rage. Artichokes sound really good tonight. Hmmm....

[Rudey]

How do you eat an artichoke? People in california have a special way?

-Rudey

[carnation]

About the Deep South--numbers 1 and 2 are so true!

[SapphireSphinx9]

Originally posted by SATX*APhi
You live in California when . . .

1.You make over $250,000 and you still can't afford to buy a house.
2.The high school quarterback calls a time-out to answer his cell phone.
3.The fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway.
4.You know how to eat an artichoke.
5.You drive to your neighborhood block party.
6.When someone asks you how far something is, you tell them how long it will take to get there rather than how many miles away it is.

Oh MY!!! Why is this so true? Lemme tell you, people in my classes have cell phones go off, and they answer them during class! Some are polite enough to go outside.

Hey, what's so different about how we eat artichokes??? But I do love me some artichokes!!! YUM!

It's sad to say that I drove to and from my friend's house... which is around the block from me... Literally on the same block, just on the street behind mine!

Haha, these are too funny!

[bruinaphi]

Originally posted by Leslie Anne


How to Eat an Artichoke
(California Style)

-use 2 plates
-work your way from the outer leaves in
-place each leaf face down on 2nd plate
-when you get to the center, slice the heart in half.
-place the 2 halves on their sides (sliced edges down.)
-with fork in heart, cut off fuzzy stuff on both halves
-move fuzzy stuff to side
-eat artichoke heart
-when you're done you should have one plate with just fuzzy stuff on the side and the second plate with face-down leaves.


My God! I've lived in Los Angeles WAY too long!

Righto Leslie Anne! The best part of artichokes, of course, are dipping sauces. My favorite sauce (a family favorite, too) is lemon juice with a little mayo mixed in. The bitterness of the lemon is GREAT with the artichoke.

A great appitizer is taking the small ones, steaming them just like the big ones but shorter period of time, letting them cool, placing them on a plate, then dripping the sauce over them. You serve them cold. You can eat all of the small artichokes (unlike the big ones). So yummy and fairly healthy appetizer if you use light Heilmans.

Rudey, Californians eat more artichokes than any other part of the country b/c CA is one of the few places they are grown. You have to be careful though b/c they are totally addictive.

[Peaches-n-Cream]

Originally posted by SATX*APhi


You live in New York when . . .

1.You say "the city" and expect everyone to know you mean Manhattan.
2.You have never been to the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building.
3.You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus Circle to Battery Park, but can't find Wisconsin on a map.
4.You think Central Park is "nature."
5.You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you multi-lingual.
6. You've worn out a car horn.
7.You think eye contact is an act of aggression.

This list is pretty funny. The only time I went to the Statue of Liberty is when my relatives visited.
Central Park IS nature. I know where Wisconsin is. Go to Chicago and turn left.

[xok85xo]

this is pretty funny..my best friend who technically lives in hoboken, nj but spends about 90% of his time in the city just bought a brand new expensive mountain bike to ride in central park...and quite possibly the funniest thing i've ever seen was his frustration after his car horn had died and he couldn't honk at the slow people

[Peaches-n-Cream]

Most New Yorkers that I know don't even own a car. My sister just bought her first car in April. I'll give the horn until December!

[RedRoseSAI]

Originally posted by Cream
I know where Wisconsin is. Go to Chicago and turn left.

Except, if you were coming from NYC, turning left at Chicago would land you in Central Illinois (zzzzz.....snore.....zzzzz).