Top 100 Indications That You Are from South Jersey
- You've had arguments over cheesesteak quality.
- When it snows more than an inch, you call it a blizzard.
- Your neighbor's house was foreclosed after an unlucky night in Atlantic City.
- You know someone named Siprasiut Xayapachan.
- You've actually found the Echelon Mall.
- Your uncle is in the mafia.
- You have Lyme Disease.
- You don't understand why there aren't more 24-hour diners elsewhere in the country.
- You know what a Wawa is, and know the location of at least 15 of them.
- You think a mountain is any landform taller than your house.
- You know what became of the 13th Leeds child, and claim to have seen him one time while peeing in the woods.
- You stay away from Getty and BP, and stick with Mobil and Gulf.
- You know what a "shoe-bie" is and can pick one out at the beach.
- One time you were driving in the woods and got stuck in sand.
- You have an EZ Pass, but you just hold it up.
- You live next to an impenetrable swamp.
- You go to Delaware to buy smokes.
- Even though there's a new Wal-Mart in your town, you still go to the Berlin Farmers Market for cheap stuff.
- Your neighborhood demonstrates co-existence of African-Americans and racist rednecks.
- To you, "gravel" means orange dirt.
- You love hockey, and have been to a Flyers or Devils game.
- You know that you should get the hell out of Camden before dark.
- You can name all the flavors of salt water taffy.
- Your car is covered with yellow-green dust in April ann May.
- You buy Shop-Rite brand food at Shop-Rite.
- You can smell and know when it's low tide.
- F-16s buzz your house at like 150 feet.
- You remember the bad gypsy moth years.
- The Eagles/Giants rivalry has started fights at your school and/or local bar.
- You eat at restaurants that have locations I, II, III, IV, and V.
- You get excited when you see Chopper 6, and you can hum the Action News song.
- You've had sex on the beach, and I'm not talking about the beverage.
- Honesty, sincerity, and courtesy are things you once saw happen in Ohio.
- You know that you don't put ketchup on boardwalk fries.
- You know how to successfully handle a traffic circle.
- You get three 50's in a row when you play skeeball.
- You live in Cape May, but you still won't take the ferry because it's too expensive and crowded.
- You think the Olive Garden is a bunch of crap and should not open restaurants in South Jersey.
- You've hung out at a gravel pit.
- You worked at a blueberry farm when you were 13.
- You played soccer from Kindergarten through high school.
- You've counted the number of titty bars on the Black Horse Pike.
- You always went to the Franklin Institute when you were a kid.
- You've run out of money on the Parkway.
- You know what "cedar water" is.
- Your middle school hangout was the mall.
- You have an unusable, piece-of-shit boat in your front yard.
- You once skipped school and went to Wildwood.
- You're Italian.
- You know where to get the best bagel.
- You've called someone an "asshole" to their face at the Philly airport.
- Donald Trump is mentioned at least daily in your local paper.
- You say "water" weird.
- You have pine trees, holly trees, and mountain laurel in your yard.
- You had a sandbox.
- Even your school made good Italian subs.
- You've almost fallen asleep on the Expressway.
- You've rented a house in Stone Harbor before.
- You've lived through hurricanes, nor'easters and fires, but have never seen a tornado, earthquake, tsunami or volcano.
- You can point to the two closest nuclear plants.
- You can't believe MTV went to Seaside Heights.
- You know that ACME is an actual store, not just a Warner Bros. creation.
- You packed up the family on a Sunday and went to Cowtown Rodeo.
- You never had school on Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur.
- You once shot a whiporwhill on a summer night at 3 A.M.
- You take day trips to New York City.
- The mafia runs half the businesses in your town.
- You have mandatory recycling. Enforced by law.
- In the woods behind your house, you can find couches, washing machines, and shoes.
- You don't have to go to red lobster to get fresh seafood.
- You go to at least one parade at the boardwalk each year.
- You know how to pronounce "Buena" on Route 40.
- You've made a meal out of Tastycakes, Herr's BBQ potato chips, and Pennsylvania Dutch Birch Beer.
- You know the Atlantic City High School marching band can lay down some phat beats.
- You've pondered, "Maybe basketball would be more popular in South Jersey if the 76ers and the Nets didn't blow."
- You watch Evening Magazine.
- You remember when Rowan was Glassboro State and TCNJ was Trenton State.
- You remember Channel 48, Boss 97, Eagle 106, and Harvey in the Morning.
- You know New Years is all about the Mummers and the Polar Bear club.
- You smoke Parliament Lights.
- You go to the local Fire Department barbeque in June.
- Down the road, in the middle of nowhere, is an Egyptian restaurant and a custard stand with a miniature golf course.
- You know what custard is in South Jersey.
- You can go bowling at 1:30 A.M. (with automatic scoring!)
- In high school, you worked at a Friendly's.
- Route 206 doesn't freak you out at night.
- Because your town was founded before 1776, all the restaurants, taverns, and shops have "ye", "olde", and "colonial" in their names.
- One time, a sea gull shit all over your head.
- You talk to the guy at the dump.
- You once said, "It smells like Philadelphia in here."
- You've waited for the stupid drawbridge for more than ten minutes.
- You even swam in the ocean after the hypodermic needle scare.
- Your mom still loves Bruce Springsteen.
- You know it can be 70 degrees in January.
- There's a fruit and vegetable stand down the road.
- "Anyone who makes bad pizza can go to hell" is your attitude.
- Somewhere along the line, someone was really screwed you over in a business transaction.
- You often use variations of the word "fuck" while driving.
- You will always say "YO", and you'll say it often.
- You don't take any shit from anybody.