You Know Your From Massachusetts IF...............

[matcom]

received via email - too true!

You think crosswalks are for wimps

You think if someone is nice to you they either want something or they are from out of town and lost

You know how to cross four lanes of traffic in five seconds

You think it's not actually tailgating unless you're touching the
bumper of the car in front of you

You know that a yellow light means that at least five more people can get through and a red one means two more can

The transportation system is known as the "T"

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

When people talk about "The Curse Of The Bambino" you know what
they're talking about and used to believe it, too

You believe using your turn signals gives away your plan to the enemy

If you stay on the same road long enough it eventually has three
different names

Someone has honked at you because you didn't peel out the second the
light turned green

You have honked at someone because they didn't peel out the second the light turned green

All the potholes just add to the excitement of driving

Stop signs mean slow down a little, but only of you want to

Six inches of snow is considered a dusting

Three days of 90 degree heat is definately a "heat wave" 63 degrees is "on the warm side"

You cringe everytime you hear some actor/actress imitate the "Boston
Accent" on TV or in a movie, if you don't have it then you're never going to get it even if you were born here

At the ice cream shop you call chocolate sprinkles "jimmies"

The person in front of you is going 70 MPH and you're cursing them for going too slow

You know how to pronounce towns like Worcester, Haverhill, and
Leominster

You know what they sell at a "packie!

You have never been to Cheers

You've slammed on your brakes to deter a tailgater

You keep an ice scraper in your car all year round

Paranoia sets in when you can't see an 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 "regular coffee" is!

You can navigate a rotary without a problem

You feel the rest of the world needs to drive more like you

When someone calls you a "masshole" you take it as a compliment

You use the words "wicked" and "good" in the same sentence, and often in the same compound-adjective

You know what a frappe is

Saint Patrticks Day is your second favorite holiday...even when you're not IRISH!

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 Plimouth Plantation at least
once, in elementary school, but never to Bunker Hill

You can drive to the mountains and the ocean all in one day

You know the Mass Pike and 495 create some sort of strange weather
dividing line

You almost feel dissapointed when someone doesnt flip you off when you cut them off or steal their parking space

;)

[Magrittes Pipe]

1. You cover up your oral syphillis scars with a goatee?

:shrug:

[sniffa]

2. ooh, that good

:rofl:

[Magrittes Pipe]

3. or souL patch

[JimmyJazz]

23. .

:P

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

4. Never lived in Mass, but...

If you stay on the same road long enough it eventually has three
different names
-This is true in a lot of places, even Orlando.

All the potholes just add to the excitement of driving
-I wouldn't say they add to the "excitement of driving". We had more than our fair share of potholes in Maine.

Six inches of snow is considered a dusting
-Come on... 6 inches was always considered more than a dusting in Maine.

Three days of 90 degree heat is definately a "heat wave" 63 degrees is "on the warm side"
-Agreed.

At the ice cream shop you call chocolate sprinkles "jimmies"
-That's what I've always called them....more specifically I'd call them chocolate jimmies. There are also rainbow jimmies.

You know how to pronounce towns like Worcester, Haverhill, and
Leominster
-Yeah...and I've never lived there. I even know how to say "Waltham".

You know what they sell at a "packie!
-Is this similar to packie stores...as in liquor stores?

You have never been to Cheers
-This is true.

You keep an ice scraper in your car all year round
-Yes... in fact we've been living in Orlando for three years and we still keep a scraper and a brush in the trunk.

You know what "regular coffee" is!
-Who doesn't?

When someone calls you a "masshole" you take it as a compliment
-No, that would be an insult. "Masshole" is a term that Maine-ahs use to describe anyone who drives like a complete moron and also has Mass plates.

You use the words "wicked" and "good" in the same sentence, and often in the same compound-adjective
-Sure... I still do that.

You know what a frappe is
-Yup

You drink tonic and would never consider using it on your hair
-Yeah, but usually I drink soda.

You can drive to the mountains and the ocean all in one day
-This is true in Maine too.

[NewJeffCT]

11. A lot of the Mass ones can apply to CT

If you stay on the same road long enough it eventually has three
different names
-This is true in a lot of places, even Orlando.

my ex-wife was originally from New Jersy and could never get the hang of that one - i.e., Rte 175 in Newington is Cedar Street and then East Cedar Street, then turns into Wells Road in Wethersfield and becomes Main Street when you cross the Silas Deane Highway... and, I think if you go West on 175, it becomes something else when you cross into New Britain.

I think back in the 70s, 3-5 inches of snow was a dusting and did not merit school cancellation. Nowadays, just the threat of snowfall sends everybody into a panic and results in mass cancellations & postponements.

[LynzM]

5. LMAO

They're only funny because they're So Damned TRUE. :D :rofl:

[Amaya]

6. Yes!

You massholes can't drive for shit! :D

[Squeech]

7. Hey

The 95% of us that drive like prion-infested cattle give the rest of us an undeserved reputation.

Besides, you live in a state which has traditionally considered giving speeding tickets to Massholes to be an important revenue source.

And really, the term "Masshole" is so declasse. Mrs. Squeech, who comes from New Hampshire, will tell you that the proper term for a clueless Massachusetts denizen is "flatlander."

[Ellen Forradalom]

18. You mean a.....

[Ellen Forradalom]

22. "Thank you for participating..."

"in New Hampshire's Citations for Education program. Remember when you pay your speeding fines: it's for the kids."

[Kathy in Cambridge]

10. And CT drivers can?

coming from the state that goes UNDER the speed limit in the passing lane, you're not qualified to judge bad driving! :P

[Amaya]

17. Yes, we can!

you're just jealous of our driving superiority :P :D

[YankeyMCC]

13. You don't drive in Boston

You AIM!

;)

[StopTheMorans]

8. you've seen Matcom enjoy getting frisked by a faux-NYC cop

and you lived to tell about it :silly:

[Kathy in Cambridge]

12. I think the term was 'groped'

:P

[Kathy in Cambridge]

9. hilarious! but 6" of snow pretty much cancels school

that's a dusting to people in Buffalo and Rochester, but a nightmare to people in Boston. We really are weather wimps/complainers!

[bicentennial_baby]

19. Ah, but not in Western MA

Especially this year, it seems that we need a full-on blizzard to get school cancellled over here in the hills. :shrug:

[YankeyMCC]

14. Or you can contribute to this language guide

Wicked Good Guide to Boston Language

http://www.boston-online.com/glossary.html

[Ellen Forradalom]

15. You can take the driver out of Massachusetts

but you CANNOT take the Massachusetts out of the driver.

I speak as the terrorized jaw-clenching white-knuckling spouse of a Massachusetts transplant.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

20. You poor thing! Even Chicago drivers are more civilized than

a Boston driver. Driving is a contact sport here!

[Ellen Forradalom]

16. you forgot one

In your native dialect your car horn is the 7th vowel alongsides a, e, i, o, u and sometimes y.

[Bill McBlueState]

21. while we're on the subject of vowels...

You know you're from Massachusetts if you think 'r' is also a vowel.