You know your from New England when...
If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 36
inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping it will swim by, you might
live in New England.
If you're proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights each
year because Mt. Washington is the coldest spot in the nation, and Boston
gets more snow than any other major city in the US, you live in New
England.
If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May, you live
in
New England.
If you instinctively walk like a penguin for six months out of the year,
you live in New England.
If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance, and they don't
work there, you live in New England.
If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you live in New
England.
If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a
wrong number, you live in New England.
YOU KNOW YOU ARE A NEW ENGLANDER WHEN:
"Vacation" means going anywhere south of New York City for the weekend.
You measure distance in hours.
You know several people who have hit a deer more than once.
You have switched from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day, and back again.
You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard
without flinching.
You install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both front and back doors
unlocked.
You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend/wife knows how to
use them.
You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road
construction.
Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your blue
spruce.
"Down South" to you means Philadelphia.
Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new shed.
Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost.
You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.
You find 10 degrees "a little chilly."
You actually understand these jokes, and forward them to all your New
England friends.
inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping it will swim by, you might
live in New England.
If you're proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights each
year because Mt. Washington is the coldest spot in the nation, and Boston
gets more snow than any other major city in the US, you live in New
England.
If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May, you live
in
New England.
If you instinctively walk like a penguin for six months out of the year,
you live in New England.
If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance, and they don't
work there, you live in New England.
If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you live in New
England.
If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a
wrong number, you live in New England.
YOU KNOW YOU ARE A NEW ENGLANDER WHEN:
"Vacation" means going anywhere south of New York City for the weekend.
You measure distance in hours.
You know several people who have hit a deer more than once.
You have switched from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day, and back again.
You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard
without flinching.
You install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both front and back doors
unlocked.
You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend/wife knows how to
use them.
You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road
construction.
Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your blue
spruce.
"Down South" to you means Philadelphia.
Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new shed.
Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost.
You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.
You find 10 degrees "a little chilly."
You actually understand these jokes, and forward them to all your New
England friends.
Leave a Comment
TheJoeD on
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Hey Tim, where is New Englan? I don't get it....Did you mean New ENGLAND? In all seriousness...I can't imagine living anywhere else. We really live in one of the best places in the world. |
natanism on
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Well not as nice as Florida today (It's 76 degrees & there is not a cloud in the sky And it's not even noon)....Coming from a felloew New Englander I wouldn't move back up there for nothing!. (Well maybe a large sum of cash) |
TwoStripe on
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Better Joe? Its depends on what your looking for. New England rules from April to October. The rest of the time I hate it. Ill take nice weather over scenery any day. |
Humid beats cold/snowy/depressing/gray crappiness.
TwoStripe on
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What do people call the package store in other places? Ive heard people make fun of "packie" before. |
natanism on
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I hate to break it to ya all but there are seasons down here. It rains in the spring, the weather goes to deathly hot in the summer, hurricanes in the fall, and perfect in the winter, so take that and your 4 ft. of snow! |
xxkpmxx on
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I can't wait to get out of here, the people are rude the traffic is horrible, the weather sucks, at least in Connecticut and part of Mass. I'm kinda looking forward to getting out of here. If I have my choice I'd like to go to Maryland or Virginia. |
lisakaye on
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It's funny because a lot of what you said, aside from the snow statements, it sounds a lot like the south. I can't wait to get out of here....no offense to you guys who like it...just not what I consider home. And Tim...the first time I ever heard the term 'package store' was when I moved up here and I had no idea what the hell you people were talking about....it's just simply a liquor store to me. |
ZMedina on
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I love New England. Living in the f-ing state of Kansas makes me so miss living up there. New England Rocks! |
ZMedina on
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Yes, and I live with the wickest of the witches. Actually I believe that she is the one that gave the wicked witches lessons on how to be so wicked. |
TwoStripe on
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You cant say wicked that many times in one sentence if your from the south, we New Englanders own that word and are made fun of by southerners for using it in the most non wicked context. |
ZMedina on
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I am not from the south. I refuse to be that. I am an army brat that got stuck here in this godaweful state. |
TwoStripe on
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Oh yea, I forgot that was you denoucing your Kansasness because you
came from total coolness (NE). You are free to wickedly use wicked as
much as you wicked want. |
lisakaye on
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I never understood New Englanders and the word wicked....I mean, really?! Does it really make that much sense?! I guess to each his own!  |
natanism on
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Wicked...I love that word, I use it a lot!! Reminds me of listening to Tim Sample with my grandfather! |
TwoStripe on
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OMG! You know Tim Sample! My dad used to listen to him all the time. "He leaned ovah and let out a 48 second faht" Haha. |
