Nasty...just nasty.
Thursday, November 8, 2007
You Might Be Floridian if...
- "Down South" means Key West.
- "Panhandling" means going to Pensacola.
- You think no one over 70 should be allowed to drive.
- Flip-flops are everyday wear.
- Shoes are for business meetings and church.
- No, wait -- flip-flops are good for church, too, unless it's Easter or Christmas.
- Sweet tea can be served at any meal.
- An alligator once walked through your neighborhood.
- You smirk when a game show's "Grand Prize" is a trip or cruise to Florida.
- You measure distance in minutes.
- You have a drawer full of bathing suits, and one sweatshirt.
- You get annoyed at the tourists who feed seagulls.
- All the local festivals are named after a fruit.
- A mountain is any hill 100 feet above sea level.
- You think everyone from a bigger city has a northern accent.
- You know the four seasons really are: almost summer, summer, not summer but really hot, and Christmas.
- It's not soda, cola, or pop -- it's coke, regardless of brand or flavor: "What kinda coke you want?"
- Anything under 95 is just warm.
- You've hosted a hurricane party.
- You go to a theme park for an afternoon and know when to get on the best rides.
- You pass on the right and honk at the elderly.
- You understand the futility of exterminating cockroaches.
- You can pronounce Okeechobee, Kissimmee, and Withlacoochee.
- You understand why it's better to have a friend with a boat than have a boat yourself.
- Bumper stickers on the pickup in front of you include:
- various fish
- NRA
- a confederate flag
- You were eight years old before you realized they made houses without pools.
- You were 12 when you first met someone who couldn't swim.
- You get angry when people say, "Florida isn't really part of the SOUTH."
- You've worn shorts and used the A/C on Christmas.
- You know what the "stingray shuffle" is and why it's important!
- You recognize Miami-Dade as "Northern Cuba." The south ends in the Ocala/Gainesville area, and then North Cuba begins.
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