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To all my "Jersey" people, you will laugh when you read some of these....to
my
"out of towners", you will probably laugh, too, but not know what
you are laughing at !
I can relate to probably 75% of these, so that gives you
outsiders a glimpse
(a scarey glimpse), of our home life!
If you don't understand
these, you're not a "piney"
:-)
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South Jersey: Middle Ages
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How
you can tell
"You're
from South Jersey"
104 ways to know you're
from South Jersey
104. Your know where harding highway is.
103. In your mind you hear "watch out for the tram car please" even
in your sleep.
102. Hy Lit, Joe Niagra, & Jerry Blavat; are normal household
words.
101. You go out for corn and tomatoes in the summer and make dinner out
of it.
100. You've had arguments over cheesesteak quality.
99. When it snows
more than an inch, you call it a blizzard.
98. Your neighbor's house was forclosed
after an unlucky night in Atlantic City.
97. You know someone named Siprasiut
Xayapachan.
96. You've actually found the Echelon Mall.
95. Your uncle is in
the mafia.
94. You have Lyme Disease.
93. You don't understand why there aren't
more 24-hour diners elsewhere in the country.
92. You know what a Wawa is, and
know the location of at least 15 of them.
91. You think a mountain is any landform
taller than your house.
90. You know what became of the 13th Leeds child, and
claim to have seen him one time while peeing in the woods.
89. You stay away from
Getty and BP, and stick with Mobil and Gulf.
88. You know what a "shoe-bie"
is and can pick one out at the beach.
87. One time you were driving in the woods
and got stuck in sand.
86. You have an EZ Pass, but you just hold it up.
85.
You live next to an inpenetrable swamp.
84. You go to Delaware to buy smokes.
83.
Even though there's a new Wal-Mart in your town, you still go to the Berlin Farmers
Market for cheap stuff.
82. Your neighborhood demonstrates co-existence of African-Americans
and racist rednecks.
81. To you, "gravel" means orange dirt.
80.
You love hockey, and have been to a Flyers or Devils game.
79. You know that you
should get the hell out of Camden before dark.
78. You can name all the flavors
of salt water taffy.
77. Your car is covered with yellow-green dust in April ann
May.
76. You buy Shop-Rite brand food at Shop-Rite.
75. You can smell and know
when it's low tide.
74. F-16s buzz your house at like 150 feet.
73. You remember
the bad gypsy moth years.
72. The Eagles/Giants rivalry has started fights at
your school and/or local bar.
71. You eat at restaurants that have locations I,
II, III, IV, and V.
70. You get excited when you see Chopper 6, and you can hum
thae Action News song.
69. You've had sex on the beach, and I'm not talking about
the beverage.
68. Honesty, sincerity, and courtesy are things you once saw happen
in Ohio.
67. You know that you don't put ketchup on boardwalk fries.
66. You
know how to successfully handle a traffic circle.
65. You get three 50's in a
row when you play skeeball.
64. You live in Cape May, but you still won't take
the ferry because it's too expensive and crowded.
63. You think the Olive Garden
is a bunch of crap and should not open restaurants in South Jersey.
62. You've
hung out at a gravel pit.
61. You worked at a blueberry farm when you were 13.
60.
You played soccer from Kindergarten through high school.
59. You've counted the
number of titty bars on the Black Horse Pike.
58. You always went to the Franklin
Institute when you were a kid.
57. You've run out of money on the Parkway.
56.
You know what "cedar water" is.
55. Your middle school hangout was the
mall.
54. You have an unusable, piece-of-shit boat in your front yard.
53.
You once skipped school and went to Wildwood.
52. You're Italian.
51. You know
where to get the best bagel.
50. You've called someone an "asshole"
to their face at the Philly airport.
49. Donald Trump is mentioned at least daily
in your local paper.
48. You say "water" weird.
47. You have pine
trees, holly trees, and mountain laurel in your yard.
46. You had a sandbox.
45.
Even your school made good Italian subs.
44. You've almost fallen asleep on the
Expressway.
43. You've rented a house in Stone Harbor before.
42. You've lived
through hurricanes, nor'easters and fires, but have never seen a tornado, earthquake
or volcano.
41. You can point to the two closest nuclear plants.
40. You can't
believe MTV went to Seaside Heights.
39. You know that ACME is an actual store,
not just a Warner Bros. creation.
38. You packed up the family on a Sunday and
went to Cowtown Rodeo.
37. You never had school on Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur.
36.
You once shot a whiporwhill on a summer night at 3 A.M.
35. You take day trips
to New York City.
34. The mafia runs half the businesses in your town.
33.
You have mandatory recycling. Enforced by law.
32. In the woods behind your house,
you can find couches, washing machines, and shoes.
31. You don't have to go to
red lobster to get fresh seafood.
30. You go to at least one parade at the boardwalk
each year.
29. You know how to pronouce "Buena" on Route 40.
28.
You've made a meal out of Tastycakes, Herr's BBQ potato chips, and Pennsylvania Dutch
Birch Beer.
27. You know the Atlantic City High School marching band can lay down
some phat beats.
26. You've pondered, "Maybe basketball would be more popular
in South Jersey if the 76ers and the Nets didn't blow."
25. You watch Evening
Magazine.
24. You remember when Rowan was Glassboro State and TCNJ was Trenton
State.
23. You remember Channel 48, Boss 97, Eagle 106, and Harvey in the Morning.
22.
You know New Years is all about the Mummers and the Polar Bear club.
21. You smoke
Parliament Lights.
20. You go to the local Fire Department barbeque in June.
19.
Down the road, in the middle of nowhere, is an Egyptian restaurant and a custard
stand with a minature golf course.
18. You know what custard is in South Jersey.
17.
You can go bowling at 1:30 A.M. (with automatic scoring!)
16. In high school,
you worked at a Friendly's.
15. Route 206 doesn't freak you out at night.
14.
Because your town was founded before 1776, all the restaurants, taverns, and shops
have "ye", "olde", and "colonial" in their names.
13.
One time, a sea gull shit all over your head.
12. You talk to the guy at the dump.
11.
You once said, "It smells like Philadelphia in here."
10. You've waited
for the goddamn drawbridge for more than ten minutes.
9. You even swam in the
ocean after the hypodermic needle scare.
8. Your mom still loves Bruce Springsteen.
7.
You know it can be 70 degrees in January.
6. There's a fruit and vegetable stand
down the road.
5. "Anyone who makes bad pizza can go to hell" is your
attitude.
4. Somewhere along the line, someone was really screwed you over in
a business transaction.
3. You often use variations of the "F-word"
while driving.
2. You will always say "YO", and you'll say it often.
1.
You don't take any shit from anybody.
Can you think of some more ??
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GETTING OLDER IN SOUTH JERSEY (THE MIDDLE AGES)
Middle age is when you have stopped growing at both ends, and have begun to grow in the middle.
A man has reached middle age when he is cautioned to slow down by his doctor instead of by the police.
You know you're into middle age when you realize that caution is the only thing you care to exercise.
At my age, "getting a little action" means I don't need to take a laxative.
You're getting old when "getting lucky" means you find your car in the parking lot.
You're getting old when you wake up with that morning-after feeling, and you didn't do anything the night before.
The cardiologist's diet: If it tastes good, spit it out.
It's hard to be nostalgic when you can't remember anything.
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