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Tuesday, October 23, 2007

You know you're from Delaware if:


  1. You've never met any celebrities.
  2. You know where, what and when the Hummers Parade is held.
  3. "Vacation" means going to Rehoboth or Cape Henlopen.
  4. You've know the best subs come from Capriotti's.
  5. You measure distance in minutes.
  6. You used to play in the wooder in the crick, and caught fraugs.
  7. Your school classes were canceled because of an inch of snow.
  8. The whole state panics and uses all of their road salt for that inch of snow.
  9. You love the beach but hate the tourists.
  10. You know about pumkin-chunkin and, and you have your favorite chunker.
  11. You know someone who went to school with Randy White or one of the Capanos.
  12. You've eaten scrapple sandwiches.
  13. That if it takes more than an hour to drive to, you're not going.
  14. You end your sentences with unnecessary prepositions. Example:"Where's my coat at?"
  15. You actually know what a "slippery" dumpling is.
  16. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
  17. You know what YouDee is.
  18. You carry jumper cables in your car.
  19. Somebody in your family works for the DuPont Company.
  20. You only own 3 spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup (for the scrapple).
  21. BLUE ROCKS, YEA!!!
  22. You think anyone from anywhere but Delaware has an accent.
  23. You think the "Apple Scrapple Festival" is perfectly normal, except for all those granola-types running in the 5K race.
  24. You think, maybe, just maybe, you might get a White Christmas. Then it rains.
  25. The highest point in the state is a rise on the golf course.
  26. The state has one hill. You've been sledding on it.
  27. You remember WAMS and WCAU (BARSKY in the morning!).
  28. You know NewERK is in New Jersey, but NewARK is in Delaware.
  29. You know how to carefully pronounce the name Foulk Road.
  30. You talk of Northern Delaware and the entire Eastern Seaboard as "above the canal."
  31. You know if another Delawarean is from southern, middle or northern Delaware as soon as they open their mouth.
  32. You know the name of every street in Delaware, but have no idea what the route number is (VERY TRUE!).
  33. The opening of a KMart was declared by your mayor as, "The most exciting thing to happen in Western Sussex County in 50 years."
  34. When you go out for a nice dinner, you usually go to another state.
  35. The biggest media events are usually high profile court cases.
  36. You can remember when Maryland Bank (MBNA) swallowed up Ogletown and Putt-Putt (and the car wash!!).
  37. Everywhere you go, you always run into someone you know or went to school with.
  38. You know what Newark Night and First Night are.
  39. You know exactly which roads to avoid due to the CONSTANT road construction.
  40. Dolle's salt water taffy and Grotto's Pizza.
  41. You know where all of the late night 24 hour rest stops and restaraunts are.
  42. You can remember when Christiana Hospital was a field with cows.
  43. You remember when Christiana Mall had a Galaxy arcade.
  44. When you go out of state to shop or eat, you are always surprised about the tax!
  45. You know the differences in housing in Elsmere, Pike Creek, and Greenville.
  46. You actually get these jokes and forward them to your friends from Delaware.

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