[Turbo_Tim]

Top 100 Indications You're from South Jersey:

100. You've had arguments over cheese steak quality.
99. Your neighbor's house was foreclosed after an unlucky night in
Atlantic City.
98. You know someone named Siprasiut Xayapachan or Samir Bupinder.
97. You've actually found the Echelon Mall.
96. Your uncle is in the mafia, or is in debt to it.
95. You or a loved one has Lyme Disease.
94. You think a mountain is any landform taller than your house
93. You know that it's called "Great Adventure," not "Six Flags."
92. You know what became of the 13th Leeds child, and claim to have
seen him one night while peeing in the woods.
91. One time you were driving in the woods and got stuck in the sand.
90. You live next to an impenetrable swamp.
89. You know that "A.C." is a place, not electricity, and that casinos
are there.
88. You go to Delaware to buy smokes.
87. Even though there is a Wal-Mart in your town, you still go to the
Berlin Farmers Market, Columbus, or the Pennsauken Mart for cheap stuff.
86. Your neighborhood demonstrates the coexistence of African Americans
and racist rednecks.
85. You've eaten at a Diner when you were stoned, drunk, or lost at 3
a.m.
84. You love hockey, and have been to a Flyers or Devils game.
83. You know that you should get the hell out of Camden before dark.
82. You can name all the flavors of saltwater taffy.
81. Your car is covered in thick layers of yellow-green dust every April
and May.
80. You can tell by the smell when it's low tide.
79. F-16s buzz your house at 150 feet.
78. You remember "Two Guys."
77. You remember the bad gypsy moth years.
76. You know that the state is neither one big oil refinery nor all
farmland.
75. The Eagles/Giants rivalry has started fights at your school and/or
local bar.
74. You know who Jerry Penacoli is, and the rumor that shamed him out of
the city.
73. At least one person in your family still loves Bruce Springsteen,
and is quite possibly your mother.
72. You eat at restaurants with locations I, II, III, IV and V.
71. You get excited when you see Chopper 6, and can hum the Action News
theme song.
70. You've had sex on the beach, and we're not talking about the
beverage.
69. You know how to navigate a traffic circle, and that he who
hesitates spends a long time waiting to get through one.
68. Honesty, sincerity and courtesy are things you once saw happen in
Ohio.
67. The Lumberton Farm Fair is a highlight of summer.
66. You know that you don't put ketchup on Boardwalk Fries.
65. You know what a jug handle is.
64. You get three 50s in a row playing skeeball.
63. You think "Olive Garden" is a bunch of crap and should not open
locations in New Jersey.
62. You've hung out at a gravel pit.
61. You've picked your own blueberries before.
60. You've counted the number of titty bars on the Blackhorse Pike.
59. You remember Crazy Eddie, and know why he isn't around anymore.
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. You know there are no "beaches" on the New Jersey coast. There is
"the shore," and you don't go to the shore, you go "down the shore."
54. Your middle school hangout was a mall.
53. You know that Wawa is a convenience store, and know the location of
at least fifteen of them.
52. You know what exit of the NJ Turnpike you live closest to, mostly
because out-of-staters expect you to.
51. You have an unusable, piece-of-**** boat (probably a canoe)
somewhere on your property.
50. You've skipped school to go down the shore.
49. You know who Jim O'Brien was and how he died.
48. You know where to get the best bagel in town.
47. You've called someone an ******* to their face at the Philly airport.
46. You say "water" weird.
45. You have pine trees, holly bushes and mountain laurel growing in your
yard.
44. Your school cafeteria served better hoagies than subway.
43. You've almost fallen asleep on the Expressway.
42. You've lived through hurricanes, nor'easters and fires, but have
never seen a tornado, earthquake, tsunami or volcano.
41. You knew as a kid that Edmund Scientific was quite possibly the
coolest store in the world.
40. You can point to the two closest nuclear power plants.
39. You know who Ron Perlstein is, and the scandal that engulfed him.
38. You know that any hoagie that doesn't sit on an Amoroso's roll is
not really a hoagie at all.
37. You can't believe MTV went to Seaside Heights.
36. You know that "Piney" isn't referring to a tree, and quite possibly
are proud to be one.
35. You never had school on Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur.
34. You once shot a whippoorwill on a summer night at 3 A.M.
33. You take day trips to Philly, and night trips to Atlantic City.
32. You know of at least one business in your town that is a mafia front.
31. In the woods behind your house you can find couches, washing
machines and shoes.
30. The term is "hoagie," not sub, submarine sandwich, hero or grinder.
29. You don't have to go to Red Lobster to get fresh seafood.
28. You've made a meal out of Tastykakes, Herr's Barbecue chips and
Pennsylvania Dutch Birch Beer.
27. You've been enthralled by Evening Magazine.
26. You remember when Rowan was Glassboro State and TCNJ was Trenton
State.
25. You know that New Years is all about the Mummers and the Polar Bear
Club.
24. You know that Jersey is the only "New..." state that doesn't
require "New" to identify it (like, try...Mexico, ....York, ...Hampshire
- doesn't work, does it?)
23. You firmly believe that North Jersey has screwed up the image of
the state for everyone.
22. You know that Acme is an actual store, not some creation of Warner
Bros.
21. You remember Channel 48, Boss 97, Eagle 106, the Morning Zoo, Hot
Hits 98 and Harvey in the Morning.
20. You've been to the local fire department's barbecue and open house in
June.
19. Down the road, in the middle of nowhere, is an Egyptian restaurant
and a custard stand with a miniature golf course.
18. You know what custard IS in South Jersey.
17. You know that no respectable New Jerseyan goes to Princeton -
that's for out-of-staters.
16. You live within 20 minutes of at least three different malls.
15. You can go bowling at 1:30 in the morning (with automatic scoring!).
14. Route 206 doesn't freak you out at night.
13. You talk to the guy at the dump.
12. You were NOT raised in New Jersey - you were raised in SOUTH Jersey.
11. You even swam in the ocean after the hypodermic needle scare.
10. "Anyone who makes bad pizza can go to hell," is your attitude.
9. You once said, "It smells like Philly in here."
8. Somewhere along the line someone, possibly a "friend," has really
screwed you over in a business transaction.
7. Every year, you had a least one kid in your class named Tony.
6. There's a vegetable stand down the road.
5. You often use variations of the "f" word while driving.
4. You say "Yo,." you will always say "Yo," and you'll say it often.
3. You don't consider Newark or Camden to actually be part of the state.
2. You don't take **** from anyone. And finally...
1. You've NEVER, NEVER pumped your own gas

(it is illegal to pump your own gas here in Jersey)...Tim