Where are you from?

[Lady Vader]

YOU'RE IN CALIFORNIA WHEN. . .

You make over $250,000 and still can't afford to buy your own house.
The high school quarterback calls a time-out to answer his cell phone.
The fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway.
You know how to eat an artichoke.
You drive to your neighborhood block party.


YOU'RE IN NEW YORK CITY WHEN. . .

You say "the city" and expect everyone to know you mean Manhattan.
You have never been to the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building.
You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus Circle to Battery Park, but can't find Wisconsin on a map.
You think Central Park is "nature."
You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you multi-lingual.
You've ever worn out a car horn.
You think eye contact is an act of aggression.


YOU'RE IN ALASKA WHEN . . .

You only have four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup, and Tabasco.
Halloween costumes fit over parkas.
You have more than one recipe for moose.
Sexy lingerie is anything flannel with less than eight buttons.
The four seasons are: winter, still winter, almost winter, and construction.


YOU'RE IN THE SOUTH WHEN. . .

You get a movie and bait in the same store.
"Y'all" is singular and "all Y'all" is plural.
After a year you still hear, "Y'all ain't from 'round here, are ya?"
"He needed killin'" is a valid defense.


YOU'RE IN COLORADO WHEN . . .

You carry your $3,000 mountain bike atop your $500 car.
You tell your husband to pick up granola on his way home and he stops at the day care center to pick up your child.
A pass does not involve a football or dating.
The top of your head is bald, but you still have a pony tail.
Your bridal registry is at REI.


YOU'RE IN THE MIDWEST WHEN . . .

You've never met any celebrities, but the mayor knows your name.
Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor.
You have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day.
You end sentences with a preposition: "Where's my coat at?" or "If you go to the mall, I wanna go with."
Your first job was detasseling corn.
When asked how your trip was to any exotic place, you say, "It was different."
You consult the football schedule before planning your wedding date.

:lol

[Champion of the Force]

I don't see any Land of Oz in there. :p

[Zasz Grimm]

Originally posted by Lady Vader



YOU'RE IN THE SOUTH WHEN. . .

"Y'all" is singular and "all Y'all" is plural.
After a year you still hear, "Y'all ain't from 'round here, are ya?"




Those 2 are true, I know, living in East Texas...

[Dark B Shadow]

But the scary thing is when you hear Y'all and you guys in the same sentance from a sotherner. I heard it once and I was strange. But Mot of the Stuff about new your were true except "That we think central park is nature." only people who never get out of the city say that.

[imported_Blade Ice]

:lol
YOU'RE IN THE MIDWEST WHEN . . .

You've never met any celebrities, but the mayor knows your name. (hey we got Kevin costner, bod barker, brok lessener (you him as the guy on WWF last monday who took out al snow, spike dudly and some other guy)and we here in the midwest we also got jesse ventura as the governor of my neighboring state.

Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor. (not true a traffic jam is when where waiting for the dam cows to get off the road.)

You have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day. (yup can't denie this one.)

You end sentences with a preposition: "Where's my coat at?" or "If you go to the mall, I wanna go with." (whats wrong with that.)

[Figrin D'an]

I'm from the Midwest, and I can't stand it when people end sentences with prepositions... I would waste an insane amount of time trying to point out the bad grammar, though, so I more or less grumble to myself and manage to bear it.

Everything on the list is pretty accurate... lol. ;)



...and we here in the midwest we also got jesse ventura as the governor of my neighboring state.


Ventura was a fun story at first, and was amusing for about 6 months... now, he's just annoying. His inexperience with politics is finally catching up to him, and he tends to find creative ways to spend as little time in his own state as possible (booth color commentator for the defunked XFL, trips to visits every other governor in the country, etc).

[RoseLynne]

Originally posted by Lady Vader
YOU'RE IN CALIFORNIA WHEN. . .

You make over $250,000 and still can't afford to buy your own house.
The high school quarterback calls a time-out to answer his cell phone.
The fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway.
You know how to eat an artichoke.
You drive to your neighborhood block party.


lol!!!! :lol Thats so damn true!

Fortunately I don't commute far. I do know how to eat an artichoke and I like it. And it was a friends block party so :p !!!

[Strider]

Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor. (not true a traffic jam is when where waiting for the dam cows to get off the road.)

Not true.... People usually hit them first!

I'm from Kansas, so I know how what goes on in the Midwest.

:p

[Hyphenated]

:lol! Hilarious!

[neo_sapien]

I'm from Houston, Texas. The way I talk, you wouldn't be able to realize it. I have a Colorado accent, or rather lack thereof. For those people who don't know what I mean--you know how heterosexual caucasian people commonly speak on TV? That's a Colorado accent.

[Rama]

I never say come with.....................well not anymore. '_'

[Saarrreeaa Meorrrei]

I say it, and I'm not from anywhere near there. Its usually accompanied by a doe eyed pouty face. "Come wiiiiiith! puhleeeeeze?" ;)

[Nayala Palain]

Originally posted by Lady Vader
YOU'RE IN CALIFORNIA WHEN. . .

You make over $250,000 and still can't afford to buy your own house.
The high school quarterback calls a time-out to answer his cell phone.
The fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway.
You know how to eat an artichoke.
You drive to your neighborhood block party.


Ohhh my, how true is that! Litterally, All of it for me. My high school foot ball team had to turn in their phones 20 mins before the game. My fastest commute was in the driveway. (damn 101) and I do know how to eat and Artichoke. Driving to a block party, well yeah. Back then I had the car to show off.

:lol

[imported_Blade Ice]

Originally posted by Strider


Not true.... People usually hit them first!

I'm from Kansas, so I know how what goes on in the Midwest.

:p


well here South Dakota we know how to avoid the cows in the road and not hit them :p

[Zasz Grimm]

I actually don't have a texas Accent, those who have talked to me on the phone can vouch for that.

However, I do on some certain words...Heh.

[Vinny Red]

When i used to work for Verizon, people would ask where we were based, and I'd tell them Canada. Once I said that, they were saying stuff like "wow, you don't sound like a Canadian", or stupid things like "what's that, eh? what are you talking aboot, eh?"


I guess we're all supposed to sound like we did in the South Park movie

hehe

[imported_Gerbo Lang]

Actually the Canadian jokes started with the movie strange brew eh. Plus my Canadian cousins do talk like that and most other Canadians I know.

[Vinny Red]

Yeah but Bob and Doug MacKenzie were supposed to be a satire on the Canadian stereotypes. Still funny stuff though

"Take off eh! You hosers!"

[Lady Vader]

For some reason (whether it's true or not) I can so see this happening in a court down south...

"'He needed killin' is a valid defense"

:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol

Dude, you would so get prosectued for that if you were here in CA! :lol

[RoseLynne]

lol!! Even the twinkie defense works once

[Verse Dawnstrider]

Ok I am from SC and have a wicked country accent. Anyone here that have voice chatted with me knows this. I can't see the 'He needed killin'' thing. The others though.....true. Sadly true. I am proud though. I am willing to be us southern boys can out shoot anyone else. I do not hunt, but I can use most guns with wicked skill. It is almost a rule. The killin' thing would not work. Stereo type.....

[imported_Eve]

Maxim just said Denver was the BEST place to live. Hah!

Yes, us Coloradians are out-doorsey, but I think they took "The People's Republic of Boulder" (Boulder), and confused that with the rest of us. All the granola-types (hippies) live there.

[Rama]

Man.....when I was in CO it was the most dark a dismal place I had ever been. Doubt I'll ever go back......=\




Course I think New Orleans would be a great place to raise a family so what do I know. =p

[imported_Eve]

Dark and dismal? :( Geez, when were you here?

[Rama]

May 1999.


I crossed the dark plain plains of Kanas and came into the evil land of CO.......Rain and mud were everywhere and the Mountains could not be seen. The Clouds didn't lift till we were well out of the state.

[imported_Blade Ice]

The broncos Kick ass hey i'm from the midwest footballs life. the broncos happen to be my favorite.

[Morgan Evanar]

Verse: I'll take you up on the shooting bit. I've gotten two aimed kills in paintball at 3/4 of full running speed.

Miami: large city without the needed aspects of a city, like musems, etc. Rather blah.

Entirely too hot. Insufferable humidity. If you want to feel the need to coat your body in anti-perpirant, this is the place.

Depending on where you are in the city, theres a decent chance no one speaks english well enough to really hold a conversation of any sort.

Still, it does have some nice things, I think. UM sports, with the exception of football, are very cheap to go and see (UM baseball is like 4 bux a ticket, and its got a great picknick kind of feel).

DSL here is great, Because bellsouth is prolly the best Telco in the 'States.

Accent-wise, mine is pretty non-existant. I get a very slight southern one with prolonged exposure (read: 3 weeks or more) to it. We have beaches, but I've never been much for beaches.
*shrug*

Its an ok place. There are many places that are worse, and many better ones.

[Marcus Telcontar]

Helen loved Colorado when she lived there.

Personally ANYWHERE where it gets cold enough to snow is going to suck. I hate anything below 5 C.

Air in the North west of Sydney is ultra clean, smells nice. The place is quiet, it's stonking hot in summer, has a clean river, parks a re clean, it's quiet and laid back with no traffic. Just the perfect place to live

[neo_sapien]

New Orleans= sux for families

Think of it as Gotham City meets viagra.

Kids get stabbed and left in pools of blood frequently at Jeff Davis HS, and drunk punks with 4x4's drive on the wrong side of the road. The only thing that redeems that dark, dark place in my snobbish POV is the po-boys. Mmm, thasum gooooohd shrimp po-boy right there. Sweet lord, I gots to get me some hot sauuuce!

[Aura Allei]

You know you are in New Jersey when the majority are natural stunt drivers, out of sheer practice. O_o

I live in a wildlife area, by a lake. Lots of wooded trails, not crowded at all. Still, the traffic is a drag on the highways. :x

[Rama]

Originally posted by neo_sapien
New Orleans= sux for families

Think of it as Gotham City meets viagra.

Kids get stabbed and left in pools of blood frequently at Jeff Davis HS, and drunk punks with 4x4's drive on the wrong side of the road. The only thing that redeems that dark, dark place in my snobbish POV is the po-boys. Mmm, thasum gooooohd shrimp po-boy right there. Sweet lord, I gots to get me some hot sauuuce!



See........it's perfect!!!!! :lol

[Micheal Rashanagok]

Vancouver

Take Mafia Area Chicago. Booze and Prostittution, little jobs, poor economy.

Cheapen economy.

Inject heroine.

Por in two does of rain.

Add in immigrants for flavor

WHAM

Crap Soup

[RoseLynne]

well this turned into a nice happy thread. :p

[Micheal Rashanagok]

Believe me, I'm putting Vancouver in a flattering paint scheme.

Did I mention the imigrant protitiutes? They've been stowing away on those boats... they can do anything! :x

Good sports though. Canadian Football, Hockey, even the occaisonal decent baseball game.

And I live there. So it's obviously much better than any of your cities.

[Renja DeLane]

no no no.. the fact you live there and we dont. Is the GOOD thing...


:lol

[Rama]

Ouch.........

[RoseLynne]

lol nothing can convince me that southern california isn't the best place on earth to live.

[Lady Vader]

AMEN! :cool

[Figrin D'an]

Originally posted by RoseLynne
lol nothing can convince me that southern california isn't the best place on earth to live.

I'll be sure to remember you said that the next time those techtonic plates start to act up... :p

Or when you have trouble breathing in Los "We don't need a mass transportation system" Angeles. :x

[RoseLynne]

I dont mind earthquakes. They dont scare me and I usually just ignore them or sleep through them.

And I have a car so :p

[Figrin D'an]

Originally posted by RoseLynne
I dont mind earthquakes. They dont scare me and I usually just ignore them or sleep through them.

That's all fine and dandy, until you get one 8-9 on the Richter scale... kinda hard to ignore those. :p




And I have a car so :p

That's the whole point... there are more cars in greater Los Angeles area than there are people. Hence, big smog problem.
Ever heard of something called 'temperature inversion'?
Nasty nasty stuff...

[RoseLynne]

Hey you live here and you get used to it. Today we had wonderful clear blue skys and pretty white cloud puffs. It was a lovely day. Besides there more to southern california then just the greater los angeles area.

And you'd be surprised the things I ignore in my day to day life. As long as my beds not over the epicenter and my house is still standing Im still in bed. :D

[Figrin D'an]

Originally posted by RoseLynne
Hey you live here and you get used to it.

True... just like I am used to the prospect of getting 10 inches of snow in early May. (And yes, it has happened)


And you'd be surprised the things I ignore in my day to day life.

Nah... I probably ignore just as much, just different stuff.



As long as my beds not over the epicenter and my house is still standing Im still in bed. :D

That sounds like fuzzy logic... :)

Like the following:
It is hot in Arizona. People live in Arizona
It is hot on the Sun. Therefore, people live on the Sun.


Nice, huh? :p

[JungleCat]

Hey, I remember when we had an earthquake not too long ago here in LA, and I just stayed in bed. I woke up, thought to myself "oh great, another earthquake eating into my precious sleep time in the morning... screw it", and went back to sleep.

[Figrin D'an]

Yeah, damn those earthquakes... they're so cliche and bothersome... :rolleyes ;)

[RoseLynne]

no its not fuzzy logic. Its how I work. IF theres an earthquake when Im asleep I stay in bed as long as the house is standing and Im not over the epicenter.

and yes here they are cliche and bothersome. Unless one sleeps through them.