You Know You're From Massachusetts If...

I lived in Mass. long enough to relate to almost all of this. Trust me, it doesn't take long.

YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM MASSACHUSETTS IF...

You think crosswalks are for wimps... (no, they're just inconvenient to walk to sometimes)

You think if someone is nice to you they either want something or they are from out of town and lost...

You know how to cross four lanes of traffic in five seconds (weee!)

You think it's not actually tailgating unless you're touching the
bumper of the car in front of you...

You know that a yellow light means that at least five more people
can get through and a red one means two more can... (no kidding here)

The public transportation system is known as the "T" and you'd
rather drive in bumper to bumper traffic for 4 hours to get to
Boston than be caught dead on the "orange line"... (amen)

You could own a small town in Iowa for the cost of your house... (this is the truth!)

Subway is a fast food place...

There are 24 Dunkin Donuts shops within 15 minutes of your
house and that is how you give directions...

When people talk about "The Curse Of The Bambino" you know what they're talking about and used to believe it, too

You believe using your turn signals gives away your plan to the enemy... (omg..lol...yes)

If you stay on the same road long enough it eventually has three different names... (mapquest doesn't have a chance!)

Someone has honked at you because you didn't peel out the second the light turned green... (many times)

You have honked at someone because they didn't peel out the second the light turned green...

All the potholes just add to the excitement of driving...

Stop signs mean slow down a little, but only of you want to... (lol)

Six inches of snow is considered a dusting... (yessahhh!)

Three days of 90 degree heat is definitely a "heat wave"

53 degrees is "on the warm side"...

You've walked to Brighams for an ice cream cone "to go", in the snow...

You cringe everytime you hear some actor/actress imitate the "Boston Accent" on TV or in a movie, if you don't have it then you're never going to get it even if you were born here...

At the ice cream shop you call chocolate sprinkles "jimmies"...

A Water fountain is called a Bubbler. Say it, "Bubbla"... (this is true, too)

You can go from one side of town to the other in less than fifteen
minutes and see at least fifteen losers you went to high school with doing the same thing they were doing when you saw them last...

The person in front of you is going 70 MPH and you're cursing them for going too slow...

You know how to pronounce towns like Worcester, Haverhill, Peabody, Scituate, Chatham, and Leominster... (yay, me!)

You know what they sell at a "packie"... (oh yes!)

You have never been to Cheers...

You've slammed on your brakes to deter a tailgater...

You keep an ice scraper in your car all year round... (yep!)

Paranoia sets in when you can't see a Dunkin Donuts, ATM or CVS...

You've pulled out of a side street and used your car to block
oncoming traffic so you can make a left...

You've bragged about saving money at The Christmas Tree Shop
(don't cha just love a bargin?)...

You know what a "regular coffee" is!...

You can navigate a rotary without a problem...

You feel the rest of the world needs to drive more like you...

When someone calls you a "Masshole" you take it as a compliment...

You use the words "wicked" "pissa" and "good" in the same sentence, and often in the same compound-adjective...

You know what a frappe is...

Saint Patrick's Day is your second favorite holiday...even when
you're not IRISH!...

You drink tonic and would never consider using it on your hair...

You never say "I'm going to drive to Cape Cod," you say "I'm going down the Cape."

You went to Old Sturbridge Village and Plymouth Plantation at
least once, in elementary school, but never to Bunker Hill...

You can drive to the mountains and the ocean all in one day...

You have a special place in your heart for the Worcester Firefighters... (*softly nods*)

You know the Mass Pike and 495 create some sort of strange weather dividing line... (so true!)

You almost feel disappointed when someone doesn't flip you off when you cut them off or steal their parking space...