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2004-11-07 11:45 AM How to know if you're from Long Island Mood: Happy |
1. You've always liked Billy Joel and you own several of his "records,"
2. You know someone who went to Chaminade or LaSalle.
3. Seeing a concert at Jones Beach Theater - the best place in the world to see a show.
4. Is it just me, or is every girl from Rockville Centre a bitch?
5. Billy Joel said it best, "either you date a rich girl from the North Shore, or a cool girl from the South Shore.
6. What's the big deal about the Hamptons?
7. If you're not from Long Island, Staten Island, or NYC, you're not really from NEW YAWK.
8. You don't go to Manhattan, you go to "the City"
9. The Belt Parkway sucks!
10. You never, ever want to "change at Jamaica..."
11. You never realize you have an accent until you leave.
12. You are 15 minutes from the beach
13. Yes, there is a town in LI known as HICKSVILLE
14. Somehow, you know the OBI is cool, but you've never actually been there.
15. At some point in your life, you've either gone clamming, or caught a bluefish.
16. You know where at least one strip club is.
17. You have been to the United Skates of America......Remember the Skateasaurus???
18. Knights of Columbus......AKA: The secret club of Drunks!!!
19. You curse.......A lot.
20. You can name at least three players on the Islanders Stanley Cup teams.
21. You remember the exact day you stopped going to Jones Beach and started going to Robert Moses or Tobay.
22. Public beach? What's that?
23. Is Huntington really that cool?
24. "I'm going to the park."
25. You've had a seagull crap on your car.
26. Either your parents or your grandparents lived in the city.
27. You, or someone you know, went to 4H Camp in Riverhead.
28. You or someone you know has owned an animal that came from North Shore Animal League.
29. You've cruised on the "turnpike" or "DPA - "231""
30. You have been to "The Firemen's Races" in Hicksville
31. You've played golf at Eisenhower Park...legally or otherwise.
32. If you're from Nassau County, you've been to Safety Town.
33. Quick! Who's the Suffolk County Executive? Don't know do you?!
34. You don't have to go far to see your family.
35. Grumman
36. You know someone in the Mob or who has Mob "connections"
37. You've gotten drunk at the ^green^ or on the bleachers of some high school.
38. You know the difference between WLIR and WDRE, even though they played the same music.
39. You were an Islander/Met/Jet fan or a Ranger/Yankee/Giant fan. There was no crossover.
40. You can correctly pronounce places like Hauppauge, Commack,Islip, Islandia,Massapequa, Montauk,
41. You remember Roosevelt Field before it was renovated.
42. You remember all the times Walt Whitman Mall burned down.
43. You have been to: The Satan House in Massapequa (Red Sidewalk), Mount Misery Road in Huntington, The Midget Mansion in Bayville
44. You got cool drinking glasses from Burger King (Star Wars, The Great Muppet Caper)
45. Mr. Softee......much better than The Circus Man!
46. You have seen the Amityville Horror house or at least know where it is
47. The Commack Motor Inn really has the "Jungle Room" & "The Oriental Express Room"
48. The Old Bethpage Restoration Village
49. You know that the town of Baldwin is not named after The Baldwins........they're from Massapequa....DUH!
50. The best Pizza, Bagels, and Chinese food ever!!!!!!
51. You hate when people (not from NY) try to do the "accent"
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