Getting to know each other better!

[zegm]

Recently I might have offended a few people (Northeners) due to some remarks I posted. So in an attempt for all of to better understand each other I am listing here some facts about people from the state of Florida. Hopefully this will help explain a Floridian! Please list any facts you have from your state so that we can all become a tight knit Moomba Family!

You know you're a Floridian if....

~ You know socks are only for bowling.


~ You never use an umbrella because you know the rain will be over in five minutes.

~ You know a good parking place has nothing to do with distance from the store, but everything to do with shade.

~ Your winter coat is made of denim and you have not used it in years.

~ You can tell the difference between fire ant bites and mosquito bites.

~ You know anything under 70 degrees is chilly.

~ You've driven through Yeehaw Junction.

~ You know that no other grocery store can compare to Publix.

~ Every other house in your neighborhood had blue roofs in 2004-2005.

~ You know that anything under a Category 3 just isn't worth waking up for.

~ You dread love bug season.

~ You are on a first name basis with the Hurricane list. They aren't Hurricane Charley or Hurricane Frances. You know them as Andrew, Charley , Frances , Ivan and Jeanne.

~ You know what a snowbird is and when they'll leave.

~ You think a six-foot alligator is actually pretty average.

~ 'Down South' means Key West

~ Flip-flops are everyday wear. Shoes are for business meetings and church, but you HAVE worn flip flops to church before.

~ You have a drawer full of bathing suits, and one sweatshirt.

~ You get annoyed at the tourists who feed seagulls.

~ A mountain is any hill 100 feet above sea level.

~ You know the four seasons really are: hurricane season, love bug season, tourist season and summer.

~ You've hosted a hurricane party.

~ You can pronounce Okeechobee, Kissimmee , Withlacoochee , Apopka, Ocoee and Micanopy and you know where they are.

~ You understand why it's better to have a friend with a boat, than have a boat yourself.

~ You were 25 when you first met someone who couldn't swim.

~ You've worn shorts and used the A/C on Christmas and New Years.

~ You recognize Miami-Dade as

[moombadaze]

thats some funny stuff there and all true!

[Mrs.Daze]

You know you're a Floridian if....

~ You know socks are only for bowling.


~ You never use an umbrella because you know the rain will be over in five minutes.

~ You know a good parking place has nothing to do with distance from the store, but everything to do with shade.

~ Your winter coat is made of denim and you have not used it in years. And jackets are for inside use and taken off outside.

~ You can tell the difference between fire ant bites and mosquito bites.

~ You know anything under 70 degrees is chilly. For some under 80 is chilly!

~ You've driven through Yeehaw Junction.

~ You know that no other grocery store can compare to Publix. A true statement.

~ Every other house in your neighborhood had blue roofs in 2004-2005.

~ You know that anything under a Category 3 just isn't worth waking up for.

~ You dread love bug season.

~ You are on a first name basis with the Hurricane list. They aren't Hurricane Charley or Hurricane Frances. You know them as Andrew, Charley , Frances , Ivan and Jeanne.

~ You know what a snowbird is and when they'll leave. (They're more than welcome as long as they stay off the roads between 7-9 AM and 4-6 PM )

~ You think a six-foot alligator is actually pretty average.

~ 'Down South' means Key West

~ Flip-flops are everyday wear. Shoes are for business meetings and church, but you HAVE worn flip flops to church before.

~ You have a drawer full of bathing suits, and one sweatshirt.

~ You get annoyed at the tourists who feed seagulls. Yes, I've had to scold my mother on this one when she visited.

~ A mountain is any hill 100 feet above sea level.

~ You know the four seasons really are: hurricane season, love bug season, tourist season and summer.

~ You've hosted a hurricane party.

~ You can pronounce Okeechobee, Kissimmee , Withlacoochee , Apopka, Ocoee and Micanopy and you know where they are. (Ok, but can you say NW cities/towns like Puyallup, Sequim, Wenatchee, Snoqualmie, Issaquah, Yakima and Spokane?)

~ You understand why it's better to have a friend with a boat, than have a boat yourself.

~ You were 25 when you first met someone who couldn't swim.

~ You've worn shorts and used the A/C on Christmas and New Years.


Good list Zegm!

[aintskeered]

Zegm, I had a hard time sliming this one down. But here are a few!

You know your from Colorado IF:

You switch from "Heat" to "A/C" in one day.

Your sense of direction is: towards the mountains and away from the mountains.

The bike on your car is worth more than your car.

You're able to drive 65 miles per hour through 13 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without even flinching.

You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit

You can never figure out why your out-of-town guests faint from altitude sickness on a picnic to the mountains.

When you visit friends at sea level, you can drink a case of beer and not get a buzz.

You have surge protectors on every outlet.

April showers bring May blizzards.

'Timberline' is someplace you have actually been.

You know what a 'Rocky Mountain oyster'.

You know what a 'fourteener' is.

A bear on your front porch doesn't bother you nearly as much as a Democrat in Congress does.

SPF 90 is not out of the question.

People from other states breathe 5 times as often as you do.

Thunder has set off your car alarm. .

A sudden loss of cabin pressure is not a big deal.

You've used "checking for ticks" as an excuse to get someone naked.

You've dressed in shorts, sandals, and a parka.

You've gone snowskiing in July & gone sunbathing in January.

You'll eat ice cream in the winter.

"Humid" is over 25%.

You say "the interstate" and everybody knows which one.

You don't think Coors beer is that big a deal.

You've gone off-roading in a vehicle that was never intended for such activities.

You always know the elevation of where you are.

You wake up to a beautiful, 80 degree day and you wonder if it's going to snow tomorrow.

You actually know that South Park is a real place not just a show on TV.

You've made naked snow angels.

You go anywhere else on the planet and the air feels "sticky" and you notice the sky is no longer blue

[byronkoz]

Some things on your list I've never heard of, like Publix? Love bug season? And whats the deal with blue roofs? The socks are for bowling thing is funny.

Ok so how about us Californians??

1. Your co-worker has 8 body piercings and none are visible.

2. You make over $300,000 and still can't afford a house.

3. You take a bus and are shocked at two people carrying on a conversation in English.

4. Your child's 3rd-grade teacher has purple hair, a nose ring, and is named Flower.

5. You can't remember if pot is illegal.

6. You've been to a baby shower that has two mothers and a sperm donor.

7. You have a very strong opinion about where your coffee beans are grown, and you can taste the difference between Sumatran and Ethiopian.

8. You can't remember is pot illegal?

9. A really great parking space can totally move you to tears.

10. Gas costs $1.00 per gallon more than anywhere else in the U.S.

11. Unlike back home, the guy at 8:30 am at Starbucks wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses who looks like George Clooney… really IS George Clooney.

12. Your car insurance costs as much as your house payment.

13. You can't remember... is pot illegal?

14. It's barely sprinkling rain and there's a report on every news station: "STORM WATCH."

15. You pass an elementary school playground and the children are all busy with their cells or pagers.

16. It's barely sprinkling rain outside, so you leave for work an hour early to avoid all the weather-related accidents.

17. HEY!!!! Is pot illegal????

18. Both you AND your dog have therapists.

19. The Terminator is your governor.

20. If you drive illegally, they take your driver's license. If you're here illegally, they’ll give you one.

[byronkoz]

Aintskeered, whats a fourteener?

A bear on your front porch doesn't bother you nearly as much as a Democrat in Congress does.
Im not real big on polotics but thats funny!!

[aintskeered]

"fourteener" Thats a big rock which is taller than 14,000 ft above sea level. We have 55 of them up here.

[Hodag]

To represent the folks from Wisconsin:

You know you are from Wisconsin when...

Your whole family wears green and gold to church on Sunday.

You refer to the Packers as "we."

Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on
the highway.

You measure distance in hours.

You know several people who have hit deer more than once.

You use a down comforter in the summer.

You drive at 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard,
without flinching.

You see people wearing hunting clothes at weddings.

You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both
unlocked.

You think of the major food groups as venison, fish, and berries.

You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road
construction.

You buy your Christmas presents at Fleet Farm.

You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to
use them.

You define summer as three months of bad sledding.

At least 50% of your relatives work on a dairy farm.

You have gotten frostbitten and sunburned in the same week.

You can identify an Illinois or Michigan accent.

Down South to you means Chicago.

The "Big Three" means Miller, Old Milwaukee & PBR.

You know a brat is something you eat and Eau Claire is not.

You can pronounce and spell Oconomowoc.

You know what a bubbler is.

A Friday night out is taking your girlfriend shining for deer.

Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your
blue spruce.

You go out for fish fry every Friday.

You can recognize someone from Illinois from their driving.

You've seen a hodag.

You used to think Deer Season was a national holiday.

You can make sense out of the words upnort and Trivers.

You decided to have a picnic this summer because it fell on a weekend.

You only know three spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup.

You design your kids Halloween costumes to fit over a snowsuit.

At least twice a year, your kitchen doubles as a meat processing
plant.

And last but not least - You have more hours on your snow blower than your Moomba.

[zegm]

Hey Everyone these are GREAT!!!!! Keep them coming!!!!!

Publix is the Macy's of Grocery Stores!!! Everything else is a Walmart!

Blue Roofs, when a hurricane visits and damages the roof (mostly missing shingles) you will get a free blue tarp from FEMA to keep the water out while you wait for the roofers to repair yours. Sometimes this can take months because of the number of roofs damaged and the limited supply of roofing companies. But as you look across the horizon you see every other roof is blue!

Love Bug!!!! Ah the love bug, they are very similiar to lighting bugs in size without the lights. They come out during the summer and will completely cover the front of your car as your drive, cleaning them off the windsheild and grill of your car can take hours. Now the funny part, how they get the name!!!! The male and the female are always joined together doing something, you never see them separated. Maybe this is where the name came from!!!

[MrsZ]

Zegm, that is a good one!

Mrs. Daze, Georgia girls can not say words like ....uh those names you said.

byronkoz, THAT was hilarious! I knew there was a reason I used to wanted to go to CA when I was in my 20s!

Hodag,( You see people wearing hunting clothes at weddings) THAT happens in Georgia too....Especially in my family!

I am still laughing at all of them