Jersey Sterotypes

This was in my inbox, I thought I'd share it with everyone. Enjoy.

You know you're from South Jersey if...

1. You don't "go to the beach", you go "down the shore".

2. You've had arguments over cheesesteak quality. 

3. You've actually found the Echelon Mall. 

4. You or one of your friends has Lymes Disease.

5. You don't understand why there aren't more 24-hour diners elsewhere in the country.

6. You know what a Wawa is, and know the location of at least 10 of them.  

7. You know that you should get the hell out of Camden before dark. 

8. You know how to successfully navigate a traffic circle. 

9. You pronounce "water" "wudder". 

10. You refuse to call Hoagies "subs."

11. You've almost fallen asleep on the parkway, turnpike and 295 

12. You've lived through hurricanes, nor'easters and fires, but have never seen a tornado, earthquake or volcano. 

13. You know that ACME is an actual store, not just a Warner Bros. creation.

14. You have mandatory recycling. Enforced by law.

15. You've made a meal out of Tastycakes, Herr's BBQ potato chips, and Taylor Pork Roll.

16. You know New Years is all about the Mummers and the Polar Bear club

17. You can go bowling at 1:30 A.M. 

18. Route 206 doesn't freak you out at night. 

19. You know that people from the 609 area code are "a little different" 

20. Your mom still loves Bruce Springsteen.

21. You know it can be -10 degrees and 70 degrees in January in the same year.

22. There's a fruit and vegetable stand down the road. 

23. You will always say "YO", and you'll say it often.

24. You go to another state and sit at a gas station wondering when the people will come out to pump your gas. 

25. You know that no matter how much they put into the Camden waterfront Camden is still Camden .

26. You think North Jersey is a different state and South Jersey deserves its own secession. 

27. You have season passes to Great Adventure.

28. You know where Olga's Diner is on Rt 70. 

29. You are tired of people not believing you're from Jersey because you don't have a New York accent. 

30. You drive by a farm every time you get in the car.

31. You know what "jimmies" are and refuse to call them anything else. 

32. Your neighbor is either a painter, a plumber, a builder, or an electrician with a work truck in the driveway. 

33. You have crossed all 5 bridges into Philly at one point in your life.

34. You have a story about the "Hell Hole" ride in Wildwood.

35. You took your report card to Clementon Lake Park for free tickets. 

36. You know what funnel cake and water ice are and think something is wrong with people who refer to them as "fried dough" and "slush".

37. You've driven around aimlessly for hours with your friends saying "So, whatta we doin?"

38. You've driven all the way to the shore just to walk around for 5 minutes then drive back.

39. You know of at least 3 bars where you know they wouldn't card you.

40. You lived near a "crick" not a creek.

41. You never could figure out which was the Black Horse Pike or The White Horse Pike  

42. You know that a "Yield" sign is merely a suggestion. 

43. You don't think you have an accent. 

44. Everything is "twenty minutes away". If you ask how long it takes to get any place in South Jersey , the person always says, "about twenty minutes". To get to a mall, "Oh, about 20 minutes". To get to the airport, "Mmm, about 20 minutes." To get from Runnemede to Philly, "Only about 20 minutes". Try it. Only the shore areas take more than "twenty minutes". They're usually "an hour and twenty minutes."

45. You went to StoryBook Land as a kid. 

46. Every time someone in Hollywood makes fun of Jersey , you're mad and proud at the same time

47. You describe where you live in reference to how far you are from Cherry Hill . 

48. You would drop everything you were doing and run to the voting polls right now if you heard we were voting to make North and South Jersey separate states. 

49. You know all of the "back roads" to get everywhere and prefer them to the expressway.