Sunday, August 28, 2011

My fellow Massachusetts residents: how many of these are true for you


1. The Red Sox World Series win was, and will always be, one of the greatest moments in your life. 2. The guy driving in front of you is going 70 mph and you're swearing at him for going too slow. 3. When ordering a tonic, you mean a Coke. 4. You went to Canobie Lake Park or Water Country as a kid. 5. You actually enjoy driving around rotaries. 6. You do not recognize the letter 'R' as a part of the English language. 7. Your social security number starts with a zero. 8. You can actually find your way around the streets of Boston . 9. You know what a 'regular' coffee is. 10. You keep an ice scraper in your car year-round. 11. You can tell the difference between a Revere accent and a Dorchester accent. 12. Springfield is located 'way out west.' 13. You almost feel disappointed if someone doesn't flip you the bird when you cut them off or steal their parking space. 14. You know how to pronounce the names of towns like Worcester , Billerica , Gloucester , Peabody and Haverhill . 15. Anyone you don't know is a potential idiot until proven otherwise. 16. Paranoia sets in if you can't see a Dunkin Donuts or CVS Pharmacy within eyeshot at all times. 17. You have driven to New Hampshire on a Sunday just to buy alcohol. 18. You know how to pronounce Yastrzemski. 19. You know there's a trophy at the end of the Bean Pot. 20. You order iced coffee in January. 21. You know that the Purple Line will take you anywhere. 22. You love scorpion bowls. 23. You know what they sell at a Packie. 24. Sorry Manny, but number 24 means DEWEY EVANS. 25. You know what First Night is. 26. You know at least one guy named Sean, Pat, Whitey, Red, Bud or Seamus. Bonus: You know how to pronounce Seamus. 27. McLobster = McCrap 28. You know at least 2 cops in your town because they were your high school drinking buddies. 29. You know there are 6 New England states, but that Connecticut really doesn't count. 30. You give incomprehensible directions to tourists, feel bad when they drive off, but then say to yourself 'Ah, screw them.' 31. You know at least one bar where you can get something to drink after last call. 32. You hate the Kennedys, but you vote for them anyway. 33. You know holding onto the railing when riding the Green Line is not optional. 34. The numbers '78 and '86 make you cringe. 35. You've been to Goodtimes 36. You think the rest of the country owes you for Thanksgiving and Independence Day (...and they DO...let's get it straight people, Massachusetts, NOT Virginia is where Thanksgiving and the American Revolution began!) 37. You have never actually been to 'Cheers.' 38. The words ' WICKED' and 'GOOD' go together. 39. You've been to Fenway Park . 40. You've gone to at least one party at UMass. 41. You own a 'Yankees Suck' shirt or hat. 42. You know what a Frappe is. 43. You've been to Hempfest. 44. You know who Frank Averuch is. 45. You know Frank Averuch was once Bozo the Clown 46. You can complete the following: 'Lynn, Lynn .....' 47. You get pissed off when a restaurant serves clam chowder, and it turns out to be ******' Snows. 48. You actually know how to merge from six lanes of traffic down to one. 49. The TV weatherman is damn good if he's right 25% of the time. 50. You never go to Cape Cod, you go 'down the Cape '. 51. You think that Roger Clemens and Johnny Damon are more evil than Whitey Bulger. 52. You know who Whitey Bulger is. 53. You went to the Swan Boats, House of Seven Gables, or Plymouth Plantation on a field trip in elementary school. 54. Bobby Orr is loved as much as Larry Bird, Tom Brady, and Ted Williams. 55. You remember Major Mudd. 56. You know what candlepin bowling is. 57. You can drive from the mountains to the ocean all in one day. 58. You know Scollay Square once stood where Government Center is. 59. When you were a kid, Rex Trailer was the coolest guy around. Speaking of which.... You can still hum the song from the end of Boom Town . 61. Calling Carrabba's an 'Italian' restaurant is sacrilege. 62. You still have your old Flexible Flyer somewhere in your parents' attic. 63. You know that route 128 is some kind of strange weather dividing line - snow/rain 64. The only time you've been on the Freedom Trail is when relatives are in town. 65. The Big Dig tunnel disaster wasn't a surprise. 66. You call guys you've just met 'Chief' or 'Boss.' 67. 4:15pm and pitch black out means only 3 more shopping days until Christmas. 68. You know more than one person with the last name Murphy. 69. You refer to Savin Hill as 'Stab 'n Kill.' 70. You've never eaten at Durgin Park , but recommend it to tourists. 71. You can't look at the zip code 02134 without singing it. 72. You voted for a Republican Mormon as Governor just to screw with the rest of the country. 73 11 pm ? Drunk? It means one thing: Kowloons! EDIT: I did not write this list. I copied and pasted it.
Boston - 11 Answers
Random Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
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TL;DR
2 :
Wow, you have way too much free time on your hands. I feel ya though. I was born in NH and live in CT, so I think it applies to me as well. Except usually the people in front of me on the road are from Massachusetts.
3 :
These were applicable to me: 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 25, 26, 33, 35, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 49, 50, 51, 53, 56, 63, 64, 65, 68, 70 That was fun.
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Pissa goes better with wicked than good does and put dude on the end, in my opinion. Try it Wicked pissa, dude! much better than wicked good.
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Got em all! Wicked awesome! Except that I prefer Honeydew over Dunkies, and Walgreen's over CVS. Is there a bonus for knowing someone who knows Whitey Bulger?
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I was born just outside of Boston and have lived in Massachusetts ever since - but apparently, I may not belong here because I got only (I think) 19 of the 73. Mine seem to involve foods, kid stuff, the weather, coffee, and a couple of other categories. I think the other stuff is only for one kind of people that happen to live in Massachusetts. (Not to pick apart a joke thing or want to seem to take it too seriously) It's just that it's not all of Massachusetts people who like what's shown on the list, and it always kind of bugs me that the rest of us are not often represented very well. :) Stuff that does ring a bell for me: Canobie Lake, social security number, "regular" coffee, pronounce Worcester etc., Dunkin Donuts, Yaz, purple line, First Night, Frappe, Avruche, Bulger, and (correction) Plimouth Plantation (although I haven't gone there). Freedom Trail - field trip in fourth grade. Major Mudd, candlepins, Government center, Rex Trailer, mountains/oceans, 128 AND 495 dividing weather line (but so is the Stoneham/Melrose/Wakefield/Woburn area from the "far North" area, weather-wise) - oh, and the six lanes thing.
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Fun Question! 1. Yes! 2. No. 3. Yes! 4. All the time and Whalom Park too! 5. Enjoy, no, but they don't bother me. 6. No, I recognize it but don't pronounce it sometimes. 7. Yes! 8. Yes, while walking. No, if driving. 9. Yes. 10. Lol, Yes! 11. Nope. 12. Is it even in our state? 13. I'm a very courteous driver, unless someone cuts me off first! 14. Yes but you forgot Tewksbury! 15. True. 16. Nope, don't go to either of them. 17. I used to but don't have to anymore because the "packies" stay open in the border towns now. 18. Definitely! 19. Yep. 20. Don't drink coffee. 21. Don't know what the Purple Line is, should I? 22. Nope, I'm a beer man. 23. Of course, see #17. 24. Best throwing arm from right field in Baseball! 25. Yes! 26. I have friends with ALL those names. Bonus: Yes. 27. Yuck, along with anything from Red Lobster! 28. Only one! 29. Neither does Rhode Island. 30. Absolutely, get directions from a gas station! 31. More than just one. 32. I don't hate them and do vote for them. 33. Depends if there's any cute female nearby I may "fall" onto by mistake. 34. Don't forget 67! 35. Nope, what is that? 36. That's right and Patriot's Day should be a National holiday too! 37. Correct. 38. Also ' WICKED' and 'COOL' and 'WICKED and 'AWESOME'. 39. Many times, especially the bleachers! 40. Yes, in Amherst and Lowell. 41. No, but I have a 'Jeter Swallows' license plate frame! 42. Yummy! 43. Is that in MA? If it is I'm going. 44. Bozo! 45. Oops, see previous answer. 46. Nope. 47. Lol! 48. Doesn't every Massachusetts driver? 49. Come on, that would be impossible. 50. Go to the Cape at least twice a year. 51. Close but Whitey Bulger is worse. 52. He's the brother of sleazeball William "Billy" Bulger. 53. Never been to Plymouth Plantation! 54. Of Course. 55. I'll be blasting you! 56. I'm in a league and have an average of 108. 57. Easy. 58. Yep. 59. Boom .. Boom ... Boomtown! 61. Yeah like the Olive Garden. 62. It's in my shed along with my wooden toboggan. 63. It's actually 495. 64. No, I used to walk it when I skipped school (I felt guilty, Lol). 65. No different than any other construction project in MA. 66. Also 'Tiny' and 'Stretch'. 67. Lol. 68. Absolutely and also Donovan. 69. Never been there. 70. Nope. 71. See if you remember this one: "How many cookies did Andrew eat, Andrew 88000" (remember when phone numbers started with a name)? 72. Nope. 73 For me it's 2am and Santoro's!
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All of the above except" 28 40 43 62 72 (wouldn't vote for him under any circumstances!) RE: #33. it IS optional IF you are experienced and have a wicked good sense of balance. "How many cookies did Andrew eat? Andrew 8-8000" How do you keep your carpets neat, call Andrew 8-8000.. Adams and Swett. You actually listened to music on WBZ You rode a trolley to Park St. from Watertown. You remember when "Green Line" trolleys were painted orange and creme. You know why it was called "the Combat Zone". You can actually sing a line from Foster Furcolo's campaign song. You bought a beer in Fenway without leaving your seat. You used to get your car inspected twice a year. You know that New Hampshire is "up" but Maine is "down". You know the day after you take off the snow tires you're going to regret it. You never trust another driver's turn signal.
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the only people I hear say "wicked" are outsiders who move here. Locals stopped saying that back in the early 80s And Barack sucks
10 :
Where did you get this from? It is wicked funny, and sad that I could relate to almost all of them lmao.
11 :
all wonderfully true with the exception of #72 for whom I willingly and happily voted
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