You know you're a Floridian if....
..Socks are only for bowling. (Sock, I can't find my sock! WE are going bowling, can we stop at walmart for sock. I have none or can't find a pairs.)
..You never use an umbrella because you know the rain will be over in five minutes. (No umbrella, I just wait until the rain die down! and it is no use during tropical storm as the rain are horizional. Once I use umbrella and I was still soak head to toes!)
..A good parking place has nothing to do with distance from the
store, but everything to do with shade. (Where is the tree?? I need to be next to the brush or under tree)
..Your winter coat is made of denim. (What jacket?? I have sweater)
..You can tell the difference between fire ant bites and mosquito
bites. (OH YES, I can tell those different!!!)
..You're younger than thirty but some of your friends are over 65. (Yep, many friends that is about 20 or more years older than me)
..Anything under 70 is chilly. (Yep, BRRR!!!!)
..You pass on the right and honk at the elderly, but pull over for a
funeral. (I had to think on that. And it true but I don't honk at elderly but I do check to see if it is elderly driving so slow! 99% of the times it is)
..You've driven through Yeehaw Junction. (Yes)
..You could swim before you could read. (No, I started to read at age of 4 years old.)
..You have to drive north to get to The South. (Yes, it is soooo annoying when I have to say, I need to goes down, opps, I mean up as there not much down there)
..You know that no other grocery store can compare to Publix. (The best sub and antichoke/spanish dip, maybe I stop by for those tomorrow)
..Every other house in your neighborhood had blue roofs in 2004-2005. (Sooo boring to see those blue roofs!!! We had one of those too!)
..You've gotten out of school early on Halloween to trick or treat
before it got dark. (Yipee!!!! Or trick or treat will be on Saturday due to the mosiquotes disease that something start with E.)
..You know that anything under a Category 3 just isn't worth waking up for. (yes, we are so bored of hurricanes)
..You dread lovebug season. (GRRR!!!!!! They back again!!! Who brought them out again!!! GRRRR!!!!! They are everywhere and smashed against my car!!)
..You are on a first name basis with the Hurricane list. They aren't
Hurricane Charley, Hurricane Frances...but Charley , Frances , Ivan and Jeanne. (Yep, Charley, Frances and Jeanne)
..You know what snowbirds are and you hate them. (Just the driving part and there is snowbirds next door)
..You know why flamingos are pink. (MMMMM, yeah)
..You think a six-foot alligator is actually pretty average. (yep, it is average. I see bigger. I right next to the lakes that have the most alligator in FL. Lake Jessup!)
You were twelve before you ever saw snow, or you still haven't. (MMMM, I live in NY before so of course I see snow but I know a lot of people who have no ideas about snow.)
..'Down South' means Key West (Yep, That is in the south and very few things are south)
..'Panhandling' means going to Pensacola (Yep)
..You think no-one over 70 should be allowed to drive. (Yeeeaaaahhhh, they are so slow but I know 90 years old driving)
..Flip-flops are everyday wear. (Just about)
..Shoes are for business meetings and church. (Yep)
..No, wait, flip flops are good for church too, unless it's Easter or
Christmas. (Yep and very causal dressing)
..Sweet tea can be served at any meal. (Yep)
..An alligator once walked through your neighborhood. (Yep, dozens of times)
..You smirk when a game show's 'Grand Prize' is a trip or cruise to
Florida. (OH PLEASE!! I live there!! Where my great prize??? How about Hawaii???)
..You measure distance in minutes. (I do that, I am not joking. I actually do that.)
..You have a drawer full of bathing suits, and one sweatshirt. (Yep, own 5 bathing suits!)
..You get annoyed at the tourists who feed seagulls. (Seagulls goes away, NOT ON ME or MY CAR!!!!)
..All the local festivals are named after a fruit. (The famous Strawberry Festival, maybe need to add vegetables for Zellwood Corn Festival too)
..A mountain is any hill 100 feet above sea level. (yep! Where is the mountain)
.You think everyone from a bigger city has a northern accent. (I don't know, can't hear)
..You know the four seasons really are: almost summer, summer, not summer but really hot, and February. (Yep, I least my city is Winter Springs so I just missing Fall! Try to explain to the students what season means!! They don't understand leaves falling in Fall or Snow in winter. Trees always have leaves here!)
..It's not soda, cola, or pop. it's coke, regardless of brand or
flavor, 'What kinda coke you want?' (Yep, No one understand me when I say pop! It must be coke!)
..Anything under 95 is just warm. (Yes)
..You've hosted a hurricane party. (yes)
..You go to a theme park for an afternoon, and know when to get on the best rides. ( Space Mountain during the Electric Light Parade!) (Yep!!!! Always!!!)
..You understand the futility of exterminating cockroaches. (Yes, must every month!!)
..You can pronounce Okeechobee, Kissimmee , Ichnatucknee and
Withlacoochee (A FL deaf person can say that!!!)
..You understand why it's better to have a friend with a boat, than
have a boat yourself. (Oh yeah, my friend have a boat!!)
..Bumper stickers on the pickup in front of you include: various
fish, NRA, Nascar and Go Gator's. (yes they are everywhere)
..You were 5 before you realized they made houses without pools. (No, live in NY)
..You were 25 when you first met someone who couldn't swim. (No live in NY and first time when I was 14 years old.)
..You get angry when people say ' Florida isn't really part of the
SOUTH.' (Do they really say that)
..You've worn shorts and used the A/C on Christmas. (Yep! Green christmas)
..You know what the 'stingray shuffle' is, and why it's important! (don't know that one, if it have something to do with joining them, I refuse)
..You recognize Miami-Dade as ' Northern Cuba '. (yes)
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