do you understand these.

You might be from British Columbia if ...

1. You know the provincial flower is actually Mildew

2. You feel guilty throwing aluminum cans or paper in the trash.

3. You use the statement "sunny break" and know what it means.

4. You know more than 10 ways to order coffee.

5. You know more people who own boats than air conditioners.

6. You feel overdressed wearing a suit to a nice restaurant.

7. You stand on a deserted road in the rain waiting for the "Walk" signal.

8. You consider that if it has no snow, it is not a real mountain.

9. You can taste the difference between Starbucks, Blenz,and Tim Horton's

10. You know the difference between Chinook, Coho, and Sockeye salmon.

11. You know how to pronounce Squamish, Osoyoos, Nanaimo,and Tsawwassen.

12. You consider swimming an indoor sport.

13. You can tell the difference between Japanese, Chinese,Vietnamese, Korean
and Thai food.

14. In winter, you go to work in the dark and come home in the dark while
only working eight-hour days.

15. You never go camping without waterproof matches and a poncho.

16. You are not fazed by "Today's forecast: showers
followed by rain," and "Tomorrow's forecast: rain followed by
showers."

17. You cannot wait for a day with the forecast "showers and sunny breaks".

18. You have no concept of humidity without precipitation.

19. You know that Dawson Creek is a town, not a TV show.

20. You can point to at least two ski mountains, even if you cannot see
through the cloud cover.

21. You remark the mountain is "out" when it is a clear day and you can
actually see it.

22. You put on your shorts when the temperature gets above 5, but still
wear your hiking boots and parka.

23. You switch to your sandals when it gets about 10, but keep the socks on.

24. You have actually used your mountain bike on a mountain.

25. You think people who use umbrellas are either wimps or tourists

26. You recognize the background shots in your favourite movies & TV shows.

27. You buy new sunglasses every year, because you can't find the old ones
after such a long time.

28. You measure distance in hours.

29. You often switch from "heat" to "a/c" in your car in the same day.

30. You use a comforter in the summer.

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

32. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit under a raincoat.

33. You know all the important seasons: Almost Winter,
Winter, Still Raining (Spring), Road Construction (Summer) & Raining
Again (Fall).

You know you're from Georgia if...

1. You measure distance in hours.
2. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
3. You understand that Kudzu is the most evil import ever.
4. Anyone who drinks Pepsi is automatically "A little weird"
5.You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it, no matter what time of the year.
6. You use "fix" as a verb. Example: I am fixing to go to the store.
7. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, or animal.
8. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
9. You carry jumper cables in your car...for your OWN car.
10. You know what "cow tipping" and "snipe hunting" are.
11. You only own four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup, and Tabasco.
12. You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent. Even if you're from Atlanta.
13. You think sexy lingerie is a tee shirt and boxer shorts.
14. The local paper covers national and international news on one page but requires 6 pages for sports.
15. You understand that any time there is the slightest amount of ice on the roads, it is automatically a national holiday.
16. You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
17. You find 90 degrees F "a little warm."
18. You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, Still Summer, and Christmas.
19. You know whether another Georgian is from southern, middle, or northern Georgia as soon as they open their mouth.
20. There is a Kroger or Winn-Dixie in every town. Period.
Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past-time known as "goin wal-martin" or off to "Wally World".
21. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good chili weather.
22. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or pop ... it's a Coke, regardless of brand or flavor. Anyone who says otherwise is probably a yankee.
23. You laugh hysterically at anyone who owns a snow shovel, "heat in a bottle", or quantities of salt sufficient to de-ice a driveway.
24. Your Garage is meant to be used for storage of riding lawnmowers, lawnmowers, bushwackers, and tools. Cars are best kept in the driveway.
25. Your idea of "fine dining" for breakfast is a chicken biscuit from Chick-Fil-A (Potentially better than mamma EVER cooked 'em!)
26. Your idea of high-powered navigation is to use waffle house locations as points of reference.
27. You think it's absolutely hilarious to tell the annoying yankee who's in town "It's on Peachtree. But if you get to the waffle house, you've gone too far."
28. The sight of a MARTA Bus gives you convulsions.
29. You honestly don't understand why so many people don't like the Waffle House.
30. You'll happily go 45 minutes out of your way on back-roads to avoid I285 between the hours of 2pm and 7pm on any given weekday

You know you're from Oklahoma if:

1. You can properly pronounce Eufaula, Gotebo, Okemah, and Chickasha.

2. You think that people who complain about the wind in their states are sissies.

3. A tornado warning siren is your signal to go out in the yard and look for a funnel.

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

5. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.

6. You know that the true value of a parking space is not determined by the distance to the door, but by the availability of shade.

7. Stores don't have bags; they have sacks.

8. You see people wear bib overalls at funerals.

9. You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.

10. You measure distance in minutes.

11. You refer to the capital of Oklahoma as "The City."

12. It doesn't bother you to use an airport named for a man who died in an airplane crash.

13. Little smokies are something you serve only for special occasions.

14. You go to the lake because you think it is like going to the ocean.

15. You listen to the weather forecast before picking out an outfit.

16. You know cowpies are not made of beef.

17. Someone you know has used a football schedule to plan their wedding date.

18. You have known someone who has had one belt buckle bigger than your fist.

19. A bad traffic jam involves two cars staring each other down at a four-way stop, each determined to be the most polite and let the other go first.

20. You know in which state MIam-uh is and in which state Miam-ee is.

21. You aren't surprised to find movie rental, ammunition, and bait all in the same store.

22. Your "place at the lake" has wheels under it.

23. A Mercedes Benz is not a status symbol; a Ford F350 4x4 is.

24. You know everything goes better with Ranch.

25. You learned how to shoot a gun before you learned how to multiply.

26. You actually get these jokes and are "fixin" to send them to your friends.

27. Finally, you are 100% Oklahoman if you have ever heard this conversation:

"You wanna coke?" "Yeah." "What kind?"

ok now which one is in all of them!

You know your from Missouri if;

1. You've never met any celebrities.
2. Everyone you know has been on a "Float trip"
3. "Vacation" means driving to Silver Dollar City, Worlds of Fun or Six Flags.
4. You've seen all the biggest bands ten years AFTER they were popular.
5. You measure distance in minutes rather than miles.
6. Down south to you means Arkansas.
7. The phrase "I'm going to the Lake this weekend" only means one thing.
8. You know several people who have hit a deer.
9. You think Missouri is spelled with an "ah" at the end.
10. Your school classes were canceled because of cold.
11. You know what "party cove" is.
12. Your school classes were canceled because of heat.
13. You instinctively ask someone you've just met, "What High School did you go to?"
14. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
15. You think ethanol makes your truck "run a lot better."
16. You know what's knee-high by the Fourth of July.
17. You see people wear bib overalls at funerals.
18. You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it no matter what time of the year.
19. You know in your heart that Mizzou can beat Nebraska in football.
20. You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. Example: "Where's my coat at?"
21. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit vegetable, or grain.
22. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
24. You carry jumper cables in your car and know that everyone else should.
25. You went to skating parties as a kid.
26. You only own 3 spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup.
27. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
28. You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie.
29. The local paper covers national and international headlines
on one page but requires 6 pages for sports.
30. You think I-44 is spelled "farty-far." (St. Louis Only)
31. You'll pay for your kids to go to college unless they want to go to KU.
32. You think that deer season is a national holiday.
33. You know that Concordia is halfway between Kansas City and Columbia and Columbia is halfway between St. Louis and Kansas City. And the Warrenton outlet mall is halfway between Columbia and St. Louis.
34. You can't think of anything better than sitting on the porch in the middle of the summer during a thunderstorm.
35. You've ever said, "it's not the heat, it's the humidity."
36. You know all 4 seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, Still Summer, and Construction.
37. You know if another Missourian is from the boot heel, Ozarks, eastern, middle, or western Missouri soon as they open their mouth.
38. You know that Harry S. Truman, Walt Disney, and Mark Twain are all from Missouri.
39. You failed world geography in school because you thought Cuba, Versailles, California, Nevada, Houston, Cabool, Louisiana, Springfield, and Mexico were cities in Missouri. (And they are!)
40. You think a traffic Jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor.
41. You actually get these jokes and forward them to all your Missouri friends!! :)

You know you're from VA when:

1. Speed limits are just suggestions.
2. You have at least two friends who have no idea what their relatives do...because its "top secret" government work.
3. You laugh hysterically when friends in other cities complain about traffic.
4. When people ask where you're from, you tell them DC because its easier to explain.
5. You've never told someone you're from Virginia without putting "northern," "central," or "southern" in front of it (See above.)
6. It's not actually tailgating unless your bumper is touching the car in front of you.
7. You know yellow light means at least 5 more cars can get through.
8. A red light means 2 more can.
9. You actually know what the black boxes at stoplights are for.
10. Despite the fact that Virginia fought for the south in the Civil War, The Capital of the Confederacy was Richmond, the state was left in ruins, Robert E Lee led the Army Of Northern Virginia and was one of our favorite sons, much of the war was fought here and the surrender was here... you are not under any circumstances considered a Southerner by the rest of the south.
11. You are amused by visiting relative and friends who are actually excited to see Washington, DC and you direct them to the Gold Line Tour Bus.
12. You took a field trip to Williamsburg and Jamestown as a kid every single year
13. You are amazed when you go out of town and the people at McDonalds speak English.
14. You or someone in your family has a Smart Tag.
15. An inch of snow and you miss 3 days of school.
16. All the potholes just add a little excitement to your driving experience.
17. Crown Victoria = undercover cop.
18. Subway is a fast food place.
19. The transportation system is known as Metro, and only Metro.
20. They just tore down the old farm house across the street and put 12 new McMansions in its place.
21. For the cost of your house, you could own a small town in Iowa.
22. If you stay on the same road long enough, it will eventually have three new names. (Sad, but oh so true)
23. You have to dial the area code to call your neighbor.
24. "Vacation" means spending a day at King's Dominion or Busch Gardens.
25. "Going to the Rivah" means any stream with water.
26. You have never been served tea without the waitress asking "sweet or unsweetened?"
27. Your favorite past time is telling jokes.
28. Anyone who can't trace his or her ancestry back to at least four generations in is an outsider.
29. "Going to the beach" means anywhere from Ocean City to Virginia Beach to Myrtle Beach.

And just to make it extra special for Dark and me:

You Know You're From Hampton Roads If...

1. You have to adopt a surrogate professional sports team because you live in the largest metropolitan area without a single one.

2. You don't stop and look skyward when aircraft fly over (only time I notice them is when an F-15 screams overhead...my morning commute takes me right past the runway approach).

3. You can see another 7-11 from the 7-11 where you’re standing.

4. You know that 64 West in Chesapeake is actually going east.

5. You can name at least three of Mike Joynes' law partners.

6. You can finish the "Beach Ford" song...

7. While away from home, you can identify a fellow HR resident by their being the only one in a 17th Street shirt and flip flops. In December.

8. You know Mount Trashmore is a real place, not a joke.

9. Any westbound trip you've ever made involves at least one tunnel.

10. You can name at least three underwater tunnels within a twenty miles radius of your home.

11. One of your Adopt-A-School partners in elementary school was a U.S. Navy vessel.

12. You can say "Norfolk" while sounding neither obscene nor incorrect.

13. You know that on-base purchases have no sales tax. (I miss that...)

14. Newport News is not a catalog, it is a city. (25 miles long...one mile deep...)

15. It's not a peninsula, it's the Peninsula. With a capital P.

16. You can name all the I-64 spurs.

17. It's not Portsmouth, it's P-town. (PARTY DOWN IN P-TOWN!)

18. It's not Virginia Beach Boulevard, it's just The Boulevard.

19. The Strip isn't a nudie bar, it's a tourist trap.

20. To you, Scope isn't just mouthwash.

21. The Boathouse doesn't actually dock any boats.

22. You know what WRV, Hotline, Roxy, Billabong, and Quiksilver are.

23. You know Dam Neck and Birdneck aren't necks of any kind.

24. You don't mind the jet noise.

25. You don't slow down in the tunnel, because it's not a big deal. Stupid out-of-towners... (Damn, freakin' straight)

26. Walking up hills causes an instant asthma attack.

27. You can go surfing and strawberry-pickin' in the same day.

28. No, it's a city. Not a county.

29. You can leave town for years at a time to find the same sections of roads still under construction.

You know you're in tampa if

1. The Stanley Cup, canada's trophey, is getting a tan

2. Hot Women EVERYWHERE

3. old people.....EVERYWHERE

4. Bad drivers, mostly from up north

Stick a person from Florida in snow and its like watching butter sliding around a hot pan, it's hilarious.

You know youre from Texas when:
1)You say "yall"
2)There is a cowranch next to your subdivision
3)Football is god
4)You disappoint out of state ppl when they find out you are not a cowboy
5)Are proud to be a Texan...but have no idea why
6)Consider OK to be a provience of Texas
7)Hate OK based purely on the grounds of being beat in football 5 years in a row

We have similar weather to Florida here but this Christmas my dream finally came through! It snowed....alot....Ok I hate snow now. http://www.thevictoriaadvocate.com/special_sections/christmas_snow/story/2449213p-2836685c.html

What do you mean your dream came true doesnt it snow even a little every year.

Nope

nope, never snows in WA anymore :(

Good stuff, good stuff! I think Buli pretty much covered all the basics for FL but just in case...

1. The Stanley Cup, Canada's trophey, is getting a tan
2. Hot Women EVERYWHERE
3. old people.....EVERYWHERE
4. Bad drivers, mostly from up north

That was the first time it snowed in 80-some odd years.