(yes this lovely color scheme is a nod to the lovely NJ license plate and no I didn't come up with these points...they are duplicated on various websites, so I figured 'why should mine be any different?')
You know that it's called Great Adventure, not Six Flags and you own an annual pass, but you had to take the monkey by-pass at the Safari cause your dad had padded-vinyl roof on his car..
A good, quick breakfast is a hard roll with butter.
You've known the way to Seaside Heights since you were seven.
You've eaten at a Diner, when you were stoned or drunk, at 3a.m.
You know that the state isn't one big oil refinery.
At least three people in your family still love Bruce Springsteen and you know the town Jon Bon Jovi is from.
You know what a "jug handle" is.
You know that WaWa is a convenience store.
You know that there are no "beaches" in New Jersey -there's the shore and you don't go to the shore, you go "down the Shore". And when you are there, you're not "at the shore", you are "down the Shore".
You know how to properly negotiate a Circle.
You knew that the last sentence had to do with driving.
You know that a "White Castle" is the name of BOTH a fast food chain AND a fast food sandwich.
You don't think "What exit?" is very funny.
The Jets-Giants game has started fights at your school or localbar.
You live within 20 minutes of at least three different malls.
You refer to all highways and interstates by their numbers. (except for "the Parkway" and "the Turnpike")
Every year you have at least one kid in your class named Tony.
You know the location of every clip shown in the Sopranos opening credits.
You've gotten on the wrong highway trying to get out of the mall.
You know that people from North Jersey go to Seaside Heights, and people from Central Jersey go to Belmar and people from South Jersey go to Wildwood.
You weren't raised in New Jersey -- you were raised in either North Jersey, Central Jersey or South Jersey.
You don't consider Newark or Camden to actually be part of the state.
You've had a Boardwalk cheese steak and vinegar fries.
You've NEVER, NEVER pumped your own gas.
You don't understand why there aren't more 24-hour diners elsewhere in the country.
You can name all the flavors of salt water taffy.
You've run out of money on the Parkway.
You still haven't seen that many gardens.
You still can't believe MTV went to Seaside Heights.
You only go to the "City" for day trips.
Route 18 doesn't freak you out at night.
You believe the Statue of Liberty is in NJ.
At least three people in your family still listen to Bruce "The Boss" Springsteen and actually seen him play with the E-Street band in the Stone Pony down in Asbury.
You know Paramus has 4 major malls within 3 miles of each other.
You have mandatory recycling enforced by law.
You've pondered, "Maybe basketball would be more popular in NJ if the Nets didn't blow."
You have been waiting the last 10 years for the Yankees to move to the Meadowlands.
Your car is covered in yellow-green dust in April.
You know that ACME is a supermarket, not just a Warner Bros creation.
You know the myth of the New Jersey devil and you think it lives as former-Gov. Christie Todd Whitman.
You remember when Hoboken was a ghetto not overpriced.
There is a fruit and veggie stand down the road.
Your town is full of garage sale signs
There are more Italians immigrating in than New York in the 1920's
You will take any road, ANY road, other than route 9
You skip school to go to the beach
The field you grew up playing in is now under development
You spend more time at the Freehold mall than you do at home
There are more Jews here than Jerusalem 5 years before Christ
People from other areas say you say "water"weird and you don't understand why
Pennsylvania is another world
You know that Jersey Freeze is the best place for ice cream
Everyone makes fun of how your state smells, yet all your trash goes to their state **cough cough PA cough cough**
Just after they are finished building a school, another one is in the works, or there are trailers erected for the dumb kids
You are sick of seeing Italian flag reflectors on cars
You remember Q104.3 and you know K-ROCK turned more commercial than MTV
The �Goonies� touches home to your childhood
You are on the front line of the war with the Mets and Yankees, Jets and Giants, and Rangers and Devils
Every driveway has a basketball net
Every other house has a pool
You remember when 9 and 33 by the mall used to be a circle
You remember the riots of the Freehold Mall
You remember that asshole that killed a kid and gave the Smashing Pumpkins a bad name
You stay away from Asbury Park unless you are going to the Stone Pony
You stay far, far away from Ocean Grove
You drive around looking for ghosts
You know what I'm talking about when I say "Devils Door"
Your area code keeps changing
You STILL can't understand what the guy from the Tire Farm commercials is saying
You wonder when route 33 is going to be done
Your local police department is a joke
You've never gone to a New Jersey Nets game
You know how pathetic the Lakewood Blue Claws are
You know what handball is
You know that the only people who call it "Joisey" are from New York (usually the Bronx) or Texas
You know that this is the only "New..." state that doesn't require "NEW" to identify it (like ...Mexico, ...York,...Hampshire (doesn't work, does it)?
You know that people from the 609 area code are "a little different."
