Thought you'd find this amusing... :o) Of course I added the last one myself. ;oD You live in southern California when . . . 1. You make over $250,000 and you still can't afford to buy a house. 2.The high school quarterback calls a time-out to answer his cell phone. 3.The fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway. 4.You know how to eat an artichoke. 5.You drive to your neighborhood block party. 6.When someone asks you how far something is, you tell them how long it will take to get there because it really doesn't matter how many miles away it is, you'll be in traffic through all of it. 7.You think 65 degrees is freezing cold. You live in New York when . . . 1.You say "the city" and expect everyone to know you mean Manhattan. 2.You have never been to the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building unless you had someone visiting from out of town. 3.You know that if there's construction, it can take you 2 hours to drive 3 miles up FDR Drive even at 3 am. 4.You think Central Park is a forest. 5.You think that being able to curse at people in their own language makes you multi-lingual. 6.You've worn out a car horn. 7.You believe eye contact is an act of aggression. 8.You give yourself an extra 45 minutes to find a parking spot in the "city" within a mile of your destination. You live in Alaska when . . . 1.You only have four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup, and Tabasco. 2.Halloween costumes fit over parkas. 3.You have a recipe for moose. 4.Sexy lingerie is anything flannel with less than eight buttons. 5.The four seasons are: winter, still winter, almost winter, and construction. You live in the Deep South when . . . 1.You get a movie and bait in the same store. 2."ya'll" is singular and "all ya'll" is plural. 3.After five years you still hear, "You ain't from 'round here, are ya?" 4."He needed killin' " is a valid defense. 5.Everyone has 2 first names: Billy Bob, Jimmy Bob, Mary Sue, Betty Jean, etc. You live in Colorado when . . . 1.You carry your $3,000 mountain bike atop your $500 car. 2.You tell your husband to pick up Granola on his way home and he stops at the day care center because Granola is your kid's name. 3. A pass does not involve a football or dating. 4.The top of your head is bald, but you still have a pony tail. You live in Ohio when . . . 1.You've never met any celebrities, but the mayor knows your name. 2.Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor. 3.You have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day. 4.You end sentences with a preposition: "Where's my coat at?" 5.When asked how your trip was to ANY exotic place, you say, "It was different!" 6.You consider Cedar Pointe the center of your universe. You live in Miami when... 1.You eat dinner at 3:15 in the afternoon. 2.All purchases include a coupon of some kind-even houses and cars. 3.You've been caught in your pool by a sudden storm, by the time you got out of the pool and reached your door, the storm was over and the sun was out again. 4.Road construction never ends anywhere in the state. 5.Cars in front of you are often driven by headless people. 6.There are only GIANT doctors in Florida (Every person's doctor is "The Biggest" in his field) 7.You can hurricane proof your windows and sliding doors with your eyes closed. And my addition... You live in Beirut when: 1. You can't speak in just one language for more than two sentences straight. 2. You know people by their cars... "Tony with the silver BMW, not the blue one. Tony with the blue one was hanging out with Jean with the black Mercedes. They were met up by Georges with the Red GTI" 3. The guy who polishes your shoes for 250 lira has a brand new state of the art cell phone. 4. You can't get a job because you're not Syrian, Filipino, Sri Lankan, or Egyptian. 5. You have family members in at least three other continents. 6. During the World Cup, you forget what country you're in because of all the Brazilian, German, French, and Italian flags hanging on people's cars, balconies, and over the street. 7. The driver in front of you has a "Michael Schumacher" sticker on his rear window. 8. You KNOW the rest of the world owes us a debt of graditude for all we've contributed for 6,000+ years, but instead of paying off, the bastards conspired against us!