You went to Seaside after your senior prom .

At least half the people you knew in high school went to Rutgers .

You know where Jimmy Hoffa is buried .

Your breakfast of choice is Taylor Ham, egg, and cheese on a roll .

You ever went Weird New Jersey hunting .

Your big class trip in elementary school was to Morristown .

You know that the only people that call it " Joisey " are from New York .

You've been to the Sussex County fair .

You've planned a local trip around passing at least one Dunkin' Donuts .

You don't think of citrus when people mention " The Oranges ."

You know that it's called " Great Adventure " ...not " Six Flags ."

You know that there are actually bakeries, which are not part of a supermarket, but are individual stores .

You've ordered a "hard roll with butter" for breakfast .

F-16s buzz your house at like 150 feet .

You've gone to a diner after drinking all night .

You've eaten at that diner at 3 a.m. at least a dozen times .

At least three people in your family still love Bruce Springsteen .

You call Seaside Hights Sleaside (yes i know its mean but look at the place, and yes i still do go there) .

" Anyone who makes bad pizza can go to hell " is your attitude .

You always use a minimum of 10 variations of the word " damn " while driving .

You don't have to go to Red Lobster to get fresh seafood .

You once said " It smells like New York in here . "

You can go bowling at 1:30 AM. (with automatic scoring !) YEAH !!

The Parkway doesn't freak you out at night .

You know what a "jug handle" is and how to successfully handle a traffic circle .

You have mandatory recycling. Enforced by law .

You go to the boardwalk at least once a year .

You say " water " weird. (Wadder, Cawfee, Dowg, wadever) .

Even your school made good Italian subs .

You can't believe MTV went to Seaside Heights .

You know that ACME is an actual store, not just a Warner Bros. creation .

You've run out of money on the Parkway .

You know where to get a great bagel .

There are no self serve gas stations and you like it that way .

You think people from South Jersey talk funny .

You're radioactive and proud of it .

The Jets / Giants game has started fights at your school and / or local bar .

Your car is covered with yellow-green dust in April and May .

You can't understand why there aren't more 24 hr diners anywhere else in the country .

You live within 45 minutes of at least four different malls (I'm 30 min from 7) .

You can see the New York City skyline from some part of your town .

You have or know someone with Mafia connections .

You're related to someone who thinks the New York Jets should be called the New Jersey Jets .

You have at least one friend who drives a truck .

You've been camping .

You've been in a town or city where Spanish is spoken more than English .

You've been to a party in the woods .

You've purchased fireworks in Chinatown .

You played in a P.A.L. league .

Anything less than 3 inches of snow isn't worth much .

One of your favorite X-File Episodes is the one about the Jersey Devil .

You know you don't " go to the beach ", you go " down the shore " .

In your mind you hear "watch the tram car please" even in your sleep .

You've actually found the Echelon Mall .

You know what a Wawa is, and know the location of at least 15 of them .

You stay away from Getty, Gulf and BP, and stick with Texaco, Shell and Mobil .

You have an EZ Pass, but you just hold it up .

You know that you should get the hell out of Camden before dark .

You remember the bad gypsy moth years .

You know that you don't put ketchup on boardwalk fries .

You get three 50's in a row when you play skeeball .

You think the Olive Garden is a bunch of crap and should not open restaurants in Jersey .

You've hung out at a gravel pit .

You played soccer from Kindergarten through high school .

You've counted the number of titty bars on the Black Horse Pike .

You're Italian .

You had a sandbox .

You've almost fallen asleep on the Expressway .

You've rented a house in Stone Harbor before .

You've lived through hurricanes, nor'easters and fires, but have never seen a tornado, earthquake or volcano .

You packed up the family on a Sunday and went to Cowtown Rodeo .

You never had school on Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur .

You take day trips to New York City, and can't imagine why anyone would want to spend the night .

You've made a meal out of Tastycakes, Herr's BBQ potato chips, and Pennsylvania Dutch Birch Beer .

You know the Atlantic City High School marching band can lay down some phat beats .

You Still Call Rowan University: Glassboro State and TCNJ: Trenton State .

You even swam in the ocean after the hypodermic needle scare .

Somewhere along the line, someone was really screwed you over in a business transaction .

You will always say " YO ", and you'll say it often .

You've been seriously injured at Accident Park .

You know the real name for the park above is Action Park .

Whenever you park, there's a Camaro within three spots of you .

Know what town Jon Bon Jovi is from .

You know that the road to the shore is " The Parkway " not "The Garden State Highway . "

You call it a " sub " not a " submarine sandwich " or worse yet, a "hoagie" or a " hero . "

You know that this is the only " New... " state that doesn't require " New " to identify it (like, try ...Mexico, ...York, ...Hampshire (doesn't work, does it ?) .

You call New York City " The City . "

You don't think "What exit" (do you live near ?) is very funny .

You know that the real first "strip shopping center" in the country is Route 22 (Hell yeah baby, Union and Springfield) .

You have gone to the Flemington fair .

You cried in 2000 when they closed the Flemington fair grounds after 100 years (they want to turn it into a strip mall) .

You know that people from 609 and 856 area codes are " a little different . "

You know that no respectable New Jerseyan goes to Princeton - that's for out-of-staters .

You refer to all highways and interstates by their numbers; 78, 80, 22, 24, 287 etc.

You know where every "clip" shown in the Sopranos opening credits is .

You start planning for Memorial Day weekend in February .

You know how to navigate a circle while talking on a cell phone and smoking a Marlboro w/o using blinkers .

You carry most of your cash is in dimes and quarters (thanx NJ-DOT "the tolls are temporary"... my ass) .

Even after moving to California, you still carry a separate change purse full of quarters and dimes for tolls .

You find canal water to be the best around! (D&R canal out of montgomery twnsp) .