LadyFish
Admiral
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- Mar 18, 2003
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Hard to believe that someone from New Jersey would be brave enough to poke fun when<br /><br /> * "This is a state where people go to a landfill next to a turnpike that's on fire on alternate weekends to cheer a team from New York." -- Stuart Stevens, Republican Consultant<br /><br /> * Scientists at the New Jersey Insurance News Service have determined that one-half of the state's drivers have road rage. It is not known whether this condition is caused by a defective gene, or by New Jersey.<br /><br /> * "New Jersey is like a beer barrel, tapped at both ends, with all the live beer running into Philadelphia and New York." -- Ben Franklin<br /><br /> * Why are New Yorkers so depressed?<br /> Because the light at the end of the tunnel is New Jersey!<br /><br />69 Ways to Tell You Are from New Jersey<br /><br /> 69. You went to Seaside after your Senior Prom.<br /> 68. You watched "Mallrats" and said, "I've been to that mall!" [Even though it was filmed in Minnesota -- B. Bokista]<br /> 67. At least half of the people you went to high school with went to Rutgers.<br /> 66. You know where Jimmy Hoffa is buried.<br /> 65. Your big class trip in elementary school was to Morristown.<br /> 64. You long for the days when the Devil wore Christmas colors.<br /> 63. You know that the only people who call it "Joisey" are from NY.<br /> 62. You've been to the Meadowlands Fair.<br /> 61. You've planned a local trip around passing at least one Dunkin Donuts.<br /> 60. You do not think of citrus when people mention the "Oranges."<br /> 59. You know that it's called "Great Adventure", not "Six Flags."<br /> 58. You actually know bakeries that are not part of a supermarket, but are individual stores.<br /> 57. You've ordered a "hard roll with butter" for breakfast.<br /> 56. You've gone to a diner after drinking all night.<br /> 55. You've eaten at that diner at 3 am at least a dozen times.<br /> 54. At least 3 people in your family still like Bruce Springsteen.<br /> 53. "Anyone who makes bad pizza can bite me!"<br /> 52. You always use at least 10 variation of "**** " while driving.<br /> 51. You don't have to go to Red Lobster to get fresh seafood.<br /> 50. You once said "It smells like New York in here."<br /> 49. You can go bowling at 1:30 am (w/ automatic scoring).<br /> 48. In high school, you knew someone who worked at a Friendly's or Stewart's.<br /> 47. The Garden State Parkway does not freak you out at night.<br /> 46. You know what a "jug handle" is.<br /> 45. You have mandatory recycling - enforced by law.<br /> 44. You've eaten a porkroll, egg & cheese on a hard roll -- and loved it.<br /> 43. You go to the boardwalk at least once a year.<br /> 42. You've pondered..."Maybe basketball would be more popular in NJ if the Nets weren't here."<br /> 41. You say the words "water", "coffee", "dog" and "whatever", like this "wadder", "cawfee", "dowg" and "wadever".<br /> 40. Even your high school cafeteria made good subs.<br /> 39. You've lived through hurricanes, nor'easters and brushfires, but you have never seen a tornado, earthquake, tsunami or volcano.<br /> 38. You can't believe that MTV went to Seaside Heights.<br /> 37. You know that ACME is an actual store, not just a Warner Bros. creation.<br /> 36. You only go to NYC for day trips.<br /> 35. You've run out of money on the Parkway.<br /> 34. You're Italian.<br /> 33. You know where to get a great bagel.<br /> 32. You think Perkins is terrible and should have never opened any restaurants here.<br /> 31. There are no self-serve gas stations -- and you like it that way.<br /> 30. You have had sex on the beach (not the drink).<br /> 29. You know how to successfully handle a traffic circle.<br /> 28. The Jet/Giants game has started fights at your local bar.<br /> 27. Your car is covered with yellow-green dust in April and May.<br /> 26. You can't understand why there aren't any 24 hour diners in the rest of the country.<br /> 25. You live within 45 minutes of at least 3 different malls.<br /> 24. Someone at the beach once called you a "benny."<br /> 23. You can see the NYC skyline from some part of your town.<br /> 22. You know what MCCC is and a good percentage of people from your high school went there.<br /> 21. You've seen or been in a fight over the Rangers and Devils.<br /> 20. You have, or know someone who has, Mafia connections.<br /> 19. You're related to someone who think the NY Jets should be the New Jersey Jets.<br /> 18. You have at least one friend who drives a truck.<br /> 17. You've been camping.<br /> 16. You've been in a city or town where Spanish is spoken more than English.<br /> 15. You can't remember when Clifton didn't win a softball championship.<br /> 14. You know where to gets drugs in Trenton, Paterson, Newark or New York.<br /> 13. You've been to a party in the woods.<br /> 12. You've purchased fireworks in Chinatown.<br /> 11. You've played in a P.A.L. league.<br /> 10. You liked the Jets, even before Bill Parcells.<br /> 9. You know where to get a fresh Taylor ham, egg and cheese at 2 am.<br /> 8. You don't take no crap from no one.<br /> 7. You remember Action Park and may have been seriously injured there.<br /> 6. At sometime you got on the wrong highway while trying to leave Willowbrook Mall.<br /> 5. Z-100 used to be your favorite, now it's K-Rock.<br /> 4. Anything less than 3 inches of snow isn't worth your time.<br /> 3. Someone on the road cut you off and you used at least four swear words to tell them what you thought.<br /> 2. You think people from South Jersey talk funny.<br /> 1. You know someone who lives in a neighborhood with contaminated water, because of toxic chemicals.<br /><br />AND, did you know its against the law to knit while fishing in New Jersey? 
