You know you are from Rhode Island When?

[frameguy2704]

You know you are from Rhode Island when:

You know the basic rules of DuckPin bowling.

You own garden tools from Job Lot.

You have used the expression "Not For Nuthin" or "bubbla".

You serve bread with every meal.

You know what "3 all d' way" means.

You load up on milk and bread before a snowstorm.

You have a bottle of coffee syrup in the fridge right now.

You've gotten sick from eating too many clam cakes.

Your first live concert was at The Civic Center or Rocky Point.

You were born at Lying-In Hospital.

You still call the Rhode Island Mall the Midland Mall.

You have used a demolished landmark such as ALMACS or Finast when giving directions.

You secretly watch the NBC TV show "Providence" even though you tell your friends you don't.

You have slammed on your brakes to discourage a tailgater.

You know what a burger "The Newport Creamery Way" is.

You have dated a girl named Brenda or a guy named Vinnie.

You've personally met Vinnie Paz.

Your idea of a dream house is a raised ranch.

You have relatives who have been to Edgehill Newport, Codac, or Butler.

You've bribed your mechanic for a new inspection sticker even though your car failed to pass the safety inspection.

You have a degree from RIC, CCRI or URI.

You think vodka and Del's is a great combination.

You've been to Twin Oaks for your birthday.

You know how to pronounce Pawtucket, Cowesett, Usqepaug, and Narragansett.

You've been to Scarborough Beach but not Block Island.

You know where "The Pier" is located.

You've gotten sick eating too many clam cakes.

You like your clam CHOW-dah clear not white or red.

You put vinegar on your french fries.

You've been on a Bay Queen cruise.

You can recognize a Cranston accent.

You drop the "w" in Greenwich, Kingstown, and Warwick.

You use the expression "down-city" for downtown.

You've eaten at Haven Brothers, drunk.

You celebrate St. Joseph's Day and know what a "zeppolla" is.

You have at least one gallon of Newport Creamery coffee ice cream in your freezer.

You know what "ProJo" stands for.

You still call CCRI "reject".

You think that "party/potty" "God/guard" "law/lore" and "hot/heart" are
examples of homonyms.

You know the original name for Airport Road.

You always start giving directions by saying, "Well, you get on 95."

You know what "John from Alpert's" sounds like.

You refer to the movies as "the show."

You know what Allie's makes.

You know what a "package store" is.

You think lots of gold jewelry looks great on the beach.

Your favorite expressions are, "Are you serious?", "Wicked", and "You know what I'm saying?"

You've thrown at least one yard sale this month.

You know you need "quahogs" to make "stuffies".

You know there's a West End but not a West Providence.

You think banana, vanilla, and idea all end in "r".

You put celery salt on your hotdogs.

You see turn signals or "directionals" as optional car equipment.

Your into Keno, Powerball and the drawin'.

When told surprising news, you answer "Geddout", or if you're female, "No Suh!"  

If you are going to the basement, you're going "down cellar."

Instead of eating dinner, you eat suppa.  

You call spaghetti sauce, "gravy."

You've eaten a Wimpy Skippy on the Hill.

You know what "Leggs and Eggs" is.

You ask your mechanic to give you a state inspection sticker even though your car failed.

You know that there is never any school in Fosta-Glosta when it snows.

You've gone to Cumbie's for milk or gas.

You've eaten Jonnycakes or Johnny cakes (with an h if the fllint corn comes from out of state).

You know someone in the mob, but won't admit it.

AND THE NUMBER 1 REASON YOU KNOW YOU ARE A RHODE ISLANDER....

You've voted a convicted felon into office at least twice!

 

Your a native Rhode Islander and you know you're not in Rhode Island if:

Your new friends start asking you to repeat words such as car, potato, pizza, barber, and chowder.

You see a car with RI plates and you have an uncontrollable urge to ask, "What pot?"

You ask a friend who's going to Rhode Island to bring back some Saugy's and/or hot weenies.

The car in front of you is using its turn signal.

You'd gladly shell out $35 for a black market bottle of coffee syrup!

You've driven 5 miles in a populous area and have not seen a Dunkin' Donuts.

You ask the waitress for a grinder and she gives you directions to Home Depot or Lowe's.

No one wishes you a Happy St. Joseph's day.

You don't get VJ day off from work.

When you say that you have a "great idear," people look at you funny.

You receive blank stares when asking where the "bubbla" is located.

You're reading this and pronouncing all the words like a true Rhode Islander.

[Crawford]

More:

You know that coffee cabinets are not found in a furniture store

You drive from Woonsocket to Watch Hill and stay the night since you don't "feel like" driving all the way back the same night

You still try to get to the East Side over the Old Red Bridge

You have seen at least one game or concert at The Providence Auditorium

Narragansett Beer was found at every BBQ you attended

You refer to Twin River as Lincoln Downs

You know "going to the dogs" means going to the race track

You knew summer was here when 94 HJY starting playing the Rocky Point jingle

You point out the Industrial Trust tower to out of staters and say "That is the building Superman jumped over"

You have stories about the Hurriance of 38, Hurricane Carol or the Blizzard of '78 and repeat them constantly

You remember Salty's shack, PM magazine and Willie Whistle

You've never been nor intend to go to The Breakers, Block Island or the Capitol Grille

You'd vote Buddy Cianci in again

[frameguy2704]

LOL.. no kidding how true...

[Marc82]

You don't watch ABC because it's on a New Bedford station, which pretends to be a Providence Station.

You listened to NPR on AM (until June 2007).

You don't care if Buddy is gonna be a talk show host on WPRO or WHJJ because both station's suck and you patiently await a  real 3rd talker, not the stupid Attleboro Station that has been pretending to be a Providence station. And the 3rd station should hire Buddy.

You know who Buddy is.

You know a least one person who died in the fire at The Station in 2003.

You know The Station does not refer to a radio or TV station.

You've driven from Providence to Hartford 10 times and have gone 10 different ways.

[frameguy2704]

You know your a Rhode Islander if:

Khakis are something you start the car with
You think crosswalks are for wimps
You think if someone's nice to you, they either want something or they are from out of town and probably lost
You know how to cross 4 lanes of traffic in 5 seconds
You are amazed when traveling out of town that people who work at McDonald's actually speak English
You think it's not actually tailgating unless your bumper is touching the car in front of you
You know that a yellow light means at least 5 more cars can get through.....and that a red light means 2 more can
The transportation system is known as the "T" (the author must have been from Boston. It's RIPTA!)
Subway is a fast food place
You could own a small town in Iowa for the cost of your house.
There are 24 Dunkin Donuts Shops within 15 minutes of your house.
When people talk about the "curse of the Bambino," you know exactly what they are talking about, and you believe in it, too
You think of Rhode Island as the "deep South"
Anything past Worcester is "the middle of nowhere"
You believe using a turn signal gives away your plan to the enemy
If you stay on the same road long enough, it will eventually have 3 or more different names
Someone has honked at you because you didn't peel out the second the light turned green
All the potholes just add excitement to your driving experience
Stop signs mean slow down a little, but only if you feel like it
Six inches of snow is considered a "dusting"
Three days of 90+ heat is definitely a "heat wave".....and 63 degree weather is "on the warm side"
$15 to park is a bargain
You cringe every time you hear some actor/actress imitate the "Boston accent" on TV or in a movie. If you don't have it, you're never going to get it right....even if you were born here
At the ice cream shop, you call chocolate sprinkles "Jimmies"

[C. Fontaine]

That sounds like an altered version of the 50 reasons to love Mass I posted a while ago... hehehe

http://www.amesfanclub.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=1444

[frameguy2704]

yeah kind of, I found my verison online, your post is what inspired me to search the internet for the RI version.

[Crawford]

A few more

You miss restaurants like Kelly's, Burger Chef, Pub Dennis and the Roast House

You knew exactly what "Gansett" meant in the movie The Sting

You know full well the characters from Family Guy speak with Massachusetts accents and not Rhode Island

It is pronounced "Puh"tucket and not "Paw"tucket

You know that based on the skyline, the Griffins do not live in a nice suburb of Providence

You call credit cards "charge plates"

You can rattle off decades old line ups of the PawSox

You know that the RIDOT is the only one who can take a pothole, turn it over and make a bump out of it

You scream "inmates" at any work crew on the side of the highway