OK WAT,
Here's whats kewl about those of us from Joisey <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" />
> * You don't think of citrus when people mention "The Oranges".
> * You know that it's called Great Adventure, not Six Flags.
> * 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 3 a.m.
> * You remember that the "Two Guys" were from Harrison.
> * You know that the state isn't one big oil refinery.
> * At last 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 the state isn't all farmland.
> * 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 that "Piney" isn't referring to a tree.
> * Even your school cafeteria made good Italian subs. And it's a Sub,
not
> a submarine sandwich or worse yet, a hoagy, a hero, or a grinder.
> * You remember the song from the Palisades Park commercials.
> * You know how to properly negotiate a Circle.
> * You knew that the last question had to do with driving.
> * 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 only go to New York City for day trips, and you call it "The
City".
> * You know that a "White Castle" is the name of BOTH a fast food chain
AND
> a fast food sandwich.
> * You consider putting mayo on a corned beef sandwich a sacrilege.
> * You don't think "What exit" is very funny.
> * You know that the first "strip shopping center" in the country was on
> Route 22.
> * You know that people from 609 area code are "a little different".
> * You know that no respectable New Jerseyan goes to Princeton - that's
> for out-of-staters.
> * The Jets-Giants game has started fights at your school or local bar.
> * You live within 20 minutes of at least three different malls.
> * You refer to all highways and interstates by their numbers.
> * Every year, you had a 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 or LBI and people from South
> Jersey go to Wildwood. It can be no other way.
> * You were not 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 remember the stores Korvette's, Two Guys, Rickel's, Channel,
> Bamburger's and Orbach's.
> * You've had a Boardwalk cheese steak and vinegar fries.
> * You start planning for Memorial Day weekend in February.
>
> And finally...
> * You've NEVER, NEVER pumped your own gas.
>
