Regional stereotypes.

[Mojotronica]

Post your regional humor here.

To start:

You know you are from the Pacific Northwest (United States) if:

1. You know all the important seasons: Almost winter, winter, Still Raining (spring), Road Construction (summer) Deer & Elk season (fall).
2. You feel guilty throwing aluminum cans or paper in the trash.
3. Use the statement "sun break" and know what it means.
4. You know more than 10 ways to order coffee.
5. You know more people who own boats than air conditioners.
6. You feel overdressed wearing a suit to a nice restaurant.
7. You stand on a deserted corner in the rain waiting for the "Walk" signal.
8. You consider that if it has no snow or has not recently erupted, it is not a real mountain.
9. You can taste the difference between Starbucks, Seattle's Best and Tully's.
10. You know the difference between Chinook, Coho, and Sockeye salmon.
11. You know how to pronounce Sequim, Puyallup, Issaquah, Oregon, and Willamette.
12. You consider swimming an indoor sport.
13. You can tell the difference between Japanese, Chinese and Thai food.
14. In winter, you go to work in the dark and come home in the dark-while only working eight-hour days.
15. You never go camping without waterproof matches and a poncho.
16. You are not fazed by "Today's forecast: showers followed by rain," and "Tomorrow's forecast: rain followed by showers."
17. You cannot wait for a day with "showers and sun breaks."
18. You have no concept of humidity without precipitation.
19. You know that Boring is a town in Oregon and not just a state of mind.
20. You can point to at least two volcanoes, even if you cannot see through the cloud cover.
21. You notice "the mountain is out" when it is a pretty day and you can actually see it.
22. You put on your shorts when the temperature gets above 50 degrees, but still wear your hiking boots and parka.
23. You switch to your sandals when it gets about 60 degrees, but keep the socks on.
24. You have actually used your mountain bike on a mountain.
25. You think people who use umbrellas are either wimps or tourists.
26. You knew immediately that the view out of Frasier's window was fake.
27. You buy new sunglasses every year, because you can't find the old ones after such a long time.
28. You measure distance in hours.
29. You often switch from "heat" to "a/c" in the same day.
30. You use a down comforter in the summer.
31. You carry jumper cables in your car and you'll probably use them in the next year.
32. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit under a raincoat.

Interested in seeing the regional stereotypes (that ring true to locals) from around the world...

 

[Fr8monkey]

33. You can tell who are all of the out-of-staters are.... They are the ones carrying umbrellas.

34. When someone from california asks, "how long has it been raining."; you tell him that you havn't noticed that it was raining!

 

[anonymous4401]

Someone do one for Hawaii!

 

[WillJ]

You know you're from Alabama if:

1. Your sister and wife are the same person.
2. You started chewing tobacco before walking.
3. You think the Internet is the devil. Along with aluminum foil, paper clips, silk clothes, and dairy producers.
4. You only know one phrase in the field of law: "Will the defendant please rise?"

 

[allhailIndia]

You are from Bangalore if

1. You crib about too much rain in the monsoon, too cold in the winter, too warm in the summer and the mess leaves create in autumn.
2. There are more trees than cars on your road .
3. Your idea of a sky scraper is a 10- storey building.
4. You find ALL rides in Disneyland too tame compared to a ride in a BMTC bus.
5. You stare in disbelief when a taxi driver or an auto-rickshaw driver does not rip you off twice the fare.
6. 90% of the 20 year-olds you know suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome( tech company employees) or throat infections(call centre employees).
7.99% of your friends do not know the local language, Kannada.

 

[Bose]

You know you're from outback Australia if:

1) you measure distance in days.
2) you only think a spider venomous if it can kill you within a minute.
3) consider any place that you cannot see the curve of the Earth as 'Hilly'.
4) you can kill a brown snake with a golf club.
5) you recognise any place with traffic lights as a city.
6) you know what a 'Yellowbelly' is.
7) your family tree is a circle.
8) It gets to 42 degrees celsius on Christmas day.
9) You know how to test a river for crocodiles, and you cosider swimming even if the test fails.