YouMightBe.com's humor lists » You Might Be Humor List http://youmightbe.com/blog A collection of humor lists from user submissions and usenet postings. Sat, 13 Aug 2011 16:33:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 You might be from New Jersey if… http://youmightbe.com/blog/2011/08/13/you-might-be-from-new-jersey-if/ http://youmightbe.com/blog/2011/08/13/you-might-be-from-new-jersey-if/#comments Sat, 13 Aug 2011 16:33:53 +0000 Thomas http://youmightbe.com/blog/?p=355
  • you’ve been seriously injured at Action Park.
  • you know that the only people who call it “Joisey” are from New York(usually The Bronx)or Texas.
  • you don’t think of citrus when people mention “The Oranges.”
  • you know that it’s called “Great Adventure,” not “Six Flags.”
  • you’ve ordered a hard roll with butter for breakfast.
  • 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 am.
  • whenever you park, there’s a Camaro within three spots of you.
  • you remember that the “Two Guys” were from Harrison.
  • you know that the state isn’t one big oil refinery.
  • at least three people in your family still love Bruce Springsteen, and you know what town Jon Bon Jovi is from.
  • you know what a “jug handle” is.
  • you know that a WaWa is a convenience store.
  • you know that the state isn’t all farmland.
  • you know that it isnt “The Beach” in New Jersey – it’s the shore, and you know that the road to the shore is “The Parkway” not “The Garden State Highway.”
  • you know that “Piney” isn’t referring to a tree.
  • even your school cafeteria made good Italian subs, and, you call it a “sub” not a “submarine sandwich” or worse yet, a “hoagie” or a “hero.”
  • 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 “Acme” is an actual store, not just a Warner Bros. creation.
  • 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 only call it “The City.”
  • you consider a corned beef sandwich with lettuce and mayo a sacrilege.
  • in the 80′s you wore your hair REALLY high. (wait, didn’t everybody??)
  • 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.
  • 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 can see the Manhattan skyline from some part of your town.
  • you refer to all highways and interstates by their numbers.
  • every year, you had at least one kid in your class named Tony.
  • you know where every “clip” shown in the Sopranos opening credits is.
  • you’ve gotten on the wrong highway trying to get out of Willowbrook Mall.
  • you’ve eaten a Boardwalk cheesesteak with vinegar fries.
  • you have a favorite Atlantic City casino.
  • you start planning for Memorial Day weekend in February.
  • you’ve never pumped your own gas.  (Chris) Took me forever to get this one…
  • you know how to navigate a circle while talking on a cell phone and smoking a Marlboro w/o using blinkers. (Mandie)
  • every 3 miles you drive there is a deserted mall.
  • most really nice homes have a gas station and a junk yard next door to them.
  • you never tell the truth about what state you’re from when strangers ask you in a chatroom.
  • most of your cash is in dimes and quarters.
  • even after moving to California, you still carry a separate change purse full of quarters and dimes for tolls. (Diane)
  • you learned to drive by backing out of your driveway onto a 50 MPH road. (visitor submission)
  • you have the shop install lumps and dents into your fenders so others will know that you have the strength in convinction to change lanes. (visitor submission)
  • you take kick-boxing lessons hoping someone will tell you the two weeks in
    New Jersey prize joke. (visitor submission)
  • you know where highway 9 is from that Bruce Springsteen song.
  • you have ever shopped at Wawa.
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  • you publicly insist that your employer recognize your chronic body odor as a disability.
  • you enthusiastically pleasure yourself whenever someone hands you a memo.
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  • you bring in all of your GI Joe action figures from your childhood days. At your desk, stage full scale battles complete with pyrotechnics. Demand paid time off to bury your dead.
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  • you wash your hands in the urinal.
  • you discard any roadkill from your morning commute in your cubicle’s waste basket.
  • you ask your black coworkers why their people are always trying to keep the white man down.
  • you openly discuss your menstrual cycle. If someone points out the fact that you’re a man, bring them up on sexual harassment charges.
  • you push your desk away from any direct sunlight because “it burns so bad.”
  • you wear all black and sacrifice small animals to the paper shredder gods.
  • you when in a crowded bathroom, stare directly at the person using the next urinal. If he turns to look at you, brand him a homosexual and threaten to tell his children.
  • you wear a rain bonnet because you’ve never trusted the filthy bastards that design fire sprinklers.
  • you walk up to peoples’ desks, look at pictures of their children and ask them who the hell they think they are, procreating.
  • you answer the phone, “I am the angel of the death. The hour of reckoning is upon us. How may I help you?”
  • you fall asleep at your desk. Wake up screaming, “GOOSE, I CAN’T REACH THE EJECTION HANDLE!!! EJECT, EJECT, EJECT!!!”
  • you demand special treatment because you suffer from post traumatic stress disorder as a result of years of measuring fish while serving in the coast guard.
  • you enter the company day care center, look at the children and announce, “One of your parent’s was just killed in a horrible accident.” Turn around and leave.
  • turn your cubicle into a fort. Install a secret entrance and post a “Girls Have Cooties” sign.
  • ask a coworker if you can borrow their left shoe.
  • start a nasty rumor about your boss having an affair with the janitor just to see how much the story changes by the time it gets back to you.
  • during meetings, flatulate loudly, fan it toward your coworkers and ask them to guess what you had for breakfast.
  • you set up Star Wars action figures around your desk and sit around making Darth Vader breathing noises… Occasionally, you mumble something about crushing the rebellion and take out a group of action figures with a toy light saber.

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