69 Ways to Tell You Are from New Jersey

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