YOU KNOW YOU ARE A TRUE Marylander when:
- 1. You know more than 10 people who own boats and they all park them at the same marina in Annapolis.
- 2. You can pronounce and spell "Pocomoke," "Mattaponi," "Accokeek," and "Havre de Grace".
- 3. You pronounce "Bowie" BOO-ie not BOW-ie or BAUW-ie.
- 4. 1 hour is an easy commute to work.
- 5. You have more than three recipies for crabcakes.
- 6. French fries just don't taste right without Old Bay.
- 7. There are more than two crab places in your town.
- 8. Even your high school cafeteria made good crabcakes.
- 9. You got your first lacrosse stick before you were six years old.
- 10. You call all turtles "terrapins".
- 11. You refer to your state as "Merlind".
- 12. Your mother shops at Hecht's.
- 13. You still call Six Flags America "Adventure World", or even "Wild World".
- 14. You still remember the Wild World commercial (Wild World's the cure for the summertime blues!).
- 15. You can tell the difference between the smells of septic and marsh.
- 16. You not only know how to eat hard crabs but you also know how to catch them, cook them and tell the males from the females." ( I love this one)
- 17. You don't think that Assawoman Bay is a strange name for a body of water.
- 18. You know perfectly well why Rehoboth is called "Little San Francisco".
- 19. M R Ducks makes perfect sense.
- 20. So does C M Wangs.
- 21. You think of dumplings as wet slippery squares of boiled dough.
- 22. You think of "Dairy Queen" as a pageant title and not a place to get an ice cream.
- 23. You still root for the Orioles even when they suck.
- 24. You'll never understand why tourists come to DC.
- 25. When in Florida, you can only laugh when you see signs saying "Real Maryland Blue Crab Cakes!"
- 26. You know the difference between Glen Burnie ghetto and Catonsville ghetto.
- 27. You color with "Crowns", take a "Share" with "Wooter" and think the president lives in "Warshenton."
- 28. Your whole family lives within a 200 mile radius of your town.
- 29. Dale Earnhardt's accident was a close personal loss to your father.
- 30. At least one man in your family is a waterman
- 31. You plan for "The Festival" a year in advance.
- 32. During the summer, you spend more time in Ocean City than at home.
- 33. You hate all things Duke.
- 34. Your radio dial is stuck on 99.1 even though it is Spanish now.