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.