Even More Ways to Know You're From Jersey
hopefully no one takes offense to this---personally i think Jersey rocks. not all of these are true of me, but i definitely know someone that they could apply to.
~frest
69) You went to Seaside after your senior prom.
68) You watched "Mallrats" and said, "I've been to that mall!"
67) At least half the people you knew in high school went to Rutgers.
66) You know where Jimmy Hoffa is buried.
65) Your big class trip in elementary school was to Morristown.
64) You long for the days when the Devils wore Christmas colors.
63) You know that the only people who call it "Joisey" are from New York.
62) You've been to the Meadowlands Fair.
61) You've planned a local trip around passing at least one Dunkin' Donuts.
60) You don't think of citrus when people mention "The Oranges."
59) You know that it's called "Great Adventure," not "Six Flags."
58) You actually know bakeries that are not part of a supermarket, but are individual stores.
57) You've ordered a "hard roll with butter" for breakfast.
56) You've gone to a diner after drinking all night.
55) You've eaten at that diner at 3 a.m. at least a dozen times.
54) At least three people in your family still love Bruce Springsteen.
53) "Anyone who makes bad pizza can go to hell" is your attitude.
52) You always use a minimum of 10 variations of the word "damn" while driving.
51) You don't have to go to Red Lobster to get fresh seafood.
50) You once said "It smells like New York in here."
49) You can go bowling at 1:30 a.m. (with automatic scoring!)
48) In high school you, or someone you know, worked at a Friendly's or Stewart's.
47) The Garden State Parkway doesn't freak you out at night.
46) You know what a "jug handle" is.
45) You have mandatory recycling, enforced by law.
44) You've eaten a pork roll and cheese on a hard roll, and liked it.
43) You go to the boardwalk at least once a year.
42) You've pondered, "Maybe basketball would be more popular in New Jersey if the Nets weren't here."
41) You say the words "water," "coffee," "dog," and "whatever" weird (Wadder, Cawfee, Dowg, Wadever).
40) Even your high school cafeteria made good Italian subs.
39) You've lived through hurricanes, nor'easters, and brushfires, but have never seen a tornado, earthquake, tsunami, or volcano.
38) You can't believe MTV went to Seaside Heights.
37) You know that ACME is an actual store, not just a Warner Bros. creation.
36) You only go to New York City for day trips.
35) You've run out of money on the Parkway.
34) You're Italian.
33) You know where to get a great bagel.
32) You think Perkins is terrible and should have never opened any restaurants in New Jersey.
31) There are no self-serve gas stations, and you like it that way.
30) You've had sex on the beach (not the beverage).
29) You know how to successfully handle a traffic circle.
28) The Jets/Giants game has started fights at your school and/or local bar.
27) Your car is covered with yellow-green dust in April and May.
26) You can't understand why there aren't more 24-hour diners anywhere else in the country.
25) You live within 45 minutes of at least three different malls.
24) Someone at the beach once called you a benny.
23) You can see the New York City skyline from some part of your town.
22) You know what MCCC is and a good percentage of people from your high school go there.
21) You've seen, or been in, a fight between a Rangers fan and a Devils fan.
20) You have, or know someone who has, Mafia connections.
19) You're related to someone who thinks the New York Jets should be called the New Jersey Jets.
18) You have at least one friend who drives a truck.
17) You've been camping.
16) You've been in a town or city where Spanish is spoken more than English.
15) You can't remember when Clifton didn't win a softball championship.
14) You know where to get drugs in Trenton, Paterson, Newark, or New York.
13) You've been to a party in the woods.
12) You've purchased fireworks in Chinatown.
11) You played in a P.A.L. league.
10) You liked the Jets even before last season.
9) You know where to get a freshly cooked Taylor Ham, Egg, and Cheese sandwich at 2 a.m.
8) You don't take no crap from no one.
7) You remember Action Park and may have been seriously injured there.
6) At some time you got on the wrong highway trying to get out of Willowbrook mall.
5) Z-100 used to be your favorite radio station, now it's K-Rock.
4) Anything less than three inches of snow isn't worth much.
3) Someone on the road cut you off and you used at least four swear words to tell them what you thought.
2) You think people from South Jersey talk funny.
1) You know someone who lives in a neighborhood with contaminated water, because of toxic chemicals.
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I love stuff like this.. we had one some time ago, but I'm glad it's back!
seaside was JR prom... wildwood is SR. duh! everyone knows that :-D
For mine, Seaside was Senior Prom... I have to back Forrestina on this one...
oh, that would have been prolly for south edison... north edison was that way.
I broke tradition and went to Boston anyway--but in Parsippany it was always Seaside
yeah i think you're right-my school did the same thing
The one about Z-100 then K-Rock being the fav radio stations is so true. Remember when Z-100 was cool?
Heh... when it started in '83 it was sooooo awesome. It used to be WVNJ ("Beautiful music... W V N Joy!").. the original Zoo was the hot diggety dog!
Here's another fun fact: I was born in '83. Hehe. Chew on that. ;)
lol ditto on that one girl
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..... I know... I KNOW!!!! I graduated in June of '83
my friends and i listened to z100 all the time. we were constantly trying to be caller 100...i would get in the 90s it was so frustrating. we also dedicated songs to each other like "How do you talk to an angel." recently ive had some z100 days because i only have a radio in my car-no tape deck, no cd player.
z100's been around forever! I was talkin to my mom the other night and she said she was caller 100 "back in the day" and got a hundered bucks
I remember trying to be cool in 6th grade (having a HS sister made me cool before my time) and trying to get people to listen to K-rock but they thought I was dumb for not listening to Z100 and wearing Roxy clothing 4 years too early.
haha, they're all soo true. I love it!
whatever happened to Action Park?
lol all i know is WAYYY too many people got really seriously injured there
yeah, but that's what i loved about it. they had these cement chutes that ran down the mountain...and you rode these little scooters. if you went too fast, you fly off the path. it was EXCELLANT!
They have that at Cammel Back's little water park. I did it last summer
JULIE! Look..we talked about this today..didn't we? or maybe we didn't..but I love NJ! Snow and the Ocean..and the city! Perfect
A couple of more:
You, or someone you know, went to school with either Springsteen, Sinatra, Piscopo, Bon Jovi or one of the Four Seasons
You can tell what part of the state someone is from by listening to them talk (or tawk)
The Stone Pony is a mecca for NJ bands
"Aha ha ha... Raceway Park!"
You know that "Al Q is your club and concert calendar"
You know that before Great Adventure, there was Palisades Park (the amusement park, not the town)
You know that the Texas Weiner was NOT invented in Texas, but in New Jersey
yawn
i dont know if ive said this before on here, but my aunt dated bruce springstine and my brother (joe) had friends that were friends with bon jovi, and hung out with him once or twice.
wow your practcally related!!
My point is proved!
my wife worked for the dentist for bon jovi. she's actually worked on his pearly whites!
haha. I can't believe how much of this stuff is true. And my grandmother's first cousin was married to Sinatra.
so i was at the diner last night and guess who was there...Ashton Kurcher and his girlfriend Brittany Murphy! our waitress was all giddy and nearly had a nervous breakdown.
I looked at the imdb entries and still have no idea who these people are...
never seen That 70's Show? or Dude Where's My Car? or Clueless? or commercials for 8 mile?
ok britney murphy looked much better in that picture on imdb than she did in clueless...."Stop sign? i TOTALLY paused!"
Uh... no... not much time for prime time TV or mindless movies anymore... sorry!
weren't you all into bond and all?
thanks ff
Yeah, but I think there is a major difference between that an Dude, Where's My Car...
Dude Where's My Car..quality movie
i don't know if 'quality' is the right word...but it was definitely sphincteriscious
That's the coolest thing ever. Ashton Kurcher!!! I love him! And then? And then you put it in a paper bag and place it in my hand cause im ready to eat!
Annddd thennnnn????
Look! I'm sick of your chinese food mind games
that's hilarious...i've got to buy that movie.
*>gasp*< i love brittany murphy so much. at the mtv awards she had me crackin up with anthony keidis from red hot chili peppers. although i don't find the attraction of ashton kurcher. funny cute but not cute.
I dunno about the buttered roll thing, but, cream cheese!!!!!! wohooooooooooooooooooooo
ok i did a count...i live within 45 minutes of 9 malls. Count em. Garden State, Paramus Park, Bergen Mall, Fashion Center, Rockaway, Willowbrook, Nanuet, and Palisades. I can ALMOST make it to Jersey Gardens and Woodbridge Center in 45, but it's closer to 50. Dang.
wow. everyone lives in nj. :) all i got is Al Bundy grew up in a town right next to me. whooopy doo.
did you really see ashton and brittany? at what diner ????? i love al bundy. i love number 30, i two it at least twice a day. and maybe 4 times on sunday. and ... jack black was filming a new movie out in front of my buddies house. last week. chew on them tablets.
yep...rt 27 edison, across from pines manor
this reminds me. brad pitt and jenifer aniston used to have a house up in lake mohawk (which is 17 minutes away) and deanna would always tell me that when she got up to go jogging, sometimes she would see mr. pitt.
he is very good looking
ahhaha especially when he eats.
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he was eating the WHOLE time in ocean's 11. I'm suprised he's not a lot fatter.
that's what i was thinking also since they have to do each scene so many times to get it right. all those takes with food, and food, and food, and food.
they can and usually do spit the food out after they seem to eat it. I remember on Fresh Prince once, Hillary was doing a coffee commercial. She didn't know you were supposed to spit it out and she drank like a million cups.
wasn't that part of the story-line though and she was supposed to drink all of that stuff.
Well yeah that was part of the funniness of that episode but they pointed out how you're not supposed to do that
Yeah, it must have been great for concession stands in theaters all around the fruited plain... lots of munchies being moved...
on my way into work today i came up with another one....you drive 50 mph in bumper to bumper traffic
hahahaha thats so true, seriously i know this is going "against my kind" or whatever.... but i have to admit it... NJ drivers are the worst... unpredictable, and just crazy drivers in the US!!
i totally agree with you though...today this guy in a big truck cut across 3 lanes of traffic without even looking while on his cell phone AND eating
hahaha. that's awesome!!
yeah and who hasn't seen someone do that....i've seen guys shaving while driving even one brushing his teeth---maybe i'm uninformed but i didn't think there were spittoons in any make or model of any car
oh i beg to differ. there is our lovely window. (jk i know its wrong.)
just hope that the wind is going in the right direction
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