Only in New Orleans
* THE FOUR SEASONS OF YOUR YEAR ARE: CRAWFISH, CRAB, SHRIMP AND KING CAKE
* WHEN SOMEONE ASKS DIRECTIONS, YOU USE UPTOWN, DOWNTOWN, WESTBANK & LAKESIDE (or down da road)
* YOU PROUDLY CLAIM THAT MONKEY HILL IS THE HIGHEST POINT IN THE CITY (and have rolled down it)
* YOU CALL IT A NEUTRAL GROUND INSTEAD OF A MEDIAN
* YOUR BURIAL PLOT IS 6 FEET OVER, RATHER THAN 6 FEET UNDER
* YOU CAN PRONOUNCE TCHOUPITOULAS
* WHEN SOMEONE SAYS "MAGAZINE", YOU THINK STREET NOT PERIODICAL
* YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT A TURN SIGNAL IS OR HOW TO PROPERLY USE IT
* YOU TAKE A "RIGHT HAND TURN" INSTEAD OF A RIGHT TURN
* YOU CALL ALL INTERSECTIONS "RED LIGHTS"
* YOU KNOW TO WAIT A MINUTE BEFORE GOING WHEN THE LIGHT TURNS GREEN
* YOU CAN CROSS 2 LANES OF HEAVY TRAFFIC AND U-TURN THROUGH A NEUTRAL GROUND, WHILE AVOIDING 2 JOGGERS AND A STREETCAR, THEN FIT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC WITHOUT EVEN TOUCHING THE BRAKE
* YOU KNOW THE DEFINITION OF "DRESSED"
* YOU KNOW A PO-BOY IS NOT A GUY WITH NO MONEY
* YOU JUDGE A PO-BOY BY THE NUMBER OF NAPKINS USED
* YOU REFER TO ANY STRAWBERRY SODA AS "RED DRINK"
* YOU "MAKE" GROCERIES
* YOU KNOW THAT A GROCERY CART IS ACTUALLY CALLED A BUGGY
* YOU KNOW WHAT K&B, SCHWEGMANN'S, TASTEE DONUTS AND MCKENZIE'S IS
* YOU LIKE YOUR RICE AND POLITICS DIRTY
* YOU KNOW THAT THOSE BIG ROACHES CAN FLY, AND YOU'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO SLEEP AT NIGHT
* YOU CONSIDER A BLOODY MARY A LIGHT BREAKFAST
* NO MATTER WHERE ELSE YOU GO IN THE WORLD, YOU ARE ALWAYS DISAPPOINTED IN THE FOOD
* YOU CALL TOMATO SAUCE "RED GRAVY"
* YOU CALL YOUR GRANDPARENTS (AND EVERYONE ELSE'S GRANDPARENTS) "MAW-MAW & PAW-PAW"
* WIN OR LOSE.... YOU HAVE AND WILL ALWAYS BE A SAINTS FAN
* YOU DON'T LEARN UNTIL HIGH SCHOOL THAT MARDI GRAS IS NOT A NATIONAL HOLIDAY
* YOU HAVE A PARADE LADDER IN YOUR SHED
* YOU BRING EMPTY GROCERY BAGS TO PARADES
* YOUR FIRST SENTENCE WAS "THROW ME SUMTHIN MISTA"
* YOU REFER TO DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS AS "CATHOLIC" OR "PUBLIC"
* WHEN SOMEONE ASKS WHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT TO, YOU KNOW THEY MEANT HIGH SCHOOL, NOT COLLEGE
* YOU CAN REMOVE THE CAP TO A TABASCO BOTTLE WITH ONE HAND
* YOU PUT TONY'S ON EVERYTHING
* YOU CALL A CONVIENT STORE "TIME SAVER"
* RAIN, SLEET OR HAIL WILL NEVER KEEP YOU FROM JAZZ FEST
* YOU GO TO SLEEP FRIDAY EVENING BEFORE GOING OUT FRIDAY NIGHT
* YOU HAVE SPENT MANY-A-SUNDAY'S AT THE LAKEFRONT
* WHEN YOU MOVED OR WENT OUT OF TOWN, YOU ARE INCREDIBLY RELIEVED TO MEET SOMEONE FROM N'AWLINS AND YOU KISS THEM LIKE YOU'RE FAMILY
* YOU HAVE A MONOGRAMMED GO-CUP
* YOUR ATTIC OR GARAGE IS FILLED WITH MARDI GRAS BEADS (and you just can't throw them away)
* YOU BELIEVE THAT PURPLE, GREEN AND GOLD ACTUALLY LOOK GOOD TOGETHER
* YOU HAVE TO RESET YOUR CLOCKS AFTER EVERY THUNDERSTORM
* YOU CRINGE EVERY TIME YOU HEAR AN ACTOR WITH A SOUTHERN OR CAJUN ACCENT IN ANY NEW ORLEANS-BASED MOVIE OR TV SHOW. THEY TRY TO TALK LIKE US BUT THEY CAN'T!
* YOU WASTE MORE TIME NAVIGATING BACKSTREETS THAN SITTING IN TRAFFIC
* YOU'RE WALKING IN THE QUARTER WITH A PLASTIC CUP OF BEER. IT STARTS TO RAIN AND YOU COVER YOUR BEER INSTEAD OF YOUR HEAD
* YOU SAVE NEWSPAPER. NOT TO RECYCLE BUT FOR A TABLECLOTH AT YOUR NEXT CRAWFISH BOIL
* SOMEONE STOPS AND ASKS YOU FOR DIRECTIONS AND YOU STOP AND HELP THEM WITH A SMILE
* YOU KNOW WHERE YOU GOT YOUR SHOES
* YOU CONSIDER GARBAGE CANS A LEGAL STEP TO PROTECTING YOUR PARKING SPOT ON A PUBLIC STREET
* YOU GO OUT TO DINNER AND SPEND THE ENTIRE MEAL TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER GOOD PLACES YOU HAVE EATEN
* YOU EXHIBIT YOUR "DOUBLOON REFLEX" BY STOMPING RUNAWAY COINS WITH YOUR FOOT
* YOU'RE LEFT BEHIND AT AN OUT-OF-TOWN BAR BECAUSE YOU'RE SEARCHING FOR A GO-CUP
* YOUR BANK DEPOSITS ARE MARKED "F-E-M-A"
* YOUR FIRST QUESTION IN ANY TELEPHONE CALL IS "WHERE Y'AT?"
* YOU REPLY TO ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING ABOUT LIFE HERE AS, "ONLY IN N'AWLINS"
* YOU'RE NOT SCARED IF SOMEONE "AX YOU SOMETHING"
* YOU KNOW NO ONE ACTUALLY SAYS N'AWLINS
* YOU'VE GREETED SOMEONE WITH "HOW'S YOUR MOM AN 'EM?"
* YOU READ THIS AND LAUGH THROUGH THE WHOLE THING SAYING "YEAH U RIGHT!!"
2007-07-11
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