Your know your from Chicago when?

Answer 1

You cant look anywhere without seeing the White Sox world series rings

Answer 2

you know that exact change lanes take pennies
you know the proper way to pronounce Loyola and Toyota [ could someone better than I in phonetic translations add this to their list with the proper translation? ]
you know what a chicago guy is
you know how many hundreds to a mile
you know the words to Lake Shore Drive
you know who the Lincoln Park Pirates are
you know the best place to park at wrigley is in a homeowners garage
you know why the garages are in the back of the houses
you know what the stars on the city flag stand for
you know what an Italian Beef is

Answer 3

You truly know the meaning of the windy city,
You hear people say Illinoi, and forget to add the damn "S"
No one can say Missouri properly.
People think they lives in the state capitol, (it really is Springfield people, sheesh!)
You hear people say I am going to Chicago - when really they are going anywhere in the state! OMG so annoying - it is like Chicago is the only city that exists.

Answer 4

YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM



IF...


You know what the phone number for Empire Carpet is!

Your living room is called the "front room." (pronounced fronchroom)

You don't pronounce the "s" at the end of Illinois,
and you become irate at people who do.

You measure distance in minutes (especially "from the city"), and
everything is pretty much 15 minutes away.

You have no problem spelling or pronouncing "DesPlaines."



Your school classes were canceled because of the cold weather.
Your school classes were canceled because of the hot weather.

You've switched from heat to air conditioning in the same day.

Your grocery stores don't have sacks; they have bags.

You end your sentences with prepositions: "Where's my coat at?" or "If
you go to the mall, I wanna go with," or "Come by and pick me up."

Your idea of a great sandwich is when the meat is twice as big as the
bun, it has everything on it, and a slice of dill pickle is on the side.

You always carry jumper cables in your car.

You drink "pop," not soda or even worse "coke."



You understand that I-290, I-90, I-94, and I-294 are all different
highways.

You know the names of the interstates: Stevenson, Kennedy, Eisenhower,
Dan Ryan, and the Edens, but you call them all "expressways."

You refer to anything south of I-80 as "Southern Illinois."

You refer to Lake Michigan as "The Lake."

You refer to Chicago as "The City."



The "Super Bowl" refers to one specific game in a series of 35 played
in January of 1986.

No matter where you are, when you hear the term "Downtown," you
immediately assume they're talking about downtown Chicago.

You have two favorite football teams: The Bears,
and anyone who beats the Packers!



You read "The Trib."

You drive to the North suburbs by taking "The Outer Drive" even though
no such road exists.

You think 35 degrees is great weather to wash your car!

You know what goes on a Chicago Style Hot Dog.



You know what Chicago Style Pizza REALLY is.

You know why they call Chicago "The Windy City."

You understand what "lake-effect" means.

You know the difference between Amtrak and Metra, and know which
station they end up at. (Do note the preposition.)

You ride the "L."



You can distinguish among the following area codes:

847, 630, 773, 708, 312, & 815.

You respond to the question "Where are you from with a "side."
Example:"WEST SIDE," "SOUTH SIDE," or "NORTH SIDE."

You wear gym shoes, not sneakers.

And, the CHICAGO CLASSIC: You have at some time in your life, used your
furniture to guard your parking spot in winter.

1. YOU USE TO OWN A TWEETY BIRD TOWEL JACKET

2. IF YOU HAVE EVER SAID "JOE" MORE THAN ONE TIME IN A CONVERSATION

3. IF YOU GO THE THE LOCAL RESTAURANT AND ORDER 6 WINGS WITH EXTRA "MILD" SAUCE ON THE FRIES AND A POP(HAROLD'S CHICKEN #456, J&J FISH, UNCLE REMUS)

4. IF IN GRAMMAR SCHOOL, THE SPOTS WERE "CLUB IN THE MIX"WESTSIDE) AND "THE ROUTE or THE RINK"SOUTHSIDE)

5. IF YOU OR SOMEONE THAT YOU KNOW HAS EVER SAID "ON LARRY HOOVER" OR "ON KING NEIL"

6. LADIES IF YOU EVER HAD A FEATHERED OVERLAY

7. FELLAS IF YOU SEE SOMEONE AND WANNA HOLLA YOU SHOUT "YAA YAA"

8. IF YOU WORE A GARTER TO PROM!

9 IF D.J. Chip is your DJ at Southside parties

10. IF You know what the word "juke" mean

11. IF You know that chicago only has 2 seasons, winter and summer

12. IF When you don't have nothing to do on a saturday night in the summer time u go down to the Lake front

13. IF You don't get hyped when u see Twista cuz he always around

14. IF You use to love that song by 3piece

15. You know at least 1 person R.kelly done tried to holla at. or u know a friend of a friend who r.kelly tried to get with

16. Foot-workin' (NUFF SAID)

17. When the Bulls use to run it, and we'd win a championship.
You'd ride all ova (stoney island or down town) blowin ya horn yellin' "Go Bulls".

18. When everybody meet you that's not from the Chi, they say you sound "country."

19. You go to the car club picnics

20. You say Caa and not Car

21. You know somebody that DJ Chip used to mess with!!! (Kiesha)

22. You used to go to the Dolton Expo!

23. You ever belonged to a "party crew" i.e. Crucial Clique, 3993, Precious, Dirty Clique, Gambinos, Disco Ballerz

24.You only go to a particular Harold's cause thats your spot (87th Dan Ryan)

25. On the weekends you go to "a show"

26. You wear "gy

10 points? =)

Answer 5

...someone asks you where the bus stop is and you answer, "Over by dere"

...you call your local supermarket "The Jewels" instead of just "Jewel"

...you put lawn chairs out in front of your house in the winter time because you shoveled that space in front and NOBODY is going to take it!

...you have at least two misshapen fingers because you've played softball the way it was intended - 16 inch ball and NO GLOVES!

...you get excited because you just saw the Empire Carpet guy walking down the street

...you vow never to step foot inside the new Macy's store because they didn't have to change the name from Marshall Field's

...you know who The Walking Guy is

...you're the only one who thinks Ozzie Guillen doesn't have a funny accent.

...you see three 151 buses in a row and don't think it's unusual.

...you yell at your out-of-town cousins for putting ketchup on their hot dogs.

...someone says "Da Coach" and you know immediately who they're talking about.

...you consider a mile to be eight blocks.

Answer 6

You know where the Tri State is and goes

15 Below is chilly

If you don't like the weather you just wait a minute

You know what a grachkey is.

You know where da sout side is

You know what da Trib is

Comiskey Park & Wrigley Field are familiar

You know when da Bears & da Packers play

Answer 7

You Know You're From Chicago When...
You say "Wanna go with?" when you mean "Do you want to come with me?"

You know what Kennedy, Dan Ryan, Eisenhower, Edens, and Bishop Ford, have in common and curse one of them daily.

You know what "the Hillside strangler is."

You can name three or four extra taxes nobody else pays.

You know the difference between Richard J Daley and Richard M Daley.

You can use two or three Daleyisms in context.

You can imitate the Mayor's whine.

You say Chicawgo and not Chicaago.

You think going to a Bears game in single digit temperatures with a wind off the lake (and freezing rain) is fun.

Da is a proper definite article.

You expect corruption in local politics.

You go to the Dells in the summer to get away from the other 20 thousand that followed you.

You've been caught speeding in Wisconsin because you had Illinois plates.

You guard your shoveled parking space with an old chair and unusable broom.

You know why they call it "the Windy City."

You know dead people who voted.

You understand the Democratic machine and don't fight against it.

You've never ever considered the idea of hiring non-union laborers.

You've never been to Springfield.

You know a good gyros joint.

You know what Giordanos, Lou Malnati's, and Gino's have in common.

You know when the last time the Cubs won a pennant.

You know exactly how many cars are "legally" allowed to turn left after the light turns red.

You don't know which ethnic "fest" to choose on any given Summer weekend.

Your idea of relaxing and getting away from it all is Ravinia (with 10,000 others who have the same idea).

You can recite many of "The Blues Brothers" lines and know where they filmed certain scenes.

You consider paying someone to watch your car at a sporting event as just another "city tax."

The "Living Room" is called the "front room"

You don't pronounce the "s" at the end of Illinois. You become irate at people who do

You measure distance in minutes (especially "from the city"). And you swear everything is pretty much 15 minutes away

You refer to anything South of I-80 as "Southern Illinois"

You refer to Lake Michigan as "The Lake"

You refer to Chicago as "The City"

"The Super Bowl" refers to one specific game in a series of 35 played in January of 1986

You have two favorite football teams: The Bears, and anyone who beats the Packers!

You buy "The Trib"

You think 35 degrees is great weather to wash your car!

You know what goes on a Chicago Style Hot Dog

You know what Chicago Style Pizza REALLY is

You understand what "lake-effect" means

You know the difference between Amtrak and Metra, and know which station they end up at. You have ridden the "L"

You can distinguish between the following area codes: 847,630,773,708, 312, & 815

You respond to the question "Where are you from" with a side" example:"WEST SIDE", "SOUTH SIDE" or "NORTHSIDE."

You know what the phone number is to Empire Carpet!

You wear gym shoes, not sneakers.

Your favorite melody to hum is "Bang,Bang,Bang-Skeet,Skeet,Skeet!!!!"

You faithfully attended Lil Louis parties at The Bismarck.

You GOT to have spaghetti at your barbecue.

You are STILL a Bulls fan........

You think kicking it outside of White Castles parking lot, (79th and Stony Island) is the "Freak Nik"

You go to Harold`s and order 4 pc wing, mild sauce, salt and pepper.

You have a picture of Harold Washington in your kitchen, living room, family room or basement.

You have ever waited in line at Home of the Hoagy on 111th for 30-45 minutes for a steak samich wit cheese

You have ever been to the Tiki Room lounge in Hyde Park

You have Y made a special trip downtown because you had a craving for Garrett's caramel and cheese popcorn.

What!!! We don`t get a Fifty? Oh yeah....

You drink at bars called "Bud on Tap" or "Milwaukee's Best" -- no names, just beer signs out front.

It's January and you see someone's kitchen chair in the street, and you know that if you're a responsible citizen and bring it back to the sidewalk you will be shot on sight

You live two miles from work and it takes you two hours to drive there

You don't flinch when you pay the fifth toll of your 45-minute car ride on the highway

When you read a big story in the paper about mob ties in the city government, your first reaction is "So, tell me something I don't know."

You know Lincoln Towing is Satan incarnate.

You've paid $105 for towing, $30 for more than one "street cleaning" ticket, $58 for a city vehicle sticker, and $70 for a license plate sticker -- and chalk it all up to "neighborhood taxes."

You pluralize grocery stores and retail chains: "I'm going to Jewels"; "I bought it at Targets"; "I couldn't find parking at Wal-Marts"

You've taken the Red Line past the point where all white people get off and all black people get on -- or vice versa.

You've cursed at a cyclist, pedestrian, or in-line skater on the lakefront path.

You know the significance of State and Madison.

You wonder if the fries will taste the same at Sammy Sosa's Restaurant.

You don't miss Planet Hollywood.

You're not ashamed of wearing a big fur Russian hat, or a headsock with one hole in it, in public from November through March.

You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Chicago.

Answer 8

When I saw the word MOM. I live in Florida now, but still the northern in me comes out in certain words. Also when you say POP rather than here people say soda. I still feel like it's my true home, but now I love the weather in Florida and wouldn't change it for the world. EAT YOUR HEARTS OUT!

Answer 9

you know your in chicago when someone asks you if you "wana come with" omg irratating...

Answer 10

Your hair looks like you were in a hurricane.