Do you Louisianians agree that you know that you're a Louisianian when...?

Question

-Your sunglasses fog up when you step outside.

-You reinforce your attic to store Mardi Gras beads

-You save newspapers, not for recycling but for
tablecloths at crawfish boils.

-When you give directions you use "lakeside and
riverside" not north &south.

-Your ancestors are buried above the ground.

-You get on a green trolley car to go to the park and a
red one to the French Quarter.

-You take a bite of five-alarm chili and reach for the
Tabasco.

-Every once in a while, you have waterfront property.

-You sit down to eat boiled crawfish and your host says,"Don't eat the dead ones," and you know what he means.

-You don't learn until high school that Mardi Gras is
not a national holiday.

-You push little old ladies out of the way to catch
Mardi Gras beads.

-Little old ladies push YOU out of the way to catch
Mardi Gras beads.

-You leave a parade with footprints on your hands.

-You believe that purple, green, and gold look good
together.

-Your last name isn't pronounced the way it's spelled.

-You know what a nutria is but you still pick it to
represent your baseball team.

-No matter where else you go in the world, you are
always disappointed in the food.

-Your town is low on the education chart, high on the
obesity chart and you don't care because you're No. 1 on the
party
chart.

-Your house payment is less than your utility bill.

-You know that Tchoupitoulas is a street and not a
disease.

-Your grandparents are called "Maw-Maw" and "Paw-Paw."

-Your Santa Claus rides an alligator and your favorite
Saint is a football player.

-You cringe every time you hear an actor with a Southern
or Cajun accent in a "New Orleans-based" movie or TV show.

-You have to reset your clocks after every thunderstorm.

-You're walking in the French Quarter with a plastic cup
of beer.

-When it starts to rain, you cover your beer instead of
your head.

-You eat dinner out and spend the entire meal talking
about all the other good places you've eaten.

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

Answer 1

yup all 100% true.. except for :

-Your town is low on the education chart, high on the obesity chart and you don't care because you're No. 1 on the party chart.

.. i dont care cuz we got the best food around..
and ..
-Your house payment is less than your utility bill

Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler

Answer 2

I'm from north carolina and i still get the ne iners about new orleans but ours go something like this: you know your in carolina when you go cloging on friday night and wear your new shoes, when you refer to shine and your not talking about the weather

Answer 3

yep