Shamelessly stolen from Julia’s blog. (www.pundicity.blogspot.com How such an intelligent woman can be a Republican, I will never understand.)
You know you’re from the Southern Tier if:
- if you know what the southern tier is
- you sometimes forget they put a four-way stop in front of the bank and try to whiz through the intersection
- your hometown has no stoplights
- your town used to be inhabited by indians, but they were killed by General Sullivan
- you know who General Sullivan is
- you know that Tommy Hilfiger, Mark Twain, Eileen Collins, Hal Roach all lived here
- you know that the only famous people from your town got famous by leaving
- you remember the scare when wal-mart was coming and how the mall management thought they were going extinct
- you know that the elmira-corning regional airport is really in big flats, and it only has about three flights a day
- Arnot is pronouced are/nit, Chemung is Sha/mung and Steuben is stew/ben
- the best thing to do on a summer’s night is go to the drive-in and see two movies for 6 bucks under the stars
- you know what the joke “praaaaatsburg” really means, and you never really want to explain it
- you can find hornell, wellsburg, or catlin
- you not only live 1/2 mile from the fruit and vegetable stand you have worked it to earn extra money in summer
- everyone goes “to the lake” on weekends
- the city is NYC, and you have to tell everyone you are from upstate
- your shopping mall is one story
- you understand the magic of Wegman’s
- the term mom and pop store or gas station referred to your mom and pop
- you think you are better than pennsylvanian’s
- you have almost no discernable accent accept for the word milk (melk)
- thursday night is retro night at tag’s, but you’ll probably run into your boss and his wife there
- you pick strawberries and blueberries in the summer
- you know the old men who drink coffee at 3 pm every weekday and use them to tell time
- you know more about glass, gliders, western art and wine that should be humanly possible
Sara 