You know you're from Boston when...

[doodlebug 3]

You could own a small town in Iowa for the cost of

your house

-There are 24 Dunkin Donuts shops within 15 minutes of

your house and that is how you give directions

-If you stay on the same road long enough it

eventually has three different names

-53 degrees is "on the warm side"

You cringe every time you hear some actor/actress

imitate the "Boston Accent" on TV

-You call chocolate sprinkles "jimmies"

-A dixie cup ice cream is a "Hoodsie"

-A Water fountain is called a Bubbler. Say it "Bubbla"

--You know how to pronounce towns like Worcester,

Haverhill, Peabody, Scituate, Chatham, and Leominster

-You know what they sell at a "packie"

-You keep an ice scraper in your car all year round

-Paranoia sets in when you can't see a Dunkin Donuts,

ATM or CVS

-You've pulled out of a side street and used your car

to block oncoming traffic so you can make a left

-You've bragged about saving money at The Christmas

Tree Shop

-You know what a "regular coffee" is!

-You can navigate a rotary without a problem

-You use the words "wicked" "pissa" and "good" in the

same sentence

-You know what a frappe is

-Saint Patrick's Day is your second favorite holiday

-You never say "Cape Cod" you say "The Cape"

-You went to Old Sturbridge Village and Plymouth

Plantation at least once, in elementary school, but never to Bunker

Hill

-You know the Mass Pike and 495 create some sort of

strange weather dividing line

You think of Philadelphia as the Midwest.

You think three straight days of 90+ temperatures is a heatwave.

You always 'bang a left' as soon as the light turns green, and oncoming traffic always expects it.

You believe using your turn signal is a sign of weakness.

You think if someone is nice to you, they must want something or are from out of town.

It's not a trash can, it's a barrel.

Brown bread comes in a can. You open both ends, push it out, heat it and eat it with baked beans.

You know not to pahk your cah in Hahvid Yahd. They'll tow it to Meffa (Medford) or Slumaville (Sommerville).

You know better than to wear orange in Southie on St. Patrick's Day.

Pay no attention to the street names. There's no school on School Street, no court on Court Street, no dock on Dock Square, no water on Water Street. Back Bay streets are in alphabetical odda. Arlington, Berkeley, Clarendon, Dartmouth. So are South Boston streets: A, B, C, D.

If the streets are named after trees (Walnut, Chestnut, Cedar), you're on Beacon Hill. If they're named after poets you're in Wellesley.

BASIC RULES FOR DRIVING IN BOSTON

(subject to change at any time):

When on a one way street, stay to the right to allow oncoming traffic to pass.

Never, ever, stop for a pedestrian unless he flings himself under the wheels of your car.

The first parking space you see will be the last parking space you see. Grab it.

Double park in the North End of Boston, unless triple parking is available.

Learn to swerve abruptly. Boston is the home of slalom driving, thanks to the Registry of Motor Vehicles, which puts potholes in key locations to test drivers' reflexes and keep them on their toes.

Never get in the way of a car that needs extensive bodywork.

Always look both ways when running a red light.

Honk your horn the instant the light changes.

Breakdown lanes are not for breaking down, but for speeding, especially during rush hour. Breakdown lanes may also end without warning causing traffic jams as people merge back in.

Never use directional signals when changing lanes. They only warn other drivers to speed up and not let you in.

Making eye contact revokes your right of way.

Never pass on the left when you can pass on the right.

Whenever possible, stop in the middle of a crosswalk to ensure inconveniencing as many pedestrians as possible. And if a pedestrian ahead of you steps in the road, speed up loudly and chase him back up on the curb. Peds have no rights.

Edited November 9, 2007 by doodlebug

[JODO 2]

[Jenn! 918]

-A dixie cup ice cream is a "Hoodsie"

-You know what they sell at a "packie"

-You know what a "regular coffee" is!

I didn't know that these were Boston things!

[doodlebug 3]

-A dixie cup ice cream is a "Hoodsie"

-You know what they sell at a "packie"

-You know what a "regular coffee" is!

I didn't know that these were Boston things!

no kidding i thought this was worldwide! lol

[Kez/JWolf 6]

AH sounds all right to me!!!!!!!!!

Kez

[rouguewave 7]

-A dixie cup ice cream is a "Hoodsie"

-You know what they sell at a "packie"

-You know what a "regular coffee" is!

I didn't know that these were Boston things!

no kidding i thought this was worldwide! lol

Nope. The "Hoodsie" was created by H.P. Hoods & Sons, in Charlestown, MA. I used to ride on one of their delivery truck (back when they made HOME deliveries) and it was wicked pissa.

From: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m330...i_n8585717/pg_6

A Rich and Creamy History of HP Hood

With its roots in America's seminal revolutionary city, it's no surprise that HP Hood LLC has a lengthy and proud history.

If you go back five, 10 or 20 years in the Dairy Foods archives, odds are you will find something about HP Hood in almost any issue. And that's just the recent chapters. The company was founded in 1846 when Harvey R Hood bought a milk route in Charlestown, Mass., beginning Hood's tradition of home delivery of milk. Ten years later he started his own wholesale milk business and by the 1890s HP Hood and Sons was incorporated.

In 1894 Hood started its long record of product innovation by hiring its first food scientist to prepare modified milk for babies. In the same year, the company began to work on adapting pasteurization.

During World War II, Hood hired its first woman route driver. A couple years later it retired its last horse-drawn delivery vehicle and introduced the Hoodsie Cup, a 3-oz cup of ice cream.

Hood claims to have been the first company to introduce several product innovations that have become dairy industry standards, including frozen yogurt, low-fat milk and light ice cream.

In 1983 Hood Ice Cream became the top-brand in New England, 10 years later the company became the nation's leading producer of extended-shelflife dairy products.

In 1995 the Kaneb family purchased the company, and a year later Hood celebrated its sesquicentennial.

The Winchester plant opened in 2000, and in 2001 Hood was Dairy Food's Processor of the Year for the first time after becoming the sole national licensed producer of Lactaid.

In 2004, Hood acquired Kemps and Crowley, and its hometown baseball team, the Boston Red Sox, won the World Series.

http://www.hphood.com/products/prodDetail.aspx?id=312

http://www.boston-online.com/glossary/hoodsie.html

[Jasman0717 9]

I just dropped my friends off at LAX and they are flying to Boston at 10:30pm PST tonight. Edited November 9, 2007 by jasman0717

[hollyw 0]

-You went to Old Sturbridge Village and Plymouth

Plantation at least once, in elementary school, but never to Bunker

Hill

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That's true... why didn't we go to Bunker Hill??

[natty bumppo 297]

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