YOU MIGHT BE A
YANKEE IF...
* You don't know kudzu from kung fu.
* You enjoy living in filth.
* The only kind of grass you've seen is the
kind you smoke.
* You prefer Bruce Springsteen to Bocephus.
* The thought of eating scrapple doesn't
turn your stomach.
* You talk real fast and charm real slow.
* You think smog is a sky color.
* You think all cars are yellow and have a
light on top.
* You think barbecue is a verb, not a noun.
* Your momma spends more time in hockey
locker rooms than your father's bedroom.
* You think okra is a talk show host.
* You can be surrounded by crime and
"didn't see a thing!!"
* You didn't know chickens laid eggs and
cows produced milk.
* You waste large amounts of money on a
date, when all you had to do was ask.
* You think Skoal is a form of punishment.
* You think barbecue is a verb meaning
"to cook outside."
* You think Heinz Ketchup is SPICY!
* You don't have any problems pronouncing
"Worcestershire sauce" correctly.
* For breakfast, you would prefer potatoes
au gratin to grits.
* You don't know what a moon pie is.
* You've never had grain alcohol.
* You've never, ever, eaten okra.
* You eat fried chicken with a knife and
fork.
* You've never seen a live chicken, and the
only cows you've seen are on road trips.
* You have no idea what a polecat is.
* You don't see anything wrong with putting
a sweater on a poodle.
* You don't have bangs.
* You would rather vacation at Martha's
Vineyard than Six Flags.
* More than two generations of your family
have been kicked out of the same prep school in Connecticut.
* You would rather have your son become a
lawyer than grow up to get his own TV fishing show.
* Instead of referring to two or more
people as "y'all," you call them "you guys," even if both of them are
women.
* You don't think Howard Stern has an
accent.
* You have never planned your summer
vacation around a gun-and-knife show.
* You think more money should go to
important scientific research at your university than to pay the salary of the head
football coach.
* You don't have at least one can of WD-40
somewhere around the house.
* The last time you smiled was when you
prevented someone from getting on an on-ramp on the highway.
* You don't have any hats in your closet
that advertise feed stores.
* The farthest south you've ever been is
the perfume counter at Neiman Marcus.
* You call binoculars opera glasses.
* You can't spit out the car window without
pulling over to the side of the road and stopping.
* You would never wear pink or an applique
sweatshirt.
* You don't know what applique is.
* You don't know anyone with at least two
first names (i.e., Joe Bob, Faye Ellen, Billy Ray, Mary Jo, Bubba Dean)
* You don't have doilies, and you certainly
don't know how to make one.
* You've never been to a craft show.
* You get freaked out when people on the
subway talk to you.
* You can't do your laundry without
quarters.
* None of your fur coats are homemade.
 
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