You Know You’re From The Island When...
I just this found this saved on my computer and it definitely made me laugh. I certainly do relate to at least 85-90% of it. lol. Just thought I'd share!! (I can't remember where I originally downloaded this document from tho) ![]()
99 Ways To See If You Are A True Long Islander
You Know You’re From The Island When:
1. Flip-flops are normal, even in January.
2. You know exactly what they mean when they say 'Don't change at Jamaica.'
4. Screw the SAT, you know the exact pronunciation of Islip, Wantagh, Commack, Mattituck, Shinnecock, Quogue, Ronkonkoma, Hauppauge, Mineola, Islandia, Massapequa, and Patchogue.
5. You and your friends are going to the beach, but the word beach never comes up in the conversation. Instead, it sounds something like this...'Well, we could go to Jones, but Robert Moses is closer, the North Shore is too rocky...whatever lets go to the Hamptons.'
6. You have no idea what jimmies are, or why someone would want to put them on their ice cream
7. You have never used 'wicked' as an adjective
8. You know that Americana Manhasset is NOT a type of coffee
9. You know that it's possible to take Jericho all the way to queens...but you would never EVER do it
10. Parallel parking in your drivers ed class was pointless...you only had to do it next to one car
11. You live in the shadow of the greatest city in the world, but you almost never go there.
12. When you're away from Long Island, you love it and when you're home, you don't.
13. You think if you're not from Long Island or NYC, you're not really from New York.
14. You know the exact point at which Queens turns into Nassau simply on intuition.
15. You don't go to Manhattan; you go to 'The City.'
16. You never realize you have an accent till you leave.
17. Everything north of the Bronx is 'upstate.'
18. At some point in your life you've gone clamming.
19. Either your parents or your grandparents lived in the city.
20. You'd pay $11.50 for a movie.
21. You don't live in Long Island. You live ON Long Island.
22. You know the location of 6 malls and a dozen McDonalds and 36 7-11's.
23. You've tried to find the Amityville Horror house.
24. No, you don't want mustard on that burger!!
25. You can't understand why a diner would ever close.
26. You've had a seagull poop on your car.
27. You don't really see the big deal about the Hamptons.
28. You know White Castle is terrible for you and it gives you a stomach ache, but you periodically 'Get the Crave.'
29. You want the Yankees to stay in the Bronx, but would probably go to more games if they moved to Manhattan.
30. You think that somehow, the Jets and Giants still play in New York.
31. You've missed that 'Drunk Train,' the 2:42 out of Penn, and had the dreaded wait until 5:30.
32. You or someone you know has owned an animal that came from North Shore Animal League.
33. You've never taken an MTA bus.
34. The Long Island Expressway isn't really as bad as everybody thinks.
35. You don't associate Fire Island with gay men.
36. You know which parts of the Godfather were filmed on Long Island
37. You miss whiffle ball and running through sprinklers
38. You have or someone you know has fallen asleep on the LIRR and ended up in one of these three places; Babylon, Port Washington or Hicksville.
39. You've been stuck in a traffic jam for more than 2 hours (without moving).
40. Your parents took you to All American, Nathans or Carvel (on the way home from the beach).
41. You don't have to go far to see your family.
42. You know the color of the water at Jones Beach is not BLUE!
43. You were upset when all the Roy Rogers turned into Wendy's and Arby's closed for good.
44. You can spout off all the LIRR stops between Penn Station and Ronkonkoma.
45. Paying $35 for a haircut doesn't sound so crazy.
46. You think the people from Brooklyn are 'da wunz dat tawk wit a accent.'
47. You knew of Massapequa before the Amy Fisher-Joey Buttafuoco nightmare.
48. You think going to Queens is a hike.
49. The first time you heard the term 'Long Island Iced Tea' you were somewhere else and you laughed.
50. When you live somewhere else and are astounded to see that people actually stop at yellow lights.
51. Its rare to get really bad bagels or pizza on long island, almost as rare as it is to get good bagels and pizza anywhere else.
52. You can name at least three bands that came from Long Island.
53. You've partied in the woods at least once in your life.
54. You are never more then 20 minutes away from the water.
55. You have been to at least one concert at Jones beach.
56. When you hear 'the end', you think Montauk. Orient Point never crosses your mind.
57. Doing 90 over the Robert Moses bridge or on Ocean Parkway is perfectly fine.
58. When you say that you are going to 'the outlets', Tanger is implied.
59. You have at least one friend who swears they saw Billy Joel somewhere in Oyster Bay
60. When people ask 'where are you from?' you answer Long-Guy-Land and automatically assume everyone in the world knows that answer means New York.
61. You've seen the commercials, and you've craved their shakes, but you know damn well there are no DQ's or Sonics on Long Island.
62. You'll drive to Shirley to get Roy Rogers
63. You know Castle Golf is probably the shadiest place on the planet, but you go there anyway
64. You don’t understand why you can't listen to BLI in Manhasset...but you can listen to Z100 in the Hamptons
65. Bonfires are a classic summer night activity
66. You find News 12 a credible source of information
67. Fast food places become landmarks when giving directions
68. It's never too cold for a slurpee
69. You've made a contribution the to Gum Tree at splish splash
70. At some point you have had a conversation about the bull in Smithtown
71. You get excited when gas goes anywhere below the price of $2.50/gallon
72. You and everyone else you know has a horror story about either splish splash or adventureland
73. You wonder why anyone would ever see a movie at the commack movie theaters, but find yourself going there because it's cheaper than Lowes
74. You're astounded that finding a 711 isn't that common anywhere outside the island itself
75. You are aware of how expensive living here is, you want to leave but you know that you probably never will
76. You know you can get anywhere by either taking Sunrise Highway or Jericho TnPk
77. You refer to the road that takes you from Main Street in Smithtown to the Smith Haven mall as, the one with all the car dealerships
78. Come to think of it, you've never driven on the Southern State
79. You enjoy seeing the Ducks play more than the Mets or Yankees
80. You find it more convenient and cheaper to just be an Islanders fan
81. You remember when Adventureland had a mini-golf course where the log-flume currently is, and had the Looping Star where the Top Scan is, and admit it...there was a time when you were scared to death by that talking tree infront of the Haunted House
82. You and everyone else you know has their own different rules for 'Shotgun
83. You wish that Ralphs Italian Ice's was open all-year-round
84. You feel that taking a cab somewhere on LI is shifty...but in the city it's perfectly acceptable
85. You remember when the Smithtown Play House was a Movie theater, and you’ve seen a movie there at least once
86. You or someone you know STILL has block parties every darn year
87. One of your friends works at Friendlys
88. Someone threatens your life for being a Red Sox fan
89. You have thought at least once 'I could probably swim to Connecticut...'
90. You've been to a sweet 16 at Pomodorinos
91. Someone from Queens/any other part of NY, asks where you live, you're likely to just give them your exit off the LIE as an acceptable answer and expect them to know what you mean
92, You're baffled as to where the hell exit 54 is going west on the LIE (seriously where is it?)
93. Admit it, going to the beach gets boring after the 2nd or 3rd time of the summer
94. You've had birthday parties at either Adventureland, Sports Plus, any local Bowling alley, SafeTSwim or plaster fun craft
95. You consider driving the speed limit driving too slow
96. You go to the mall more to hang out than to shop
97. You purchase a shirt at the mall that you’re REALLY excited about and within a couple of weeks you’ll see at least three other people with the same one.
98. Somebody says “the big duck” and you know exactly what they mean.
99. You use the word 'the' to describe most locations and roads. For example:
•
The Expressway - Long Island Expressway (I-495)
The Southern State - Southern State Parkway (Applies to Northern State)
The Meadowbrook - Meadowbrook State Parkway
The City - Manhattan Island
The Island - Long Island (excluding Queens & Brooklyn)
The FDR - FDR Drive in Manhattan
The Turnpike - New Jersey Turnpike
The Thruway - New York State Thruway
The End - Montauk, not Orient
The GW - George Washington Bridge
The Tunnel - Queens-Midtown Tunnel
The Hamptons - South, East, & West Hampton
The North Shore - Any towns on the Long Island Sound
The South Shore - Any towns on the Atlantic Ocean or Great South Bay
... of course if you know of OTHERS that were not mentioned, feel free to add 'em
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99 Ways To See If You Are A True Long Islander
You Know You’re From The Island When:
1. Flip-flops are normal, even in January.
2. You know exactly what they mean when they say 'Don't change at Jamaica.'
4. Screw the SAT, you know the exact pronunciation of Islip, Wantagh, Commack, Mattituck, Shinnecock, Quogue, Ronkonkoma, Hauppauge, Mineola, Islandia, Massapequa, and Patchogue.
5. You and your friends are going to the beach, but the word beach never comes up in the conversation. Instead, it sounds something like this...'Well, we could go to Jones, but Robert Moses is closer, the North Shore is too rocky...whatever lets go to the Hamptons.'
6. You have no idea what jimmies are, or why someone would want to put them on their ice cream
7. You have never used 'wicked' as an adjective
8. You know that Americana Manhasset is NOT a type of coffee
9. You know that it's possible to take Jericho all the way to queens...but you would never EVER do it
10. Parallel parking in your drivers ed class was pointless...you only had to do it next to one car
11. You live in the shadow of the greatest city in the world, but you almost never go there.
12. When you're away from Long Island, you love it and when you're home, you don't.
13. You think if you're not from Long Island or NYC, you're not really from New York.
14. You know the exact point at which Queens turns into Nassau simply on intuition.
15. You don't go to Manhattan; you go to 'The City.'
16. You never realize you have an accent till you leave.
17. Everything north of the Bronx is 'upstate.'
18. At some point in your life you've gone clamming.
19. Either your parents or your grandparents lived in the city.
20. You'd pay $11.50 for a movie.
21. You don't live in Long Island. You live ON Long Island.
22. You know the location of 6 malls and a dozen McDonalds and 36 7-11's.
23. You've tried to find the Amityville Horror house.
24. No, you don't want mustard on that burger!!
25. You can't understand why a diner would ever close.
26. You've had a seagull poop on your car.
27. You don't really see the big deal about the Hamptons.
28. You know White Castle is terrible for you and it gives you a stomach ache, but you periodically 'Get the Crave.'
29. You want the Yankees to stay in the Bronx, but would probably go to more games if they moved to Manhattan.
30. You think that somehow, the Jets and Giants still play in New York.
31. You've missed that 'Drunk Train,' the 2:42 out of Penn, and had the dreaded wait until 5:30.
32. You or someone you know has owned an animal that came from North Shore Animal League.
33. You've never taken an MTA bus.
34. The Long Island Expressway isn't really as bad as everybody thinks.
35. You don't associate Fire Island with gay men.
36. You know which parts of the Godfather were filmed on Long Island
37. You miss whiffle ball and running through sprinklers
38. You have or someone you know has fallen asleep on the LIRR and ended up in one of these three places; Babylon, Port Washington or Hicksville.
39. You've been stuck in a traffic jam for more than 2 hours (without moving).
40. Your parents took you to All American, Nathans or Carvel (on the way home from the beach).
41. You don't have to go far to see your family.
42. You know the color of the water at Jones Beach is not BLUE!
43. You were upset when all the Roy Rogers turned into Wendy's and Arby's closed for good.
44. You can spout off all the LIRR stops between Penn Station and Ronkonkoma.
45. Paying $35 for a haircut doesn't sound so crazy.
46. You think the people from Brooklyn are 'da wunz dat tawk wit a accent.'
47. You knew of Massapequa before the Amy Fisher-Joey Buttafuoco nightmare.
48. You think going to Queens is a hike.
49. The first time you heard the term 'Long Island Iced Tea' you were somewhere else and you laughed.
50. When you live somewhere else and are astounded to see that people actually stop at yellow lights.
51. Its rare to get really bad bagels or pizza on long island, almost as rare as it is to get good bagels and pizza anywhere else.
52. You can name at least three bands that came from Long Island.
53. You've partied in the woods at least once in your life.
54. You are never more then 20 minutes away from the water.
55. You have been to at least one concert at Jones beach.
56. When you hear 'the end', you think Montauk. Orient Point never crosses your mind.
57. Doing 90 over the Robert Moses bridge or on Ocean Parkway is perfectly fine.
58. When you say that you are going to 'the outlets', Tanger is implied.
59. You have at least one friend who swears they saw Billy Joel somewhere in Oyster Bay
60. When people ask 'where are you from?' you answer Long-Guy-Land and automatically assume everyone in the world knows that answer means New York.
61. You've seen the commercials, and you've craved their shakes, but you know damn well there are no DQ's or Sonics on Long Island.
62. You'll drive to Shirley to get Roy Rogers
63. You know Castle Golf is probably the shadiest place on the planet, but you go there anyway
64. You don’t understand why you can't listen to BLI in Manhasset...but you can listen to Z100 in the Hamptons
65. Bonfires are a classic summer night activity
66. You find News 12 a credible source of information
67. Fast food places become landmarks when giving directions
68. It's never too cold for a slurpee
69. You've made a contribution the to Gum Tree at splish splash
70. At some point you have had a conversation about the bull in Smithtown
71. You get excited when gas goes anywhere below the price of $2.50/gallon
72. You and everyone else you know has a horror story about either splish splash or adventureland
73. You wonder why anyone would ever see a movie at the commack movie theaters, but find yourself going there because it's cheaper than Lowes
74. You're astounded that finding a 711 isn't that common anywhere outside the island itself
75. You are aware of how expensive living here is, you want to leave but you know that you probably never will
76. You know you can get anywhere by either taking Sunrise Highway or Jericho TnPk
77. You refer to the road that takes you from Main Street in Smithtown to the Smith Haven mall as, the one with all the car dealerships
78. Come to think of it, you've never driven on the Southern State
79. You enjoy seeing the Ducks play more than the Mets or Yankees
80. You find it more convenient and cheaper to just be an Islanders fan
81. You remember when Adventureland had a mini-golf course where the log-flume currently is, and had the Looping Star where the Top Scan is, and admit it...there was a time when you were scared to death by that talking tree infront of the Haunted House
82. You and everyone else you know has their own different rules for 'Shotgun
83. You wish that Ralphs Italian Ice's was open all-year-round
84. You feel that taking a cab somewhere on LI is shifty...but in the city it's perfectly acceptable
85. You remember when the Smithtown Play House was a Movie theater, and you’ve seen a movie there at least once
86. You or someone you know STILL has block parties every darn year
87. One of your friends works at Friendlys
88. Someone threatens your life for being a Red Sox fan
89. You have thought at least once 'I could probably swim to Connecticut...'
90. You've been to a sweet 16 at Pomodorinos
91. Someone from Queens/any other part of NY, asks where you live, you're likely to just give them your exit off the LIE as an acceptable answer and expect them to know what you mean
92, You're baffled as to where the hell exit 54 is going west on the LIE (seriously where is it?)
93. Admit it, going to the beach gets boring after the 2nd or 3rd time of the summer
94. You've had birthday parties at either Adventureland, Sports Plus, any local Bowling alley, SafeTSwim or plaster fun craft
95. You consider driving the speed limit driving too slow
96. You go to the mall more to hang out than to shop
97. You purchase a shirt at the mall that you’re REALLY excited about and within a couple of weeks you’ll see at least three other people with the same one.
98. Somebody says “the big duck” and you know exactly what they mean.
99. You use the word 'the' to describe most locations and roads. For example:
•
The Expressway - Long Island Expressway (I-495)
The Southern State - Southern State Parkway (Applies to Northern State)
The Meadowbrook - Meadowbrook State Parkway
The City - Manhattan Island
The Island - Long Island (excluding Queens & Brooklyn)
The FDR - FDR Drive in Manhattan
The Turnpike - New Jersey Turnpike
The Thruway - New York State Thruway
The End - Montauk, not Orient
The GW - George Washington Bridge
The Tunnel - Queens-Midtown Tunnel
The Hamptons - South, East, & West Hampton
The North Shore - Any towns on the Long Island Sound
The South Shore - Any towns on the Atlantic Ocean or Great South Bay
... of course if you know of OTHERS that were not mentioned, feel free to add 'em
