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Article #1183Re: 30 reasons you know you are from Virginia
From: Wanderer
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 13:31
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 13:31
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I couldn't make it past 25. Is this supposed to be entertainment or a troll? You are a dumbshit. Virginia's Best wrote: > 30 reasons you know you are from Virginia: > > 1. "Vacation" means spending a day at King's Dominion or Busch Gardens. > > 2. "Going to the River" means any stream with water. > > 3. Down south to you means points farther than South Carolina. > > 4. Your school classes were canceled because of cold. > > 5. Your school classes were canceled because of heat. > > 6. You've ridden the school bus for an hour each way. > > 7. You've had to switch from "heat" to A/C" in the same day. > > 8. You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. > Examples: "Where's my coat at?" > > 9. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave > them both unlocked. > > 10. You think of the major four food groups as beef, pork, beer > and Jell-O salad with marshmallows. > > 11. You have never been served tea without the waitress asking > "sweet or unsweetened?" > > 12. You carry jumper cables in your car. > > 13. Driving may be better in the winter because the potholes > are sometimes filled with snow. > > 14. You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie. > > 15. The local paper covers state, national and international > headlines in one page but sports requires six pages. > > 16. You think the first day of deer season is a national holiday. > > 17. You know which leaves make good toilet paper. > > 18. You find 50 degrees F "a little chilly". > > 19. You know all 4 seasons: Almost summer, summer, still summer, and > highway construction. > > 20. You know if another Virginian is from eastern, central or western > Virginia as soon as he opens his mouth. > > 21. You can spell words such as Mattaponi, Pamunkey and Chincoteaque. > > 22. Your favorite past time is telling West Virginia jokes. > > 23. Anyone who can't trace his or her ancestry back to at least four > generations in Virginia is an outsider. > > 24. You entertain your kids on a trip by having them try to see > which one can spot the most confederate flags on pickup trucks. > > 25. Red Man is the dessert choice of 40% of the men (and 10% of the > women). > > 26. BBQ stands for "bobbycue". > > 27. The left lane of a divided highway is the "through", or > driving lane, and the right lane is for passing. > > 28. "Going to the beach" means anywhere from Virginia Beach to Myrtle > Beach. > > 29. The highlight of your week is a night without soccer, > baseball or football games for the kids and no club, church or PTA > meetings > > 30. You actually get most of these jokes and forward them to all your > Virginia friends. -- To e-mail me, remove the "d"
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