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Re: 30 reasons you know you are from Virginia

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From: Wanderer
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.

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