You know you're from Chicago when...
I did NOT make this up, cuz some of the stuff i don't may apply to black folks from Chicago.....i actually got this from www.classmates.com from a forum that was under the high school i graduated from like a couple years ago...i have it onYou’re from Chicago when...........
- You don’t pronounce the "S" at the end of Illinois and you become irate at people who do.
- You measure distance in minutes.
- You have no problem spelling or pronouncing "Des Plaines".
- Your school classes were canceled because of cold.
- Your school classes were canceled because of heat.
- You’ve ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
- Stores don’t have sacks, they have bags.
- You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. (Example: "Where’s my coat at?" or "If you go to the mall I wanna go with.").
- You can locate Illinois on the United States map.
- Your idea of a great tenderloin is when the meat is twice as big as the bun and accompanied only by ketchup and a dill pickle slice.
- When asked how your trip was to any foreign, exotic place, you say "It was different." (This is how i am about anything thats not Chicago, lol).
- You carry jumper cables in your car.
-You drink "Pop".
- You realize that I-290, I-90, I-94, and I-294 are all different roads.
- You refer to any interstate highway as "the tollway".
- You know the names of the interstates: Stevenson, Kennedy, Eisenhower.
- You refer to anything South of I-80 as "Downstate" (Shoot, anything south of Chicago to me is country).
- You refer to Lake Michigan as "The Lake".
- You refer to Chicago as "The City".
- No matter where you are, when you hear the term "Downtown" you immediately assume they’re talking about Downtown Chicago.
- You have two favorite football teams: The Bears, and anyone who beats the Packers.
- You buy "The Trib".
- You know what goes on a Chicago Style Hot Dog.
- You know what Chicago Style Pizza REALLY is.
- You know why they call Chicago "The Windy City" (Damn that wind-chill factor! When that "hawk' come up on you, that ain't no joke).
- You understand what "lake-effect" means.
- You know the difference between Amtrak and Metra, and know whichstation they end up at.
- You have ridden the "L" (The "El", the elevated train/subway system in the Chi, the CTA. The CTA, Metra, PACE bus, and Amtrak is NOT the same. CTA is in Chicago Transit Authority, public transportation, the buses and el's that go through Chicago. The Metra goes from Chicago all the way out to the far suburbs. The PACE bus runs in the Burbs and sometimes go to the edge of the city. Amtrak, you know goes all around the country, but one Amtrak stop is Chicago, downtown, Union Station, youi know where Larenz Tate was running in after Nia Long in "Love Jones".).
- You can distinguish between the following area codes: 847, 630, 773,708, 312, & 815 and know what parts of the city and suburbs they’re for.
- You know what the phone number is to Empire Carpet.
(My own that I've added)
-You hate that dumb ass "Eagle Man" commercial.
-You know the lyrics to the Moo and Oink commercial (Black folks know this one).
3 Comments:
ROFL @ Gabrielle. Eagle Man and Peter Francis Geraci are the worst, lol!
You were right on point with this post. You broke down the transit system w/ pace, CTA and Metra, lol!
Cute post...I've seen these for both the cities I've lived in. They were fairly accurate.
I LOVE Chicago. I love going with first-timers because they have TERRIBLE trouble getting around on the El and I think it's hilarious.
No one in St Louis would dare say IllinoiS, lest they get talked about.
Everybody knows Erie is the only "The Lake"!! *wink*
LOL
But they left out the old lady in the Howard Pontiac commercial ("on GRAAAND Avenue!") and the Funtown song.
I grew up in Chi, home for me.
Found ur blog thru BBO. My friend Roz is the admin.
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