You Know You're From Maine If...

[rolanni]

Borrowed from a buncha folks, seen most recently at malkingrey's place.

Type "You know you're from [Your State's Name Here] if" into Google. Find a list you like. Boldface the items that apply to you.

(Rolanni's variation: I'm not from Maine, so no points are boldfaced, though all apply.)

You know you're from Maine if:

1. When it snows four inches you call it "a dusting."

2. You know what an Irving is and the location of 15 of them.

3. Your car is covered in yellow-green dust in May.

4. You can drive the Augusta traffic circle without slowing down. better not slow down!

5. You know how to pronounce Calais.

6. Your idea of a traffic jam is being the second car at the stoplight.

7. You have a front door but no porch to get to it.

8. You use "wicked" as a multipurpose part of speech.

9. You know a lobster pot is a trap, not a kettle.

10. You feel really really good when you cross the Piscatiqua River bridge into Kittery.

Comments

So what is an Irving?

[ellayn.livejournal.com]

There's an Irving, Texas not too far from me. The only other one I know of is "the 142nd fastest gun in the west" from the Dr. Demento song. But both of those are "Irving" and not "an Irving."

Re: So what is an Irving?

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

An Irving is an Irving Oil Company gas station/convenience store/(sometimes) restaurant. Canadian-based company; they're thick on the ground in Maine.