Here'sLOCKEing at you,Kid
09-20-2008, 09:32 PM
It's a safe bet you're from Illinois if---
--Your child can spell corn before he can spell his name.
--Let's hear it for "The Prairie State"!! ..yawwwwnnnn....
--You know everything about Abe Lincoln by 3rd grade.
--You pretend Illinois wines are just as good as Michigan,but in your heart, you know it's just not so.
--If you pronounce Joliet "Jolly-ette", you could be fined $5.00.
--1 in 5 people can pronounce our govenor's name - Bladgojevich.
--Every year the Chicago River is dyed green on St. Patricks Day
--We have more Michael's and Emily's in IL than any other state.
--We have the world's largest cookie factory in Aurora - Nabisco!
--Lender's Bagels come from Mattoon
--Milnot evaporated milk comes from Litchfield
--The Chicago Public Library is the world's largest public library (over 2 million books)
--Illinois state song is amazingly entitled "Illinois"
--A traffic jam is probably 10 cars waiting to pass a tractor
--You know 20 people who have hit a deer this year
--You know what's knee-high by the 4th of July
--Detassling was your first job
--You have no problem spelling or pronouncing Des Plaines
--How 'bout them Bears?!!
--Snow! Snow! Snow!
--Tornados! Tornados! Tornados!
--MOOOOO!!!!
--You consider anything south of Champaign a different culture/language
--You will never pronounce Illinois ELLinois nor will you EVER say the S at the end.
--You'll never turn a cubbie into a sox nor a sox into a cubbie
--Classic rock station 105.9 FM boasts "Of allthe radio stations in Chicago.....we're one of them."
--In Pulaski, it is illegal for boys to hurl snowballs at girls.
--In Champaign, one may not pee in his neighbor's mouth.
--In Chicago, it is forbidden to eat in a place that is on fire.
--It is also forbidden to eat fish while sitting on a giraffe's neck. (Don't ask me how I know this.)
--You pride yourself on knowing every inch of PRISON BREAK's Fox River area by heart, sight and street
--We have no idea what a freeway is. Just bring lots of loose change for the tolls.
--Chicago! Chicago! That toddling town!!
--We just call Michigan Avenue The Magnificent Mile
--If you can survive Chicago traffic, you should have no problem on an autoban
--Skyscrapers! Skyscrapers! Skyscrapers!
--You look for a "Desmond is my Constant" T-shirt on every Chicago street corner
--Illinois has more units of gov't than any other state (ie city, county, township, etc) which probably explains why our taxes are so high
--Dixon is the boyhood home of our Pres Ronald Reagan
--Galena is the home of Pres Ulysses S. Grant
--Metropolis really IS in southern Illinois
--Aurora, Il - home of Wayne's World
--Everyone knows the word "back" has 2 syllables and is pronounced
"bee-ack"
--Rosanne show was from Lanford, IL
--Dick Van Dyke came from Danville, IL
--Father Knows Best was in Springfield, IL
--Still Standing is in Lockport or Bolingbrook, IL and Judy is the only one who actually sounds like she has lived there all her life.
--Chicago- Home of Second City on North Wells!
--Hell, they're ALL party colleges!
--Never call our roads, highways and interstates "THE" something - we will laugh in your face
--Your new car will need suspension, alignment, shocks and struts within the first year
--and be sure to gas up at $4.59/gallon because IL has the third highest number of interstate highway miles in the US!!
--Your child can spell corn before he can spell his name.
--Let's hear it for "The Prairie State"!! ..yawwwwnnnn....
--You know everything about Abe Lincoln by 3rd grade.
--You pretend Illinois wines are just as good as Michigan,but in your heart, you know it's just not so.
--If you pronounce Joliet "Jolly-ette", you could be fined $5.00.
--1 in 5 people can pronounce our govenor's name - Bladgojevich.
--Every year the Chicago River is dyed green on St. Patricks Day
--We have more Michael's and Emily's in IL than any other state.
--We have the world's largest cookie factory in Aurora - Nabisco!
--Lender's Bagels come from Mattoon
--Milnot evaporated milk comes from Litchfield
--The Chicago Public Library is the world's largest public library (over 2 million books)
--Illinois state song is amazingly entitled "Illinois"
--A traffic jam is probably 10 cars waiting to pass a tractor
--You know 20 people who have hit a deer this year
--You know what's knee-high by the 4th of July
--Detassling was your first job
--You have no problem spelling or pronouncing Des Plaines
--How 'bout them Bears?!!
--Snow! Snow! Snow!
--Tornados! Tornados! Tornados!
--MOOOOO!!!!
--You consider anything south of Champaign a different culture/language
--You will never pronounce Illinois ELLinois nor will you EVER say the S at the end.
--You'll never turn a cubbie into a sox nor a sox into a cubbie
--Classic rock station 105.9 FM boasts "Of allthe radio stations in Chicago.....we're one of them."
--In Pulaski, it is illegal for boys to hurl snowballs at girls.
--In Champaign, one may not pee in his neighbor's mouth.
--In Chicago, it is forbidden to eat in a place that is on fire.
--It is also forbidden to eat fish while sitting on a giraffe's neck. (Don't ask me how I know this.)
--You pride yourself on knowing every inch of PRISON BREAK's Fox River area by heart, sight and street
--We have no idea what a freeway is. Just bring lots of loose change for the tolls.
--Chicago! Chicago! That toddling town!!
--We just call Michigan Avenue The Magnificent Mile
--If you can survive Chicago traffic, you should have no problem on an autoban
--Skyscrapers! Skyscrapers! Skyscrapers!
--You look for a "Desmond is my Constant" T-shirt on every Chicago street corner
--Illinois has more units of gov't than any other state (ie city, county, township, etc) which probably explains why our taxes are so high
--Dixon is the boyhood home of our Pres Ronald Reagan
--Galena is the home of Pres Ulysses S. Grant
--Metropolis really IS in southern Illinois
--Aurora, Il - home of Wayne's World
--Everyone knows the word "back" has 2 syllables and is pronounced
"bee-ack"
--Rosanne show was from Lanford, IL
--Dick Van Dyke came from Danville, IL
--Father Knows Best was in Springfield, IL
--Still Standing is in Lockport or Bolingbrook, IL and Judy is the only one who actually sounds like she has lived there all her life.
--Chicago- Home of Second City on North Wells!
--Hell, they're ALL party colleges!
--Never call our roads, highways and interstates "THE" something - we will laugh in your face
--Your new car will need suspension, alignment, shocks and struts within the first year
--and be sure to gas up at $4.59/gallon because IL has the third highest number of interstate highway miles in the US!!