You Know You're From Long Island When...
1.) You know someone who went to Chaminade High School.
2.) Jones Beach Theater is the best place in the world to see a concert. CASE CLOSED!
3.) Billy Joel said it best; "Either you date a rich girl from the North Shore, or a cool girl from the South Shore."
4.) If you're not from Long Island or NYC, you're not really from New York.
5.) You don't go to Manhattan, you go to "the City"
6.) You know the Belt Parkway sucks!
7.) You never, ever want to "change at Jamaica..."
8.) You never realize you have an accent until you leave.
9.) You curse. A lot.
10.) The goddamn geese are everywhere!
11.) At some point in your life you or someone you know has owned an animal that came from the North Shore Animal League.
12.) On the weekend, your evening consists of seeing a movie, going bowling, or playing pool.
13.) No word ends in an ER, just an AH.
14.) You live in the shadow of the greatest city in the world, but you rarely go there.
15.) When you're away from Long Island, you love it and when you're there, you hate it.
16.) You know that the beach sucks during the day and is the most magical place in the world at night.
17.) You know the exact point at which Queens turns into Nassau simply on intuition.
18.) You're still waiting for a bridge to Connecticut.
19.) You've tried to use your father's monthly ticket to ride the LIRR. It worked.
20.) No matter what you do, you end up at the diner.
21.) Your distant future might involve the state of Florida.
22.) High school sports aren't that important.
23.) You've never been to Times Square on New Year's Eve.
24.) You've tried to find the Amityville Horror house.
25.) No, you don't want mustard on that burger!
26.) You know White Castle is terrible for you and the food sucks. But, you periodically "Get the Crave."
27.) You want the Yankees to stay in the Bronx, but would probably go to more games if they moved to Manhattan.
28.) You can order a pizza pie and a soda and people will understand.
29.) You don't associate Fire Island with gay men.
30.) You watched a game show and wondered, "why are these people so happy that they won a trip to New York?"
31.) When you hear Billy Joel's "Scenes - From an Italian Restaurant" you try to figure out what places on Long Island he's talking about.
32.) You know that parts of the Godfather were filmed on LI.
33.) At some point in your life, you've gone clamming.
34.) You've been to the Tangier Outlets and came home with nothing to show for it.
35.) You have or someone you know has fallen asleep on the LIRR and ended up in one of these three places; Babylon, Ronkonkoma or Hicksville.
36.) You have been to the Boardy Barn.
37.) You've missed that "Drunk Train"; the 2:42 out of Penn and had the dreaded wait until 5:30.
38.) Your parents took you to Nathan's or Carvel.
39.) You hate the radio commercials for the Dublin Pub.
40.) You can correctly pronounce places like Hauppauge, Commack, Islip, Islandia, and Massapequa.
41.) You know the location of 6 malls and a dozen McDonalds and 36 7-11's.
42.) You grew up thinking Chinese food was a basic food group.
43.) Oh, your parents are from Brooklyn? So are mine!
44.) Yes, admit it, you've cruised the Pike.
45.) You can remember making up rules for 'Shotgun' calls in high school.
46.) Your elementary school promoted dodge ball as the top gym activity.
48.) You were upset when all the Roy Rogers turned into Wendy's.
49.) You consider nachos and cheese at the Coliseum to be a suitable dinner date.
And Finally, You Know You're From Long Island When...
50.) You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Long Island.
