1. The "living room" is
called the "front room".
2. You don't pronounce
the "s" at the end of
Illinois. You become
irate at people who do.
3. You measure distance
in minutes (especially
"from the city"). And
you swear everything is
pretty much 1/2 hour
away.
4. You have no problem
spelling or pronouncing
"Des Plaines."
5. You go to visit
friends or family down
south and laugh when
they complain about the
traffic.
You know this was not the Greyhound
bus station
6. You understand that
no person from Chicago
can be a Cub fan AND a
White Sox fan.
7. It's "Kitty corner"
not "Katty corner".
8. You know the
difference between The
Loop and Downtown
9. You eat your pizza in
squares, not triangles,
and you never refer to
it as "pie"
10. You own celery salt
11. You understand that
the primary is the
official local election.
12. You have drunk green
beer on St. Paddy's Day
13. Stores don't have
sacks, they have bags.
14. You end your
sentences with an
unnecessary preposition.
Example: "Where's my
coat at?" or "Can I go
with?"
15. Your idea of a great
tenderloin is when the
meat is twice as big as
the bun, "everything" is
on it and a slice of
dill pickle is on the
side.
You know "The Bobs" was not plural
for Bob
16. You carry jumper
cables in your car.
17. You drink "pop."
18. You understand that
I-290, I-90, I-94, and
I-294 are all different
roads.
19. You know the names
of the interstates:
Stevenson,
Kennedy,Eisenhower,Dan
Ryan, and the Edens
20. But you call the
interstates
"expressways."
21. You refer to
anything South of I-80
as "Southern or Central
Illinois."
22. You refer to Lake
Michigan as "The Lake."
23. You refer to Chicago
as "The City"
24. "The Super Bowl"
refers to one specific
game in January 1986.
25. You have two
favorite football teams:
The Bears, and anyone
who beats the Packers.
26. You buy "The Trib"
and not the Tribune.
27. You know that
despite being on the
lake, there is no such
place as the Waterfront.
28. You think 45 degrees
is great weather to wash
your car.
29. You picnic or ride
your bike in the "forest
preserve"
30. You cried when Bozo
was canceled on WGN.
You know this was "The Silver
Flash", not the "EL"
31.You know what goes on
a Chicago style hot dog.
32.You know what Chicago
Style Pizza REALLY is.
33. You know why they
call Chicago "The Windy
City."
34. You understand what
"lake-effect" means
35. You know the
difference between
Amtrak and Metra, and
know which station they
end up at.
37. You have ridden the
"L."
38. You think your
next-door neighbor is a
cousin to Tony Soprano.
39. You can distinguish
between the following
area codes:
847,630,773,708, 312, &
815.
40. You have at some
time in your life, used
your furniture or a
friend's body to guard
your parking spot in
winter
41. You respond to the
question "Where are you
from" with a "side."
Example: "West Side,"
"South Side" or "North
Side."
42 . You know the phone
number to Empire Carpet!
43. You know what a
garache-key is!
