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On Weather
1) Snow tires come standard on all your cars.
2) Have ever gotten frostbitten and sunburned in the same week?.
3) You not only know what the terms "snowbelt" or "lake effect snow" mean, you use them on a daily basis.
4) You never put your winter jacket away for the summer.
5) You leave the ski lift tickets on you jacket year 'round.
6) The rest of the country is snowbound in the worst blizzard of the century, but you still have to walk your kids to the corner to catch the school bus.
7) You keep the snowplow on the front of the truck all year.
8) You shovel your car out in November, but the ski resorts have to make snow in January.
9) You can compute a wind chill factor
10) The winter carnival gets rained out.
11) It ain't a real snowstorm unless they ban driving for more than 6 hours.
12) People who live in areas subject to hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, droughts, range fires, mudslides, and earthquakes can't BELIEVE that we would live in an area that gets so much snow???
On Beverages
1) The bars are open till 4 am.
2) You drive to Canada's Duty Free to buy beer!!!
3) You bake with soda, You drink POP!!!!
4) Anything over $2.75 for a beer is robbery.
5) Every bar has "Happy Hour" prices from 4:30 - 7pm Monday - Friday
On Canada
1) We all have just as many Canadian coins in our pockets as we do American coins.
2) We all know what the Canadian Ballet is all about
3) You think nothing of crossing an International Border for Chinese Food!!!
4) We've all spent a weekend in Toronto (Secretly...you like going to Toronto.)
5) Its' inevitable....whatever is finally decided on the Peace Bridge issue will no doubt be the wrong choice!
6) You know the difference between inported and real Canadian beer.
7) You know Canada is west of here, not north.
On Food
1) It's "weck"....not "wick"
2) They're "subs"....not hoagies...or heroes...or bombers..
3) A whole pizza with pepperoni shouldn't cost more than 10 bucks.
4) Everyone knows someone who works in a pizza joint.
5) Everyone knows where " the best fish-fry in town " is.
6) No one outside of WNY can make decent wings
7) We call them " wings", or "chicken wings" if you want to be formal.....NEVER "Buffalo wings"
8) You have a favorite Greek restaurant.
On Locations
1) You call it the " Scajaquada"......you spell it "198"
2) You still get a little queasy driving over the Skyway in blowing snow.
3) You think anyone who drives more than 30 minutes to get to work must live in the boondocks.
4) The roads and bridges have been paid for since 1968...but they ain't never taking out the tollbooths.
5) Paying $5 to park all day downtown is robbery.
6) "LA" is Lackawanna....not Los Angeles
7) You apologize for Niagara Falls, NY as you take your visitors to Niagara Falls, ON.
8) It's the "Hamburg Fair"....not the "Erie County Fair and Expo"
9) You give directions by saying "turn left or right", instead of "head north" or "go east".
On Sports
1) All-time Number 1 - You HATE the Miami Dolphins..and just when you thought you couldn't hate them any MORE...they get Jimmy Johnson
We're SURE the NFL is out to screw us.....
...so is the NHL.....
...the NBA already did.....
....so did Major League Baseball
....so did The Big East Conference
2) You know someone...who knows someone...who knows " the real story on Jim Kelly"
3) You can't BELIEVE that you once really liked OJ.
4) You call them Pilot Field and the Aud, no matter what the signs say.
5) You think of football, not mail, when you hear the word "bills".
Buffalo Facts
1) What do you mean we have an accent??? We talk EXACTLY like the announcers on television.
2) All golf course aren't flat???
3) Everyone doesn't pay 8% sales tax???....or $3,000/yr property tax on a $70,000 house???
4) You know someone ...who knows someone...who knows " the real story on Rick James."
5) You know the wrong newspaper folded in the '80s
6) You know Commander Tom's real identity!
7) You can pronounce "Weinstein" correctly on the first try.
8) You threaten to send your kids to Father Bakers' if they don't behave.
9) You have not been on the Maid of the Mist-unless you had out of town company.
10) You can go to Allentown or Kaisertown but you can't go Uptown.
11) The acid rain is clearer than your drinking water.
12) You drive over 70 mph on the the Thruway and pass on the right.
13) You live within five miles of a bowling alley.
Holidays
1) The St. Patrick's Day Parade means winter is officially over...even if it snows.
2) You know what Dyngus Day is!!
3) You see nothing wrong with watching fireworks Downtown on July 2nd.
1) Snow tires come standard on all your cars.
2) Have ever gotten frostbitten and sunburned in the same week?.
3) You not only know what the terms "snowbelt" or "lake effect snow" mean, you use them on a daily basis.
4) You never put your winter jacket away for the summer.
5) You leave the ski lift tickets on you jacket year 'round.
6) The rest of the country is snowbound in the worst blizzard of the century, but you still have to walk your kids to the corner to catch the school bus.
7) You keep the snowplow on the front of the truck all year.
8) You shovel your car out in November, but the ski resorts have to make snow in January.
9) You can compute a wind chill factor
10) The winter carnival gets rained out.
11) It ain't a real snowstorm unless they ban driving for more than 6 hours.
12) People who live in areas subject to hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, droughts, range fires, mudslides, and earthquakes can't BELIEVE that we would live in an area that gets so much snow???
On Beverages
1) The bars are open till 4 am.
2) You drive to Canada's Duty Free to buy beer!!!
3) You bake with soda, You drink POP!!!!
4) Anything over $2.75 for a beer is robbery.
5) Every bar has "Happy Hour" prices from 4:30 - 7pm Monday - Friday
On Canada
1) We all have just as many Canadian coins in our pockets as we do American coins.
2) We all know what the Canadian Ballet is all about
3) You think nothing of crossing an International Border for Chinese Food!!!
4) We've all spent a weekend in Toronto (Secretly...you like going to Toronto.)
5) Its' inevitable....whatever is finally decided on the Peace Bridge issue will no doubt be the wrong choice!
6) You know the difference between inported and real Canadian beer.
7) You know Canada is west of here, not north.
On Food
1) It's "weck"....not "wick"
2) They're "subs"....not hoagies...or heroes...or bombers..
3) A whole pizza with pepperoni shouldn't cost more than 10 bucks.
4) Everyone knows someone who works in a pizza joint.
5) Everyone knows where " the best fish-fry in town " is.
6) No one outside of WNY can make decent wings
7) We call them " wings", or "chicken wings" if you want to be formal.....NEVER "Buffalo wings"
8) You have a favorite Greek restaurant.
On Locations
1) You call it the " Scajaquada"......you spell it "198"
2) You still get a little queasy driving over the Skyway in blowing snow.
3) You think anyone who drives more than 30 minutes to get to work must live in the boondocks.
4) The roads and bridges have been paid for since 1968...but they ain't never taking out the tollbooths.
5) Paying $5 to park all day downtown is robbery.
6) "LA" is Lackawanna....not Los Angeles
7) You apologize for Niagara Falls, NY as you take your visitors to Niagara Falls, ON.
8) It's the "Hamburg Fair"....not the "Erie County Fair and Expo"
9) You give directions by saying "turn left or right", instead of "head north" or "go east".
On Sports
1) All-time Number 1 - You HATE the Miami Dolphins..and just when you thought you couldn't hate them any MORE...they get Jimmy Johnson
We're SURE the NFL is out to screw us.....
...so is the NHL.....
...the NBA already did.....
....so did Major League Baseball
....so did The Big East Conference
2) You know someone...who knows someone...who knows " the real story on Jim Kelly"
3) You can't BELIEVE that you once really liked OJ.
4) You call them Pilot Field and the Aud, no matter what the signs say.
5) You think of football, not mail, when you hear the word "bills".
Buffalo Facts
1) What do you mean we have an accent??? We talk EXACTLY like the announcers on television.
2) All golf course aren't flat???
3) Everyone doesn't pay 8% sales tax???....or $3,000/yr property tax on a $70,000 house???
4) You know someone ...who knows someone...who knows " the real story on Rick James."
5) You know the wrong newspaper folded in the '80s
6) You know Commander Tom's real identity!
7) You can pronounce "Weinstein" correctly on the first try.
8) You threaten to send your kids to Father Bakers' if they don't behave.
9) You have not been on the Maid of the Mist-unless you had out of town company.
10) You can go to Allentown or Kaisertown but you can't go Uptown.
11) The acid rain is clearer than your drinking water.
12) You drive over 70 mph on the the Thruway and pass on the right.
13) You live within five miles of a bowling alley.
Holidays
1) The St. Patrick's Day Parade means winter is officially over...even if it snows.
2) You know what Dyngus Day is!!
3) You see nothing wrong with watching fireworks Downtown on July 2nd.
