You know you're from Chicago when........
Author unknown but definately a Chicagoian
1. The "Living Room" is called the "front room"
2. You don't pronounce the "s" at the end of Illinois. You become irritated at people who do.
3. You measure distance in minutes (especially "from the city"). And you swear everything is pretty much 15 minutes away.
4. You have no problem spelling or pronouncing "Des Plaines" or "Lisle".
5. Your school classes were canceled because of cold.
6. Your school classes were canceled because of heat.
7. You've had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
8. Stores don't have sacks, they have bags.
9. You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. Example:
"Where's my coat at?" or "If you go to the mall I wanna
go with."
10. 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.
11. You carry jumper cables in your car.
12. You drink "pop."
13. You understand that I -290, I-90, I-94, and I-294 are all different roads.
14. You know the names of the interstates: Stevenson, Kennedy,
Eisenhower, Dan Ryan, and the Edens. But you call the interstates "expressways"
15. You refer to anything South of I-80 as "Southern Illinois".
16. You refer to Lake Michigan as "The Lake".
17. You refer to Chicago as "The City".
18. "The Super Bowl" refers to one specific game in a series
of 35
played in January of 1986. GO BEARS!!
19. No matter where you are, when you hear the term "Downtown" you immediately assume they're talking about Downtown Chicago.
20. You have two favorite football teams: The Bears, and anyone who beats the Packers.
21. You buy "The Trib".
22. You think 35 degrees is great weather to wash your car!
23. You know what goes on a Chicago Style Hot Dog.
24. You know what Chicago Style Pizza REALLY is.
25. You know why they call Chicago "The Windy City", and it's not because of the wind.
26. You understand what "lake-effect" means.
27. You know the difference between Amtrak and Metra, and know which
station they end up at.
28. You have ridden the "L".
29. You can distinguish between the following area codes: 847, 630, 773, 708, 312, & 815
30. You have at some time in your life, used your furniture to guard your parking spot in winter.
31. You respond to the question "Where are you from" with a
"side",
example: "WEST SIDE", "SOUTH SIDE" or "NORTH
SIDE.
32. You know what the phone number is to Empire Carpet (588-2300)
Additions from
visitor Joe B. (former Chicagoian).
You know you're from Chicago when:
2120 South Michigan Avenue brings tears to your eyes.
You miss Heliman Beer.
Spumoni Ice Cream is the Ambrosia of the gods.
Milwaukee (Muhwaukie) is a Chicago suburb.
You have toured the captured Nazi Submarine so many times, you swear that you could drive that sucker.
You still are amazed at the Coal Mine at The Museum Of Science And Industry after going on it more times than you can count.
The Cubs WILL win a World Series in your life time.
You miss Jane Byrne's Chicago Fest at Navy Pier.
Chicago style Pizza can only be experienced in Chicago .
The Cops drive by and wave at Kids playing in an opened Fire Hydrant on a hot day.
You know where the original Tootsie Roll factory was.
You know that the National Weather Service designating Chicago as Ord refers to o'Hare as being on the grounds of Fort Ord.
You know that Chicago has more Poles than Warsaw Poland .
You know that dying the Chicago River Green on St. Pat's day is redundant.
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