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January 1st, 2009
01:57 am - because i can. an if you live in chicago. closest town to me.
you know you live in chicago if...
• You - correctly - don't pronounce the "s" at the end of Illinois. (Yes)
• You become irate at people who do. (Omg you have no idea)
• You measure distance in minutes.(Yes. It used to be a game for my sister and I when we were little on long trips.)
• You have no problem spelling or pronouncing "Des Plaines".(Absolutely)
• Your school classes were canceled because of excessive cold.(Even in college)
• Your school classes were canceled because of excessive heat.(Nope)
• You've even had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.(Done that)
• Stores don't have sacks, they have bags.(Hell yeah)
• You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it no matter what time of the year.(Yep)
• 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."(Nope. I even asked Tim.)
• You can locate Illinois on the United States map.(Yep)
• Your idea of a really great tenderloin is when the meat is at least twice as big as the bun and accompanied only by ketchup and a dill pickle slice.(Hellz yeah. I want one now)
• You install security lights on your house and garage and then leave both unlocked.(Never done it)
• When asked how your trip was to any foreign, exotic place, you say, "It was different."(No)
• You carry jumper cables in your car.(What's wrong with that? What if you go dead in the grocery?)
• You know what the numbers I-80, 55, and 90 mean.(Absolutely. They're all interstates)
• You realize that I-290, I-90, I-94, and I-294 are all different roads.(Yes I do)
• You refer to any interstate highway as "the Tollway" or else "the expressway."(Once in a while.)
• You know the given names of the interstates, i.e.: Stevenson, Kennedy, Eisenhower, Dan Ryan.(Everyone except the Stevenson)
• You refer to anything south of I-80 as "Southern Illinois".(Yeah...)
• You refer to Lake Michigan as "The Lake".(Yes)
• You refer to Chicago as "The City".(Yes)
• No matter where you are, when you hear the term "Downtown" you immediately assume they are talking about Downtown Chicago.(Yep. Really bad at it too)
• You find yourself referring to the central business district of any city you happen to be in as "The Loop."(Never done that)
• You have two favorite football teams: The Bears and anyone who beats the Green Bay Packers.(Absolutely)
• A brawl over which Chicago baseball team is better breaks out every year at your neighborhood block party(at family functions...)
• Even though you live 3 hours south, you still buy "The Trib."(West...two hours)
• You know what goes on a Chicago Style Hot Dog.(Mm so tasty)
• You know what Chicago Style Pizza is -- and feel pity for those that don't, and with good reason!(I prefer brooklyn style actually)
• You know why they call Chicago "the Windy City".(Omg. Stand by the lake in the middle of winter sooo bad)
• You understand what "lake-effect" means. (Yep. Its when weather goes over the lake and effects the burbs.)
• You know the difference between Amtrack and Metra, and know which station they end up at.(For the most part. And its amtrak)
• You have ridden an "L" (elevated train). (Several times)
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