>You're on the West Coast when... >* You make over $250,000 and still can't afford to buy your >own house. >* The high school quarterback calls a time-out to answer >his cell phone. >* The fastest part of your commute is going >down your driveway. >* You know how to eat an artichoke. >* You drive to your neighborhood block party. > > >You're in New York when . . . >* You say "the city" and expect everyone to know you >mean Manhattan. >* You have never been to the Statue of Liberty or the >Empire State Building. >* You can get into a four-hour argument about how to >get from Columbus Circle to >Battery Park, but can't find Wisconsin on a map. >* You think Central Park is "nature." >* You believe that being able to swear at people in >their own language makes you multi-lingual. >* You've even worn out a car horn. >* You think eye contact is an act of aggression. > > >You're in the South when . . . >* You get a movie and bait in the same store. >* "y'all" is singular and "all y'all" is plural. >* After a year you still hear, "You ain't from 'round >here, are ya?" >* "He needed killin' " is a valid defense. > > >You're in Colorado when . . . >* You carry your $3,000 mountain bike atop your $500 car. >* You tell your husband to pick up Granola on his way home >and he stops at the day care. >* A pass does not involve a football or dating. >* The top of your head is bald, but you still have a ponytail. >* Your bridal registry is at REI. > > >You're in the Midwest when . . . >* You've never met any celebrities, but the mayor >knows your name. >* Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor. > > >You're in Alaska when . . . >* You only have four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup >and Tabasco. >* Halloween costumes fit over parkas. >* You have more than one recipe for moose. >* Sexy lingerie is anything flannel with less >than eight buttons. >* The four seasons are: almost winter, winter, still >winter, and construction. > > >You're in Miami when . . . > >* No one cares if you speak English, but when you >mention the name "Elian", you get instant attention. >* The only languages spoken are Spanish, Spanish, and >more Spanish. No other languages exist here. >* You are stopped on the highway as you enter the city, and >asked for your passport as you just left the United States. >*The politics revolve around one particular Latin ethnic >group, and you'd better agree with all their wacky issues, or >else you are labeled an outcast. > >- Material from Howie Mandel, and Andrew "Dice" Clay. The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site: Roj (Roger James) *************************************************** ICQ Pager: mailto:15836110@pager.icq.com escape email mailto:ejames@escape.ca yahoo email: mailto:triniroj@yahoo.com Trinbago site: http://www.tntisland.com CBSC Group on Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/caribsocabrass CBSC Website http://www.tntisland.com/caribbeansocabrassconnection/ ******************************************************* Steel Expressions Orch http://www.escape.ca/~ejames/se/ email #1: mailto:steelexpressions@yahoo.com email #2: mailto:steelexpressions@home.com ******************************************************* The Trinbago Site of the Week: (Flowerline) http://www.flowerlinetnt.com (Flowerline Florist) courtesy of Roj Trinbago Website & TnT Web Directory Roj's Trinbago Website: http://www.tntisland.com TnT Web Directory: http://195.224.187.36/ *********************************************************