Thanks, Bobby.  That was hilarious!  It's funny... I live in MD, and I fit
right around half of the requirements for Yankee-ness.  I guess Maryland
really is an in-between state.  I just hope that being a Yankee doesn't
refer to the baseball team.  <grins> I'd get beat up if I was a Yankee fan
around here... That's what my parents fight about the most... My dad's from
New York, and my mom's from Baltimore - both rabid home team fans.

~Joy~
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bobby Greer" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: SPED Thread

<snip>
> YOU JUST MIGHT BE A YANKEE IF:
>
> 1. You think barbecue is a  verb meaning "to cook outside."
>
> 2. You think Heinz Ketchup is really SPICY.
>
> 3. You don't have any problems pronouncing "Worcestershire sauce"
> correctly.
>
> 4. For breakfast, you would  prefer potatoes au gratin to grits.
>
> 5. You don't know what a moon pie is.
>
> 6. You've never had an RC  cola.
>
> 7. You've never, ever, eaten okra, fried or boiled.
>
> 8. You eat fried chicken with a knife and fork.
>
> 9. You've never seen a live chicken, and the only cows you've seen are
> on road trips.
>
> 10. You have no idea what a polecat is.
>
> 11. You don't see anything wrong with putting a sweater on a poodle.
>
> 12. You don't have bangs.
>
> 13. You would rather vacation at Martha's Vineyard than Six Flags.
>
> 14. More than two generations of your family have been kicked out of the
>
> same prep school in Connecticut.
>
> 15. You would rather have your son become a lawyer than grow up to get
> his  own TV fishing show.
>
> 16. Instead of referring to two or more people as "y'all," you call them
>
> "you guys," even if both of them are women.
>
> 17. You don't think Ted Kennedy has an accent.
>
> 18. You have never planned your summer vacation around a gun-n-knife
> show.
>
> 19. You think more money should go to important scientific research at
> your university than to pay the salary of the head football coach.
>
> 20. You don't have at least one can of WD-40 somewhere around the house.
>
> 21. The last time you smiled was when you prevented someone from getting
> on an on-ramp to the highway.
>
> 22. You don't have any hats in your closet that advertise feed stores.
>
> 23. The farthest south you've ever been is the perfume counter at Neiman
>
> Marcus.
>
> 24. You call binoculars opera glasses.
>
> 25. You can't spit out the car window without pulling over to the side
> of
> the road and stopping.
>
> 26. You would never wear pink or an applique sweatshirt.
>
> 27. You don't know what applique is.
>
> 28. You don't know anyone with at least two first names (i.e., Joe Bob,
> Faye Ellen, Billy Ray, Mary Jo, Bubba Dean, Joe Dan, Mary Alice, et al).
>
> 29. You don't have doilies, and you certainly don't know how to make
> one.
>
> 30. You've never been to a craft show.
>
> 31. You get freaked out when people on the subway talk to you.
>
> 32. You can do your laundry without quarters.
>
> 33. None of your fur coats are homemade.