Joy,
I'm glad you enjoyed, "You Might Be a Yankee". I am not much of a
baseball fan. The last series I watched was the Met vs. Braves. John Rocker
was something else. Now there's a real use for duct tape!!!
Bobby
>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.
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