You know you’re from Massachusetts if:

For many years I lived in Massachusetts. People there are just like everyone every where else except that they aren’t. What are they like? Well, for example, …

• You think if someone is nice to you they either want something or they are from out of town
• The public transportation system is known as the “T” and you’d rather drive in bumper to bumper traffic for 4 hours to get to Boston than be caught dead on the “orange line”
• You could own a small town in Iowa for the cost of your house
• There are 24 Dunkin Donuts shops within 15 minutes of your house and that is how you give directions
• If you stay on the same road long enough it eventually has three different names
• 53 degrees is “on the warm side”
• You’ve walked to Brighams for an ice cream cone “to go” in the snow
• You cringe everytime you hear some actor/actress imitate the”Boston Accent” on TV
• You call chocolate sprinkles “jimmies”
• A Water fountain is called a Bubbler. Say it “Bubbla”
• You can go from one side of town to the other in less than fifteen minutes
• You know how to pronounce towns like Worcester, Haverhill, Peabody, Scituate, Chatham, and Leominster
• You know what they sell at a “packie”
• You keep an ice scraper in your car all year round
• Paranoia sets in when you can’t see a Dunkin Donuts, ATM or CVS (Hyannis has 5 DD, 2 CVS, 7ATM)
• You’ve pulled out of a side street and used your car to block oncoming traffic so you can make a left
• You’ve bragged about saving money at The Christmas Tree Shop
• You know what a “regular coffee” is!
• You can navigate a rotary without a problem
• You use the words “wicked” and “good” in the same sentence
• You know what a frappe is
• Saint Patrick’s Day is your second favorite holiday
• You drink tonic and would never consider using it on your hair
• You never say “Cape Cod” you say “The Cape”
• You went to Old Sturbridge Village and Plymouth Plantation at least once, in elementary school, but never to Bunker Hill
• You know the Mass Pike and 495 create some sort of strange weather dividing line
• You actually get all these jokes and pass them on!