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[tarotgal]

Ha! This was way too much fun :-)
Gacked from schtiel:
Go to Google and type in "you know you're from [insert state/town name] when..."
Copy the best list that comes up and bold any items that apply to you.


You know you're from Northern Virginia when...
1. Speed limits are just suggestions I've never met anyone here who drives the speed limit
2. You take a major highway to school (95, 66,28, etc) LOL Yes! Though not if I take the back way
3. You constantly complain about there being nothing to do, even though you are right next to DC HECK yes! LMAO!
4. You have at least 2 friends who have no idea what their parents do because its "top secret" government work Oh yeah... more than 2...
5. 50% of your senior class plans on going either to Mason, JMU, Tech or UVA Yep... and I was one of them!
6. When people ask where you're from, you tell them DC because its easier to explain ROTFLMAO Yes!
7. You've never told someone you're from Virginia without putting "northern" in front of it Right-o!
8. When you and your friends get bored you all whip out your cell phones and start playing with them
9. Its not actually tailgating unless your bumper is touching the car in front of you.
10. A yellow light means at least 5 more cars can get through. Well... that sounds about right... Though I usually drive well... Northern VA is known for that, though...
11. A red light means 2 more can.
12. It takes you 30 minutes to drive 10 miles Wow, a whole 10 in half an hour? Traffic must be light!
13. Your local news is national news I never realized how true this was until I moved away *sniffle*
14. If you hear the word "sniper" one more time you're going to slap someone
15. You actually know what the black boxes at stoplights are for
16. Even if your high school is only a year old, its already overcrowded
17. You have over 500 students in your graduating class
18. Despite the fact that Virginia fought for the south in the Civil War, you are NOT, under ANY circumstances, a "southerner" HECK YEAH!!!! Wish everyone in the world could be told this!!!
19. You are friends with people from at least 2 other high schools
20. You know at least 2 people who drive a mercedes, BMW, Lexus, etc. WAY more than 2
21. The cars in the student parking lot are woth 3x those in the teacher parking lot. ROTFLMAO!
22. You are amused by visiting relatives who are actually excited to see Washington DC If I go to that damn Air & Space Museum once more time... GRRR! LOL Yeah. It's totally blah. Ho-hum. D.C.
23. You are amazed when you go out of town and the people at McDonalds speak english Not so much amazed as confused
24. You can cross 4 lanes of traffic in under 30 seconds
25. There are at least 3 malls within 20 minutes of your house
26. There are at least 6 Starbucks within 20 minutes of your house Actually, I only counted 5, but I'm going to bold it anyway
27. You or someone in your family has a Smart Tag
28. Homework/Extra credit for a class has been to visit a museum in DC LOL
29. When traveling, you have your choice of 3 airports (And I'll tell you right now, I hardly ever use Reagan's!)
30. You don't actually like the Redskins/Wizards (except when Jordan was playing) Ewwww! They suck... (The Capitals, however, suck but I love them to death)
31. An inch of snow and you miss 3 days of school Try a week!
32. All the potholes just add a little excitement to your driving experience
33. Stop signs mean slow down a little, but only if you feel like it
34. A rich white kid driving a BMW while blasting rap music is a common occurance Saw one today, actually
35. You call things "ghetto" even though in most of the rest of the country it'd be high class ROTF... I must admit, I do... even though by that definition my home is ghetto (with its 3 DVD players, 5 televisions, 4 cars...)
36. You or most of your friends have a 3 car garage Well, not us. We don't even have a garage (again, see the ghetto comment in #35)
37. You don't actually keep your cars in it.
38. When you were driving on the beltway at 2:13am on a Tuesday there was still traffic
39. Crown Victoria = undercover cop
40. A slow driver is someone who isn't going at least 10mph over the speed limit And I'm usually a slow driver...
41. You understand the meaning of "If you don't get it, you don't get it" I GET IT!!! Well, my family does... I don't pay for it, so I guess I can't say that *I* get it, physically...
42. Subway is a fast food place. The transportation system is known as Metro, and only Metro Exactly. What else would they be called? *confused*
43. You've taken a wrong turn somewhere late at night and ended up in a bad part of DC(ex. anacostia) Oh my GODS yes! Bullet went right past our windshield!
44. Most of Loudoun County is the "middle of nowhere" Most of? Isn't it all?
45. They just tore down the old farm house across the street and put 12 new houses in its place True that!!
46. The word Hfstival actually means something to you Awwww :-)
47. Someone has honked at you because you didn't peal out the second the light turned green.
48. You've honked at someone because they didn't peal out the second the light turned green.
49. Rush hour lasts all day Rush day, they should call it
50. For the cost of your house, you could own a small town in Iowa LOL! As half my family lives in Iowa, I KNOW this is true!
51. Helicopters and airplanes flying above your neighborhood is a normal occurance. Try jets and bombers as well...
52. 9:30 isnt just a time, its a place. *sob* I wish. Parents grounded me when I went to see an artist there
53. If you stay on the same road long enough, it will eventually have 3 new names. LOL! So true!
54. You have to dial the area code to call your neighbor Sadly, yes
55. You live 5 minutes from at least 2 high schools, but you go to one thats 30 minutes away.
56. You know at least 3 alternate routes to avoid sitting at a stop light. LOL! My family calls these "back ways" and numbers them ex:"I'm taking back way number one to Patomac Mills Mall today."
57. You can't pull up to a 7-11 without seeing at least one cop, and usually there's another cop sitting not too far away.
58. You refer to distances in minutes, not miles. I thought that was normal. I live 20 minutes south of D.C. *shrug* Why ever would you give miles?? LOL
59. When you put on your turn signal to change lanes, the people next to you speed up. They don't want their cars hurt
60. Talking on metro in the morning is prohibited Too tired *yawn* No talking. Silence on the pretty metro *pets*


That was LOADS of fun! I'm going to print out list and put on fridge right now for rest of family to enjoy...

EDIT: Ten minutes later, I finally understand #42. I was really saying "What? What else would they be called?" It's assuming most people call subway trains the subway! Ohhhh! *slaps self in head* I totally didn't understand that... because I don't call it the subway, I call it the metro. I get it now. That point is making a distinction between the two that most people make. Ah. I didn't understand and just thought it was throwing two unrelated things together. LOL Yeah, I'm totally from Northern VA if it took me 10 minutes to understand what that was trying to say. LOL

And from a different list, but I like it:
You know dozens of Congressmen/Sentators/Diplomats/IMF and World Bank members, because you either live next door to them or you've partied with their kids
HECK yes! Well, not dozens... but at least 20. Not that I've ever partied with their kids because I don't ever party. But I know them well. Senator Daschle spoke at my graduation, for example, and attended one of my class's poetry readings because his daughter was in my class :-) Now why couldn't HE have run for president? I like him! *pouts* Nooooo, he had to go and announce he wasn't running. *sigh*