You know you're from...

This kinda gives away the city in which I live (which I try not to do) but the upstate NY one wasn't very applicative. So, you know you're from the area of Rochester, NY when....

The only thing at the annual May Lilac Festival is snow. ~Yuppers.

The worst four-letter word you could say is "Fuji". ~We all know I can say worse words.

You can't swim at the beach. ~Anybody know when the last time the weather was nice enough to swim anyways? So true though.

You thought that you had figured out that alternate-parking thing, but wind up with a ticket anyway. ~Now this is one I don't get. Oh wait! Yes, I do! LOL

Toronto is about 70 miles away, but it takes four hours to get there. ~Never been to Toronto but, I think it takes that long.

The name "Greater Rochester International Airport" is bigger than the airport itself. ~I actually flew out of this airport about 3 years ago and have been there a lot. It is a very small airport but, it serves its purpose.

There's an 800 number to report a pothole in the road. ~According to my dad, there is one!

You know that a "Can of Worms" is not something that you take fishing. Your baby's first word is "Wegmans". ~Don't get the first part but, the second is probably true for many.

You ask lifetime residents where the George Eastman House is, but they don't know either. ~I've been there but, I don't know where it is.

In a city where it snows at least 90 inches a year, they build a new sports stadium with no roof on it. ~It snows that much? Most of it is in the summer, I bet. They did that!

It can be 70 degrees one day, below freezing the next, and you think nothing of it. ~As my grandmother says, "You don't like the weather? Wait five minutes."

Your mother is buying outfits to wear to Wegmans. ~Can't say that ever happened.

Your low-fat diet is never low enough to exclude an Abbott's custard. ~I don't diet but, I do love Abbott's custard.

You order a white hot and a pop, and the counterman knows what you're talking about. ~It's a hot dog and a soft drink. And yes they do.

You can travel from Egypt to Greece in about a half-hour by car. ~You can!

D&C is a newspaper, not a medical procedure. ~Democrat and Chronicle, baby! (Until my mom had a D&C, it was just a newsaper.)

There are no hamburgers, only ground steak. ~There are hamburgers but, ground steak is the same thing.

You can go to any mall on a Saturday and see at least 5 people you either work with, went to school with or dated. ~I swear every time I go to the mall I run into 1/2 a dozen people I know.

A musical comes to town 10 years after its Broadway premier and the entire town goes nuts! ~Chicago just got here. The town is nuts.

You awaken from a deep sleep, look at the clock and see that it's 6:00, but you have no idea whether it's AM or PM. ~I've done this before.

When 18+ inches of snow falls overnight, but you never thought of NOT going to work. ~We don't get ANY snow days unless it's a "wind chill factor day".

You are perplexed when friends from other cities come to visit and want to "see the sights". ~What sights?

In winter if the temperature hits 45 degrees and the sun comes out, people walk around downtown wearing shades and no jackets. ~Last winter, it was below freezing for months. It hit 45 and I wanted to go w/o my jacket.

There are places at the poles that seem to get more sunlight during the winter months than we do. ~Sunlight? What's that?

Wegmans is somewhere to go on a Friday night, for entertainment. ~Okay now, I don't do that.

You know who Vinnie and Angelo are. ~Oh my gosh! I do! I know who they are! Everyone does! They sell cars at Irondiquit dodge.

You define summer as three months of bad sledding. ~No. Summer is three months of no school.

You think that people from Pennsylvania have an accent. ~No they don't.

Halloween is snowed out with great regularity. ~I have to pick out my coustome by making sure I can wear a winter coat beneath it.

You have experienced frostbite and sunburn in the same week. ~Probably have. How sad is that?

Half the change in your pocket is Canadian, eh.  ~They say Canadian change is not accepted but, it is everywhere!

Your idea of a seven-course meal is a six pack of Genny and a bucket of Buffalo wings. ~Ewww and no.

You believe that "down south" means Maryland. ~Down south means below the Mason-Dixon line for me.

Your snowmobile, lawn mower and fishing boat all have big block Chevy engines. ~Don't own any of the above.

You can compare Nick Tahoe's garbage plate to at least 3 other knock-offs in competing restaurants. ~My dad does.

You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Rochester, NY.

 

Now how scary is that? Most of those were true! LOL Hope you Rochesterians got those jokes and that the rest of you enjoyed it as well. Oh, by the way, anyone not from Rochester know how to play Euchre? It's mainly a Rochester thing. I can't play. My dad, mom, and grandmother do though.

Love always,
Vickey