You know you're from upstate New York when...

1.You've never met any celebrities
2. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway
3. "Vacation" means going to the Finger Lakes, Adirondacks or grandmas
4. You've seen all the biggest bands--- ten years after they were popular
5. You measure distance in minutes
6. You know several people who have hit a deer
7. Your school classes were canceled because of cold
8. You've ridden the school bus for an hour each way
9. You think ethanol makes your truck run better
10. You know what's knee-high by the Fourth of July
11. Stores don't have bags; they have sacks
12. You've seen people wear bib overalls at funerals
13. You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it, no matter what time of the year
14. You end your sentence with an unnecessary preposition
Example: "Where's my coat at?"
15. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain or animal
16. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
17. You think the four major food groups are beef, pork, beer and Jell-O salad with marshmallows
18. You carry jumper cables in your car
19. You know what "Cow Tipping" and "Snipe Hunting" are
20. You only own three spices: salt, pepper and ketchup
21. You design your kid's Halloween costumes to fit over a   snowsuit
22. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow
23. You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent
24. You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie
25. The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page, but requires six pages for sports
26. You think deer season is a national holiday
27. You know which leaves make good toilet paper
28. You find 20 Degrees F "a little chilly"
29. You know all 4 seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter and Construction
30. There is a Dairy Queen in every town with a population of 1000 or more
31. Coke and Pepsi are "Pop" and a soda has ice cream
32. Any car over two years old is rusted because of the salt on the roads
33. You know the names of all the towns that are stops on the NYS Thruway
34. You have shoveled snow off the roof. And had snow in October and May
And the snow total per year is over 100".
35. You actually get these jokes and forward them to all your friends from upstate NY




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