YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM BOSTON WHEN... About This Page:

[BostonTeaParty]

You think of Philadelphia as the Midwest.

You think there are only 25 letters in the alphabet (no R's).

You remember when the "Fleet Center" was "The Boston Garden" and refuse To refer to it as anything BUT "the Gahden"

You refer to 6 inches of snow as a "dusting."

You don't eat dinner; you eat "suppa"

You always 'bang a left' as soon as the light turns green, and oncoming traffic always expects it.

You still can't bear to watch highlights from game 6 of the 1986 World Series.

You believe using your turn signal is a sign of weakness.

You don't realize that you walk and talk twice as fast as everyone else.

Your favorite adjective is "wicked."

You think 63 degree ocean water is warm.

You know what candlepin bowling is

WHEN WE SAY ________ WE MEAN...

Bizaah - odd

Flaahwiz - roses, etc.

Hawaahya? - how are you?

Khakis - what we staaht the caah with

Retaahded - silly

Shoowah - of course

Yiz - you, plural


HOW WE'LL KNOW YOU WEREN'T BON HEAH:

You wear a Harvard sweatshirt.

You ask directions to "Cheers."

You order a grinder and a pop.

You follow soccer.

You eat at Durgin Park.

You don't know that Jimmies go on ice cream.

THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW:

Frappes have ice cream; milk shakes don't.

If it's fizzy and flavored, it's tonic. When we mean tonic WATER, we say tonic WATER. Soda is club soda. Pop is dad.

The smallest beer is a pint.

Scrod is whatever they tell you it is, usually fish.

If you paid more than $6 a pound, you got scrod.

It's not a water fountain, it's a bubblah.

It's not a trash can, it's a barrel.

It's not a shopping cart, it's a carriage.

It's not a Liquor Store it's a Packie.

you don't say "curse" you say "swear"

Brown bread comes from a can. You open both ends, push it out, heat it and eat it with baked beans.

They're not franks, they're hot dawgs. Franks are money in France.

Route 128 is also I-95. It is also I-93.

The underground train is not the subway. It's the T, and it doesn't run all night (this ain't Noo Yawk).


BASIC RULES FOR DRIVING IN BOSTON
(subject to change at any time):

When on a one way street, stay to the right to allow oncoming traffic to pass.

The first parking space you see will be the last parking space you see. Grab it.

Learn to swerve abruptly. Boston is the home of slalom driving, thanks to the Registry of Motor Vehicles, which puts potholes in key locations to test drivers' reflexes and keep them on their toes.

Never get in the way of a car that needs extensive bodywork.

Always look both ways when running a red light.

Honk your horn the instant the light changes.

Never use directional signals when changing lanes. They only warn other drivers to speed up and not let you in.

Making eye contact revokes your right of way.

Never pass on the left when you can pass on the right.

Green means GO, Yellow means Go with caution, Red means Go faster.