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Thought you all may want to know what south Jersey's like and if you should be here
1. You know you're from South Jersey if, wawa is your favorite place to be and you know they have the best coffee.
2. You know you're from South Jersey if, people from other states can't understand your accent, not that we have one
3. You know you're from South Jersey if, half your high school went to Camden County College
4. You know you're from South Jersey if, you've been to every shore between Atlantic City and Cape May at least once
5. You know you're from South Jersey if, u get made fun of for calling it a hoagie
6. You know you're from South Jersey if, you refer to "sprinkles" as "JIMMIES" for your icecream topping
7. You know you're from South Jersey if, you hang out at least once a week at the Medport or the Windsor, and know at least one waiter/waitress on the night shift by name.
8. You know you're from South Jersey if, you remeber the Hawiian cottage
9. You know you're from South Jersey if, you know where sony use to be tyco, or where kingsly land fill is
10. You know you're from South Jersey if, you know the best thing to drink is always Wawa iced tea
11. You know you're from South Jersey if, you can smell when you get to North Jersey
12. You know you're from South Jersey if, you think its ridiculous that 2 of the 3 new york football teams are actually in NJ.
13. You know you're from South Jersey if, you have at least 2 state troopers in your family
14. You know you're from South Jersey if, you know what the song "V-town" is about
15. You know you're from South Jersey if, you love 102.9, Y100, and 94.1
16. You know you're from South Jersey if, instead of seeing a movie at loews, you take back roads to atco
17. You know you're from South Jersey if, you say "bagel" weird
18. You know you're from South Jersey if, your front yard is made out of stones
19. You know you're from South Jersey if, you sometimes get stuck on the road behind a tractor
20. You know you're from South Jersey if, Everything is "twenty minutes away". If you ask how long it takes to get any place in South Jersey, the person always says, "about twenty minutes". To get to a mall, "Oh, about 20 minutes". To get to the airport, "Mmm, about 20 minutes." To get from Runnemede to Philly, "Only about 20 minutes". Try it. Only the shore areas take more than "twenty minutes". They're usually "an hour and twenty minutes."
21. You know you're from South Jersey if, your backyard feeds at least 3 stray cats and a squirrel
22. You know you're from South Jersey if, you have a little italian grandmother
23. You know you're from South Jersey if, you go to friendlies after every football game
24. You know you're from South Jersey if, you went to clementon park as a child but would never go there now.
25. You know you're from South Jersey if, you knew where the Settler's Inn was and are pissed they're puttin in a PJ's.
26. You know you're from South Jersey if, you have fond memories at Zaberer's.
27. You know you're from South Jersey if, you have seen tomatoe patch's in every yard.
28. You know you're from South Jersey if, you know what the best poor man's green turf around is (crab grass).
29. You know you're from South Jersey if, you see more trackertrailers on the turnpike than cars.
30. You know you're from South Jersey if, you've intentionally stood in front of the tram car, and you're upset that it no longer stutters.
31. You know you're from South Jersey if, you think half of these items on this list don't make any sense to you.
32. You know you're from South Jersey if, you pronounce Deptford the correct way, "Deferd", and you dry yourself off with a "tail".
33. You know your're from South Jersey if, all the roads around your house are named after towns, and change names after every intersection.
34. You know you're from South Jersey if, you rememeber the belview diner in clementon and the owner asleep at the cash register.
35. You know you're from South Jersey if, you remember trout night at rowans pond.
36. You know you're from South Jersey if, you were at the helping hand marathron when red bone played!!!
37. You know you're from South Jersey if, you remember buying a pee shooter at carl and leana"s deli and going to the movies at the clementon theatre sitting in the balcony and shooting at people below you
38. You know you're from South Jersey if, you woke up at the crack of dawn on your family vacation to ride brakeless rented Schwinns that were older than you were on the Wildwood boardwalk.
39. You know you're from South Jersey if, you've braved 10 degree weather to get $2 black socks at Columbus Mart that turned your feet black.
40. You know you're from South Jersey if, you've eaten funnel cake for breakfast
41. You know you're from South Jersey if, you've been to Columbus Mart on Thanksgiving to buy produce.
42. You know you're from South Jersey if, your family used baby oil or a mixture of mecuricrome and baby oil on you at the shore.
43. You know you're from South Jersey if, you own your Pop Pop's green and while beach umbrella.
44. You know you're from South Jersey if, you keep a pair of old worn out sneakers and call them "beach shoes".
45. You know you're from South Jersey if, you went to Camp Shalom or had a best friend who did.
46. You know you're from South Jersey if, you know someone who went to fat camp in upstate New York.
47. You know you're from South Jersey if, you call your grandparents "MomMom" and "PopPop".
48. You know you're from South Jersey if, you find the idea of a Subway Sandwiches on the Wildwood Boardwalk highly offensive.
49. You know you're from South Jersey if, you remember the old Morey's Pier before the fire.
50. You know you're from South Jersey if, you consider the haunted house on the Wildwood boardwalk a "new ride"
51. You know you're from South Jersey if, you had hair just like John Bon Jovi in high school.
52. You know you're from South Jersey if, you wanted a Camaro for your first car.
53. You know you're from South Jersey if, nobody on your street has a Mercedes.
54. You know you're from South Jersey if, you've never had sushi
55. You know you're from South Jersey if, your parents gave in and bought you a hermit crab when you were down the shore.
56. You know you're from South Jersey if, your family placed a paper cup or wrapped an old scrap of fabric around the antenna at a flea market so you'd "find the car".
57. You know you're from South Jersey if, you've played shuffleboard for the first time when you were a tiny little kid.
58. You know you're from South Jersey if, you know an Italian family that has an organ.
59. You know you're from South Jersey if, you know what Black Friday is.
60. You know you're from South Jersey if, you know what a "waterbug" is and your MomMom swears they're not roaches.
61. You know you're from South Jersey if, you've had a handful of sandcrabs stuck down your bathing suit by a sibling or cousin.
62. You know you're from South Jersey if, your entire extended family stayed in a rick-rack, two room bungalow down the shore, the shower had no water pressure and you still had a wonderful time.
63. You know you're from South Jersey if, you go to Big John's Steaks because they have a pickle bar.
64. You know you're from South Jersey if, you've been in the Rat Room in Brigatine
65. You know you're from South Jersey if, you remember the Airport Circle.
66. You know you're from South Jersey if, you ever ate a great dinner at Chubby's Restaurant.
67. You know you're from South Jersey if, you have to ask for "White" American cheese at a deli when living in California -- they only know orange American cheese!
68. You know you're from South Jersey if, you know all the back farm roads to get to the shore.
69. You know you're from South Jersey if, you can remember the Latin Casino.
70. You know you're from South Jersey if, you say "wuder" instead of "water."
71. You know you're from South Jersey if, you remeber the submarine races at Cooper River Parkway.
72. You know you're from South Jersey if, you've ever driven to the Ocean City Boardwalk just to get custard at Kohr Bros.
73. You know you're from South Jersey if, you used to roller skate at Young's and picnic at Lake Lenape.
74. You know you're from South Jersey if, you hate when Pennsylvania drivers come to the shore and drive below the speed limit in the passing lane.
75. You know you're from South Jersey if, you've ever spent a summer working on the boardwalk with someone from Europe who was there just to work in the summer.
76. You know you're from South Jersey if, you know or are related to most of the lifegaurds in any shore town.
77. You know you're from South Jersey if, you never wanted to stay but always end up coming back.
78. You know you're from South Jersey if, upon coming home you realize there is nothing to do, and then you realize that you love it that way.
79. You know you're from South Jersey if, you get highly offended when someone tries to portray a Jersey accent by saying "Joisey" and "caar" and you explain that you don't talk like that.
80. You know you're from South Jersey if, you remember the big fire and the ashes from it in every town for miles at the Garden State Race track
81. You know you're from South Jersey if, you know who Sally Starr and Gene Londen are
82. You know you're from South Jersey if, you went to StoryBook Land as a kid
83. You know you're from South Jersey if, you are miffed at weirdnj.com for not really covering South Jersey, and you wrote them about it.
84. You know you're from South Jersey if, you point out to everyone when you ride by that dinky little motel "is where that movie Eddie and the Cruisers was filmed"
85. You know you're from South Jersey if, you were appalled when Bayonne actaully put up a fight for the battleship New Jersey
86. You know you're from South Jersey if, you heard of Mt Holly, and still debate it it's really south Jersey
87. You know you're from South Jersey if, when you think of anything above Route 38 on 295, you know exist, but is a blur
88. You know you're from South Jersey if, you think the whole NJ Devils team should be forced to sleep on the pine barrens for a week as punishment for taking the NJ Devil name
89. You know you're from South Jersey if, you gave a vistor directions to Belmawr, and you get a call from a beach town they think they are lost.
90. You know you're from South Jersey if, your family at one time had a big cookout on the beach in Brigatine
91. You know you're from South Jersey if, you know 'she crab' soup isn't as hot as he claims it was 50 years ago.
92. You know you're from South Jersey if, you haven't moved out of state soley for the reason you know the food is that bad everywhere else.
93. You know you're from South Jersey if, you know "that road they race on in the woods" has the lines marked off for the start and finish, but can never remember the name of it.
94. You know you're from South Jersey if, WHIPOORWILL!! WHIPOORWILL!!
95. You know you're from South Jersey if, you took people back to that creek and swore up and down "it's really a dinosaur's foot print!!"
96. You know you're from South Jersey if, you been chased by pineys
97. You know you're from South Jersey if, you refuse to take AC expressway, you take "the pike" because it nostaligic
98. You know you're from South Jersey if, you drive by the Ideal store on the pike...and the whole cars break out in singing the song.
99. You know you're from South Jersey if, after all the years of hating it, you finally embraced "on the way to cape may" and make others "sing it till they learn
it"
100. You know you're from South Jersey if, freezing your but off in January, you sing "wildwood days" while you are at work, and non new jersians have no clue why you want to be "sleeping on the beach"
101. You know you're from South Jersey if, you wake up with a hang-over and another wife.
102. You know you're from South Jersey if, you use your satellite to reflect the sun.
103. You know you're from South Jersey if, you know what Donald Trump's girlfriend is really like (and they're not real).
104. You know you're from South Jersey if, you know Pacific Ave. is ONLY for oriental hookers.
105. You know you're from South Jersey if, the guys you got drunk with the night before are the same guys sitting next to you at church.
106. You know you're from South Jersey if, you know the big hand theory isn't really true.
107. You know you're from South Jersey if, you call your kids by their last names.
108. You know you're from South Jersey if, you know the one-day sale at JC Penny's really lasts three.
109. You know you're from South Jersey if, your engagement ring came out of the fifty cent machine.
110. You know you're from South Jersey if, you have at least one relative that lives in a trailer.
111. You know you're from South Jersey if, you have three cars in your driveway and only one works.