stole got this from journal. I'm bored let's do this XD

1. type into google "You know you're from <blank> when...."
2. click the first result.
3. post it here and bold what applies to you


    You Know You're from the Bronx if...

    * You know someone who went to Lehman or Spellman.

    * You have at one point in your life wanted to go to Fordham University.

    * Lehman College isn't really a college.

    * You know some Spanish even if you never took it in school. (well I AM Spanish so... XD)

    * You don't go to Manhattan, you go to "the City."

    * You never realize you have an accent until you leave. (or so I've been told.. I can't tell XD)

    * Your parents took you out for REAL seafood, in City Island.

    * You've gone to at least 10 different Parish Bazaar's whether you were Catholic or not and whether you liked the school or not.

    * People live in groups and you know or you can tell where each group lives: Italian, Irish, Black, Puerto Rican, or Dominican.

    * You curse… A lot.

    * You have no reason to go to the South Bronx, except for Yankee games.

    * You've driven under the train.

    * You've been to Bronx Zoo at least once for a grammar school trip.

    * There is a 24 hour store less than 10 minutes away.

    * You know someone who claims they knew Jennifer Lopez growing up.

    * You can correctly pronounce places like Long I-lind, but don't know where it is. ... (uhh well I can pronounce it AND know where it is o-o.. hm..)

    * Your parents always talk about moving away, but you know they never will.

    * When you say you live in the Bronx, people look at you like you're poverty stricken and you just feel the need to slap them right then and there and when you say you're from Country Club, they picture a golf course in the middle of the ghetto. uuugh so true! I live in a very nice building!!

    * The only decent mall is in White Plains, and you're willing to make the trip.

    * You know that the Yankees are the real team…fuck the Mets.

    * You're sick and tired of Jennifer Lopez because she's really no different from any other girl in Castle Hill.

    *All the kids in Riverdale go to Stuyvesant or Bronx Science.

    * You always end up spending half your time at the zoo staring at the seals .... not sure why though........

    * You think a slice of pizza and a 25 cent juice is a well balanced meal

    * You pronounce words like park - pawk you say new yawk not new york and you make fun of immigrants

    *You know that Riverdale is really the Bronx.

    *You consider Westchester and everything north of it "upstate".

    *America west of the Hudson is still theoretical to you.

    *The most frequently used part of your car is the horn.

    *You've used a bus pass or a train pass. free rides to school woop woop! lol

    *You've gotten onto a bus through the back door. ... (I've stopped doing this though lol.)

    *You had to take city buses to get to high school.

    *You actually think the subway makes sense, is fun, and is a very reliable form of transportation. (*sets the MTA on FIRE*)

    *You've gotten jaywalking down to an art form.

    *You run when you see a flashing "Do Not Walk" sign at the intersection. (not as much these days though ^^)

    *You call an 8' x 10' plot of patchy grass (or cement) a yard.

    *You ate Italian ices in the summer and loved them.

    *There was at least one pizza place within 1 block of your house (well, almost) and a slice and a soda cost $1. (well, $1.10) (well not it's like 2.75 da fuuuuuuu--)

    *When you're away from home, you miss "real" pizza and especially "real" bagels.

    *You took the bus to Orchard Beach, walked all the way from one end to the other and set up in section 13 which was the best section.

    *You went to Rye Playland at least once a year. This was a family tradition XD.... up until I hit my "everything bores me" phase in the middle of high school XD... then I killed it lol.

    *You've been to the Bronx Zoo & Botanical Gardens many, many times.

    *You have never been to the Statue of Liberty and/or the Empire State Building.

    *Every year when you were little around Christmas time you would go to see the houses on Pelham Parkway.

    *You're not in the least bit interested in going to Times Square on New Year's Eve.

    *You've terrorized nuns.

    *Your idea of personal space is no one actually standing on your toes.

    *You're suspicious of strangers who are actually nice to you. WHAT DO YOU WANT?! YOU CAN'T HAVE MY BODY IT'S NOT READY!!

    *You consider eye contact an act of overt aggression.

    *Someone bumps into you, and you check for your wallet.....

    *You know it is really the "Liberry" and not the Library.

    *You know that the Bronx is the best borough of all, except for maybe Manhattan... maybe.

    *You know what a bodega is.....you secretly wish there was one where you live now. once again half question o-o.. there IS one where I love... 3 actually.. lol.