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You Know You're From T-Town When...

You know the difference between I-75 and I-275.

You know it will rain between 2 and 6 pm during the summer.

You wear Tank tops and Flip Flops 365 days a year.

St. Pete is known as 'where the old people live'.

Odessa/Lutz is where the cows roam.

There is a Publix on every street.

There is a Wal-mart every other street

You've memorized where every bar is in Ybor.

Gasparilla and Guavaween are holidays.

More people show up to your high school football games then pro baseball game.

You remember what Tampa Bay Center is.

You can always find a good riot in St.Pete.

Youre excited to see a Sonic and WHATABURGER finally in town

You hear daily from out-of-towners on how crazy/fast we drive.

You buy a beer here for 6 dollars and then go out of town and the same beer costs 2.50

You couldn't imagine a street without a strip club.

You know what the 'big sombrero' is.

South Tampa is the only place to get a good Cuban (sandwich).

You've seen the Lightning play at Expo Hall, The Thunderdome,
The Ice Palace, and The St. Pete Times Forum.

Your only visits to Tropicana Field are when the Devil Rays are
playing The Yankees or Red Sox.

You know you will have to wait at least a one year to eat at Berns

You will see at least 13 gray haired persons driving in the fast lane. Doing 15mph. On your way to work.

Your family is originally from a northern city.

You meet at least two people from out of town every week.

Every bar is open till 3am, then after that everyone is at the casino till 6am.

You consider 'Citrus Park', 'East Lake', and 'Countryside' cities.

'Hurricane Warning' is another word for party time.

Sunshine Skyway is still scary every time.

You have been to one free Tampa Yankees game.

You have met or maybe babysat Hulk Hogan's kids.

You can go to a Wal-mart at 3am and find a long lost friend.

The only people you see wearing suits and ties are Scientologists.

You head to Orlando for Halloween.

Dale Mabry and/or The Veterans are your lifeline.

You weren't a football fan until the Bucs started wearing Pewter.

'Green Iguana' is more to you than a reptile.

You know that to get to the good beach, you have to drive to St. Pete.

It isn't weird for a stranger on the street to walk up and try to sell you cigars.

Anyone with a southern accent is from New Port Richey or Lutz.

You can't sit on a bench downtown without 'skateboard stoppers' on it.

Its normal to have an armadillo in your yard.

You have a hundred friends in town, maybe 5 of whom were actually born in Tampa.

You Know the Brass mug isn't just a bar, its an Institution.

You're less than 20 minutes from 3 movie theaters at all times.

You got into Ybor clubs by the Age of 17.

You had at least 5 classes in a portable during high school.

Just drive into apartment complexes near USF looking for a party.

You know that you can't afford anything at International Mall, but you go there anyway.

You're less than 20 minutes away from 5 college campuses at all times.

You know that a Tampon isn't just a feminine Hygiene Product.

The closest thing to a snow day we get is when a Hurricane is right off the coast.

You see 11 Mexicans and 4 Cubans in a 5 passenger truck. No offense to anyone.

You can find humor in "Only two kinds of drivers here: those who drive over 75 and those who are"

You personally know people with reptiles as pets. Or have one.

You can quote hurricane statistics at any time of day.

You own "dress tank tops" and "everyday tank tops"

You go to the bank ATM, you have to select from English or Spanish before any transactions. Yet still, you have bilingual transactions.

Everyone pauses in conversation during hurricane season to the sound of thunder.

When there's nothing open after 10 PM except Dennys, Bars, 7-11, and Mc D's drive-throughs. Even on weekends.

Flip flops can be formal attire.

You know where each and every dollar drink night is.

You know Dale Mabry and Bruce B. Downs are roads, not people

You get excited for Gasparilla because you know you can get sloppy drunk during the day...and not feel bad about it.

Everyone has been to PEABODY'S at least once.

You're still getting used to turning left to go to Ybor.

You're desperate you go to college hill.

You drive in any other city and you're shocked that they have interstates that go east and west; since Tampa has 3 that only go north and south...

You don't understand why everyone else in Tampa doesn't believe you're really FROM Tampa...

You know that the construction on 1-4, 2-75 and the Crosstown will never, ever, ever be finished. Ever.

You played the "hunker down" drinking game in 2004.

The "St. Pete Times Forum" will ALWAYS be The Ice Palace.

Anything below 75 degrees is FREEEEZING... but you're wearing sandals anyway.

Comments

[1ucifer.livejournal.com]

I...don't agree with the mass majority of those things. Pinellas county isn't "Tampa" either, and should be concidered a separate area.

Btw the old people are not in St. Pete, they are more in Seminole and Clearwater.

[eternitat.livejournal.com]

And in Sun City Center. And Sarasota. But the latter is 2 counties down so it does not really count.

[gimmick-game.livejournal.com]

I guess they were just counting the Tampa Bay Area.

While there are quite a few old foks in St. Pete, I agree the majority are in Clearwater, you just have to drive down Gulf-to-Bay or through Bellair Bluffs to see that.

I found it on a former member of the MJMorning Show's MySpace, and just thought it was kinda funny. Like all the party stuff I don't know anyway, but the sports stuff is pretty funny, and the stuff about landmarks