You know you are from Chicago if...

Ok here is another email from my friend in Chicago. I've never been to Chicago -the windy city- but all my friends from Chicago agreed with the following list ... I've witnessed some of the list talking to my friends...

You know what the phone number for Empire Carpet is!

Your living room is called the "front room" (pronounced fronchroom)

You don't pronounce the "s" at the end of Illinois, and you get irritated at ppl who do.

You measure distance in minutes and everything is pretty much 15 minutes away

You have no problem spellling or pronouncing "Des Plaines"

You still consider the sears tower the tallest building in the world.

You know where Comiskey Park is.

Your school classes were canceled because of cold weather.

Your school classes were cancelled because of hot weather.

You've switched from heat to air conditioning in the same day.

Your grocery stores don't have sacks, they have bags.

You end your sentences with propositions: "Where's my coat at?" or "If you go to the mall, I wanna go with, " or "Come by and pick me up"

Your idea of a great sandwich is when the meat is twice as big as the bun, it has everything on it, and a slice of dill pickle is on the side.

You don't call it a "sandwich" because it's a "sammich"

You know what a "pizza puff" is.

You know what a "gyros" is.

You always carry jumper cables in your car.

You drink "pop" not soda, or even worse, "coke".

You understand that I-290, I-90, I-94, and I-294 are all different highways.

You know the name of the interstates: Stevenson, Kennedy, Eisenhower, Dan Ryan, Ronald Reagan and the Eden, but you call then all "Expressways"

You ride the "L"

You refer to anything south of the I - 80 as "Southern Illinois"

You refer to Lake Michigan as "The Lake"

You refer to Chicago as "The City"

The "Super Bowl" refers to one specific game played in January of 85'.

No matter where you are, when you hear the term "downtown", you immediately assume they're talking about downtown Chicago.

You have two favorite football teams: The Bears, and anyone who beats the Packers!

You read "The Trib"

You drive to the North suburbs by taking "The Outer Drive" even though no such road exists.

You think 35 degrees is GREAT weather to wash you car!

You know what Chicago Style Pizza REALLY is, and it ain't at the Uno's Pizzerias outside of Chicago. (trust me!)

You know why they call Chicago "The Windy City"

You understand what "lake-effect" means.

You know the difference between Amtrak and the Metra, and you know which station they end up at. (Do note the prepostion)

You can distinguish among the following area codes: 847, 630, 773, 708, & 815.

You respnd to the question "Where are you from?" with a "side".

You wear gym shoes, not sneakers.

You have at some time in your life, used your furniture to claim your parking spot in the winter.

You have watched an out - of - towner or a suburbanite get beat up for moving furniture guarding a parking spot.

You pronounce "on" as "ahn" and not "awn"

You play softball with the biggest ball imaginable that doesn't fitt into a mitt, which everyone else strangely calls a "glove".

You know why O'Hare Airport's abbreviation is ORD.

You Know what TBK is. (and you love to eat there when your wasted)

Posted: 4:09 p.m. EST September 30, 2005 by me ts

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