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You know your from illinois when....

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i might as well do it since everyone else is lol

1. You've never met a celebrity.

2. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.

3. "Vacation" means going to Six Flags.

4. You think of Chicago as not part of Illinois.

5. You measure distance in minutes.

6. You know several people who have hit a deer.

7. Your school classes were canceled because of cold.

8. Your school classes were canceled because of heat.

9. You have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day.

10. You know what's knee-high by the Fourth of July.

11. Stores don't have bags; they have sacks.

12. You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it, no matter what time of the year.

13. You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. For example: "Where's my coat at?" or "If you go to town I wanna go with."

14. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, flower or an animal.

15. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.

16. You think of the major four food groups as beef, pork, sodie and Jell-O salad with marshmallows.

17. You carry jumper cables in your car.

18. You don't pronounce the "S" in Illinois like the rest of the world.

19. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.

20. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.

21. You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.

22. The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page, but requires 6 pages for sports.

23. You think that deer season is a national holiday.

24. You know which leaves make a good toilet paper.

25. You find -20 degrees F "a little chilly."

26. You know all 4 seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter, and Construction.

27. You know if another Illinoisan is from southern, central, or northern Illinois and especially Chicago, as soon as they open their mouth.

28. There is a Dairy Queen in every town with a population of 1000 of more.

29. Whenever anyone mentions going out for steak, the first place you think of is Ponderosa.

30. You know more than one person with a septic tank.

31. You pronounce the invisible" R" in the word wash.

32. You actually understand these jokes and forward them to all your friends from Illinois.
 
You know you're from Chicago if:

The "Living Room" is called the "front room" (pronounced fronchroom)

You measure distance in minutes (especially "from the city"). And you swear everything is pretty much 15 minutes away

You have no problem spelling or pronouncing "Des Plaines"

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

You carry jumper cables in your car

You drink "pop."

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

You know the names of the interstates: Stevenson, Kennedy, Eisenhower,Dan Ryan, and the Edens

But you call the interstates "expressways"

You refer to anything South of 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 in a series of 35 played in January of 1986

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 buy "The Trib"

You think 35 degrees is great weather to wash your car!

You know what goes on a Chicago Style Hot Dog

You know what Chicago Style Pizza REALLY is

You know why they call Chicago "The Windy City"

You understand what "lake-effect" means

You know the difference between Amtrak and Metra, and know which station they end up at. You have ridden the "L"

You can distinguish between the following area codes: 847,630,773,708, 312, & 815

You have at some time in your life, used your furniture to guard your parking spot in winter. (CHICAGO CLASSIC!!)

You respond to the question "Where are you from" with a side" example:"WEST SIDE", "SOUTH SIDE" or "NORTHSIDE."

You know what the phone number is to Empire Carpet!

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I grew up just north of the city, so all of these apply to me!
 
You know you're in Illinois when you get parking tickets through the mail, from Chicago, when you have never been there.
 
A little town 45 min NW of the city. Called Wauconda, its past Palatine and Lake Zurich. Population 8,000 growing up. Now I think its up to a huge 12,000 LOL. I guess my post was a little misleading, its not really "just" north.
 
A little town 45 min NW of the city. Called Wauconda, its past Palatine and Lake Zurich. Population 8,000 growing up. Now I think its up to a huge 12,000 LOL. I guess my post was a little misleading, its not really "just" north.

I'm from Bloomingdale, been to Wauconda many a time. ;)
 
Most people have never heard of Wauconda, which is why I usually just say either NW burbs or Chicago. Its a nice town, not much to do, but it is pretty quiet. My parents still live there so I visit a couple times a year.

I have been through Bloomingdale a few times... my lawyer is in Wheaton... LOL
 
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