Proud? to be a Mainer???

[LizabethDavis]

Here is ours:


YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM MAINE WHEN...

You only own three spices - salt, pepper and ketchup.

You design your Halloween costumes to fit over a snowsuit. :)

The mosquitoes have landing lights.

You have more miles on your snow blower than your car. :)

You have 10 favourite recipes for moose meat.

You live in a house that has no front steps, yet the door is three feet above the ground.

You've taken your kids trick-or-treating in a blizzard. :)

Driving is better in the winter because the potholes get filled
with snow. :)

You think everyone from the city has an accent.

You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie with
only 8 buttons. YUP.

You owe more money on your snowmobile than your car.

The local paper covers national and international headlines on l/4
page, but requires 6 pages for sports.

At least twice a year, the kitchen doubles as a meat processing plant.

The most effective mosquito repellent is a shotgun.

Your snow blower gets stuck on the roof.

You think the start of moose season is a national holiday. YUP

You head south to go to your cottage.

You frequently clean grease off your barbecue so the bears won't
prowl on your deck.

The mayor greets you on the street by your first
name.

There is only one shopping plaza in town. YUP
The major parish fundraiser isn't bingo - its sausage making.

You find -40C a little chilly. YUP

The trunk of your car doubles as a deep freezer. We leave beer in there and it's still cold the next day.

You attended a formal event in your best clothes, your finest
jewellery and your Sorrels.

You can play road hockey on skates. Yessa

Shovelling the driveway constitutes a great upper body workout. Absolutely!

You know the 4 seasons are: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter,
and Black flies. VERY TRUE

The municipality buys a zamboni before a bus. Yes, we have done this!

[rainbowtreat]

Lizabeth, I posted one slightly differnt under Cindy's post. and the part about You know the 4 seasons are: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter,
and Black flies. I have heard this as Almost winter, winter, still winter and contruction.

[LizabethDavis]

Yup that one goes too!!

[ikkin510]

Now this list and the one Gwen put in the Texas thread I can agree to in PA. Guess it's cause we aren't that far away. I had to laugh though. In Gwen's it said something about eating Moose Track ice cream and I was finishing up a bowl of that when I read it!

[LizabethDavis]

LOL..as much as I complain..I don't think I would trade living here for anything!

[CindySue]

Ok.....Im not from Maine! Couldnt get most of the jokes.....was like, huh?

[LizabethDavis]

It's okay...we don't get some of the Texas ones either :cool:

[CindySue]

Yall really dont eat beans? Someone had said something about they thought beans were a food group here and they are just about right.
Tomorrow I cooking a big pot of Pinto beans with onion and bacon in them. Served with corn bread and sliced onion. yum....yum :drool:

[LizabethDavis]

I personally don't eat beans.

[WhiskeyGirl]

It's funny...most of those would double for where I live in Canada as well! When I started reading it I thought I saw this email with the heading : you know you are from Canada when....

Halarious!! Good stuff Lizabeth!

[LizabethDavis]

Thanks Canadian!! Rainbowtreat had a good one too in Proud to be a Texan!

[WhiskeyGirl]

No problem! I wish I could find the one about Canadians but its been ages since I got it and *checks email* I deleted it! :'(

[rainbowtreat]

CanadianBride I grew up on the very cosat of a part of Canada. St. Steven new Brunswick to be exact. You can yell across the river. Used to go over there to the bars ( or should that be "BAHS" :p ) when we wer 18 and 19. Oh hell untill we were 21 and able to go to the bars in Calais. We have an International Festival every August. The only one I have been back for was 1 1/2 ago for my 10 year reuion. They had it duirng that weekend so we all had something to do. Otherwise we would have been bored. Most of us have moved from there since we graduated. Most of our families are still there though. It is funny when I take some one home for the first time. No matter where you look in Calais you see Canada. It's fun to tell them that that is a whole nother country there. I grew up with it so to me it is not werid it is normal to be able to walk to Canada.

[WhiskeyGirl]

CanadianBride I grew up on the very cosat of a part of Canada. St. Steven new Brunswick to be exact. You can yell across the river. Used to go over there to the bars ( or should that be "BAHS" :p ) when we wer 18 and 19. Oh hell untill we were 21 and able to go to the bars in Calais. We have an International Festival every August. The only one I have been back for was 1 1/2 ago for my 10 year reuion. They had it duirng that weekend so we all had something to do. Otherwise we would have been bored. Most of us have moved from there since we graduated. Most of our families are still there though. It is funny when I take some one home for the first time. No matter where you look in Calais you see Canada. It's fun to tell them that that is a whole nother country there. I grew up with it so to me it is not werid it is normal to be able to walk to Canada.

Ha ha too funny!!

I am on the other side of the Country...lol...but I am sure if I was closer to the boarder I could probably walk through some trees and be there!

[rainbowtreat]

They used to have problems with people trying to walk across the river in the winter. Not wanting to go through customs. The festival is cool. They have a raft race where you build you own raft and who ever makes it to the finish lines without falling apart wins. And a rubber duky race where all the ducks have a number on them. You purchase you numbers and what ever duck makes it there first wins.

[WhiskeyGirl]

Sounds like good times!!

[LizabethDavis]

Maineah's are always good times!

[rainbowtreat]

Lizabeth you live the closet to me, you coming to my wedding?:bblol:

Actaully I am getting married closer to where you live then where I live.

[LizabethDavis]

Hey, I'll come...give me a time and a place...I can probably be there:)

[rainbowtreat]

June 10, 2006 4 pm Calais , ME Union St If you really want to be there I can give you an invatation once I have them done lol.

[LizabethDavis]

Calais??? You really are getting married closer to me then you!!! I would be honored to attend...Only if you sincerely want me to though.

[rainbowtreat]

Oh it would be awsome to have you there. Could you imagine it. You can relate back to all of the ladies here how it went before I get back from the honey moon. Yes we are getting married in Calais. It is my home town. My sister is doing alot for us. We are getting married in her yard and having the reception at the American Legion.

[LizabethDavis]

Awesome..Calais is only about 2 hours and 15 minutes from me!! I was thinking about how I could come back here afterward and fill everyone in, but then I thought that you may want to do it...I wouldn't give MAJOR details, but you know...

[LizabethDavis]

Looks like I will be giving you all details on Gwen's wedding before she does!! Or at least the general run down!! I am so excited!!

[rainbowtreat]

It will be so cool to have you there. And you can fill the girls in. If they are like me they will be dieing to know. I can give the pictures and more details when I get back a week later. After each one of us gets marreid I am sure the rest of us will be waiting not so calmly for their return to fill us in on how it all went. So you had better be there and then you can tell all how great it was. ( well it had better be lol )

[usahgrad]

OF COURSE WE'LL BE DYING TO KNOW! YAY! I'd invite y'all to mine, but our dance floor is going to be mini-sized as it is...I'd love to kick off some of my relatives for you guys though! :) Since I don't have an insider, I'll try and get on here with some details before I leave for my honeymoon...no promises though...

[rainbowtreat]

I found something else about New Englanders I thought I would share. Forgot I had this.



Forget Rednecks ... here's what Jeff Foxworthy has to say on New
Englanders:

If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 36 inches
of ice and sitting there all day hoping it will swim by, you might live in
New England.

If you're proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights each year
because Mt. Washington is the coldest spot in the nation, and Boston gets
more snow than any other major city in the US, you live in New England.

If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May, you live in
New England.

If you instinctively walk like a penguin for six months out of the year, you
live in New England.

If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance, and they don't work
there, you live in New England.

If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you live in New England.

If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a
wrong number, you live in New England.

"Vacation" means going anywhere south of New York City for the weekend.

You measure distance in hours.

You know several people who have hit a deer more than once.

You have switched from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day, and back again.

You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without
flinching.

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

You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend/wife knows how to
use them.

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

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

You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road
construction.

Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your blue
spruce.

"Down South" to you means Philadelphia.

Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new shed.

Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost.

You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.

You find 10 degrees "a little chilly."

You actually understand these jokes, and forward them to all your New
England friends

[LizabethDavis]

Love it!!! That's us!!!