You know your from Maryland when...
-You know more than 10 people who own boats, all at the same marina in
Solomons.
-You can pronounce and spell "Pocomoke," "Mattaponi," "Accokeek,""Havre
de Grace" and "Silopanna" (Annapolis backwards).
-You pronounce "Bowie" BOO-ee Not BOW-ee. Or BAUW-ee.
-Someone asks you what school you went to - you automatically name your high School.
-You know where 'lil it lee is (Little Italy)
-You remember Harbor place as the horrible place with polluted water
-When the Power Plant was an actual power plant
-You know what the Dundalk/Seagirt terminal means
-You remember BWI Airport as Friendship airport
-You remember driving over the old Kent Narrows bridge that everyone fishes off of now
-After eating crabs you wash your hands with beer
-You love the Domino Sugar sign you can see across the harbor
-You know Annapolis and Hopkins are national treasures and get a kick out of hearing them named in movies or TV
-You know B&O is not body odor, but Baltimore & Ohio railroad
-1 hour is a good commute to work.
-You have more than three recipes for crab cakes.
-Every kitchen has Old Bay and French fries just don't taste right without it.
-There are more than two crab places in your town.
-You got your first fishing rod or lacrosse stick before you were six years old.
-You call all turtles "terrapins."
-You refer to your state as "Merlin."
-Your mother shops at Hecht's.
-You still call Six Flags America "Adventure World" or even "Wild World."
-You have fond memories of concerts at the Capital Center.
-You remember the Civic Center, too (now the Baltimore Arena).
-Peabody isn't just a name, but a haven for artists of all types
-You know Ed Norton is from Maryland
-You know Pam Shriver is from Maryland
-You have attended at least one game at Memorial Stadium and wish you had just one brick
-Earl Weaver - enough said
-Mr. Baseball was Brookes Robinson
-You know DC isn't the only place with a Beltway
-You still remember the Wild World commercial (Wild World's the cure for the summertime blues!).
-You can tell the difference between the smells of septic and marsh.
-You not only know how to eat hard crabs, but also know how to catch them, cook them and tell the males from the females.
-You don't think that Assawoman Bay is a strange name for a body of water
-You know perfectly well why Rehoboth is called "Little San Francisco."
-M R Ducks makes perfect sense. So does C M Wags & I C Deer.
-You think Salisbury is a big city.
-You think of dumplings as wet slippery squares of boiled dough.
-You and your boss take off of work when the fish are running, the ducks are flying in, or the deer are in rut.
-You think of "Dairy Queen" as a pageant title and not a place to get icecream.
-"Formal wear" is a ball cap, a flannel shirt and Timberland boots.
-You still root for the Orioles even when they suck.
-You'll never understand why tourists come to DC.
-When in Florida, you can only laugh when you see signs saying "Real Maryland Blue Crab Cakes!"
-You color with "Crowns"(crayons), take a "Share" (shower) with "Wooter"(water), and think the president lives in "Warshenton."
-You say Blare Road for Bel Air Road
-You still get surprised that Marylanders sound so Southern
-You don't consider Maryland a "southern state" - we are a Mid-Atlantic state
-You know what a Nor Easter is and can do
-You know a winter Nor Easter will dump a Blizzard on Maryland and we get a minimum of 3 days off of work and school
-You remember when I-270 was a two lane highway called 70 S, and Gaithersburg was considered the boonies.
-Your entire family lives within a 200 mile radius of your town.
-At least one man in your family is a waterman ... or an attorney.You plan for "The Festival" a year in advance. During the summer, you spend more time in Ocean City than at home.
-Your radio dial is stuck on 99.1 even though it is Spanish now.
-You remember Jerry Turner and Al Sanders
-Vince Bagli was "the" sports announcer on TV
-Alan Prell's shrill voice was loud and clear to us
-You remember Shaeffer swimming with the seals at the Aquarium
-When Marty Bass wore a wig
-You know where Perdue chicken comes from.
-When someone says "The bridge traffic is bad," you know which bridge.
-You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from
Maryland!
