You know you're from Chicago when.....
- The "Living Room" is called the "front room" (pronounced front-troom)
- You don't pronounce the "s" at the end of Illinois. You become irate at people who do.
- 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 school classes were canceled because of cold.
- Your school classes were canceled because of heat.
- You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
- Stores don't have sacks, they have bags.
- You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. (Example:"Where's my coat at?" or "If you go to the mall I wanna go with.")
- 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!
Last updated 06 June 2005.
