YOU KNOW YOU FROM SAC IF....1. You pronounce “Sacramento” SACRAMENNO 2. Wearing Purple and Silver is a Fashion Statement. 3. You know you’re only 3073 miles from Ocean City, MD 4. Driver’s think a red light or a stop sign is just a suggestion. 5. The best restaurants in town start with “El” or “Los.” 6. People break out coats when the temperature drops below 70. 7. You can cross a River, Freeway, Railroad or Street and go from a rich neighborhood to poor neighborhood. 8. You still don’t know your way around downtown. 9. You complain about traffic and the cost of living (both in top 10 for the country) 10. You say “HELLA”. 11. People put 22 inch rims on ANYTHING! 12. You laugh when a Southern Californian refers to highways like “the 5”. It’s just “5”, there is NO “the”. 13. You know that not everyone in California surfs. 14. On the weekend you can find something to do but you have to drive to get there. (Tahoe, S.F., Oakland, Napa, Yosemite, Santa Cruz) 15. Folsom Lake and the American/Sacramento rivers are your ideas of a beach. 16. Driving less than 70 on the Freeway is unacceptable. 17. You know not to take Watt, Sunrise, Florin, Howe, Laguna, Calvine, Hazel, Arden, El Camino, Marconi, Fulton, Madison, Greenback, Fruitridge, Mack, 65th Street, Power Inn, Elk Grove-Florin, Bradshaw, Franklin, Folsom, Freeport, Fair Oaks, etc; basically any roads….at 8, 12, or 5. 18. You swear there was an open field there last week, where now there are houses. 19. You can talk about what you ate from Mr. Pickle’s without it being dirty. 20. You’re STILL bitter about game 6 of the 2002 NBA Western Conference Finals. 21. When it sprinkles it is the top of the news. 22. When it rains, all the news stations predict that massive and destructive flooding will occur because the water levels are on the warning signs of flooding. 23. You know what Arden and Old Sacramento are. 24. Friends come in from out of town and comment on the fog, and your response is “this is nothin…just wait.” 25. You see Porsches, Ferraris and high end Mercedes everyday; but you also see beater Hondas with tin cans strapped to the back… 26. You have to go to chipotle at least once a week. 27. You had flood days as a kid. 28. You go to adalbertos…at all hours of the night. 29. You actually cared about the closure of Tower Records 30. You’ve never actually been into the State Capitol, but you’ve passed it on numerous occasions while lost downtown. 31. You camped out to watch the filming of John Travolta’s movie in the Fab Forties a few years ago. 32. You know that Tom Hanks is from Sac and went to Sac State. 33. You’ve heard rumors for years that the Drive-In movies are being torn down, but you still go at least once a summer because they’re still there. 34. Almost everyday from June to September is a “Spare the Air Day” 35. You tell ppl that you live in the Pocket and they don’t think that you live in somebody’s pants 36. You’ve probably ran over a chicken or two in Old Fair Oaks 37. You remember when there was nothing around Arco. 38. You want another sports team, but you don’t want to pay for another arena/stadium. 39. The pool is the same temperature as your hot tub. 40. Wearing red or blue you can get shot. 41. The tap water actually tastes good. 42. You think you’re better than people from southern California. 43. Someone mentions the State Fair and you immediately think of Hispanic Day or Black family night. 44. You drive just as fast on a sunny day in June as a foggy day in December.
Posted on: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 05:10:27 +0000
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