You know your from Maryland when…

(My friend and longtime neighbor Lisa passed this on to me)

 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 ice cream.

  “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!