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You Know You’re From Boston When...

You love the Patriots, and if you don’t.. there’s always natural selection.

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You Know You’re From Boston When...
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The little colored and chocolate delights that go on ice cream are known as Jimmies. Not sprinkles. Working at an ice cream shoppe, there is nothing that annoys more than when someone asks for sprinkles.. I’m sorry, you want what?




Rotaries don’t even faze you anymore. It’s just a rotary, how hard is it to drive in a damn circle without hitting another car? There is absolutely no reason to come to a complete stop... wise words from an absolute Masshole driver.

You’re so loud that you can’t even count the number of times you’ve been told to lower your voice.

You love the Patriots. If you don’t... that’s why there’s natural selection.

You have no business being in a Starbucks. I think I speak for all New Englanders when I say Dunks or Die. Dunks is basically a religion in Boston because “Boston runs on Dunkin.” It was founded in Quincy after all.




You don’t think you have an attitude at all. People swear you do, but you just don’t see it.

All your Italian cravings can be fulfilled in the North End.

Winter lasts from October until May. New England is becoming more like Antarctica with each passing winter.




It is my right to cut people off in traffic. If I’m already 10 minutes late to work and they’re driving too slow, yes I will gas it to get in front of them. Even if I’m not late to go anywhere, slow drivers are a pet peeve.

You can bang a Uey anywhere if you’re quick enough. A u-turn? Never heard of it.

It is a blessing whenever you can avoid the Green Line.. especially during rush hour. I’m pretty sure for the Green Line time goes backwards.. on second thought the same goes for every line.

Parking? Forget about it.




You’re a loyal Sox fan whether you’re into (or even understand) baseball or not. When they win, you win. When they lose, you lose, and you feel it. Thankfully my father raised me to understand and appreciate sports.

Speaking of the Sox.. Sweet Caroline is your song. It’s just one of the many adopted Boston anthems. I can’t help from singing along every time I hear it. The same goes for any popular “Boston” song played at games and such. They all remind of where I’m from. They remind me that I was born in the best city on earth.

There is a CVS everywhere you look. If there isn’t, we’re not in Boston anymore Toto.

You walk and talk faster than anyone in a crowd. We don’t drive slow.. so why would we walk slow? We have places to be. We have a lot to say, so we talk fast enough to make sure we get it all out.

Anything below a foot of snow is a dusting. Pull out the snowblowers kids, school isn’t canceled and no streets are plowed.



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