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1. If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling
through 18 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that
the
food will swim by, you might live in Maine.
2. If you're proud that your region makes the national news 96
nights each year because Presque Isle is the coldest spot in the
nation, you might live in Maine.
3. If your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March,
You
might live in Maine.
4. If you instinctively walk like a penguin for five months out of
the
year, you might live in Maine.
5. If someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don't work
there, you might live in Maine.
6. If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the
middle
of his forehead, you might live in Maine.
7. If you have worn shorts and a coat at the same time, you might
live
in Maine.
8. If your town has an equal number of bars and churches, you
might live in Maine.
9. If you have had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who
dialed a wrong number, you might live in Maine.
Part 2 - You know you're a true MAINER when â¦
1. "Vacation" means going up north on I-95.
2. You measure distance in hours.
3. You know several people who have hit a deer more than once.
4. You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
5. You can drive 65 mph through h 2 feet of snow during a raging
blizzard, without flinching.
6. You see people wearing camouflage at social events (including
weddings).
7. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave
both
unlocked.
8. You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how
to
use them.
9. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
10. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled
with
snow.
11. You know all 5 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, mud
season and road construction.
12. You can identify a southern or western accent.
13. Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to
your
blue spruce.
14. You were unaware that there is a legal drinking age.
15. Down South to you means Portland Maine.
16. A brat is something you eat.
17. Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new pole barn.
18. You go out to fish fry every Friday.
19. Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost.
20. You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.
21. You find 0 degrees "a little chilly."
22. You drink pop and bake with soda.
23. You think owning a Honda is Un-American
24. You actually understand these jokes, and you forward them to all
your Maine friends
through 18 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that
the
food will swim by, you might live in Maine.
2. If you're proud that your region makes the national news 96
nights each year because Presque Isle is the coldest spot in the
nation, you might live in Maine.
3. If your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March,
You
might live in Maine.
4. If you instinctively walk like a penguin for five months out of
the
year, you might live in Maine.
5. If someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don't work
there, you might live in Maine.
6. If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the
middle
of his forehead, you might live in Maine.
7. If you have worn shorts and a coat at the same time, you might
live
in Maine.
8. If your town has an equal number of bars and churches, you
might live in Maine.
9. If you have had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who
dialed a wrong number, you might live in Maine.
Part 2 - You know you're a true MAINER when â¦
1. "Vacation" means going up north on I-95.
2. You measure distance in hours.
3. You know several people who have hit a deer more than once.
4. You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
5. You can drive 65 mph through h 2 feet of snow during a raging
blizzard, without flinching.
6. You see people wearing camouflage at social events (including
weddings).
7. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave
both
unlocked.
8. You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how
to
use them.
9. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
10. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled
with
snow.
11. You know all 5 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, mud
season and road construction.
12. You can identify a southern or western accent.
13. Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to
your
blue spruce.
14. You were unaware that there is a legal drinking age.
15. Down South to you means Portland Maine.
16. A brat is something you eat.
17. Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new pole barn.
18. You go out to fish fry every Friday.
19. Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost.
20. You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.
21. You find 0 degrees "a little chilly."
22. You drink pop and bake with soda.
23. You think owning a Honda is Un-American
24. You actually understand these jokes, and you forward them to all
your Maine friends
