This is Florida

THIS IS FLORIDA AND ONLY FLORIDANS KNOW THIS...

• "Down South" means Key West


• "Panhandling" means going to Pensacola.


• You think no-one over 70 should be allowed to drive.


• Flip-flops are everyday wear.


• Shoes are for business meetings and church.


• Sweet tea can be served at any meal.


• An alligator once walked through your neighborhood.


• You smirk when a game show's "Grand Prize" is a trip or cruise to Florida.


• You measure distance in minutes.


• You have a drawer full of bathing suits, and one sweatshirt.


• You get annoyed at the tourists who feed seagulls.


• All the local festivals are named after a fruit.


• A mountain is any hill 100 feet above sea level.


• You think everyone from a bigger city has a northern accent.


• You know the four seasons really are: almost summer, summer, >not summer but really hot, and Christmas.


• It's not soda, cola, or pop...its coke, regardless of > brand or flavor, "What kinda coke you want?"


• Anything under 95 is just warm.


• Anything under 70 is chilly.


• You've hosted a hurricane party.


• You go to a theme park for an afternoon, and know when > to get on the best rides.


• You pass on the right and honk at the elderly.


• You understand the futility of exterminating cockroaches.


• You can pronounce Okeechobee, Kissimmee, Withlacoochee, Okahumpka and Loxahatchee.


• You understand why it's better to have a friend with a boat, than have a boat yourself.


• Bumper stickers on the pickup in front of you include: various fish, NRA, and a confederate flag.


• You were 8 before you realized they made houses without pools.


• You were 12 when you first met someone who couldn't swim.


• You get angry when people say "Florida isn't really part of the SOUTH"


• You've worn shorts and used the A/C on Christmas.


• You know what the "stingray shuffle" is, and why it's > important!


• Socks are only for bowling


• Orange juice from concentrate makes you vomit


• Tap water makes you vomit


• You never use an umbrella because you know the rain > will be over in five minutes


• A good parking place has nothing to do with distance from the store, but everything to do with shade.


• You can tell the difference between fire ant bites and mosquito bites.


• You've driven through Yeehaw Junction.


• You could swim before you could read.


• You have to drive north to get to The South.


• You know that no other grocery store can compare to Publix.


• Every other house had blue roofs in 2004-2005.


• You know that anything under a Category 3 just isn't worth waking up for.


• You dread lovebug season.


• You are on a first name basis with the Hurricane list. They aren't Hurricane Charley, Hurricane Frances...but Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne.


• You know what a snowbird is and you hate them.


• You know why flamingos are pink.


• You think a six-foot alligator is actually pretty average.