If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 36 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by, you might live in New England.
If you’re proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights each year because Mt. Washington is the coldest spot in the nation, and Boston gets more snow than any other major city in the US, you might live in New England.
If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May, you might live in New England
If you instinctively walk like a penguin for six months out of the year, you might live in New England.
If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance, and they don’t work there, you might live in New England.
If your dad’s suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his forehead, you might live in New England.
If you have worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you might live in New England.
If your town has more bars than churches, you might live in New England.
If you have had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you might live in New England.
via email from Jay Lord, Mon, 3 Jan 2005 13:50:22 +0000
Kim sent some new ones on Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:44:40 -0800:
If “Vacation” means going anywhere south of New York City for the weekend, you live in New England.
If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph — you’re going 80 and everybody is passing you, you live in New England.
If there’s a Dunkin Donuts on every corner, you live in New England.