You know you're from NOOO JOISEY if. ~*~
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1. You've been seriously injured at an action park
2. You don't think of citrus when people mention the oranges
3. You know its called Great Adventure not Six Flags
4. You've ordered a hard roll with butter for breakfast
5. You've known the way to Seaside Heights since you were seven
6. You've eaten at a diner when you were stoned or drunk at 3 am
7. You know the hole in the ozone layer was not caused by the bottles of hair spray used in the 80s by Bon Jovi and Skid Row
8. You know the state isn't one big oil refinery
9. At least three people in your family still love Bruce Springsteen
10. You know what town Jon Bon Jovi is from
11. You know that the state isn't all farm land
12. You know that there are no beaches in New Jersey; there's the Shore
13. You know the road to the shore is the Parkway not the Garden State Highway
14. You call Italian subs a sub not a submarine sandwich or worse yet a hoagie or a hero
15. You remember the song from the Palisades Park commercials
16. You know that not all people from New Jersey are involved in the mafia
17. You know that Frank Sinatra WAS involved in the mafia
18. You know how to properly negotiate a circle
19. You know the last statement had to do with driving
20. You know that this is the only NEW state that doesn't require new to identify it (try. Mexico. York. Hampshire. doesn't work does it?) You only go to New York City for day trips, and you only call it the city
21. You know that a White Castle is the name of BOTH a fast food chain AND a fast food sandwich
22. You consider a corn beef sandwich with lettuce and mayo a sacrilege
23. You wore your hair REALLY high in the 80s and still have an old pair of leather pants in the back of your closet
24. You are Italian
25. You say "how you doin" a lot
26. You don't think What exit do you live near is very funny
27.You know the first real strip shopping center in the country is Route 22
28. You know that people from the 609 area code are a little different
28. You know that no respectable Jerseyan goes to Princeton ... that's for out-of-staters
29. The Jets-Giants game has caused riots in your school or local bar
30. You live within 20 minutes of at least 3 different malls
31. You can see the Manhattan skyline from some part of your town
32. You refer to all highways and interstates by their numbers
33. Every year you had at least one kid in your class named Tony
34. You have a collection of pinky rings
35. You know where every clip in the Sopranos opening credits is
36. You've gotten on the wrong highway trying to get out of Willowbrook Mall
37. You've been to at least one mall in Paramus
38. You know the people from North Jersey go to Seaside Heights and the people from South Jersey go to Wildwood
39. You were not raised in New Jersey. You were raised in either North Jersey, Central Jersey or South Jersey
40. You don't consider Newark or Camden to actually be part of the state
41. You remember the stores Korvettes, Rickels, Channel, Bamburgers, and Orbachs
42. You've eaten cheesesteak with vinegar fries
43. You start planning for memorial weekend in February

...AND FINALLY

44. You've NEVER pumped your own gas