You might be a Floridian if ....

You might be a Floridian if...

• "Down South" means Key West" and Panhandling" means going to Pensacola. And it's about 16 hours driving time between the two!! Yikes!
• You think no-one over 70 should be allowed to drive. Well ... that depends!
• Flip-flops are everyday wear. I don't like flip-flops but my girls wear them year 'round!
• Shoes are for business meetings and church.No, wait, flip flops are good for church too
• Orange juice from concentrate makes you vomit Not vomit but it's not as good as the real thing.
• Sweet tea can be served at any meal.
• An alligator once walked through your neighborhood. We were closer to alligators when we lived in Auburndale around the lakes.
• You smirk when a game show's "Grand Prize" is a trip 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. Seagulls know how to attack food if you are not careful!! I know -- been there, done that!!
• You never use an umbrella because you know the rain will be over in five minutes
• All the local festivals are named after a fruit.
• A mountain is any hill 100 feet above sea level. Now that's funny -- but true!
• A good parking place has nothing to do with distance from the store, but everything to do with shade.
• Your winter coat is made of denim And I just bought three grandsons denim coats!
• You can tell the difference between fire ant bites and mosquito bites
• You're younger than thirty but some of your friends are over 65 I'm not younger than 35 -- but a couple of my kids are and they have friends over 65 -- many!!
• You know the four seasons really are: almost summer, summer,not summer but really hot, and Christmas.
• It's not "pop." It's "soda" or "coke."
• Anything under 70 is chilly. And Sunday it is supposed to be 68 -- brrrr!
• You've hosted a hurricane party. Done that before! Even when the power was off!
• You go to a theme park for an afternoon, and know when to get on the best rides. Yup!!
• You pass on the right and honk at the elderly. I may pass on the right but try not to honk at the elderly!
• You understand the futility of exterminating cockroaches. Horrors!! And Florida cockroaches are not little!!!!
• You can pronounce Okeechobee, Kissimmee, Withlacoochee, Okahumpka and Loxahatchee. I can do that!
• You understand why it's better to have a friend with a boat than have a boat yourself.
• You've driven through Yeehaw Junction. Anyone know where that is? If you're from Florida, you probably do - been through there several times!
• Bumper stickers on the pickup in front of you include various fish, the NRA and a confederate flag.
• You've worn shorts and used the A/C on Christmas. And had a fire in the fireplace. Now that's a little crazy!!
• You know what the "stingray shuffle" is and why it's important! Especially early in the morning!
• You know that no other grocery store can compare to Publix. There are two within about a mile of our house!
• Every other house had blue roofs in 2004-2005 We were fortunate!
• You’ve gotten out of school early on Halloween to trick or treat before it got dark That would relate to my grandkids!
• You know that anything under a Category 3 just isn't worth waking up for.
• You dread lovebug season. And they are hard to clean off your car. If you are driving through the middle of the state during 'love bug' season, you may have to stop periodically to clean your windshield! I've done that before!!
• You are on a first name basis with the Hurricane list. They aren't Hurricane Charley, Hurricane Frances...but Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne. Ain't that the truth?!!
• You know what a snowbird is and you hate them. I actually like snowbirds! Except at 11am in Walmart!