* You think if someone is nice to you they either want something or they are from out of town.
* The public transportation system is known as the "T" and you'd rather drive in bumper to bumper traffic for 4 hours to get to Boston than use the "Blue Line".
* You could own a small town in Iowa for the cost of your house.
* There are 24 Dunkin Donuts shops within fifteen minutes of your house and that is how you give directions.
* If you stay on the same road long enough it eventually has three different names.
* 53 degrees is "on the warm side".
* You've walked to Brigham's for an ice cream cone in the snow.
* You cringe! every time you hear some actor/actress imitate the"Boston Accent" on TV.
* A water fountain is called a bubbler. (Say it "bubbla").
* You can go from one side of town to the other in less than fifteen minutes.
* You know how to pronounce towns like Worcester, Haverhill, Peabody, Scituate, Chatham, Quincy, Hingham, and Leominster.
* You know what they sell at a "packie".
* You keep an ice scraper and lock de-icer in your car all year round.
* Paranoia sets in when you can't see a Dunkin Donuts, ATM or CVS.
* You've pulled out of a side street and used your car to block oncoming traffic so you can make a left-hand turn.
* You've bragged about saving money at The Christmas Tree Shop or Building 19.
* You can navigate a rotary without a problem.
* You use the words "wicked"and "good!" in the same sentence.
* You know that life is "a pissa".
* You drink tonic, but would never consider using it on your hair.
* You never say "Cape Cod" you say "The Cape".
* You went to Old Sturbridge Village, Plymouth Plantation and Bunker Hill at least once in elementary school.
* You've ridden on the Swan Boats.
* You know the Mass Pike and 495 create some sort of strange weather dividing line.
* You call chocolate sprinkles "jimmies".   back...