Subject: You Know that you are from Louisiana if....
~Your sunglasses fog up when you step outside.
~You save newspapers, not for recycling but for tablecloths at crawfish
boils.
~Your ancestors are buried above the ground.
~You get on a green trolley car to go to the park and a red one to the
French Quarter.
~You take a bite of five-alarm chili and reach for the Tabasco.
~Every once in a while, you have waterfront property.
~You sit down to eat boiled crawfish and your host says, "Don't eat the dead
ones," and you know what he means.
~You don't learn until high school that Mardi Gras is not a national
holiday.
~You push little old ladies out of the way to catch Mardi Gras beads.
~Little old ladies push YOU out of the way to catch Mardi Gras beads.
~Your last name isn't pronounced the way it's spelled.
~No matter where else you go in the world, you are always disappointed in
the food. (This one is soooo true!)
~You know that Tchoupitoulas is a street and not a disease.
~Your grandparents are called "Maw-Maw" and "Paw-Paw."
~Your Santa Claus rides an alligator and your favorite Saint is a football
player.
~You cringe every time you hear an actor with a Southern or Cajun accent in
a "New Orleans-based" movie or TV show.
~You have to reset your clocks after every thunderstorm.
~You're walking in the French Quarter with a plastic cup of beer. When it
starts to rain, you cover your beer instead of your head.
~You actually get these jokes and pass them on.
