1. People call it "Corpus."
2. Flour Bluff is considered another town.
3. Calallen is considered "out of town".
4. People remember hurricanes fondly.
5. A big concert for us is some dude or band from the 1980's playing at Concrete Street ("T" Head) and everyone goes.
6. We get excited if a new restaurant opens in town -- even if it's an IHOP.
7. You spend 5-7 years at Del Mar for that associates degree.
8. Going for a cruise means driving down Ocean Drive.
9. You know by heart what a #1 or a #7 is at Whataburger.
10. You remember fondly when Ray first went to state in "56" and when Ray and Miller won state in 1959 and 1960 - and still talk about it like it was only yesterday.
11. You consider yourself a "Texan" or a "Buc".
12. Landry's and Joe's Crabshack are considered upscale restaurants.
13. You camp out with your family on Leopard Street for 4 days to get primo seats for the Buc Days parade.
14. There's a known difference between the HEB's.
15. You claim you want to leave, but you never do.
16. You have Whataburger and Jalisco's on speed dial.
17. You've lost your keys, your money, and your virginity at the beach.
18. You grew up watching Joe Gazin and Dale Nelson.
19. The wind doesn't bother you.
20. You secretly love it, but won't admit it . . .
21. "Meeting a celebrity" means standing in line at HEB next to the local weatherman.
22. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a camper on SPID.
23. The morning commute is aggravated by "heavy traffic" between 8:05 and 8:08 AM.
24. "Vacation" means driving to South Padre.
25. Your letterman jacket is too hot to wear 10 months out of the year.
26. Your work or classes are canceled because of dangerous 30 degree
weather.
27. You see people wear tank tops at funerals.
28. You think of the major food groups as beans, tortillas, and beer.
29. When it rains, it's the talk of the town for days.
30. When it snows, it's a regional disaster. (Snow?)
31. During the summer, the car trunk doubles as an oven for your groceries.
32. You consider Corpus a metropolis.
33. The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page, but requires 6 pages for high school football.
34. You've had to switch from Heat to A/C in the same day.
35. You only own 3 spices: salt, pepper, and picante.
36. You think that opening weekend for dove and deer seasons are national holidays.
37. You find 98 degrees "a little warm," and 60 degree down right freezing.
38. You think the only seasons are hot, damn hot, and winter.
39. You know if another person is from out of town the second he or she walks in the door.
40. "Overachievers" go to A&M (main campus) or UT-Austin. The rest must choose from TAMU-CC, Del Mar, or TAMU-K.
41. You've had several friends move away and move back within a couple of months.
42. Sandia is something you eat and somewhere you also live.
43. The Shrimporee, Bayfest, Buccaneer Days & the Livestock Show are
the major social events for the whole year.
44. The town mascot is a grapefruit. (a GRAPEFRUIT??)
45. Honeymoon means "San Antonio" .
46. You get this e-mail and send it to all your South Texas friends.
(And a few choice others, too, that don't know what they are missin
