Massachusetts Humor

How To Tell If You Are From Massachusetts

  1. The person driving in front of you is going 70 mps and you are cursing him for going too slow.
  2. The fact that Routes 128 and 95 are pretty much the same thing doesn't confuse you.
  3. When ordering a tonic, you mean a coke... not water with bubbles.
  4. You can navigate a rotary without a problem.
  5. You know how to pronounce towns like Worcester, Haverhill and Cotuit.
  6. You have driven to New Hampshire on a Sunday in order to get beer.
  7. You have been to Fenway Park.
  8. You knew that there was no chance in Hell that the Patriots would move to Hartford (Ha! Ha!)
  9. You laugh at all of the other states in New England.
  10. You can actually find your way around Boston.
  11. The Curse Of The Bambino is taught in public schools.
  12. You refer to the New York Yankees as the Devil's Favorite's or something worse.
  13. Colleges are used as landmarks for directions (i.e., Go past MIT until you hit Harvard. Take a right and go past Lesley. Keep going until you get to Tufts. (actual directions).
  14. Doug Flutie is the greatest athlete ever.
  15. You think the rest of the country owes you for having things like Thanksgiving and independence.
  16. As a kid you laughed at the kids down south who never got to have snow days.
  17. You feel that the rest of the world needs to drive more like you.
  18. The Beanpot is a hockey tournament not a serving container.
  19. You take great pride in Cheers.
  20. You know exactly where you were when Buckner missed the ball.
  21. Somebody calls you a Masshole and you take it as a compliment.

And, the final and most prominent way to know that you are from Massachusetts...

!!! You do not recognize the letter "R" as a part of speech.