You just FUCKING know it ! ! ! !

Thank you

You may be from Buffalo if ..

You ever bragged about your driving time to Toronto.

You ever crossed the border just to:
buy beer at Brewers Retail, because you think it has more alcohol than what's sold in the US
buy cheese
buy fireworks
eat at a Chinese restaurant
attend the "Canadian Ballet"
buy gasoline (in the early 1980s)
buy clogs (in the late 1970s)

You still call most businesses and institutions by names that they were known twenty or more years ago, for instance:
Bon-Ton "AM&A's"
Ralph Wilson Stadium "Rich Stadium"
Dunn Tire Park "North Americare Park" or "Pilot Field"
Kauffman's "Hengerer's"
Quality Markets "Bells," or worse, "Loblaws"
Buffalo State College "State Teacher's"
Daemen College "Rosary Hill"
Medaille College "St. Joe's Teacher's College"

Half of your friends moved to Charlotte, North Carolina and the rest went to Raleigh.

You have a favorite Greek "family" restaurant.

You use the word "the" before the numbers of expressways, like "the 290," "the 90," "the 400" and so on.

Half the change in your pocket is Canadian.

You save Canadian change to use at toll booths and parking meters.

You can tell what part of town someone is from their accent. Especially dat der Chickatavaga town der, an' de freggin' Wesside.

You ever feasted on these treats:
real chicken wings (not "Buffalo wings")
real beef on weck -- and you call it "beef on wick"
real pizza, with no crust, cut lengthwise into strips
real horseradish
charcoal broiled hot dogs
Niagara Street clams
pierogies, golabkis, kapustas and kielbasa
placek
Weber's mustard
Texas hots
St Joseph's Day bread
twice baked double cheese potatoes

... and washed it down with:
Genesee Cream Ale, in a 16 ounce bottle ('da pounder)
loganberry juice
Vernor's
Old Vienna
Visniak or Black Rock pop

You slam on the brakes and slow to a crawl whenever you see the "Village of Kenmore" sign.

You compare ice scrapers with your buddies

You watch Canadian television, just so you can see United States network shows a day or two earlier than they would appear in the States.

You make only $35,000 a year, but can still afford a nice single family house in the suburbs.

You break out the shades and shorts when the temperature goes higher than 50 for the first time of the year.

Your house has a "Florida room" and an above ground swimming pool.

You think driving is better in the winter, because the potholes are filled in with snow.

You think Amherst residents are snobs -- but say you're from there to impress members of the opposite sex.
(ciara is really from there ) LOL

Your grocery shopping list includes rock salt.

You go "hshhhhhh" whenever a story about a fire or the Buffalo Bills appears on the news.

Its ok to take a day off of work the Monday after a Bills victory


You know the punchline to the joke "How do you spell Canada ?”

You ever lived in a one bedroom apartment that had a huge dining room, but a tiny bedroom that could barely hold a twin bed.

You ever made up lyrics to go along with the Eyewitness News theme song.

You have gotten into fights over topics like:

The best time to leave for NYC so you don’t get caught on the turnpike
Anchor Bar vs Duff's (chicken wings)
Bocce Club vs Leonardi's (pizza)
Tops vs Wegmans (supermarkets)
the fastest way to drive to Washington, DC
Fastest way to get to Toronto


You spend hours planning drives to avoid toll booths.

Your snowblower has more horsepower than your car -- and you use it about as often.


One of your friends claims to have gone to McKinley High School with a Goo Goo Doll, or Performing Arts with Ani DiFranco.

You think "Lesbos" is yet another new Greek family restaurant on Elmwood Avenue.

You have more than one shovel in your garage.

You move to Charlotte, and say the following to your new friends:
"back home, ya'cud get a case of Labatts fer twelve bucks!"
"back home, ya'cud get a house like this fer only 80K!"
"back home, ya'cud get a large cheese and pepperoni pizza fer seven bucks!"
"back home, da' bars close at four in da' morning!"
"you call dis snow?"
"you call dis cold?"

You have never been to New York City.

You take real chicken wings, hot dogs and pizza back down to Charlotte after a visit home to Buffalo.

You add an apostrophe-s to the names of most businesses - Blockbuster's, Rite Aid's, Olive Garden's (not that you would eat there), Wal-Mart's, Target's, and so on.

You don't let a blinding snowstorm stop you from driving 70 MPH down the Kensington during rush hour.

You hate Genesee Cream Ale, but somehow begin to crave it after you move to Charlotte.

You never put away the winter clothes.

You ever used a hairdryer to get into your car.

You ever fell asleep waiting for the light to change at the intersection of Niagara Falls Boulevard and Sheridan Drive.

Your car ever appeared to be salt white.

The most prized item in your wardrobe is an early 1980's era "97 Rock" T-shirt -- black, with the original logo.

You ever painted your car or house in red, white and blue.

You know, because you heard it from your mother-in-law and she heard it from her best friend who heard it from her son who heard it from his barber who heard it from a friend:
the real reason Jim Kelly's son was born with a tragic birth defect
the real reason Ted Nolan won't be coaching the Sabres again
the real reason the Bills traded Daryle Lamonica
the real reason Premiere Gourmet went belly-up in Williamsville.

You know what Vernor's is.

You live within walking distance of a bowling alley.

You never take the snow tires off your car.
You experience culture shock in Rochester.

You still have old AM&As, Hengerer's, Hens & Kelly, LL Berger, Kleinhans, The Sample and Jenss gift boxes saved up for wrapping Christmas presents.

You keep the snowplow on the front of the truck year round.

You have a "winter car."

You think you're getting an incredible bargain if you're paying "only" $3000 a year in property tax on a $100,000 house.

You know more people who own boats than people who own air conditioners.

You have the phone numbers to more than five pizzerias on speed dial.

You can easily spell and pronounce last names like Wojciechowski, Ricigliano, and Callaghan.

You apologize for Niagara Falls, New York when you take out-of-town visitors to Niagara Falls, Ontario.  (so True !!! )

Your parents ever threatened to send you to "Father Baker's."

You think the wrong newspaper folded in the 1980s.

You think you're paying outrageously high taxes to subsidize the New York City subway system.

You think you're paying outrageously high electricity bills to subsidize cheap electricity in New York City.

You think you're still paying tolls on the Thruway to subsidize repairs to expressways in New York City.

You think you're paying 9/% sales tax to subsidize welfare mothers in New York City.

You watched the Friday night movie on Channel 25 when you were a teenager -- thinking that it was porn because it was in French, and you saw the occasional nipple.

You still have your "We're Talking Proud!" button.

You think the best thing that can happen on the job is "disability.”

You think mullets and feathered hair are still in.

You've got an "SPCA brown dog" -- a German Shepherd mix, Doberman Pinscher mix or Rottweiler mix.

You complain more when the temperature rises above 90 than when it falls below zero