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ARE YOU FROM MAINE???
YOU'RE FROM MAINE if you can name all four seasons, but YOU'RE REALLY
FROM MAINE
if they are Tourist, Foliage, Ski and Mud.
YOU'RE FROM MAINE if you own flannel shirts, but YOU'RE REALLY FROM
MAINE
if you wear one with a tie.
YOU'RE FROM MAINE if you know the back roads, but YOU'RE REALLY FROM
MAINE
if you drive them to avoid the toll booth.
YOU'RE FROM MAINE if you own a pick-up truck, but YOU'RE REALLY FROM
MAINE
if the truck is 4-wheel drive, has a gun rack, a
plow on the front and a dog in the back.
YOU'RE FROM MAINE if you attend church suppers, but YOU'RE REALLY FROM
MAINE
if that's considered a night out on the town.
YOU'RE FROM MAINE if you live in a white cape, but YOU'RE REALLY FROM
MAINE
if there is a picket fence around the house, a garden in the back,
a woodpile on the side, and an appliance somewhere.
YOU'RE FROM MAINE if you read the Union Leader,
but YOU'RE REALLY FROM
MAINE if you believe it.
YOU'RE FROM MAINE if you know everyone in town, but
YOU'RE REALLY FROM
MAINE if most are related to you.
YOU'RE FROM MAINE if you go to the dump on Saturday, but
YOU'RE REALLY FROM MAINE if you leave with more than you brought.
YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM MAINE WHEN ...
You've had arguments over the comparative quality of Fried Dough.
It snows four inches and you call it "a dusting."
You know what an Irving is and the locations of 15 of them.
Your car is covered with yellow-green dust in May.
You can drive the Augusta traffic circle without slowing down.
You've hung out at a gravel pit.
You think a mosquito could be a species of bird.
You've almost fallen asleep driving between Houlton and Presque Isle.
You know how to pronounce Calais.
You've made a meal out of a Jordan's red dye hot-dog,
a bag of Humpty
Dumpty potato chips and a can of Moxie.
You've gone to a Grange bean supper.
At least once in your life, a seagull pooped on your head.
At least once in your life you've said, "It smells like the mill in
here."
There's a fruit and vegetable stand within 10 minutes of your house.
You regularly crave Italian sandwiches.
Your idea of a traffic jam is being the second car at the stoplight.
You wonder out loud if the state can just close its borders to people
from away.
Your house converts to a B&B every July & August for people
from away
that you happen to know.
All year long you're tracking sand in the house - from the beach
in the
summer and the roads and sidewalks in the winter.
You have or know some one who has a front door but
no porch to get to
it.
Your kids start using "wicked" as a multipurpose part of speech.
You've ditched the car on the side of the road somewhere
because you thought you saw some good fiddleheads!
You've had a vacation from school to help the family pick potatoes.
You know not to plant tender crops until after the last full moon in
May.
You've ever been to the dump and came home
with more than you brought.
You've ever given directions to someone from "away"
and were tempted to
or actually did send them in the
opposite direction they wanted to go.
You watch "Murder she Wrote" and snicker at the stupid fake accents.
You know how to find the rope swing at the quarry.
You take the New Hampshire toll personally.
You always wave when you see a Maine license plate in another state.
You know a roll of duct tape and a can of flat black spray paint will
get your car to pass inspection.
You have to replace you mailbox yearly because of the town plow.
You know how to get from Cumberland to Fryeburg via the "Egypt Road."
You can remember when the "Egypt Road" was a dirt track through the
woods.
To dress up, you might wear flannel with a tie.
You actually miss the fifteen below zero mornings in winter (that have
been eliminated by the greenhouse effect), because you enjoyed running
or walking to work in the silent crystal stillness,
punctuated by an idling
car engine
as the owner waited indoors for the car
to warm up before his mad dash from warmth to warmth,
and your lungs did
not freeze; thank you very much for your concern.
You know the word "stove" refers to what you did to the right front
fender of your truck after you've had a wicked run in with a deer.
There's too much "stuff" in your 2 "cah" garage to get either of your
cars into it.
You know the smell of Woodsmen's fly dope.
You know the difference between "hogged up," "snubbed up" and "fetched
up."
You know you live in Maine if...:
Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with
snow.
Your definition of sexy lingerie is tube socks and flannel nightie with
3 buttons instead of 8.
You owe more money on your snowmobile than on your car.
The local paper covers all the national and international news on 1
page, but devotes 6 pages to sports.
You call AAA when your snow blower gets stuck on the roof.
You think the first day of hunting season is a national holiday.
Winning the lottery means you get to hunt moose.
You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
You find -20 F a little chilly.
The trunk of your car doubles as a deep freeze.
You attended a formal event in your best clothes, finest jewelry and
your LL Bean Boots.
Shoveling the driveway constitutes a great upper body workout.
You know the 4 seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter, and
Bad Sledding
FOR SENDING THIS TO ME
THRU BEV...
