Saturday, March 24

Are You A Chicagoan?

I got this in an email:

Forget Rednecks.....here is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say about...Chicago
  • If "Vacation" means going anywhere south of I - 80 for the weekend, you live in Chicago.
  • If you carry jumpers in your car and your wife knows how to use them, you live in Chicago.
  • If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May, you live in Chicago.
  • If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don't work there, you live in Chicago.
  • If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you live in Chicago.
  • If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you live in Chicago
  • If you measure distance in hours, you live in Chicago
  • If you have switched from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again, you live in Chicago
  • If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without fl inching, you live in Chicago.
  • If you design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit, You live in Chicago.
  • If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph -- you're going 80 and everybody is passing you, you live in Chicago.
  • If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow, you live in Chicago.
  • If you find 10 degrees "a little chilly", you live in Chicago.
  • If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction, you live in Chicago.
  • If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car, you live in Chicago
  • If you actually understand these jokes, and forward them to all your friends & others, you live in Chicago.
Speaking of Chicago, I came across this Bill Hicks video on Google. It's from The Vic in Chicago. He was a very funny man. Where would comedy be today had the likes of Bill Hicks and Mitch Hedberg still been alive?