What up kids?

You might be a BUFFALONIAN if !!!!!!!!

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On Weather	Snow tires come standard on all your cars.
	Have ever gotten frostbitten and sunburned in the same week?.
	You not only know what the terms "snowbelt" or "lake effect snow" mean, you use them on a daily basis.
	You never put your winter jacket away for the summer.
	You leave the ski lift tickets on you jacket year 'round.
	The rest of the country is snowbound in the worst blizzard of the century, but you still have to walk your kids to the corner to catch the school bus.
	You keep the snowplow on the front of the truck all year.
	You shovel your car out in November, but the ski resorts have to make snow in January.
	You can compute a wind chill factor
	The winter carnival gets rained out.
	It ain't a real snowstorm unless they ban driving for more than 6 hours.
	People who live in areas subject to hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, droughts, range fires, mudslides, and earthquakes can't BELIEVE that we would live in an area that gets so much snow???

On Beverages	No one drinks it....But we all know what Genny is!
	The bars are open till 4 am.
	You drive to Canada's Duty Free to buy beer!!!
	You bake with soda, You drink POP!!!!
	Anything over $2.75 for a beer is robbery.
	Every bar has "Happy Hour" prices from 4:30 - 7pm Monday - Friday

On Canada	We all have just as many Canadian coins in our pockets as we do American coins.

	We all know what the Canadian Ballet is all about
	You think nothing of crossing an International Border for Chinese Food!!!
	We've all spent a weekend in Toronto (Secretly...you like going to Toronto.)
	Our children watch Sesame Street In French...
	Its' inevitable....whatever is finally decided on the Peace Bridge issue will no doubt be the wrong choice!
	You know the difference between inported and real Canadian beer.
	You know Canada is west of here, not north.
	You hate the fact that the Canadians are crossing the border, and taking all our jobs!! But you dont mind spending money at their casinos!!!

On Food	It's "weck"....not "wick"
	They're "subs"....not hoagies...or heroes...or bombers..
	A whole pizza with pepperoni shouldn't cost more than 10 bucks.
	Everyone knows someone who works in a pizza joint.
	Everyone knows where " the best fish-fry in town " is.
	There is no public restaurant in town that requires a jacket and tie......and if there was, we wouldn't go there.
	You won't find Grey Poupon on the table.
	The second most asked question in a restaurant after "Smoking or non-smoking" is " Is this coupon any good tonight?"
	The third most asked question is " Are there free re-fills on the pop?"
	No one outside of WNY can make decent wings
	We call them " wings", or "chicken wings" if you want to be formal.....NEVER "Buffalo wings"
	You have a favorite Greek restaurant.

On Locations	You call it the " Scajaquada"......you spell it "198"

	You still get a little queasy driving over the Skyway in blowing snow.
	You think anyone who drives more than 30 minutes to get to work must live in the boondocks.
	You get mad when you get stuck in "rush hour" traffic and it takes 10 minutes longer to get home.
	The roads and bridges have been paid for since 1968...but they ain't never taking out the tollbooths.
	You rode the Rapid Transit from end to end.......once.... to see what it was like.
	Paying $5 to park all day downtown is robbery.
	"LA" is Lackawanna....not Los Angeles
	You apologize for Niagara Falls, NY as you take your visitors to Niagara Falls, ON.
	It's the "Hamburg Fair"....not the "Erie County Fair and Expo"
	You give directions by saying "turn left or right", instead of "head north" or "go east".
	"down south" means Gowanda
	You can identify an Alden accent.

On Sports	All-time Number 1 - You HATE the Miami Dolphins..and just when you thought you couldn't hate them any MORE...they get Jimmy Johnson
	We're SURE the NFL is out to screw us.....
	...so is the NHL.....
	...the NBA already did.....
	....so did Major League Baseball
	....so did The Big East Conference
	Even WE'RE not desperate enough to support Professional Roller Hockey in the summer.
	You know someone...who knows someone...who knows " the real story on Jim Kelly"
	You have a strong opinion....one way or the other....on Ralph Wilson.
	You can't BELIEVE that you once really liked OJ.
	You call them Pilot Field and the Aud, no matter what the signs say.
	You think of football, not mail, when you hear the word "bills".

Buffalo Facts	What do you mean we have an accent??? We talk EXACTLY like the announcers on television.
	The rest of the country isn't 90% Catholic???
	All golf course aren't flat???
	Everyone doesn't pay 8% sales tax???....or $3,000/yr property tax on a $70,000 house???
	None of the current theme parks is as cool as Crystal Beach was in its' day.
	You believe this a "blue collar "town...but its hard to find someone that's in a labor union.
	If you drive a foreign car you feel a little guilty and constantly explain "Its made in Ohio".
	You know someone ...who knows someone...who knows " the real story on Rick James."
	You know the wrong newspaper folded in the '80s
	You consider Penney's to be relatively "upscale".

	You can only name 3 radio stations that have been around longer than 5 years....WGR; WBEN; and WKBW.......at least you think WKBW is still around.....just don't know what it plays since they got rid of Danny Neaverth.
	You can pronounce "Weinstein" correctly on the first try.
	You threaten to send your kids to Father Bakers' if they don't behave.

	You have not been on the Maid of the Mist-unless you had out of town company.
	You can go to Allentown or Kaisertown but you can't go Uptown.
	You think Jimmy Griffin is a real politician.
	The acid rain is clearer than your drinking water.
	You drive over 70 mph on the the Thruway and pass on the right.
	You have used the term Dupa.
	You live within five miles of a bowling alley.

Holidays	There is some kind of "- fest" somewhere, every weekend from Memorial Day to Labor Day
	The St. Patrick's Day Parade means winter is officially over...even if it snows.
	You know what Dyngus Day is!!
	You see nothing wrong with watching fireworks Downtown on July 2nd.