You know your from Florida when

kahuna123

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Socks are only for bowling.

You never use an umbrella because you know the rain will be over in five minutes

A good parking place has nothing to do with distance from the store, but everything to do with shade.

Your winter coat is made of denim.

You can tell the difference between fire ant bites and mosquito bites.

You?re younger than thirty but some of your friends are over 65.

Anything under 70 degrees is chilly.

You?ve driven through Yeehaw Junction.

You know that no other grocery store can compare to Publix.

Every other house in your neighborhood had blue roofs in 2004-2005

You know that anything under a Category 3 just isn?t worth waking up for.

You dread love bug season.

You are on a first name basis with the Hurricane list.

You know what a snowbird is and when they?ll leave.

You think a six-foot alligator is actually pretty average.

'Down South' means Key West

Flip-flops are everyday wear. Shoes are for business meetings and church, but you HAVE worn flip flops to church before.

You have a drawer full of bathing suits, and one sweatshirt.

You get annoyed at the tourists who feed seagulls.

A mountain is any hill 100 feet above sea level.

You know the four seasons really are: Hurricane season, love bug season, tourist season and summer.

You?ve hosted a hurricane party.

You can pronounce Okeechobee, Kissimmee , Withlacoochee , Thonotosassa and Micanopy.

You understand why it?s better to have a friend with a boat, than have a boat yourself.

You were 25 when you first met someone who couldn?t swim.

You?ve worn shorts and used the A/C on Christmas and New Years.

You recognize Miami-Dade as ? Northern Cuba ?
 

avenger79

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Re: You know your from Florida when

man i miss florida, especially now
 

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Re: You know your from Florida when

I keep telling my wife we should move farther and farther south. Not too sure how the tech job industry looks in Florida but I would love to live there. North Carolina is becoming too cold for me.
 

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Re: You know your from Florida when

Pretty much on the money .. Not quite sure on the Yeehaw junction . That's a new one to me ..
Totally agree on feeding the seagulls !!! First day working on a shrimp boat I learned to never forget your hat ! :facepalm:
Prolly need to add football season on the season list .:)
 

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Re: You know your from Florida when

… Miami-Dade as Northern Cuba. LOL. :D
 

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Re: You know your from Florida when

I would love to be wealthy enough or have a mobile business that would allow me to go to Fla for the winter. I would get a motor home and park it somewhere like so many others do. I may stick around here until after Christmas to get my fill of fall and some winter. Then come back early April for the beauty of Spring. I don't think I would want to live somewhere permanently where there is no change of seasons. FLA is a bit too rainy with the usual afternoon rains in the Summer. You may go a month with no rain in SC
 

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there's a change of season.............love bug season, rainy season, OMG it's hot!! season, and paradise season. LOL
 

kahuna123

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Re: You know your from Florida when

Leave Tampa on ST Rd 60 and head east. When it ends you are at Yeehaw Junction. Have to be a native to know about that. Interstates have pretty much ended that route.

Your electric bill is more than your mortgage in the summer

Your favorite places as a kid are now condos

You remember alligator pencils

You spend your summer in the pool or the house.

You plan your trips around the afternoon thunderstorms

You know someone who has been hit by lighting

Your dog won't go outside in the summer
 
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kfa4303

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The last 5 are perfect! I still can't believe there are people who can't swim, especially here in FL where there is water every 10ft.!?!?
 

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Re: You know your from Florida when

You can't buy chocolate covered anything for months.

You carry an emergency window breaker in your glove box.

You carry a cooler in the truck year round.

Your kids refuse to wear shoes and shirts.

Last time you had long pants on was for Bern's.

The rain smells like fish and taste like salt.

You know what a crocodile howl sound like.

You've been chased by a water moccasin.
Florida Cottonmouth - YouTube

You know a black snake has no chance against a Florida rattler.
Eastern Diamondback Rattle Snake Fort DeSoto Park FL 12/15/2009 - YouTube
 

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Re: You know your from Florida when

I keep telling my wife we should move farther and farther south. Not too sure how the tech job industry looks in Florida but I would love to live there. North Carolina is becoming too cold for me.

if your in electronics, software, or aerospace, not bad. if your in mobile off-highway, not good
 

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Emergency window breaker ! LOL! :pound:
I do know someone who was stuck by lightning ! And my brother is a manager for Publix .. ;)
 

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Re: You know your from Florida when

When your out on the river and see a storm coming in and you just stay out couse by time you get to camp ittl be over.

Know how to pronounce ocklawaha.

Know that more than half the guys out at night dont have nav lights, thier not working, or they just dont turn them on.

Go "mudding"

Everyone speaks in thier native language
 

kfa4303

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Emergency window breaker ! LOL! :pound:
I do know someone who was stuck by lightning ! And my brother is a manager for Publix .. ;)

Publix = Mecca for Floridians

Almost time for the Xmas commercials.......
 

kahuna123

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Re: You know your from Florida when

Yo go to the theme park and know when to get on the best rides

It's not pop. It's coke

You understand the futility of exterminating cockroaches

You know why flamingos are pink

Your favorite resturant has a special on gator tail

You got done cutting the grass in the backyard and its time to cut the front

You've gone to Disney and back home the same day

You are the only person at the Doctor's office under 70

The highest point in the county is the landfill

You stole oranges as a kid from the neighbor

You've bought boiled peanuts, fish or shrimp off the back of a pickup from an old lady with a dog on its last leg

You had Thanksgiving dinner by the pool

Roaches are called Palmetto Bugs

You constantly get stuck behind a funeral procession
 

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Re: You know your from Florida when

When your out on the river and see a storm coming in and you just stay out couse by time you get to camp ittl be over.

Know how to pronounce ocklawaha.

Know that more than half the guys out at night dont have nav lights, thier not working, or they just dont turn them on.

Go "mudding"

Everyone speaks in thier native language

One reason Florida is one of the top places that people get struck by lightening
 

kahuna123

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Re: You know your from Florida when

NO not really. Its because Florida has more lighting strikes that any other state. The majority of deaths occur at home. But back after the try on a derail.
 
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"The rain smells like fish and taste like salt."

So true!

And it's the only state that can have a guy born to Italian parents in Venezuela that hardly speaks English get voted into a Mayor's role for a city in South Florida.

I have lived here all my life (native) and can tell you that I would not live anywhere else. Yes, I have lived in other places in the US and they were very nice but Floriduh is home with all it's warts and bumps. Of course I would expect any of you to say the same about your place. It's nothing special down here -- just home.
 

kfa4303

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Exactly! That's what most folks don't understand. We like it down here BECAUSE it's hot, wet, wild and weird, not in spite of it. Besides, if worse comes to worse, we can always just build a wall on the border with Georgia and declare Jimmy Buffet Emperor for life :) Long live the Conch Republic!
 
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