• "Down South" means Key West.
• "Panhandling" means going to Pensacola.
• You think no-one over 70 should be allowed to drive.
• Flip-flops are everyday wear.
• Shoes are for business meetings and church.
• No, wait, flip flops are good for church, too.
• Socks are only for bowling.
• Orange juice from concentrate makes you vomit.
• Tap water makes you vomit.
• Sweet tea can be served at any meal.
• An alligator once walked through your neighborhood.
• You smirk when a game show's "Grand Prize" is a trip to Florida.
• You measure distance in minutes.
• You have a drawer full of bathing suits, and one sweatshirt.
• You get annoyed at the tourists who feed seagulls.
• You never use an umbrella because you know the rain will be over in five minutes.
• All the local festivals are named after a fruit.
• A mountain is any hill 100 feet above sea level.
• 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.
• You know the four seasons really are as follows: almost summer, summer, not summer but really hot, and Christmas.
• It's not "pop." It's "soda" or "coke."
• Anything under 70 is chilly.
• You've hosted a hurricane party.
• You go to a theme park for an afternoon, and know when to get on the best rides.
• You understand the futility of exterminating cockroaches.
• You can pronounce Okeechobee, Kissimmee, Withlacoochee, Okahumpka and Loxahatchee.
• You understand why it's better to have a friend with a boat than have a boat yourself.
• You've driven through Yeehaw Junction.
• Bumper stickers on the pickup in front of you include various fish, the NRA and a confederate flag.
• You were 8 before you realized they made houses without pools.
• You were 12 when you first met someone who couldn't swim.
• You've worn shorts and used the A/C on Christmas.
• You know what the "stingray shuffle" is and why it's important!
• You could swim before you could read.
• You have to drive north to get to The South.
• You know that no other grocery store can compare to Publix.
• Every other house had blue roofs in 2004-2005.
• You've gotten out of school early on Halloween to trick or treat before it got dark.
• You know that anything under a Category 3 just isn't worth waking up for.
• You dread lovebug season.
• You are on a first name basis with the Hurricane list. They aren't
  Hurricane Charley, Hurricane Frances...but Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne.
• You know what a snowbird is.
• You know why flamingos are pink.
• You think a six-foot alligator is actually pretty average.
• You were twelve before you ever saw snow or you still haven't.

Site Visitors' Contributions:

• You know that a pincher bug swims.
• You know what a whirlygig is.
• You know that Busch is a Garden and a beer.
• You spend nearly every waking hour of the summer barefoot.
• You hate sandspurs.
• You hate beach flies even more.