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Post by shadow1 on Aug 20, 2007 14:02:27 GMT -4
Hope this doesn't offend anyone, but I got a kick out of it ;D
Gotta be a Marylander to fully appreciate this...
The day after his wife disappeared in a boating accident, an Ocean City man answered his door to find two grim-faced Maryland State Troopers.
"We're sorry Mr. Rice, but we have some information about your wife," said one trooper.
"Tell me! Did you find her?" Rice shouted. The officers replied; "We have some bad news, some good news, and some really great news. Which do you want to hear first?"
Fearing the worst, an ashen Rice said, "Give me the bad news first." The trooper said, "I'm sorry to tell you, sir, but this morning we found your wife's body in the Assawoman Bay near the Rte 90 Bridge.”
"Oh my G*d!" exclaimed Rice.
Swallowing hard, he asked, "What's the good news?"
The trooper continued. "When we pulled her up she had 12 huge blue crabs and another 6 good-size blue crabs on her."
Stunned, Mr. Rice demanded, "If that's the good news, what's the great news? The trooper said, "We're going to pull her up again tomorrow.”
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Post by Frank on Aug 20, 2007 14:19:16 GMT -4
And, along the same lines: You know you're from Maryland when . . .
You know more than 10 people who own boats and they all park them at the same marina in Annapolis.
You can pronounce and spell "Pocomoke," "Mattaponi," "Accokeek," and "Havre de Grace."
You prononce "Bowie" BOO-ie not BOW-ie or BAUW-ie.
1 hour is an easy commute to work.
You have more than three recipies for crabcakes.
French fries just don't taste right without Old Bay.
There are more than two crab places in your town.
Even your high school cafeteria made good crabcakes.
You got your first lacrosse stick before you were six years old.
You call all turtles "terrapins."
You refer to your state as "Merlind."
Your mother shops at Hecht's.
You still call Six Flags America "Adventure World", or even "Wild World."
You still remember the Wild World commercial (Wild World's the cure for the summertime blues!).
You can tell the difference between the smells of septic and marsh.
You not only know how to eat hard crabs but you also know how to catch them, cook them and tell the males from the females.
You don't think that Assawoman Bay is a strange name for a body of water.
You know perfectly well why Rehoboth is called "Little San Francisco."
M R Ducks makes perfect sense. So does C M Wangs.
You think Salisbury is a big city.
You think of dumplings as wet slippery squares of boiled dough.
You and your boss take off of work when the fish are running or the ducks are flying in.
You've eaten muskrat at a church dinner but think it's better the way you fix it.
You think of "Dairy Queen" as a pageant title and not a place to get an ice cream.
"Formal wear" is a ball cap, a flannel shirt and Timberlands.
You still root for the Orioles even when they suck.
You'll never understand why tourists come to DC.
When in Florida, you can only laugh when you see signs saying "Real Maryland Blue Crab Cakes!."
You color with "Crowns", take a "Share" with "Wooter" and think the president lives in "Warshenton."
You know the difference between Glen Burnie ghetto and Catonsville ghetto.
Your whole family lives within a 200 mile radius of your town.
Dale Earnhardt's accident was a close personal loss to your father.
At least one man in your family is a waterman.
You plan for "The Festival" a year in advance.
During the summer, you spend more time in Ocean City than at home.
You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Maryland.
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Post by speedergurl68 on Aug 20, 2007 16:00:50 GMT -4
LMAO Those are great!!!
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Post by shorti on Aug 20, 2007 16:02:57 GMT -4
oh man oh man -
i hate to admit it... but i actually get 99% of those... geesh...
They're awesome - thanks!
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Post by moosie on Aug 20, 2007 18:35:06 GMT -4
been here 30 years--love it! ;D ;D ;D
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Post by DD Lover on Aug 20, 2007 22:03:11 GMT -4
Im glad to be a Marylander.
I always say "warsh" and people correct me! Why? Im in Merland. Isn't that how it's pronounced? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by bchevy on Aug 22, 2007 20:27:16 GMT -4
Know how to say "Worcester" and "Dorchester", NOT get them mixed up,
AND know it doesn't matter WHY!
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Post by einebierbitte on Aug 23, 2007 7:56:28 GMT -4
Know how to say "Worcester" and "Dorchester", NOT get them mixed up, AND know it doesn't matter WHY! Okie doke, just how do you say Worcester? is it WorCHester or Wooster?
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Post by matt on Aug 23, 2007 11:18:32 GMT -4
more like Werster, though Wuster werks, I mean, works.
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Post by shoreman on Aug 24, 2007 8:24:44 GMT -4
Neat topic!!!
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