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CHICAGO STYLE JOKES:
YOU KNOW YOU’RE FROM CHICAGO IF…
• Your living room is called the “front room.” (pronounced “fronchroom”)
• You don’t pronounce the “s” at the end of Illinois, and you become irate at people who do.
• You measure distance in minutes (especially “from the city”) & everything is 15 minutes away.
• You have no problem spelling or pronouncing “DesPlaines.”
• Your school classes were canceled because of the cold weather.
• Your school classes were canceled because of the hot weather.
• You’ve switched from heat to air conditioning in the same day.
• Your grocery stores don’t have sacks; they have bags.
• Your idea of a great sandwich is when the meat is twice as big as the bun, it has everything on it, and a slice of dill pickle is on the side.
• You always carry jumper cables in your car.
• You drink “pop,” not soda.
• You understand that I-290, I-90, I-94, and I-294 are all different highways.
• You know the names of the interstates:
- Stevenson, Kennedy, Eisenhower, Dan Ryan, and the Edens, but you call them all “expressways.”
• You refer to anything south of I-80 as “Southern Illinois”
• You refer to Lake Michigan as “The Lake.”
• You know what the “cribs” are.
• You refer to Chicago as “The City.”
• The “Super Bowl” refers to one specific game in a series of 35 played in January of 1985.
• No matter where you are, when you hear the term “Downtown,” you immediately assume they’re talking about the LOOP.
• You know “the Loop” means Downtown.
• You have two favorite football teams: The Bears, and anyone who beats the Packers!
• You read “The Trib.”
• You drive to the North suburbs by taking “The Outer Drive” even though no such road exists.
• When giving directions – You say … Go toward Wisconsin; Go South; Go West; Go towards the Lake!
• You think 35 degrees is great weather to wash your car!
• You know what goes on a Chicago Style Hot Dog and what does not go on. You NEVER put Katchup on a hot dog!
• You know what Chicago Style Pizza REALLY is.
• You know what “Italian Beef” is.
• You know why they call Chicago “The Windy City” (and it has nothing to do with “Wind”) !
• You understand what “lake-effect” means.
• You know the difference between Amtrak and Metra, and know which station they end up at. (Do note the preposition.)
• You ride the “L.”
• You can distinguish among the following area codes: 847, 630, 773, 708, 312, & 815.
• You respond to the question “Where are you from with a “side.”
- Example: “WESS SIDE,” “SOUT SIDE,” or “NORT SIDE.”
• You wear gym shoes, not sneakers.
• And, the all time CHICAGO CLASSIC:
• You have at some time in your life, on a snowy day, used your furniture to guard your parking spot on a city “side street”
Chicago Temperature Conversion Chart:
• 60 above – Floridians wear coats, gloves, and wooly hats.
Chicago people sunbathe.
• 50 above – New Yorkers try to turn on the heat.
Chicago people plant gardens.
• 40 above – Italian cars won’t start.
Chicago people drive with the windows down.
• 32 above – Distilled water freezes.
Lake Michigan’s water gets thicker.
• 20 above – Californians shiver uncontrollably.
Chicago people have the last cookout before it gets cold.
• 15 above – New York landlords finally turn up the heat.
Chicago people throw on a sweatshirt.
• 0 degrees – Californians fly away to Mexico.
Chicago people lick the flagpole and throw on a light jacket over the sweatshirt.
• 20 below – People in Miami cease to exist.
Chicago people get out their winter coats.
• 40 below – Hollywood disintergrates.
Chicago’s Girl Scouts begin selling cookies door to door.
• 60 below – Polar bears begin to evacuate Antarctica.
Chicago’s Boy Scouts postpone “Winter Survival” classes until it gets cold enough.
• 80 below – Mount St. Helen’s freezes.
Chicago people rent some videos.
• 100 below – Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
Chicago people get frustrated when they can’t thaw the keg.
• 297 below – Microbial life survives on dairy products.
Illinois cows complain of farmers with cold hands.
• 460 below – ALL atomic motion stops.
Chicago people start saying… “Cold ’nuff for ya??”
• 500 below – The end to Global Warming ! Hell freezes over.
The Chicago Cubs win the World Series.
You never know … this may be the “Year of the Cubs” !!! ~ Maybe Next Year.
