You know you're from Chicago if...

The "Living Room" is called the "Front Room" (pronounced fronchroom).

You don't pronounce the "s" at the end of Illinois. You become irate at people who do.

Everything is 15 minutes away.

You have no problem spelling or pronouncing "Des Plaines."

Your school classes were canceled because of cold.

Your school classes were canceled because of heat.

You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.

Stores don't have sacks; they have bags.

You can distinguish between the following area codes: 847 708 630 773 312 815

You have, at some time in your life, used furniture to guard your
parking spot in the winter.

You respond to the question "Where are you from?" with a "side"
example:
"WEST SIDE, SOUTH SIDE or NORTH SIDE"

You know what the number to Empire Carpet is!

You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition: "Where's my coat at?" or "If you go to the mall, I wanna go with."

You carry jumper cables in your car.

You drink "pop" not soda.

You understand that I-90, I-290, I-294, and I-94 are different roads.

You know the names of the interstates: Stevenson, Kennedy, Eisenhower, Dan Ryan, and the Edens but you call the interstates "expressways".

You refer to anything south of I-80 as "Southern Illinois"

You refer to Lake Michigan as "The Lake"

You refer to Chicago as "The City"

"The Super Bowl" refers to one specific game in a series of 35 played in January of 1986.

No matter where you are, when you hear the term "Downtown" you
immediately assume they're talking about Downtown Chicago.

You have two favorite football teams, the Bears and anyone who beats the Packers.

You buy "The Trib."

You think 35 degrees is great weather to wash your car.

You know what goes on a Chicago style hot dog (mustard, bright green relish, onions, tomatoes, pickles and optionally peppers)

You know what Chicago style pizza REALLY is.

You know why they call Chicago the Windy City.

You understand what "lake-effect" means.

You know the difference between Amtrak and Metra and know which station they will end up at.

You have ridden the "El".

:D

Because...I get almost all of these! (I've never used the furniture to guard my parking space thing...since I sold my car 6 months after I moved here!)

And you're gay and from Chicago...if you love Sidetrack's in the summer (the roof), and LOVE Market Days! :-)

T

Do they say Chesterfield in Chicago?

and 5 gallon buckets, or milk crates will also hold a parking place, but a piece of 1 x 6 is necessary if you only have a pair.
otherwise, very good. (although we don't get much lake effect snow, that's the michigan side.)

Nothing 'bout the Bulls one of the greatest basketball teams in history?

Nothing about the Cubs, well, one of the teams in baseball history?

Spoken like a true Chicagoan!

:+

One thing that should be added to it though is this:

If you answered South Side, the next question is always, what parish?

:P

See you on the 20th.

nt.

I don't remember what Empire's number is. PLEASE tell me! I'm from downstate and pretty much answered those all right. Now that I'm in KY people look at me funny when I ask for pop. hhmmmpppfff What do they know?

I hear it every day on the radio.

:D

5 8 8...2 three hundred...EMPIRE...

I watched a little WGN in my day. :D

Everything is actually half an hour a way. ;-)

to get where ever I am going. It might take 15 or 30 or 45 or longer... but they are always like "Oh that's about 15 minutes from here."

they would build a toll bridge over the entire Chicago land area without any get on ramps or exit ramps..

:D

And I'm already catching myself doing some of these things.

You know how to pronounce "Bryn Mawr."

Or does that only apply to North Siders?:D

If you don't like the weather, wait 5 minutes.