| Am I really from Long Island? |
Lets look at this survey that was made a few years ago to see if I am really from Long Island:
1. [x] You’ve always liked Billy Joel and you own several of his “records”
2. [x] You know someone who went to Chaminade.
3. [ ] Seeing a concert at Jones Beach Theater – the best place in the >world > > to see a show.
4. [ ] Is it just me, or is every girl from Rockville Centre is a pain?
5. [x] Billy Joel said it best, “either you date a rich girl from the North > > Shore, or a cool girl from the South Shore.
6. [x] What’s the big deal about the Hamptons?
7. [ ] If you’re not from Long Island or NYC,you’re not really from NewYork.
8. [x] You don’t go to Manhattan, you go to “the City”
9. [x] The Belt Parkway sucks!
10. [x] You never, ever want to “change at Jamaica…”
11. [x] You never realize you have an accent until you leave.
12. [x] Your parents took you to Nathans or Carvel (on the way home from >the > > beach).
13. [x] You wonder why there has never been a copyright lawsuit against > >Marvel > > in Long Beach.
14. [x] Block parties suck.
15. [x] The name “Donna Donna” means something to you.
16. [x] News 12 sucks.
18. [x] You hate the radio commercials for the Dublin Pub
19. [x] Somehow, you know the OBI is cool, but you’ve never actually been >there.
20. [ ]At some point in your life, you’ve either gone clamming, or caughta >bluefish.
21. [x] You know where at least one strip club is.
22. [x] Regular gas – $1.30
23. [ ]You remember concerts at Malibu.
24. [ ]You curse. A lot.
25. [ ]You can name at least three players on the Islanders Stanley > >Cupteams.
26. [x] You have come to terms with the fact that the Islanders have > >completely > > sucked since > > La Fontaine left.
27. [ ]You’ve purchased a 40, underage, at the bodega.
28. [x] You remember the exact day you stopped going to Jones Beach and >started going to Robert Moses.
29. [x] Public beach? What’s that?
30. [x] Is Huntington really that cool?
32. [x] You’ve been to McHeebs (Did an Irish guy and a Jewish guy really >open that place up together?)
33. [x] Pizza Supreme (The pizza place that used to be in Roosevelt Field >years ago)
34. [x] The Marathon
35. [x] Does anyone know why the HOV lane on the LIE stops in Hicksville >instead of the Northern State?
36. [x] “I’m going to the park.”
37. [x] You’ve had a seagull crap on your car.
38. [x] Either your parents or your grandparents lived in the city.
39. [x] You had a bicycle with a banana seat.
40. [x] You or someone you know has owned an animal that came from North >Shore Animal League.
41. [x] Even the concept of the Islanders EVER leaving is unrealistic.
42. [x] Al Arbour
43. [x] The guy who thought up the “new” Islanders logo..no way he’s from >Long Island.
44. [x] You’ve cruised on the “turnpike”
45. [x] You know someone with a cabana.
46. [ ]You’ve played golf at Eisenhower Park…legally or otherwise.
47. [x] You buy the hit stuff at Tower or the Wall, but go to Music Den to >get the really hard to find stuff.
48. [x] If you’re from Nassau County, you’ve been to Safety Town.
49. [NA] Quick! Who’s the Suffolk County Executive? Don’t know do you?!
50. [x] If you smoke pot, or you know people that smoke pot…you’ve heard >about it or been to Rockaway for Drive-thru service.
51. [x] You hate paying tolls.
52. [x] You don’t have to go far to see your family.
53. [NA] Grumman
54. [x] The Parkways, the LIE, the Causeway, Robert Moses Bridge
55. [x] The feast.
56. [ ] You know the exact streets that divided your school districts, but >have no idea which voting district you are in.
57. [ ]You^ve gotten drunk at the ^green^ or on the bleachers of some high >school.
58. [x] You know the difference between WLIR and WDRE, even though >theyplayed the same music.
59. [ ]You were an Islander/Met/Jet fan or a Ranger/Yankee/Giant >fan.Therewas no crossover.
60. [x] You can correctly pronouce places like Happauge, Commack, Islip, Islandia, Massapequa.
61. [x] You know the location of 6 malls and a dozen McDonalds and 36 7-11′s.
Some questions couldn’t apply to me, so [NA] is placed. Seems like I am at least for Long Island for now.
