The you know you're from thing

[cactuswatcher]

From ann1962

The one for St. Louis is pretty good.

You Know You're From St. Louis When...

You love toasted ravioli with Budweiser beer. I prefer Coors with toasted ravioli, but you get the idea. "Vacation" is a choice between Silver Dollar City and Lake of the Ozarks.Heck I remember Marvel cave before the side attraction opened up! You can find Pestalozzi Street by aroma alone. You can get anywhere in 20 minutes, except on highway 40. Amen! You can debate for 30 minutes whether Missouri Baking or Marge Amighetti makes the best Italian bread. Never had the second one. The first is pretty good. You know what "Party Cove" is, and where the "lake" is. Also where Suntan Beach was. You still can't believe the Arena is gone. They tore the old barn down so it couldn't compete with the new facilities downtown. What a laugh. Your first question to a new person is, "Where did you go to High School?" If you knew St. Louis, you'd know why. I never asked it. But it was asked of me plenty of times. Your non-St. Louisan friends always ask if you're aware there is no "r" in "wash." Well, that's not just a St. Louis thing. You know at least one person who's gotten hurt at Johnson Shut-ins. Check. It's amazing they all weren't hurt. You know in your heart that Mizzou can beat Nebraska in football. Hey, they did it when I went to school. I don't know what's the problem with these young pups. ;o) You think the four major food groups are Beef, Pork, Budweiser and Imo's. The big debate is how you pronounce that last name. You know there are really only three salad dressings: Imo's, Zia's and Rich and Charlie's. You'll pay for your kid to go to college unless they want to go to KU. Check. You would rather have a root canal without anesthetic than drive on Manchester on a Saturday afternoon. Saturday morning wasn't a bundle of laughs either. It just doesn't seem like a wedding without mostaciolli. AND YOU PRONOUNCE IT 'MUSKACHOLLI'. The balance of the menu is ham, boiled roast beef, string beans with ham and of course pitchers of Busch Bavarian (class weddings have Bud). No. Class weddings have Bardenheier's. Whoever made this up must have been one of the serfs! You know, within a three-mile radius, where another St. Louisan grew up as soon as they open their mouth.Not really, but if they pronounce it 'Highway Farty,' you know they hale from the south side. You know what a Pork Steak is...and what kind of sauce to put on it! Yeah! Everyone in your family has floated the Meramec River at least once. No, but some of them have. A hoosier is someone that lives just south of Chouteau, not a person from Indiana. You also call no one a hoosier to their face. You have made fun of Mike Shanahan and tried to imitate him ordering another cold, frosty Busch Bavarian Beer. 'Ol' Abner's done it uggin!' Did I just say that? You have listened to Mike's broadcast on KMOX, while watching the game on TV and wonder what game he is watching. A tear forms in your eye as someone mentions their favorite Jack Buck story. Heck it's a tradition. We used to listen to Harry Carey while watching TV and wonder, why the TV game was so damn dull compared to the game Harry was watching. You've said, "It's not the heat, it's the humidity." People from other places know it, too. But St. Louisans live it. Your favorite summer treat is handed to you upside-down (snickers knowingly.) A national chain tried this for awhile, but I imagine the mess on the floor changed their minds quick enough. You bleed Blue between September and May Ah ha! You're busted, you non-St Louisan! The baseball season starts in October and runs through the next October. The Blues are just a way to relax from the serious sports. ;o) You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from St. Louis.

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Comments

[mamculuna.livejournal.com]

My husband always thought he had to leave because he was fooling around with the Cardinal's owner's wife--but that's probably apocryphal.

[cactuswatcher.livejournal.com]

You hear that rumor now and then. Its even been published. But, it must have been started by Harry himself. He always had a great 'face for radio' even when he was young. He wasn't wealthy in his St. Louis days. Finally most people who knew him including his old broadcast partners like Joe Garagiola, have very little good to say about his personality. It just doesn't add up. He was, in fact, fired hours after being hit by a slow moving cab, when he wandered drunk off the sidewalk into a downtown St. Louis street.

[mamculuna.livejournal.com]

That sounds much more likely. I couldn't really imagine him as attractive, even in a much younger version--but his son and grandson seem much nicer.

[cactuswatcher.livejournal.com]

Yes, they do.