>You May Be A Yankee If: >> >>1) You think barbecue is a verb meaning "to cook outside." >>2) You think Heinz Ketchup is SPICY. >>3) You don't have any problem pronouncing "Worcestershire Sauce" correctly. >>4) For breakfast, you would prefer potatoes au gratin to grits. >>5) You don't know what a moon pie is. >>6) You've never had grain alcohol. >>7) You've never, ever, eaten Okra. >>8) You eat fried chicken with a knife and fork. >>9) You've never seen a live chicken, and the only cows you've seen are on >road >>trips. >>10) You have no idea what a polecat is. >>11) Whenever someone tells an off-color joke about farm animals, it goes >over >>your head. >>12) You don't see anything wrong with putting a sweater on a poodle. >>13) You would rather vacation at Martha's Vineyard than Six Flags. >>14) More than two generations of your family have been kicked out of the >same >>prep school in Connecticut. >>15) You would rather have your son become a lawyer than grow up to get his >>own TV fishing show. >>16) Instead of referring to two or more people as "y'all," you call them >"you >>guys," even if both of them are women. >>17) You don't think Howard Stern has an accent. >>18) You have never planned your summer vacation around a gun-and-knife >show. >>19) Your think more money should go to important scientific research at >your >>university than to pay the salary of the head football coach. >>20) You don't have at least one can of WD-40 somewhere around the house. >>21) The last time you smiled was when you prevented someone from getting on >an >>on-ramp on the highway. >>22) You don't have any hats in your closet that advertise feed stores. >>23) The farthest south you've ever been is the perfume counter at Neiman >>Marcus. >>24) You call binoculars opera glasses. >>25) You can't spit out the car window without pulling over to the side of >the >>road and stopping. >>26) You don't know anyone with two first names (i.e. Joe Bob, Billy Bob, >Kay >>Bob, Bob Bob) >>27) You don't have doilies, and you certainly don't know how to make one. >>28) You get freaked out when people on the subway talk to you. >>29) None of your fur coats are homemade.