You're So Memphis If...
You're So Memphis If...
Earlier today, I asked you guys to complete the sentence "You're so Memphis if...". You did, and it turns out, there are a ton of things that bind us together as a city that transcend geographic area.
Here are the collected responses. If you've got more, list them in the comments and I'll add them to the post.
Food:
- You criticize every non-Memphis barbecue joint, regardless of how good it is. (submitted by @JDPeery)
- When you smell like barbecue smoke. (submitted by Kevin M.)
- The phrase "gas station sushi" makes you hungry instead of disgusted. (submitted by @thatswanlady)
- You serve eight kinds of vegetable at Thanksgiving dinner and not a single one is vegetarian. (submitted by @HitsyBitsy)
- Spaghetti isn't a full meal. It's a side item served with chicken or catfish.
- Mac'n'cheese is a vegetable.
- You own a full set of 12 Central Barbecue (or Young Ave. Deli) cups. Bonus points if you bring them out at dinner parties.
Driving and Navigation:
- You know the difference between E. Parkway S. and S. Parkway E. (submitted by Doug)
- You drive down one road and it changes names more than two times. (submitted by @JohnnySteph)
- You can explain how the city is mapped out. (submitted by Andrea O.)
- You believe that every lane is the turn lane. (submitted by John L.)
- You get disoriented in other cities cause they don't have the Mississippi river to give you a sense of direction. (submitted by Lisa M.)
- You have no idea what the bridges' proper names are because you've always called them "old bridge" and "new bridge".
- You get on the interstate and are either run into by someone going 40 mph or run over by someone going 90 mph. (submitted by Karen S.)
- Your metro area spans three states and you don't feel like you belong in any of them. (submitted by Charlie)
- You never use your car horn, no matter how bad someone else's driving is. (submitted by Dave)
Weather:
- When you're 1500 miles away and you still use "Dave Brown" as shorthand for "the weatherman". (submitted by Candace C.)
- You start listening to school closings on the news the night before it snows.
- You wake up to snow in November and think "wait, it's not March yet." (submitted by @shannonrlittle)
- You know we only have three seasons: hot, raining and basketball.
- You think taking a stand is refusing to turn on your air conditioner in March, no matter how hot it is.
Politics:
- You know that the Ford dynasty is not a new model of American car. (submitted by @HistyBitsy)
- You hear "AC" and don't think "air conditioning". (submitted by @hstovallmemphis)
- You thought that there was only one mayor of Memphis because for most of your life, that was the case.
Sports:
- You know that Tiger Nation is our nation, not theirs. (submitted by @bdvanderheyden)
- The pep band knows "Knuck if You Buck" and "Stuntin' Like My Daddy".
- You pull for Tiger Basketball and any SEC football team. (from @Kevinandsuji)
- You have no idea what the words to "I'm So Glad I Go to the U of M" are, but you sing along anyway. Bonus points if you didn't actually go to the U of M.
- You thought our first pro sports franchise was Saturday morning wrestling. (submitted by @kevinandsuji)
- You get excited about Tiger basketball billboards. (submitted by Andrea O.)
- You schedule your life around Tiger basketball. (submitted by Kaitlyn P.)
- You know that T.O.M. is not a name, but an acronym. (submitted by Rachel)
And in general:
- You meet someone from Memphis and the first question you ask is "Where did you go to high school?" (submitted by @The_RDJ)
- You still say "Memphis State". (submitted by Gil L.)
- You have more street cred than someone from Detroit. (submitted by Trisha G.)
- You couldn't think of anything to say after being asked to keep it clean. (submitted by Nathan P.)
- You have exceedingly low standards for what makes a neighborhood "sketchy". (submitted by @lbillingz)
- You've lived here your whole life and have never seen Graceland in person. (submitted by @clay1278)
- You can finish this sentence: "Get the dope out your veins..." (submitted by @kevinandsuji)
- You hear the number "201" in any context and cringe. (submitted by @vincentcakes)
- You run into the mayor, your high school best friend, your ex-boyfriend and your congressional representative in one grocery store trip.
- You ever tried to scare your friends by taking them to Voodoo Village. (submitted by Richard F.)
- Getting an email from Prince Mongo makes your month.
- You ever got out of school for Fair Day.
- If you ever ice skated at the Mall of Memphis. (submitted by Jenny M.)
- When you answer "How you doin?" with "How you doin'?". (submitted by Christy T.)
- When you get offended by any cover charge over $5. (submitted by Marjorie C.)
- If you read this blog. (submitted by Joel)
- You know that somewhere in Tom Lee Park is that flip flop you lost at Music Fest. (submitted by Rachel)
- If you ever blew off high school prom to go to Music Fest.
- If you say "might could" or "might should".
- If you've ever called JAM-JAM1. Bonus points if you referred to the time zone in Memphis as "Capt. D's Time."
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