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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You are definitely old school Memphis if you watched Straight Talk with Marge Thrasher, you remember Ed Craig and Charlie B. Watson, Dunn's Transmission commercials during Wrestling and the Shannon Street Massacre. Be blessed, Memphians.



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