For the Long Islanders

You live in the shadow of the greatest city in the world, but you almost never go there.

When you're away from Long Island, you love it and when you're there, you don't.

You think if you're not from Long Island or NYC, you're not really from New York.

You know the exact point at which Queens turns into Nassau simply on intuition.

You don't go to Manhattan, you go to "The City".

You never realize you have an accent till you leave.

At some point in your life you've gone clamming.

Either your parents or your grandparents lived in the city.

You'd pay $8.50 for a movie.

You don't live in Long Island. You live ON Long Island

You know where the Commack Motor Inn is.

Your distant future might involve the state of Florida.

You can correctly pronounce places like Happauge, Commack, Islip,
Islandia, Massapequa.

You know the location of 6 malls and a dozen McDonalds and 36 7-11's.

You never, ever want to "change at Jamaica..."

You've tried to find the Amityville Horror house.

No, you don't want mustard on that burger!!

Each one of your diverse friends mercilessly makes fun of his own background.

You've had a seagull crap on your car.

You have or someone you know has fallen asleep on the LIRR and ended
up in one of these three places; Babylon, Port Washington or Hicksville.

You went to an elementary school that promoted dodge ball as the number 1 game among children 7-13.

You know White Castle is terrible for you and the food sucks but you periodically "Get the Crave".

You want the Yankees to stay in the Bronx, but would probably go to more games if they moved to Manhattan.

You've missed that "Drunk Train", the 2:42 am out of Penn Station and had the dreaded wait until 5:30 am.

You or someone you know has owned an animal that came from North Shore Animal League.

Quick! Who's the Suffolk County Executive? Don't know do you?!

You've never taken an MTA bus.

The Long Island Expressway isn't really as bad as everybody thinks.

You don't associate Fire Island with gay men.

You know which parts of the Godfather where filmed on Long Island.

You've said stupid things like "Strong Island".

You curse. A lot.

You've paid a $10 cover charge to get into a bar, but got nothing for
it.

You think Islip MacArthur airport is cute and you enjoy watching it grow up.

Billy Joel said it best, "either you date a rich girl from the North Shore,or a cool girl from the South Shore".

You don't really see the big deal about the Hamptons, unless you got smashed at the Bawdy Barn (sound familiar)?

When people ask "where are you from?" you answer Long Guy Land and automatically assume everyone in the world knows that answer means New York.

You've always liked Billy Joel and you own several of his "records" is it just me or are all girls from Rockville Center bitches???

The Belt Parkway sucks!

You're used to driving down the street in December and seeing more lit-up menorahs than you can shake a Latka at. In fact, even your non-Jewish friends know what a Latka is.

Your parents took you to Nathans or Carvel (on the way home from the beach).

News 12 sucks.

You know where at least one strip club is.

Regular gas - $3.39 and you still pay it!!!

You hate paying tolls.

Block parties...

You don't have to go far to see your family.

You remember Grumman.

You've gotten drunk on the bleachers of some high school

You know the color of the water at Jones Beach was not BLUE!

You can pinpoint the day that you realized that Adventureland sucks.
You are nearing the day that you realize that Great Adventure sucks.

You have a friend who knows a guy who has a friend whose sister knows this woman whose daughter sat next to Amy Fisher in 10th grade Social Studies.

You were upset when all the Roy Rogers turned into Wendy's.

You can spout off all the LIRR stops between Penn Station and Ronkonkoma.

You think the people from Brooklyn are "da wunz dat tawk wit aaccent"

Sledding in the sumps

You knew of Massapequa before the Amy Fisher-Joey Buttafuoco
nightmare

You thought going to Queens was a hike

When you live somewhere else and are astounded to see that people actually stop at yellow lights.

When you just sort of presume that wherever you live, you'll be able to find good delis, good pizza, and good bagels.

You can name at least three bands that came from Long Island.

When you walk in the city and you see two men holding hands...it becomes normal to you.

No word ends in an ER, just an AH.

You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Long Island.

ha ha! Pretty much on the money.

And Joey Buttafuoco's sister did your makeup at Bloomingdales.
(not kidding on that one)

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Originally Posted by mrryde

No word ends in an ER, just an AH.

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Whaddabout Pizzer and Soder?
And how the fuck can you make Turlet out of toilet???

Not from LI, but actually almost everything on that list sounds right to me. They need something about Jerry Seinfeld's old girlfriend, Shoshana whatever her name was.

hehe! thanks for the laughs and the memories:)

luckily, I only lived on LI until I was 9 or so - then my parents moved me to Maine (actually a really good thing!) so I consider myself from there -

but definitely a lot of these things ring a bell and bring back fond memories of growing up there.

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You live in the shadow of the greatest city in the world, but you almost never go there.

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I go there a lot more now:) at least once a year.

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You never realize you have an accent till you leave.

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I don't really have one either way - Loongiland or Maineah, but my parents' are to die for - my mom's gets thicker when she's trying to be polite.

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At some point in your life you've gone clamming.

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yep. right by one of billy joel's old houses - I thought that was the coolest thing ever. I was very into UPTOWN Girl at the time.

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You know where the Commack Motor Inn is.

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i can't quite recall anything other than the 16 movie theater next to the LIE and my elementary school, but I do remember Commack - I lived in Dix Hills (21 Lauren Ave)

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You can correctly pronounce places like Happauge, Commack, Islip,
Islandia, Massapequa.

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Yes, I can.

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No, you don't want mustard on that burger!!

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Yep, I thought that was just bizarre when I moved to maine.

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You know White Castle is terrible for you and the food sucks but you periodically "Get the Crave".

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boy i loved those buildings.

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You don't associate Fire Island with gay men.

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nope.

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You curse. A lot.

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yeah i do. got that from the parents.

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You think Islip MacArthur airport is cute and you enjoy watching it grow up.

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I HAVE TO DISAGREE HERE - I DON'T THINK ITS CUTE, I ABSOLUTELY HATE THAT THEY TURNED MY VERY FAVORITE RACETRACK OF ALL TIME INTO A FREAKIN' AIRPORT!!!! I have some of my earliest modified racing memories and my heroes from the good ol' days (richie evans, charlie jazombeck, the bodine brothers, eddie brunhozel et al, jimmy spencer (hated him long before nascar), bob parks, and then later steve parks) from that track.

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When people ask "where are you from?" you answer Long Guy Land and automatically assume everyone in the world knows that answer means New York.

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AYUH.

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You're used to driving down the street in December and seeing more lit-up menorahs than you can shake a Latka at. In fact, even your non-Jewish friends know what a Latka is.

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grew up catholic, but I heart Chanukkah too:)

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Your parents took you to Nathans or Carvel (on the way home from the beach).

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Damn I really miss that Carvel shop in Huntington my grandparents always took me too. And the Fred's Diner on Jericho.

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You remember Grumman.

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I remember my grandfather's jackets from working there.

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You know the color of the water at Jones Beach was not BLUE!

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True dat.

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You can pinpoint the day that you realized that Adventureland sucks.
You are nearing the day that you realize that Great Adventure sucks.

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I think i've come to terms with both:)

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You knew of Massapequa before the Amy Fisher-Joey Buttafuoco
nightmare

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Yep, visited there and Ronkonkoma often.

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When you just sort of presume that wherever you live, you'll be able to find good delis, good pizza, and good bagels.

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that was the big shocker moving to maine:(

No way- one of my friends from college grew up on Lauren Ave; I stayed there about three months ago.

Shit Ski Guide, We grew up in the same town. How old are you?

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Originally Posted by mrryde

You live in the shadow of the greatest city in the world, but you almost never go there.

When you're away from Long Island, you love it and when you're there, you don't.

You think if you're not from Long Island or NYC, you're not really from New York.

You know the exact point at which Queens turns into Nassau simply on intuition.

You don't go to Manhattan, you go to "The City".

You never realize you have an accent till you leave.

At some point in your life you've gone clamming.

Either your parents or your grandparents lived in the city.

You'd pay $8.50 for a movie.

You don't live in Long Island. You live ON Long Island

You know where the Commack Motor Inn is.

Your distant future might involve the state of Florida.

You can correctly pronounce places like Happauge, Commack, Islip,
Islandia, Massapequa.

You know the location of 6 malls and a dozen McDonalds and 36 7-11's.

You never, ever want to "change at Jamaica..."

You've tried to find the Amityville Horror house.

No, you don't want mustard on that burger!!

Each one of your diverse friends mercilessly makes fun of his own background.

You've had a seagull crap on your car.

You have or someone you know has fallen asleep on the LIRR and ended
up in one of these three places; Babylon, Port Washington or Hicksville.

You went to an elementary school that promoted dodge ball as the number 1 game among children 7-13.

You know White Castle is terrible for you and the food sucks but you periodically "Get the Crave".

You want the Yankees to stay in the Bronx, but would probably go to more games if they moved to Manhattan.

You've missed that "Drunk Train", the 2:42 am out of Penn Station and had the dreaded wait until 5:30 am.

You or someone you know has owned an animal that came from North Shore Animal League.

Quick! Who's the Suffolk County Executive? Don't know do you?!

You've never taken an MTA bus.

The Long Island Expressway isn't really as bad as everybody thinks.

You don't associate Fire Island with gay men.

You know which parts of the Godfather where filmed on Long Island.

You've said stupid things like "Strong Island".

You curse. A lot.

You've paid a $10 cover charge to get into a bar, but got nothing for
it.

You think Islip MacArthur airport is cute and you enjoy watching it grow up.

Billy Joel said it best, "either you date a rich girl from the North Shore,or a cool girl from the South Shore".

You don't really see the big deal about the Hamptons, unless you got smashed at the Bawdy Barn (sound familiar)?

When people ask "where are you from?" you answer Long Guy Land and automatically assume everyone in the world knows that answer means New York.

You've always liked Billy Joel and you own several of his "records" is it just me or are all girls from Rockville Center bitches???

The Belt Parkway sucks!

You're used to driving down the street in December and seeing more lit-up menorahs than you can shake a Latka at. In fact, even your non-Jewish friends know what a Latka is.

Your parents took you to Nathans or Carvel (on the way home from the beach).

News 12 sucks.

You know where at least one strip club is.

Regular gas - $3.39 and you still pay it!!!

You hate paying tolls.

Block parties...

You don't have to go far to see your family.

You remember Grumman.

You've gotten drunk on the bleachers of some high school

You know the color of the water at Jones Beach was not BLUE!

You can pinpoint the day that you realized that Adventureland sucks.
You are nearing the day that you realize that Great Adventure sucks.

You have a friend who knows a guy who has a friend whose sister knows this woman whose daughter sat next to Amy Fisher in 10th grade Social Studies.

You were upset when all the Roy Rogers turned into Wendy's.

You can spout off all the LIRR stops between Penn Station and Ronkonkoma.

You think the people from Brooklyn are "da wunz dat tawk wit aaccent"

Sledding in the sumps

You knew of Massapequa before the Amy Fisher-Joey Buttafuoco
nightmare

You thought going to Queens was a hike

When you live somewhere else and are astounded to see that people actually stop at yellow lights.

When you just sort of presume that wherever you live, you'll be able to find good delis, good pizza, and good bagels.

You can name at least three bands that came from Long Island.

When you walk in the city and you see two men holding hands...it becomes normal to you.

No word ends in an ER, just an AH.

You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Long Island.

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Ewegottaproblumwitdat....

Belmont Park, reprazent!

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Originally Posted by Pedro

Shit Ski Guide, We grew up in the same town. How old are you?

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heh. I'm 27. but I repeat, I left there by the time I was 8 or 9, and I don't even really know how long I lived in Dix Hills specifically - maybe just 3 years. I think I went 1st -3rd grade there and that's it. I don't really remember many names or anything like that, and doubt I have any school pics from that era.

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Originally Posted by skiguide

heh. I'm 27. but I repeat, I left there by the time I was 8 or 9, and I don't even really know how long I lived in Dix Hills specifically - maybe just 3 years. I think I went 1st -3rd grade there and that's it. I don't really remember many names or anything like that, and doubt I have any school pics from that era.

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Yeah, Im 29 and it looks like you would have went to a different Grade school based on where you live.....I too rember freds, My parents love that place.

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Originally Posted by Pedro

Yeah, Im 29 and it looks like you would have went to a different Grade school based on where you live.....I too rember freds, My parents love that place.

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Bawahaha, first of all, I am obviously hopped up on cold meds right now, cause I'm 28, not 27! (and will be 29 in april, omg) doh! sorry bout that - sick with this retarded cold.

so yea, we're really closer in age:) duh.

freds diner was my fave place to go with my granpa -they were pretty good family friends (my grandparents lived on Warner Ave in Huntington)...I think I also briefly went to a grade school there before we got into the lauren ave house in dix hills - which, my mistake earlier, was #21.

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Originally Posted by skiguide

Bawahaha, first of all, I am obviously hopped up on cold meds right now, cause I'm 28, not 27! (and will be 29 in april, omg) doh! sorry bout that - sick with this retarded cold.

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Its funny you said that, when i was 28, for months I thought I was 27, i guess i just didn't care....Someone then reminded me how old I was and i was blown away.......30 is right around the corner and i hope my B-day will be on the slopes, since its late in may I think its going to be a Tuckermans Trip or I am going to head west.

Not from the Island, but spent enough time there. That entire list is so on the money.

Save the Oak Beach Inn!

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Originally Posted by Plakespear

Not from the Island, but spent enough time there. That entire list is so on the money.

Save the Oak Beach Inn!

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OBI Used to have a big Billboard that they would tow around that read Move out of New York before its too late.

only been to LI once, worked the LI ski show and did these 2 in one night:

You have or someone you know has fallen asleep on the LIRR and ended
up in one of these three places; Babylon, Port Washington or Hicksville.


You've missed that "Drunk Train", the 2:42 am out of Penn Station and had the dreaded wait until 5:30 am.

Two words:

Twisted Sister

Back in the day I worked at Ski Stop, Princeton and Mountain Aire ski shops

I believe one of the funniest things I ever seen at the Wobbly Barn was a guy from Long Island and a girl from Boston having one of those near last call conversations about people from the North Shore and people from the South Shore. I think they must have gone on for about 15 minutes totally agreeing on the differences between the two types before I informed them that one of them was talking about Long Island and the other was talking about Boston.

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Save the Oak Beach Inn!

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Spent my 17th birthday at that pit. Thought it was great at the time, though -- presumably because it was my 17th birthday and I didn't get carded. Hard to believe that was 20 years ago.

Skiguide, you don't know the CMI because you moved before you hit the relevant age.

Westbury inna house!

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Twisted Sister

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Three words... you forgot "frickin'."

The OBI what a sausage fest. Rollin in my 5.0.....

The only club that was worth a shit was caffiene/voodoo. That place was a trip

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Damn I really miss that Carvel shop in Huntington my grandparents always took me too. And the Fred's Diner on Jericho.

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Yummmm! Fred's Diner. Too bad they ruined it when they turned it into a restaurant. The food was still good, but it just wasn't the same. I remember going there with my dad, sitting at the counter and watching Sunny make me the best damn french toast around. I moved away about 8 years ago, but heard the family sold the business not too long ago.

Dix Hills/South Huntington representin' here.

I love these threads about long island...its so true!!

Wantagh/East Meadow in da house!!!

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I remember going there with my dad, sitting at the counter and watching Sunny make me the best damn french toast around. I moved away about 8 years ago, but heard the family sold the business not too long ago.

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hells ya!!! counter style - the only way to go at Fred's. I loved Sunny! he always made me the best sunnyside up eggs:)

Another former long guylander(East Meadow again), Mainer here, also lived on the north shore (of Boston, Salem)and now out west. That list brought back lots of (bad?) memories, Haven't been back there in a few years, but it's gotten worse since I've moved. Traffic on the Southern state was bad all day long (not just 4 hour rush hours anymore),and I'd forgotten how to drive there(tailgating,speeding, what stop signs?). Just found out my parents are moving back there so I'll have to go back to visit them.
Hey KrisSki, I lived right down the road from you (E.M., N.Merrick, Uniondale boarder) Do you work at NCMC( is that what it'sstill called).
Amy Fisher used to hang around my shop in South Merrick, Joey Buttafucco was a customer of mine(allways heard MaryJo yelling at him over the sound of thier boat).
No more Roy Rodgers? I met him when I was a kid at the one by Hofstra.
Don't know about the Suffolk co. exec., But Tom Gullotta was also a customer, and I have lots of good stories.
Sledding in the sumps, We used the Parkways, or the big mountains of Bethpage State park(much better at night with sufficent alchahol and safety supplies.
Commack Motor inn, maybe?
And wasn't it Bong Island?

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Another former long guylander(East Meadow again), Mainer here, also lived on the north shore (of Boston, Salem)and now out west. That list brought back lots of (bad?) memories, Haven't been back there in a few years, but it's gotten worse since I've moved. Traffic on the Southern state was bad all day long (not just 4 hour rush hours anymore),and I'd forgotten how to drive there(tailgating,speeding, what stop signs?). Just found out my parents are moving back there so I'll have to go back to visit them.
Hey KrisSki, I lived right down the road from you (E.M., N.Merrick, Uniondale boarder) Do you work at NCMC( is that what it'sstill called).
Amy Fisher used to hang around my shop in South Merrick, Joey Buttafucco was a customer of mine(allways heard MaryJo yelling at him over the sound of thier boat).
No more Roy Rodgers? I met him when I was a kid at the one by Hofstra.
Don't know about the Suffolk co. exec., But Tom Gullotta was also a customer, and I have lots of good stories.
Sledding in the sumps, We used the Parkways, or the big mountains of Bethpage State park(much better at night with sufficent alchahol and safety supplies.
Commack Motor inn, maybe?
And wasn't it Bong Island?

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Southern state is the pits all the time..i avoid it at all costs..sledding was ALWAYS in the sumps...from what i hear you cant get in them anymore..
refried...i grew up right off hempstaed tpke in east meadow right before newbridge road...small world right? and yes i work at NUMC...they changed the name a few years ago now its a "university"...hahaha..whata joke...remember crossing the turnpike between lights and our parents telling us we would get killed by a car? back then there was 1/2 the amount of cars on there,,,nowadays it looks like the southern state...:biggrin: