You know you are from HOUSTON, TEXAS when..........?

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awtychick

You pull out your Winter clothes & boots when it gets down to 75 degrees!

Done

You use the word "feeder" instead of "on ramp". I read on a language site that it's only used in the Houston area:-)

Mommyof1

1. when . All directions start with, "Go down to Loop 610".... which has no beginning and no end.

2. The Chamber of Commerce calls getting through traffic... a "Scenic Drive."

3. The morning rush hour is from 6:00AM to 10:00AM. The evening rush hour is from 3:00PM to 7:00PM. Friday's rush hour starts Thursday morning.

4. If you can pronounce, Kuykendahl Road Ita can ONLY be pronounced by a native Houstonian and pronounce Fuqua which is pronounced (Few-Quay not ****-Qua)

5. when you know Construction on I-10, I-45, US 59 and Loop 610 is a way of life and a permanent form of entertainment.

6. All unexplained smells are explained by the phrases, "Oh, we must be in Pasadena!" or "God, I hate Baytown!" or "Mmm, smell that Texas City!"

7. When its a 100 degrees the week before thanksgiving.
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8. You don't have to wait for an exit to get off a freeway, just follow the ruts in the grass to the feeder like everyone else.This is how Houston residents notify Texas Department of Transportation where exits should have been built ....if you dont live here, most of this will sound utterly insane, but to all of us who call this home..nothing but the truth. and you know it!!! ~~~~~~~~~

elizabeth321

when you are trying to find a parking spot, you don't go for the closest one to the store, you try to find one in the shade.

William K

It is 90 degrees one day and 20 degrees two days later.

OR

You put the stress on a different syllable, as in "INsurance."

OR

You tell people you work in the oil bidness.

OR

You eat breakfast at a taqueria, have Indian buffet for lunch, stop off for tapas and a beer after work with your Japanese workmates, and take your wife out for Persian food for dinner.

OR

You know you're from Houston when your home is built on reclaimed swampland, you live in a masterplanned community thirty miles from downtown and your address is still in city limits, you envy your neighbor's yard, you drive your kids one block to school, you have a deer lease or a beach house or a lake house but not all three, and are probably sitting in traffic reading this on your iPhone.

Cmundley

You drive real slow in the left lane

HIS!

You turn the A/C low so you can light the fireplace in the winter

If the schools have a snow day, you can still see the green grass peaking out from under the white powder

You can wear shorts 11 or more months out of the year

Teens and young adults wear flip flops year around

Inner city schools have actually taken students on field trips to see the Galleria Mall.

Have a ferris wheel hugging a downtown freeway.

Buy a house by studying which freeway moves the fastest during rush hour.

susannna_kaysen_420

Hmmm you turn on your A/C in November?

cookingpancake

When you pronounce cement as See-Ment.

EDIT: WOW, just received a hateful email from our "palette" Mizzhollywood. And no I'm not a hick just because I wear a cowboy hat, just like you're not a lady just because you wear a dress! The email is not open for trolls like you.

sweetmommy

Oh, Cmundley you caught my pet peeve!
Awtychick, Elizabeth321 & Cookingpancakes, you are all spot on!

You catch yourself saying "fixing to" or "tumped over"..

Texicano

You did not pay an exaggerated price for your house and it has maintained it's value.

boilerrat

You hunker down for IKE--

mamarivers

You are wearing shorts and it's Christmas day!!

homosexual_chinese

...you are from Nigeria.

mizzhollywood26

You have a southern accent but try to hide it. Or are an illegal Hispanic. Or you wear flip flops and tank tops when it's 30 degrees outside. Or you actually like Houston which makes you a native to the area. Or you have never been to New York.

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