I have now lived 31 years in Texas, but grew up in Chicago. I love Texas and now would never leave but I remember fondly all these things:
You live in Chicago . .
If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May, you live in Chicago .
If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don't work there, you live in Chicago.
If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you live in Chicago .
If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you live in Chicago.
If "Vacation" means going anywhere south of I-80 for the weekend, you live in Chicago .
If you measure distance in hours, you live in Chicago .
If you call the living room the front room, you live in Chicago .
If you have switched from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again, you live in Chicago .
If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching, you live in Chicago .
If you carry jumpers in your car and your wife knows how to use them, you live in Chicago .
If you design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit, you live in Chicago .
If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph -- you're going 80 and everybody is passing you, you live in Chicago .
If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow, you live in Chicago .
If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction, you live in Chicago .
If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car, you live in Chicago .
If you find 10 degrees "a little chilly", you live in Chicago .
If you actually understand these jokes, and forward them to all your Chicago friends & others, you live or have lived in Chicago .
You live in Chicago . .
If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May, you live in Chicago .
If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don't work there, you live in Chicago.
If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you live in Chicago .
If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you live in Chicago.
If "Vacation" means going anywhere south of I-80 for the weekend, you live in Chicago .
If you measure distance in hours, you live in Chicago .
If you call the living room the front room, you live in Chicago .
If you have switched from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again, you live in Chicago .
If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching, you live in Chicago .
If you carry jumpers in your car and your wife knows how to use them, you live in Chicago .
If you design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit, you live in Chicago .
If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph -- you're going 80 and everybody is passing you, you live in Chicago .
If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow, you live in Chicago .
If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction, you live in Chicago .
If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car, you live in Chicago .
If you find 10 degrees "a little chilly", you live in Chicago .
If you actually understand these jokes, and forward them to all your Chicago friends & others, you live or have lived in Chicago .
