Monday, December 24, 2007
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Christmas Test
This is your first pyschological test sponsored be DAFAFI to determine your Christmas state of fitness.....let's see those honest or funny answers.
1. Wrapping paper or gift bag?
2. Real tree or artificial?
3. When do you put up your tree?
4. When do you take down your tree?
5. Do you like eggnog?
6. Favorite gift received as a child?
7. Do you have a nativity scene?
8. Hardest person to buy for?
9. Easiest person to buy for?
10. Worst Christmas gift you've ever received?
11. Mail or email Christmas cards?
12. Favorite Christmas movie?
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas?
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present?
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas?
16. White or colored lights?
17. Favorite Christmas song?
18. Traveling for Christmas or staying home?
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeers?
20. Angel or Star on top of tree?
21. Open presents Christmas Eve or Morning?
22. Most annoying thing about this time of year?
23. What I love most about Christmas?
1. Wrapping paper or gift bag?
2. Real tree or artificial?
3. When do you put up your tree?
4. When do you take down your tree?
5. Do you like eggnog?
6. Favorite gift received as a child?
7. Do you have a nativity scene?
8. Hardest person to buy for?
9. Easiest person to buy for?
10. Worst Christmas gift you've ever received?
11. Mail or email Christmas cards?
12. Favorite Christmas movie?
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas?
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present?
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas?
16. White or colored lights?
17. Favorite Christmas song?
18. Traveling for Christmas or staying home?
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeers?
20. Angel or Star on top of tree?
21. Open presents Christmas Eve or Morning?
22. Most annoying thing about this time of year?
23. What I love most about Christmas?
Chicago Slang
Posted by the commish for Julie Danca. Too funny. Thanks Julie! I have already shared this with many.
CHICAGO SLANG
1. Grachki (grach'-key): Chicagoese for "garage key" as in, "Yo,
Theresa, waja do wit da grachki? How my supposta cut da grass if I don't
git intada grach?"
2. Sammich: Chicagoese for sandwich. When made with sausage, it's a
sassage sammich; when made with shredded beef, it's an Italian Beef
sammich, a local delicacy consisting of piles of spicy meat in a
perilously soggy bun.
3. Da: This article is a key part of Chicago speech, as in "Da Bears"
or "Da Mare" -- the latter denoting Richard M. Daley, or Richie, as he's
often called.
4. Jewels: Not family heirlooms or a tender body region, but a popular
name for one of the region's dominant grocery store chains. "I'm goin'
to the Jewels to pick up some sassage."
5. Field's: Marshall Field, a prominent Chicago department store. Now
Macy's. Also Carson Pirie Sco tt, another major department store chain, is simply
called " Carson 's."
6. Tree: The number between two and four. "We were lucky dat we only
got tree inches of snow da udder night."
7. Over by dere: Translates to "over by there," a way of emphasizing a
site presumed familiar to the listener. As in, "I got the sassage at the
Jewels down on Kedzie, over by dere."
8. Kaminski Park : The mispronounced name of the ballpark where the
Chicago White Sox (da Sox) play baseball. Comiskey Park was renamed U.S.
Cellular Field (da Cell)
9. Frunchroom: As in, "Get outta da frunchroom wit dose muddy shoes."
It's not the "parlor." It's not the "living room." In the land of the
bungalow, it's the "frunchroom," a named derived, linguists believe,
from "front room."
10. Use: Not the verb, but the plural pronoun 'you!' "Where use
goin'?"
11. Downtown: Anywhere near The Lake, south of The Zoo (Lincoln Park
Zoo)
and north of Soldier Field.
12. The Lake: Lake Michigan (What other lake is there?) It's often used
by local weathermen, "cooler by The Lake."
14. Braht: Short for Bratwurst. "Gimme a braht wit kraut."
15. Goes: Past or present tense of the verb "say." For example, "Den he
goes, 'I like this place'!"
16. Guys: Used when addressing two or more people, regardless of each
individual's gender.
17. Pop: A soft drink. Don't say "soda" in this town. "Do ya wanna
canna pop?"
18. Sliders: Nickname for hamburgers from White Castle , a popular
Midwestern burger chain. "Dose sliders I had last night gave me da
runs."
19.. The Taste: The Taste of Chicago Festival, a huge extravaganza in
Grant Park featuring samples of Chicagoland cuisine which takes place
each year around the Fourth of July holiday.
20. "Jeetyet?": Translates to, "Did you eat yet?"
21. Winter and Construction: Punch line to the joke, "What are the two
seasons in Chicago ?"
22. Cuppa Too-Tree: is Chicagoese for "a couple, two, three" which
really means "a few." For example, "Hey Mike, dere any beerz left in da
cooler over by dere?"
"Yeh, a cuppa too-tree."
23. 588-2300: Everyone in Chicago knows this commercial jingle and the
carpet company you'll get if you call that number -- Empire!
24. Junk Dror: You will usually find the 'junk drawer' in the kitchen
filled to the brim with miscellaneous, but very important, junk. (ha ha
ha so true.)
25. Southern Illinois : Anything south of I-80. This is where Smothers'
is from....
26. Expressways: The Interstates in the immediate Chicagoland area are
usually known just by their 'name' and not their Interstate number: the
Dan Ryan ("da Ryan"), the Stevenson, the Kennedy (da "Kennedy"), the
Eisenhower (da "Ike"), and the Edens (just "Edens" but Da Edens" is
acceptable).
27. Gym Shoes: The rest of the country may refer to them as sneakers or
running shoes but Chicagoans will always call them gym shoes!
=============
This is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say about 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 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 jump ers 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
CHICAGO SLANG
1. Grachki (grach'-key): Chicagoese for "garage key" as in, "Yo,
Theresa, waja do wit da grachki? How my supposta cut da grass if I don't
git intada grach?"
2. Sammich: Chicagoese for sandwich. When made with sausage, it's a
sassage sammich; when made with shredded beef, it's an Italian Beef
sammich, a local delicacy consisting of piles of spicy meat in a
perilously soggy bun.
3. Da: This article is a key part of Chicago speech, as in "Da Bears"
or "Da Mare" -- the latter denoting Richard M. Daley, or Richie, as he's
often called.
4. Jewels: Not family heirlooms or a tender body region, but a popular
name for one of the region's dominant grocery store chains. "I'm goin'
to the Jewels to pick up some sassage."
5. Field's: Marshall Field, a prominent Chicago department store. Now
Macy's. Also Carson Pirie Sco tt, another major department store chain, is simply
called " Carson 's."
6. Tree: The number between two and four. "We were lucky dat we only
got tree inches of snow da udder night."
7. Over by dere: Translates to "over by there," a way of emphasizing a
site presumed familiar to the listener. As in, "I got the sassage at the
Jewels down on Kedzie, over by dere."
8. Kaminski Park : The mispronounced name of the ballpark where the
Chicago White Sox (da Sox) play baseball. Comiskey Park was renamed U.S.
Cellular Field (da Cell)
9. Frunchroom: As in, "Get outta da frunchroom wit dose muddy shoes."
It's not the "parlor." It's not the "living room." In the land of the
bungalow, it's the "frunchroom," a named derived, linguists believe,
from "front room."
10. Use: Not the verb, but the plural pronoun 'you!' "Where use
goin'?"
11. Downtown: Anywhere near The Lake, south of The Zoo (Lincoln Park
Zoo)
and north of Soldier Field.
12. The Lake: Lake Michigan (What other lake is there?) It's often used
by local weathermen, "cooler by The Lake."
14. Braht: Short for Bratwurst. "Gimme a braht wit kraut."
15. Goes: Past or present tense of the verb "say." For example, "Den he
goes, 'I like this place'!"
16. Guys: Used when addressing two or more people, regardless of each
individual's gender.
17. Pop: A soft drink. Don't say "soda" in this town. "Do ya wanna
canna pop?"
18. Sliders: Nickname for hamburgers from White Castle , a popular
Midwestern burger chain. "Dose sliders I had last night gave me da
runs."
19.. The Taste: The Taste of Chicago Festival, a huge extravaganza in
Grant Park featuring samples of Chicagoland cuisine which takes place
each year around the Fourth of July holiday.
20. "Jeetyet?": Translates to, "Did you eat yet?"
21. Winter and Construction: Punch line to the joke, "What are the two
seasons in Chicago ?"
22. Cuppa Too-Tree: is Chicagoese for "a couple, two, three" which
really means "a few." For example, "Hey Mike, dere any beerz left in da
cooler over by dere?"
"Yeh, a cuppa too-tree."
23. 588-2300: Everyone in Chicago knows this commercial jingle and the
carpet company you'll get if you call that number -- Empire!
24. Junk Dror: You will usually find the 'junk drawer' in the kitchen
filled to the brim with miscellaneous, but very important, junk. (ha ha
ha so true.)
25. Southern Illinois : Anything south of I-80. This is where Smothers'
is from....
26. Expressways: The Interstates in the immediate Chicagoland area are
usually known just by their 'name' and not their Interstate number: the
Dan Ryan ("da Ryan"), the Stevenson, the Kennedy (da "Kennedy"), the
Eisenhower (da "Ike"), and the Edens (just "Edens" but Da Edens" is
acceptable).
27. Gym Shoes: The rest of the country may refer to them as sneakers or
running shoes but Chicagoans will always call them gym shoes!
=============
This is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say about 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 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 jump ers 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
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