If you were raised in New England like me, or even if you've ever been to New England, you'll probably find humor in this compilation of jokes I've found on the internet (and a few I've added myself).

You might be from New England if...

...your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May. (They actually don't do this anywhere else?)

...someone at a Home Depot store offers you assistance, but they don't work there.

...you've ever worn shorts/sandals and a parka at the same time.

...your town has more bars than churches.

...you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed the wrong number (to find that you actually have several mutual friends).

...you measure distance in hours and minutes.

...you've switched from heat to air conditioning and back in the same day.

...you know several people who have hit a deer more than once (and at least one who has taken that roadkill, cooked it, and eaten it).

...you install security lights, cameras, and/or fake cameras on your house and garage, and then you leave all your doors unlocked.

...people around you wear camouflage as a fashion statement on a regular basis.

...the driving is better in the wintertime because the potholes are filled with snow.

...you know all four seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction.

...your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new shed, or some other free-standing structure that he built all by himself.

...you design your child's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.

...you can identify a southern or eastern accent.

...your landscaping consists of a statue of a deer and a blue spruce.

...you were completely unaware that there's a legal drinking age.

...ten degrees is "a little chilly".

...you use wicked as an adverb.

...you've gone sledding off your roof.

...you think barbecue is a verb meaning to grill outside.

...you've ever driven 70 mph within 6 inches of the guy in front of you... in a blizzard... while shaving.

...you can pronounce "Worcestershire Sauce".

...you find it obnoxious when people can't pronounce "Worcestershire Sauce".

...you name your pets after your favorite sports teams/players.

...you use the sidewalk as a passing lane. (So? It's paved!)

...you get at least a foot of snow and still have to go to school.

...you get a snow day from school and it only rains.

...someone being nice to you leads you to believe they're either from out of town or want something.

...a yellow light means accelerate.

...a red light means floor it.

...you know how to drive in a rotary.

...you think using turn signals is a sign of weakness.

...you've passed someone on the highway, and as soon as you got in front of them slowed down.

...you walk twice as fast as everyone else.

...you've ever driven to New Hampshire on Sunday just to buy beer.

...four feet of snow is no excuse to miss work.

...you eat fried chicken with a fork and knife.

...you think ketchup is spicy.

...you know it's not ketchup: it's catsup.

...you don't consider "guys" to be gender specific.

...$15 to park is a bargain.

...you can get from one side of your hometown to the other in less than fifteen minutes and see at least fifteen of the losers you graduated with doing exactly the same thing they were doing the last time you saw them.

...you know what a whoopie pie is.

...you know what "Shaw's" and "Stew Leonard's" are.

...you've vacationed to Martha's Vineyard or Cape Cod.

...you've been to Six Flags New England.

...it's not Six Flags New England. It will forever be Riverside.

...Vermont has the best skiing in the world.

...the speed limit on the highway is 55, you're going 80, and everyone is passing you.

...you go to camp every year.

...you can stand in the parking lot of Dunkin' Donuts and see at least two other Dunkin' Donuts.

...you meant to go to CVS but you missed the turn by five feet, so you went to Walgreens instead, but then decided you should go across the street to Brooks.

...you've ever gone candlepin bowling.

...Subway is just a fast food place: the transportation system is the T or T-Train.

...Crown Victoria = undercover cop.

...you only eat real maple syrup.

...you've been standing in a hallway at school and been asked if you have any duct tape on you.

...the answer to the above was yes.

...you've skipped school to go to the Big E.

...NEW YORK IS NOT PART OF NEW ENGLAND, GOD DAMMIT!

...you actually understand these jokes.

See if you can come up with your own: have some julimagination and comment!