You might be a Floridian if . . . Just for my fellow Floridians.

[monkeybird]

You know you're a Floridian if:

Socks are only for bowling.

You never use an umbrella because the rain will be over in five minutes.

A good parking place has nothing to do with distance from the store, but everything to do with shade

Your winter coat is made of denim.

You can tell the difference between fire ant bites and mosquito bites

Some [many] of your friends are over 65.

Anything under 70 degrees is chilly.

You've driven through Yeehaw Junction.

You know that no other grocery store can compare to Publix.

You know that anything under a Category 3 just isn't worth waking up for.

You dread love bug season.

You are on a first name basis with the Hurricane list. They aren't Hurricane Charley or Hurricane Frances You know them as Andrew, Charley, Frances, Ivan, Jeanne & Wilma...Irene...Cheryl...Rita

[Benn Gleck]

You know what a palmetto bug is.

[rice paddy daddy]

Everyone of them is true, monkeybird.
Except for the gator, a mere six footer ain't even worth worrying about.
Unless you own one of those little ankle biting dogs.:)

And you might be a Floridian if you understand the following statement: Florida is the only state where the further south you go, the more north you get.

You know it's not an inside joke, there really are towns named Sopchoppy and Two Egg.

[CMWells]

What a cute post and so very true.

Adding:

You don't fear lizards or Geckos and definitely don't find them gross.

You have put more than 10,000 miles on your motorcycle - in one year.

I have heard a new term down here recently - Sunbirds! Argh they just are NOT going home. My season has totally been extended... booooo

[Rmplstlskn]

You know you are OLD SCHOOL Floridian when...

-you used to go shooting where huge developments now exist
-you used to go 4-wheeling where huge developments now exist
-you use to have keg parties, bon fires and live bands at "Double Roads" in Juno Beach
-you lost your virginity on the beach and no one else knew or saw
-you hunted hogs on what is now "protected wetlands"
-you remember when "Alligator Alley" was two lanes
-you remember when I-95 stopped at PGA Blvd and began again in Ft. Pierce
-you remember when downtown West Palm Beach was "crack town"
-you know where "Cafe Risque" is and what they do there...
-you have been to a "Lum's" and remember the "Bloody Duck"
-you remember when Lake Okeechobee was vibrant and had huge bass
-you remember how "conservative" many places were until the "invasion"
-you were told Love Bugs were a University of Florida experiment gone wrong... and you believed it.
-you remember seeing guns in gun racks in pickup truck back windows.... AT A SCHOOL.
-you remember when you could go fishing anywhere and catch fish all day long...

Rmpl