Friday, February 20, 2009

Jeff Foxworthy on New Hampshire

If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 36 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by, you might live in New Hampshire.

If you're proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights a year because Mt. Washington is the coldest spot in the nation, and Plymouth gets more snow than any other major city in the US, you might live in New Hampshire.

If your local Dairy Queen is closed from October through May, you might live in New Hampshire.

If you get 131 inches of snow in a week and you comment that 'winter's finally here', you might live near Laconia in New Hampshire.

If you instinctively walk like a penguin for six months out of the year, you might live, bundled up, in New Hampshire.

If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance, and they don't work there, you might live in New Hampshire.

If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his forehead, you might live in New Hampshire.

If you have worn shorts and a parka on the same day, you might live in New Hampshire.

If you have had a lengthy phone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you might live in New Hampshire.

If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once.

If you often switch from 'heat' to 'A/C' in the same day and back again, you might live in New Hampshire.

If you can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching, you might live in New Hampshire.

If you install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked, you might live in New Hampshire.

If you carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend/wife knows how to use them, you might live in New Hampshire.

If you design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit, you might live in New Hampshire.

If you think driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow, you might live in New Hampshire.

If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction, you might live in New Hampshire.

If you can identify a southern or northern accent, you might live in New Hampshire.

If your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new shed, you might live in New Hampshire.

If your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost, you might live in New Hampshire.

If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car, you might live in New Hampshire.

If you find 10 degrees 'a little chilly' and 55 is shorts weather.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Let me guess,,,,these too are all reasons that you live in NM!!!

Mike