You Know You're From Severna Park When...

Found this on Facebook today...oh, wow (read on prepare to get slapped in the face with memories)

You Know You're From Severna Park When…

 

1. Seniority is the only rule you live by

2. Annapolis will never be boring & is known to you as “Naptown”

3. You correct people who say Anna-Pole-Liss

4. People respect you for working in Glen Burnie…because you are not dead

5. You know at least 5 people who own a boat and at least one who owns a yacht

6. You know Benfield Road like the back of your hand

7. There is no Rt. 2, only Ritchie Hwy

8. You debate whether you should go to the Annapolis Mall or Arundel Mills to see a movie & you know how to get to both…within 20 mins.

9. You know your way around B-More, vaguely

10. If you don’t have a car, you know you’re not staying put because almost everyone else does

11. Its not blue & yellow...its blue & GOLD

12. You hate Broadneck but don’t know why

13. You have a membership to both Blockbuster and Hollywood Video & you know someone who works at one or the other…& before there was Blockbuster or Hollywood video you remember Erol's Video

14. You are aware the Severna Park & Millersville are different places but don’t care

15. “You want crabs hun?” is not a weird or sick phrase

16. You pronounce "Bowie" BOO-ie not BOW-ie or BAUW-ie

17. 1 hour is an easy commute to work

18. You know the rules to lacrosse because you or half your friends have played & you can tell if someone is a player or not by looking at their hair

19. You can tell the difference between the smells of septic & marsh

20. You not only know how to eat hard crabs but you also know how to catch them, cook them, & tell the males from the females

21. You still root for the Orioles even during the seasons when their record is awful

22. You'll never understand why tourists come to D.C.

23. You still can’t believe that SP native, Steve Wojo, went to Duke & is STILL to this day, coaching there...traitor

24. You know the difference between Glen Burnie ghetto & Catonsville ghetto

25. During the summer, you spend more time in Ocean City than at home

26. You sail, or know about 5 people who do

27. You know a couple people who received a very nice car on their 16th birthday

28. It is a fact that the SP Band is a cult.  There is nothing more to discuss

29. Predictions of snow close your public school

30. HFStival was THE concert event of the year

31. Half of your community goes to private school

32. You know the difference between the 495 & 695 beltways & where they go

33. You go to or have thought about going to College Park (where most people would end up), Salisbury, Towson, UMBC, or any school in the Carolinas but remember Mr. Haus encouraging all the boys to go to Hood because of the female/male student ratio

34. You know that Impulse is a good magazine & you could bribe your friends who took Journalism to get you into The Talon in some way during the year

35. Wendy’s is the best fast food place around

36. You think that Giant is the best florist in the area

37. There is a minimum of two liquor stores within a 5 min drive

38. You know that the guitarist of Good Charlotte graduated from your school but you don’t really care

39. You’ve been to Arlington Echo at least once in your life

40. Popped collars are nothing new

41. Minivans are all over the place

42. Anne Arundel is the best county.  Why…because you live there

43. You can’t understand people who are afraid to cross the Bay Bridge

44. The death of 99.1 WHFS made you either outraged or shed tears

45. You can get pizza from a different place every night of the week

46. You know all of the attractions that SP has to offer so you go to Annapolis

47. You've planned one or two weekends of March to tailgate for Rock & Roll Revival, whether part of the cast/crew or friends of cast/crew

48. If you were ever a senior at SPHS, you know that the most legendary class was AP Psych with O’Boyle.  And if you didn't go to SP, well you still probably heard about O’Boyle

49. Lil Shelton & Andy Borland are household names

50. You remember when Good Charlotte played at the Shore Acres Club House

51. You remember the beginning, and the end, of the SP Field Hockey 4 year win streak

52. You remember ESPN covering said hockey team

53. You believed the rumor that Mrs. Gable's husband left her for another man

54. You remember D Hall before the Science renovation

55. You actually knew the Billy Martin (Good Charlotte) and the Hutchinson Brothers (Fools & Horses) as students

56. Birkenstocks and Doc Martens were the crown jewels of footwear

57. The computer lab had Windows 95, and that was high-tech

58. You did research in the library using microfiche

59. You had Anita Clark for English class when she was about 23

60. You remember the Blizzard of '96 for getting a week off school in January - but not having exams pushed back

61. You went to the Community Center when it was the YMCA

62. The names Beth Ballasic & Barbie Morgan are etched in your brain forever

63. You know exactly what a goober is/was in Coach Joyce’s gym class & you are/were very familiar with the term GET OFF THE NEW MATS

64. It’s a great day when you have toilet paper, soap, & paper towels in the bathroom

65. Thursdays were turkey & gravy day & Earl stating the event throughout the day with ''Whooos hungrrry!?''

66. You remember Glenn Mueller doing the F-A-L-C-O-N cheer at EVERY football & lacrosse game

67. You know that Cantler's is the best crab house in the state & probably the country

68. "Brang it" was printed on the back of your football shirt (love ya, Coach Hines)

69. Mrs. Mueller & Mrs. Harper were the best RnR costume ladies EVER

70. You remember the “Sprint Workouts” of the track team & were sooo thankful you decided to participate in another sport when you saw them on the track doing that workout

71. Coach Joyce's name was “Dinosaur”

72. Even your teachers say the word "gay" as an insult

73. Two words…Vera Bradley

74. You think its hilarious that yet again some genius has licked a herd of gummy bears & graciously tossed/stuck them all over the ceiling

75. You knew that the Old folks home behind the Library used to be a party spot

76. You knew of the "Rasta Spot" which is now part of bluff point

77. You where there when the B&A bike trail was just dirt trails & railroad tracks & know the Hall's house in Round Bay used to be a train station

78. You remember the Severna Park Mall…what girl didn't get her Jordache Jeans & Jams from Jean Scene…being on the waiting list at Caldor for a Cabbage Patch Kid…Sound Odyssey was where you bought tapes (that's right I said TAPES)…going to the Candy store for a soft pretzel & Giant for Zinc pink lipstick…Horn & Horn Smorgasbord where you thought the petrified desserts looked good…the ear piercings at the place you know sold bongs & probably other things in the back of Greene's Jewelry store

79. You can make it home from downtown Annapolis to Berrywood in 8 minutes

80. McDonald’s was the place to hang out when there wasn't a party going on...then you made the parking lot the party

81. your bus driver blasted 98 Rock where Stevie Nicks' “Edge of Seventeen” played every morning

82. It was sooo easy to sneak out for lunch at the high school

83. You could go to Naval Academy socials & get served beer at 14 years old

84. You remember the Jumper's Hole Road dollar theater

85.  You know why AACC is known as the 13^th grade

86. You know what bottom paint is & how many colors it comes in

87. You've ice skated on the Magothy or Severn River

88. You partied on Dobbins Island

89. You know why Port Wine is Red...Red Right Returning

90. You know what months oysters & crabs are in season & care

91. Fishpaws...need I say anything else?

92. You know exactly what day it is for spirit week & know that everyone dresses up yet doesn’t feel stupid

93. You know who Mr. Powell is & he has yelled at you

94. You know what the "bowling alley" is

95. You know the secret 3rd floor of the high school & about the pool on the roof

96. Old Bay is either your life or you hate it because its on every dish you've ever eaten

97. You know where Chartwell, Chartridge, Shipley's, Brittingham, etc. are

98. You have walked to McDonalds after school

99. You have been jealous of the people on the Academic Athletes Board because your grades are just as good & you play a sport, too