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 13th 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
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