> You know you're from Louisiana when...
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> Your sunglasses fog up when you step outside, even in December.
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> You reinforce your attic to store Mardi Gras beads
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> You don't look twice when you see pink flamingos in yards of nice subdivisions during Mardi Gras.
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> You save newspapers, not for recycling but for tablecloths at crawfish boils.
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> Your ancestors are buried above the ground.
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> You drink Community Coffee, have tried Starbucks, but don't see what all the fuss is about.
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> You take a bite of five-alarm chili and reach for the Tabasco.
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> Every once in a while, you have waterfront property .
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> You sit down to eat boiled crawfish and your host says, "Don't eat the dead ones," and you know what he means.
> You don't learn until high school that Mardi Gras is not a national holiday.
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> You push little old ladies out of the way to catch Mardi Gras beads.
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> Little old ladies push YOU out of the way to catch Mardi Gras beads.
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> You believe that purple, green , and gold look good together.
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> Your last name isn't pronounced the way it's spelled.
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> You know what a nutria is but you still pick it to represent your baseball team.
> Your town is low on the education chart, high on the obesity chart and you don't care because you're No. 1 on the party chart.
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> Your house payment is less than your utility bill.
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> You know that Tchoupitoulas is a street and not a disease.
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> Your grandparents are called "Mam-Maw" and "Paw-Paw."
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> Your Santa Claus rides an alligator and your favorite Saint is a football player.
> You cringe every time you hear an actor with a Southern or Cajun accent in a "New Orleans-based" movie or TV show.
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> You have to reset your clocks after every thunderstorm.
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> You're walking in the French Quarter with a plastic cup of beer.
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> When it starts to rain, you cover your beer instead of your head.
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> You've eaten at one or more of these restaurants, AND know how to pronounce them: Prejeans, Tu Jac 's, Gallatoire's, Ralph & Kacoo's, Brunet's, or Mulatte's.
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> You eat dinner out and spend the entire meal talking about all the other good places you've eaten.
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> You call home just to find out what your momma'nem are having for supper tonight.
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> You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from
> Louisiana
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