1. The only thing at the annual Lilac Festival in May is snow.

2. The worst four letter word you could say is "FUJI".

3. You can't swim at Charlotte Beach.

4. Toronto is about 70 miles away but it takes 4 hours to get there.

5. The name "Greater Rochester International Airport" is bigger than the airport itself.

6. There's an 800 number to report potholes in the road.

7. You know that a "Can of Worms" is not something you take fishing.

8. Your babies first spoken word is "Wegmans"**.

9. You ask lifetime residents where the George Eastman House is and they don't know.

10. In a city where it snows at least 90 inches a year they build a new sports stadium without a roof.

11. It can be 70 degrees one day and 22 the next and no one takes notice.

12. Your mother is buying outfits to wear to Wegmans.

13. Your low fat diet is never low enough to exclude an Abbott's frozen custard.

14. You order a white hot and pop and the counterman knows what you're talking about.

15. You can travel from Greece to Egypt in about 30 minutes by car.

16. A D&C is a newspaper, not a medical procedure.

17. There are no hamburgers, only ground steak.

18. You can go to any mall on a Saturday and see at least 5 people you either work with, went to high school with or dated at some point.

19. A musical comes to town 10 years after it debuts on Broadway and the entire town goes nuts! (ie. Miss Saigon)

20. You awaken from a deep sleep, look at a clock and are not sure if it's 6 a.m. or 6 p.m.

21. When 18 plus inches of snow falls overnight you don't even consider NOT going to work.

22. You are perplexed when friends come to town and want to see the sights.

23. A flag pole strung with white lights seems like an acceptable alternative to a downtown Christmas tree.

24. In winter, if the temperature hits 45 degrees and the sun is out, everyone walks around wearing sun glasses and no jackets.

25. There are places at the poles that get more sunlight during the winter than we do.

26. Wegmans is somewhere to go on a Friday night, for entertainment.

27. You know who Vinnie and Angelo are.

28. You thiink that people from Pennsylvania have an accent.

29. Halloween and Easter are snowed out with great regularity.

30. Half the change in your pocket is Canadian.

31. "Waking up to the Wease" doesn't mean you have a respiratory infection.

32. The thought of eating a garbage plate makes your mouth water.

33. Your out of town guests ask to see the Susan B. Anthony house and you reply "Who's she?"