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Flip-flops are everyday wear.
Shoes are for business meetings and church.
No, wait, flip flops are good for church too.
Socks are only for bowling.
An alligator once walked through your neighborhood.
You measure distance in minutes.
You have a drawer full of bathing suits, and one sweatshirt.
You never use an umbrella because you know the rain will be over in
five minutes.
A good parking place has nothing to do with distance from the store,
but everything to do with shade.
You know the four seasons really are: almost summer, summer,
not summer but really hot, and Christmas.
You go to a theme park for an afternoon, and know when to get on the
best rides.
You can pronounce Okeechobee, Kissimmee, Withlacoochee, Okahumpka and
Loxahatchee.
You were 8 before you realized they made houses without pools.
You were 12 when you first met someone who couldn’t swim.
You could swim before you could read.
You have to drive north to get to The South.
You know that anything under a Category 3 just isn’t worth waking up for.
You are on a first name basis with the Hurricane list.
You know what a snowbird is and you hate them.
You know why flamingos are pink.
You think a six-foot alligator is actually pretty average.
You were twelve before you ever saw snow or you still haven’t.