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Pervoklashka
Boston |
"Getting around Boston"
Pay no attention to the street names.
There's no school on School Street,
no court on Court Street,
no dock on Dock Square,
no water on Water Street.
Back Bay streets are in alphabetical odda:
Arlington, Berkeley,Clarendon, Dartmouth,etc..
So are South Boston streets:
A, B, C, D,etc..
If the streets are named after trees (e.g. Walnut, Chestnut,
Cedar), you're on Beacon Hill.
If they're named after poets, you're inWellesley.
Southie is South Boston.
The South End is the South End.
Eastie is East Boston.
The North End is east of the West End.
The West End and Scollay Square are no more, a guy named Rappaport got rid
of them one night.
Definitions:
Frappes have ice cream, milkshakes don't.
If it is fizzy and flavored, it's tonic.
Soda is CLUB SODA.
Pop is Dad.
When we mean Tonic WATER, we will ask for Tonic WATER.
The smallest beer is a pint.
Scrod is whatever they tell you it is, usually fish.
If you paid more than $6/pound, you got scrod.
It's not a water fountain; it's a bubblah.
It's not a trashcan; it's a barrel.
It's not a shopping cart; it's a carriage.
It's not a purse; it's a pockabook.
They're not franks; they're haht dahgs.
Franks are money in France.
Things not to do:
Don't pahk your cah in Hahvid Yahd ... they'll tow it to
Meffa (Medford) or Slumaville (Somerville).
Don't sleep in the Common.
Don't wear Orange in Southie on St. Patrick's Day
Things you should know:
There are two State Houses, two City Halls, two courthouses, two Hancock
buildings (one old, one new).
Route 128 is also I-95. It's also I-93.
The underground train is not a subway. It's the "T" and it
doesn't run all night (fah chrysakes, this ain't Noo Yawk)
Bostonians... think that it's their God-given right to cut
off someone in traffic.
think that there are only 25 letters in the alphabet (noR's).
think that three straight days of 90+ temperatures is a heat wave.
refer to six inches of snow as a "dusting."
always "bang a left" as soon as the light turns green, and
oncoming traffic always expects it.
say everything in town is "a five-minute walk."
believe that using your turn signal is a sign of weakness.
think that 63-degree ocean water is warm.
Enjoy driving in BAWSTON
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Pervoklashka
Boston |
Response for: Pervoklashka at 5/29/2003 1:05:00 PM
Бостонцы любят свои небоскребы... оба...
:))
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Вася Пупкин
Shitwill |
Response for: Pervoklashka at 6/3/2003 8:49:00 AM
New Englanders are pretty straightforward guys!
A tourist stopped a pair of locals and said: "I want to go to Burlington".
They answered: "We have no objections!"
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