101 ways you know you're from boston (Quincy, Brookline: transplants, neighborhoods, vs.)

[DaveV]

Originally Posted by cashgiftingcabbie

I remember....Big Brother Bob Emory......Rex Trailer.....enjoying the Christmas lights on the Boston Common with my grandfather........Downtown crossing....taking the Green Line....and yes, Shelby Scott and Don Kent......also Community Auditions with Dave Maynard..... listening to Jerry Williams on the radio....and thinking how brave my dad was to navigate Storrow Drive after we just saw the Red Sox and Frank Malzone, Pete Runnels and Chuck Shilling.

Community Auditions - the first "Amercan Idol"?
Community Auditions Star(t)s Tonight - Viewer Discretion - The Boston Globe

[crazyworld]

Enchanted Village?????? Years and years ago at Jordan Marsh. Good old days when Santa actually looked like Santa.
The Ice Capades and Follies

[maggiekate]

How about you recall Carleton Fisk with his big wave with the 75 home run, and going to see
the enchanted village at Jordan 's each year when a whole floor had trains and dolls. Also the monkey
grinder who was right near the entrance to the MTA, or T.

[Joe Bama!]

Originally Posted by DaveV

Why yes - yes you are less of a Bostonian if you don't know SOME of these things.. especially ONE out of 101! (Nevah been "down the CAPE?" Good God, man.. You're not a Bostonian at all! )
and for you ex-pats, bonus points if you know:
~Willie Whistle
~The Big Mattress
~Don Kent


EDIT: I just counted, there are exactly SEVEN out of 101 that are sports-related - that leaves 94 for you, babycakes.


Are you insinuating that these jokes only apply to the "lower classes"..? Or that one must be Italian to know someone named "Vinny", or Irish to know someone named "Murphy"? These are the 2 predominant ethnic groups in Boston, which is what makes it funny(to those with a sense of humor at any rate). And thanks for trying to dump on what was intended to be a funny, nostalgic thread for BOSTONIANS wherever they may live now. Guess what: IT DIDN'T WORK

I thought it was funny and totally true and on point!
I was concieved in Jamaica Plain, Boston but we had to move out cuz the cops kept harassing my Mom after my father got locked up and went to jail. So we moved to NYC and I been here ever since.
I can relate to most of these 101 reasons cuz my Grandma was a lifetime resident of Jamaica Plain. Plus my GF is from Wakefield and when I go back to her hometown with her her family is definately like the 101.
I sent her family the list and they loved it!
I went to Kelly's Roast Beef in revere last time I was there and loved it, not at 2am tho,
The people that don't get this are probably from out of town originally or the "proper Bostonian" type that gentrified the city and destroyed the historical culture of Boston.
The old school real people know whats up. Not those yuppy that claim the city as theirs. Its the people that understand the 101 things that built Boston and make it work everyday. So people show some RESPECT!

[DaveV]

Originally Posted by Joe Bama!

I thought it was funny and totally true and on point!
I was concieved in Jamaica Plain, Boston but we had to move out cuz the cops kept harassing my Mom after my father got locked up and went to jail. So we moved to NYC and I been here ever since.
I can relate to most of these 101 reasons cuz my Grandma was a lifetime resident of Jamaica Plain. Plus my GF is from Wakefield and when I go back to her hometown with her her family is definately like the 101.
I sent her family the list and they loved it!
I went to Kelly's Roast Beef in revere last time I was there and loved it, not at 2am tho,
The people that don't get this are probably from out of town originally or the "proper Bostonian" type that gentrified the city and destroyed the historical culture of Boston.
The old school real people know whats up. Not those yuppy that claim the city as theirs. Its the people that understand the 101 things that built Boston and make it work everyday. So people show some RESPECT!

Nicely put, Joe!
POP QUIZ for those that post here and claim to be a Bostonian: ( )
(And no GOOGLING allowed)
1) Whose profile can be seen in blue on the "gas tank"?
2) What do you call a place that sells live lobster?
3) What's the green stuff INSIDE a lobster called..?
4) Where is the "Jug Handle"?
5) Who coached the Bruins(that's a hockey team ) to their last Stanley Cup championship, and when?
6) What's the difference between a "cherrystone" and a "littleneck"?

[Joe Bama!]

Originally Posted by DaveV

Nicely put, Joe!
POP QUIZ for those that post here and claim to be a Bostonian: ( )
(And no GOOGLING allowed)
1) Whose profile can be seen in blue on the "gas tank"?
2) What do you call a place that sells live lobster?
3) What's the green stuff INSIDE a lobster called..?
4) Where is the "Jug Handle"?
5) Who coached the Bruins(that's a hockey team ) to their last Stanley Cup championship, and when?
6) What's the difference between a "cherrystone" and a "littleneck"?

I've got one more to add;
7) What do you call those things you put on ice cream? (hint: everyone else calls them sprinkles, real bostonians call them,,,)

[VlyRoadKid]

I would add: If you know how to get back onto Storrow Drive NORTH (from Kenmore Sq.), then you're from Boston.

If you don't expect Fenway PAHK to take up 20 acres, without being surprised, then you're from Boston.

If you don't have to navigate by using the Prudential or Hancock Bldg., you MIGHT be from Boston.

If your favorite restaurant is NOT Durgin Park or Regina's Pizza (because they're on the tourist maps),

If you think anything west of "Wistah" is wasteland (lol!)

If you've never vacationed anywhere BUT The Cape (unless you're loaded),

If you Say "Bahth" and not "Bath",

If you can figure out the hieroglyphs on the "T",

If you remember what Mark Wahlberg's real name is,

If you can "Forgive" Whitey Bulger, (for he knew not what he did, kind of),

IF you don't dream about meeting Matt Damon....

If you're still wicked pissed that UMass, the state University, is in AMHERST and NOT BOSTON...

Then you MIGHT be from Bawston!

[Valerie C]

CrazyWorld, I think you're thinking of Uncle Gus, his show was recorded up here in Manchester NH at the WMUR studio, but we saw it down in Haverhill where I grew up

Now to answer a few Q's....
Jimmies, Tomalley, a lobster pound?

And The Big Mattress, wasn't that "Chuck" at BCN? Carter Allen, Mark Parenteau, Eodipus, etc.... Anyone remember WCOZ? Another radio station, heard in the Merrimack Valley,

Going back a few more years, OMG Dale Dorman at WRKO playing the hits of that time. Some really LAME music if I remember right, Kung Fu Fighting, etc... I don't really remember him doing Creature Feature, but do remember something of him of Channel 56.

This is a GREAT thread BTW, thanks for the great memories...

Originally Posted by crazyworld

Funny Casey....I was the only kid there in a party dress on Bozo. My cousin was on Major Mudd. Wasn't it Big Brother???? Not sure but we weren't allowed to watch it because when the guy was still on the air he was heard saying "now get these little bast**ds outta here".

We both bought our rings also at the Jeweler's Building. In the 70's the guy's name was Herb Shuster. We did get good buys though.

[seamusnh]

Originally Posted by Joe Bama!

I've got one more to add;
7) What do you call those things you put on ice cream? (hint: everyone else calls them sprinkles, real bostonians call them,,,)

Sprinkles? You mean those rainbow things the kids like? I like jimmies instead...

[bostonlover456]

101 stereotypes is what it sounds like.