You know you're from Cincinnati if... (Columbus, Cleveland: hotel, home, neighborhood)

[Subway]

(I received this as an e-mail and thought I would share.)

Instead of saying "what?" or "huh?" you say "please?"

Your favorite convenient store sounds like a labor union (United Dairy
Farmers).

You can't hear the words "Mike Brown" without getting angry.

You honestly believe that Pete Rose should be in the Baseball Hall Fame.

You have more stadiums, coliseums, and arenas than you know what to do with.

You somehow have a soft spot for Marge Schott.

It doesn't seem weird to you that everyone has an Uncle Al.

Your favorite Coney Island isn't in New York.

You like Nick Clooney better than George Clooney.

You know how Jerry Springer got his start.

You know what a pony keg is.

You have friends and neighbors with names like Machenheimer, Guckenberger,
Schlottman, Schoenling, and Schweitering.

You know what brats and metts are, and you've probably tasted goetta.

You know that cars (like eggs) are cheaper in the country.

You know that Cherokee Motors was located at 7505 Vine (where Paddock meets
Vine at the big Indian sign).

An all-boys or all-girls school doesn't seem that odd to you -- (since there's
probably one in your neighborhood, and maybe you even went to it).

You think a mixed marriage is when an East Sider marries a West Sider.

You know the difference between Hudy and "Who Dey."

You know what cream ale is, and you think that cream soda should be bright
red.

Someone says "Norwood" and you automatically laugh (unless you actually live
there).

You can visit California, Lebanon, and Moscow -- and Over-the-Rhine -- all in
the same day.

You hate Cleveland (even though you've probably never been there).

You think Kentucky is only slightly more civilized than Afghanistan.

You know in which state the Greater Cincinnati Airport is located.

[paintballer1708]

LOL thats good, Subway. Where did you find it?

[Subway]

paintballer,

I received it, as well as the one I posted in the Cleveland forum, earlier this year as a forwarded e-mail from my cousin. Glad you enjoyed it!

[estrogen]

I went to boarding school (years and years ago) in clifton and when I came home to Cleveland and said "please" all the time, I was made fun of.

[klosk]

Opps!!!! There is one missing!!!! You know you are from Cincinnati when your two favorite restaurants White Castle and Skyline Chili.

[phoneman]

don't forget that the fastest way to start a family arguement is to ask...

"Skyline or Gold Star"

College basketball gets as much press as professional, especially during the "cross town shootout".

Cincinnati us where people with "OE" in thier last names are ALWAYS correcting the pronounication.

Northern Kentucky is considered "South Cincinnati".

The airport is located in Boone Co, owned by Kenton Co, and named after a cith in Hamilton Co.

The "circle freeway" is over 100 miles long... that is the distance from Cincinnati to Columbus! and it goes thru three states.

Where soft drinks are called "pop".

[mortgageguyKY]

The whole "please" thing is hilarious....before I moved to Cincinnati in 1996 I remember staying in a hotel the night before a job interview.

In the morning, I get the knock at the door...."Housekeeping"

I respond, "I'll be out in a couple minutes"

She responds, "Please?"

I said something like "I'm not dressed" thinking she was insistent about coming in not knowing she didnt hear me ! We had a good laugh about it once I figured out what she meant...

[jsmill]

The list also left out Graeter's and Montgomery Inn Ribs. HOW COULD YOU!!! :-)

Thanks for sharing this stuff; it's wonderful. My son, who -- mind you -- never lived in Cincinnati and visited only to visit grandparents -- goes through about 3 cases of Skyline chili a year and has Graeter's air-freighted a couple times a year, but always in May when they make their Strawberry (Chocolate) Chunk. And every year for his birthday, I send my brother in NY ribs from Montgomery Inn.

[Derrick_TheRiskTaker]

You are black, innocent, educated, drive a nice vehicle, law abiding but for some reason your continuously stopped by police for driving an expensive vehicle....