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Old 11-23-2016, 10:11 AM
 
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You clearly didn't invest MQ's quarter wisely. It's OK, humor isn't your thing.


..as trolling isn't the Capt's thing.
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Old 11-23-2016, 11:04 PM
 
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Am I the only one old enough to remember the old "I'm from Jersey. You from Jersey?" skits on SNL? LOL

I'm born and raised in Philly. I always call it New Jersey.
I'm that old. I've always called it New Jersey except for the occasional quick reference.
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Old 11-23-2016, 11:07 PM
 
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..as trolling isn't the Capt's thing.
You think that humor is your thing?
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Old 11-24-2016, 04:56 AM
 
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You think that humor is your thing?

It sure isn't yours.
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Old 11-24-2016, 08:56 AM
 
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I try not to ponder these things too deeply. It's always been "Jersey" and "The City" since I was a kid. It's a Jersey thing, you know? Maybe because those of us who live in the state tend to identify ourselves as from "South Jersey" or "North Jersey" or "Central Jersey" (don't hear that last one too much, at least not where I live in South Jersey).
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Old 11-24-2016, 09:18 AM
 
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I try not to ponder these things too deeply. It's always been "Jersey" and "The City" since I was a kid. It's a Jersey thing, you know? Maybe because those of us who live in the state tend to identify ourselves as from "South Jersey" or "North Jersey" or "Central Jersey" (don't hear that last one too much, at least not where I live in South Jersey).
Where in Southern New Jersey do you live?(see how I did that)
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Old 11-24-2016, 09:59 AM
 
Location: NJ/NY
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I try not to ponder these things too deeply. It's always been "Jersey" and "The City" since I was a kid. It's a Jersey thing, you know? Maybe because those of us who live in the state tend to identify ourselves as from "South Jersey" or "North Jersey" or "Central Jersey" (don't hear that last one too much, at least not where I live in South Jersey).
Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think most people in North Jersey identify themselves as from North Jersey. Just from NJ. The separation is more of a South Jersey thing, at least when it comes to self identification.
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Old 11-24-2016, 10:34 AM
 
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It's a recognized part of how people identify themselves or locations, culled over years of shorthand usage being passed down (like Philly, Frisco, etc.).

The existence of the Isle of the same name does not preclude another location thousands of miles away of being called the same thing (see Portland, Salem, Miami, etc.).

It is actually a source of pride to some that our state can stand alone as 'Jersey' without the qualifier.

To carry this further:

Why is "The Island" only referring to Long, and not Coney, Staten, Rhode, etc.?

Why are there multiple Washington Townships in such a small state?

What cruel people decided to have both a Morristown and a Moorestown?

Why isn't their the appropriate punctuation in Toms (Tom's?) River, if it is named for a guy names Tom (Thomas Luker)?

And strictly speaking about where I live - where are there multiple locations (in Jersey City, Newark) called 'Lincoln Park' when only mine has its own post office? Google News alerts are a pain to wade through to determine which apply to the little borough in Morris County.
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Old 11-24-2016, 10:39 AM
 
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It's a recognized part of how people identify themselves or locations, culled over years of shorthand usage being passed down (like Philly, Frisco, etc.).

The existence of the Isle of the same name does not preclude another location thousands of miles away of being called the same thing (see Portland, Salem, Miami, etc.).

It is actually a source of pride to some that our state can stand alone as 'Jersey' without the qualifier.

To carry this further:

Why is "The Island" only referring to Long, and not Coney, Staten, Rhode, etc.?

Why are there multiple Washington Townships in such a small state?

What cruel people decided to have both a Morristown and a Moorestown?

Why isn't their the appropriate punctuation in Toms (Tom's?) River, if it is named for a guy names Tom (Thomas Luker)?

And strictly speaking about where I live - where are there multiple locations (in Jersey City, Newark) called 'Lincoln Park' when only mine has its own post office? Google News alerts are a pain to wade through to determine which apply to the little borough in Morris County.

Always ,always when I hear people talk about the "Island"the questions is always Staten or Long ?Always.

All so it's Moores... town the other is Morris...town
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Old 11-24-2016, 11:01 AM
 
Location: NJ/NY
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Always ,always when I hear people talk about the "Island"the questions is always Staten or Long ?Always.

All so it's Moores... town the other is Morris...town
The poster was joking around about how the two names sound so similar.
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