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Google "You know you're from city/state/country when" and highlight the ones that apply.
You know you're from Manchester when:
-It's raining
-Hearing the words "tickets and passes please!" makes your heart sink (even if you have a met ticket)
-You know the met route off by heart
-You still don't really understand how mets go both ways on one track past Navi Station
-Manchester city centre is 'town', Geeddit?! - even though it's a city
-City and United fans hate each other, but they both hate Liverpool fans more
-You're proud of being Northern
-You were once terrified of Afflecks Palace
-You love Oasis, but know someone that doesn't (or the other way around)
-You have ever had an Oasis Vs The Beatles argument
-Primark is where EVERYONE seems to be saturday afternoon
-You're a devoted XFM/Key103/Galaxy listener
-You've had an argument with a Scouser
-You see at least 5 different groups of stereotypes walking down Market Street
-You've bought and umbrella/snake/whistle/hotdog from a stall on Market Street
-Christmas isn't Christmas without the German markets and a panto.
-It's scon, not sconeeeee
-You know it's not worth trying to find a free chair in the Arndale food hall
- You hear 'bird noise guy' on Market Street
-The Hollister opening in the TC was the highlight of your/someone you know's year
-You saw George Sampson dancing BEFORE he was on BGT
- You have been on/are terrified of the Manchester wheel
-You were pround when Manchester got a wheel, and pretended it was actually better than the London Eye
-You know some one who's cousin went to school with Ian Brown/Noel Gallagher/Morrisey/Clint Boon/Peter Hook/Sean Ryder/Johnny Marr's babysitter's best mate - or something like that
-You've seen Ian Brown in Costa/Sainsburys
-Not Sayers, not Hampsons, It's all about Greggs!!
-You have seen at least one person from Corrie out and about
-You used to go to The Museum of Science and Industry just because you could see the set of Corrie, until they blocked up the windows
-Not the metro, NEVER the tram, ALWAYS the met
-You feel pride when people in foreign countries know Manchester because of Beckham/Hatton/Oasis/Take That/Man City/United
-You have spent more than half an hour waiting at a met stop
-You have had to explain to a Southener that you dont live in a Victorian slum
-You have a friend that knows EVERYONE
-You have ever got lost in the Northern quarter
-Pies > pasties
-You know where all the different tramps hang out, e.g. the ginger one on Tesco bridge in Alty
-Market Dave is your hero
-Someone has tried to sell you a "mixtape" in town
-You have been amazed by the pavement art on Market Street
-The IRA bombing on Corporation Street was alright, no one was killed, we now have a legendary post box, and a new Next
-You are proud of your hometown
-You have seen the shirtless guy with the white rabbit
-You have had an argument with someone from Salford who says they're from Manchester
-You have been amazed at the reliability of public transport in other cities compared to Manchester AND CHEAPNESS.
-You have not had enough money to use the toilets at Piccadilly Station
-Its all about the water fights in Piccadilly Gardens/Urbis
-You have been soaked in the Piccadilly fountain
-You wondered where all the skaters went, until you found Urbis
-You don't feel the cold, coats are for wimps
-You've been verbally or physically assaulted on public transport, but it's all part of the experience
-Sunday afternoons are usually rainy and dull
-In summer it's too hot and in winter its too cold
-You have ever said how bad Primark is because of welfare/ethical issues, but secretly bought a load of stuff from there because you can't beat a good bargain
-You've put up with people doing he WORST manc accents ever
-You've ever wasted a whole lesson by getting the teacher into a reds/blues argument
-You feel pride when someone on Corrie mentions something that someone from Manchester won't know about, like the TC or Canal St.
-You walk past a Costa, a Starbucks, a Nero, then another Costa (which probably has Ian Brown in it)
-You smile when Manchester is featured on T.V., like in Top Gear
-You've seen someone from Waterloo Road or Shameless
-You feel proud that your city is the home of music
-Tescos outnumber Sainsburys 5:1, and on some very rare occasions, you stumble across a Morrissons
-You've ever wondered how the Beetham Tower doesn't fall over
-You've had an argument about whether The Courteeners are good or not
-People do a funny little swagger thing and say 'ManchesTOHH' when you tell them where you're from
-You've laughed at the white living 'statue' on Market Street because it doesn't stay still
-On derby days it's like a ghost town
-You have been told "you dropped your smile" by Felix
-You hear "big issue please!"
-You end up with bird shit all over your face
-You have been/ know someone who has been an extra on Waterloo Road
-You know why it's called GREATer Manchester
-It was a snow day on the 5th of January
-You have an M postcode or a WA postcode (even if you live nowhere near Warrington) Used to. M40, then an M10.
-You know the trick to getting the Met ticket machines to take your coins
-When you think title of The Smith's album 'Strangeways, Here We Come' is applicable to quite a lot of people
-You dread the words "Excuse me, do you have a minute" whilst walking down Market Street
-You loose your shoes in The Acadamy
-'Manchester Central' will always be G-mex, unless you knew it when it was called Manchester Central originally
-You have ever wondered where exactly 'New Trafford' is
-You've had a DMC with a tramp
-'Corporation Pop' is water
-Fish & Chips friday
-One of the escalators to the Food Court is broken. The UP one.
-The chip butty is an acceptable meal
-When you shout 'Liam!' down a busy street and about twenty people turn around to look
You know you're from Oldham when:
- You have nearly fell, or actually fell, down the stairs after a night out at Liquid
- You've arranged to meet your mates in front of McDonalds!
- You've mentioned the names Derker, Waterhead or Sholver to your new found non Oldham friends only to be asked "Are you making them place names up?"
- You've marveled at the 7 inch pizza in the Potato Factory because they're one person sized and you cant get them anywhere else you can think of off hand!
- You've ever discribed the double decker pubic transport vehical as a buzz
-you lie to strangers and tell them you're from manchester in case they saw the riots on the telly
-You giggle at Peter Kay "because its so true"
-You get told off for saying "dooower" instead of "door" regularly
-People ask you if you were on Coronation Street
-You have met, or know people who are dating, the entire cast of Hollyoaks
-People are slightly scared of you
-People tell you off for saying "summat" instead of "something"
-You find yourself wishing there was an escobar with free "champagne" for podium dancers next to your now local revolution
-You can out-drink large men on pub crawls
-You have been drunk on a park
-You are not phased when you witness brawls
-You have been forced to spend a night in Harry's Bar/ Mess House/ 62s/ Baileys because you're 16 and look it, or your friends look it
-You have considered it an achievement to get in Tokyos or Livingstones
-You have had fishbowls in maloney's, particularly on a thursday
-You find a shot per drink normal practice
-Your school had a long-running rivalry with another over nothing
- people ask if you are from bolton, you hit them
- you think of chaddy the owl as one of the "great" figures of oldham
- you are proud that Paul Scholes wants to finish his career at latics
- when someone says latics, they cant possibly mean wigan.
- you used to be scared of the top floor of spindles
- you go out with a group of mates in town and don't even have to name the 3 or 4 pubs/bars you go into first before going to Livingstones or Liquid or if you are small Tokyos
- The Candlelight and the Cabaret are names not spoken in civil company
- when you were younger you played knock a door run away on the Georgian
- You go to a shopping centre and its always better than the spindles.
- Most of the girls you knew at school are now mums.
- By the time you leave for uni you have no desire to ever come back.
- Abandoned mills aren't anything to be amazed by.
- You spent most of your teenage years going to gigs in manchester.
- You dont feel the cold as much as your southern mates.
- People from the south call you a 'piehead' and then do a Fred Elliot impersonation.
- when you start to get giddy about going home when you think about the ice cream thing in the spindles which will dip your entire cone in sherbert and marshmellows.
- when you've noticed the amount of glass on the floor of aruba after being forced in there when you're 16 Only from working there.
- 1 word - "donner-pizza" Opinion on said thing withheld.
- when you think donner-pizza is 1 word
- "brew"
- breakfast -> dinner -> tea
- you've had a conversation that included all of the following words: chuck, luv, flower, ta, pie
- when you've complained about the 409 never being there and 6 coming all at once 83 never being there, but the 81's and 82's trundle past for fun.
- when you somehow know everyone
- when you start to bet with the community support officers who will not only start but also win the next fight
-won 10 quid from the previous point
- when you've shopped at Matalan, TJ Hughes and the pound shop all in 1 day
- when you stand out side doughnut magic and think "if I went outside I could get 5 hot ones for a quid"
- "greater manchester" <-- makes it sound less bad
- bogof drinks in escobar Also from working there. They're owned by the same company as Aruba, which is right next door.
-You ask the taxi driver to drop you off right outside the litten tree when your 16 in hope the bouncers will just let you in
- Your mam has to drop you off up the side of moloneys so no one sees you
- You walk past budda bar and just wonder "wtf"
You know you're from Manchester when:
-It's raining
-Hearing the words "tickets and passes please!" makes your heart sink (even if you have a met ticket)
-You know the met route off by heart
-You still don't really understand how mets go both ways on one track past Navi Station
-Manchester city centre is 'town', Geeddit?! - even though it's a city
-City and United fans hate each other, but they both hate Liverpool fans more
-You're proud of being Northern
-You were once terrified of Afflecks Palace
-You love Oasis, but know someone that doesn't (or the other way around)
-You have ever had an Oasis Vs The Beatles argument
-Primark is where EVERYONE seems to be saturday afternoon
-You're a devoted XFM/Key103/Galaxy listener
-You've had an argument with a Scouser
-You see at least 5 different groups of stereotypes walking down Market Street
-You've bought and umbrella/snake/whistle/hotdog from a stall on Market Street
-Christmas isn't Christmas without the German markets and a panto.
-It's scon, not sconeeeee
-You know it's not worth trying to find a free chair in the Arndale food hall
- You hear 'bird noise guy' on Market Street
-The Hollister opening in the TC was the highlight of your/someone you know's year
-You saw George Sampson dancing BEFORE he was on BGT
- You have been on/are terrified of the Manchester wheel
-You were pround when Manchester got a wheel, and pretended it was actually better than the London Eye
-You know some one who's cousin went to school with Ian Brown/Noel Gallagher/Morrisey/Clint Boon/Peter Hook/Sean Ryder/Johnny Marr's babysitter's best mate - or something like that
-You've seen Ian Brown in Costa/Sainsburys
-Not Sayers, not Hampsons, It's all about Greggs!!
-You have seen at least one person from Corrie out and about
-You used to go to The Museum of Science and Industry just because you could see the set of Corrie, until they blocked up the windows
-Not the metro, NEVER the tram, ALWAYS the met
-You feel pride when people in foreign countries know Manchester because of Beckham/Hatton/Oasis/Take That/Man City/United
-You have spent more than half an hour waiting at a met stop
-You have had to explain to a Southener that you dont live in a Victorian slum
-You have a friend that knows EVERYONE
-You have ever got lost in the Northern quarter
-Pies > pasties
-You know where all the different tramps hang out, e.g. the ginger one on Tesco bridge in Alty
-Market Dave is your hero
-Someone has tried to sell you a "mixtape" in town
-You have been amazed by the pavement art on Market Street
-The IRA bombing on Corporation Street was alright, no one was killed, we now have a legendary post box, and a new Next
-You are proud of your hometown
-You have seen the shirtless guy with the white rabbit
-You have had an argument with someone from Salford who says they're from Manchester
-You have been amazed at the reliability of public transport in other cities compared to Manchester AND CHEAPNESS.
-You have not had enough money to use the toilets at Piccadilly Station
-Its all about the water fights in Piccadilly Gardens/Urbis
-You have been soaked in the Piccadilly fountain
-You wondered where all the skaters went, until you found Urbis
-You don't feel the cold, coats are for wimps
-You've been verbally or physically assaulted on public transport, but it's all part of the experience
-Sunday afternoons are usually rainy and dull
-In summer it's too hot and in winter its too cold
-You have ever said how bad Primark is because of welfare/ethical issues, but secretly bought a load of stuff from there because you can't beat a good bargain
-You've put up with people doing he WORST manc accents ever
-You've ever wasted a whole lesson by getting the teacher into a reds/blues argument
-You feel pride when someone on Corrie mentions something that someone from Manchester won't know about, like the TC or Canal St.
-You walk past a Costa, a Starbucks, a Nero, then another Costa (which probably has Ian Brown in it)
-You smile when Manchester is featured on T.V., like in Top Gear
-You've seen someone from Waterloo Road or Shameless
-You feel proud that your city is the home of music
-Tescos outnumber Sainsburys 5:1, and on some very rare occasions, you stumble across a Morrissons
-You've ever wondered how the Beetham Tower doesn't fall over
-You've had an argument about whether The Courteeners are good or not
-People do a funny little swagger thing and say 'ManchesTOHH' when you tell them where you're from
-You've laughed at the white living 'statue' on Market Street because it doesn't stay still
-On derby days it's like a ghost town
-You have been told "you dropped your smile" by Felix
-You hear "big issue please!"
-You end up with bird shit all over your face
-You have been/ know someone who has been an extra on Waterloo Road
-You know why it's called GREATer Manchester
-It was a snow day on the 5th of January
-You have an M postcode or a WA postcode (even if you live nowhere near Warrington) Used to. M40, then an M10.
-You know the trick to getting the Met ticket machines to take your coins
-When you think title of The Smith's album 'Strangeways, Here We Come' is applicable to quite a lot of people
-You dread the words "Excuse me, do you have a minute" whilst walking down Market Street
-You loose your shoes in The Acadamy
-'Manchester Central' will always be G-mex, unless you knew it when it was called Manchester Central originally
-You have ever wondered where exactly 'New Trafford' is
-You've had a DMC with a tramp
-'Corporation Pop' is water
-Fish & Chips friday
-One of the escalators to the Food Court is broken. The UP one.
-The chip butty is an acceptable meal
-When you shout 'Liam!' down a busy street and about twenty people turn around to look
You know you're from Oldham when:
- You have nearly fell, or actually fell, down the stairs after a night out at Liquid
- You've arranged to meet your mates in front of McDonalds!
- You've mentioned the names Derker, Waterhead or Sholver to your new found non Oldham friends only to be asked "Are you making them place names up?"
- You've marveled at the 7 inch pizza in the Potato Factory because they're one person sized and you cant get them anywhere else you can think of off hand!
- You've ever discribed the double decker pubic transport vehical as a buzz
-you lie to strangers and tell them you're from manchester in case they saw the riots on the telly
-You giggle at Peter Kay "because its so true"
-You get told off for saying "dooower" instead of "door" regularly
-People ask you if you were on Coronation Street
-You have met, or know people who are dating, the entire cast of Hollyoaks
-People are slightly scared of you
-People tell you off for saying "summat" instead of "something"
-You find yourself wishing there was an escobar with free "champagne" for podium dancers next to your now local revolution
-You can out-drink large men on pub crawls
-You have been drunk on a park
-You are not phased when you witness brawls
-You have been forced to spend a night in Harry's Bar/ Mess House/ 62s/ Baileys because you're 16 and look it, or your friends look it
-You have considered it an achievement to get in Tokyos or Livingstones
-You have had fishbowls in maloney's, particularly on a thursday
-You find a shot per drink normal practice
-Your school had a long-running rivalry with another over nothing
- people ask if you are from bolton, you hit them
- you think of chaddy the owl as one of the "great" figures of oldham
- you are proud that Paul Scholes wants to finish his career at latics
- when someone says latics, they cant possibly mean wigan.
- you used to be scared of the top floor of spindles
- you go out with a group of mates in town and don't even have to name the 3 or 4 pubs/bars you go into first before going to Livingstones or Liquid or if you are small Tokyos
- The Candlelight and the Cabaret are names not spoken in civil company
- when you were younger you played knock a door run away on the Georgian
- You go to a shopping centre and its always better than the spindles.
- Most of the girls you knew at school are now mums.
- By the time you leave for uni you have no desire to ever come back.
- Abandoned mills aren't anything to be amazed by.
- You spent most of your teenage years going to gigs in manchester.
- You dont feel the cold as much as your southern mates.
- People from the south call you a 'piehead' and then do a Fred Elliot impersonation.
- when you start to get giddy about going home when you think about the ice cream thing in the spindles which will dip your entire cone in sherbert and marshmellows.
- when you've noticed the amount of glass on the floor of aruba after being forced in there when you're 16 Only from working there.
- 1 word - "donner-pizza" Opinion on said thing withheld.
- when you think donner-pizza is 1 word
- "brew"
- breakfast -> dinner -> tea
- you've had a conversation that included all of the following words: chuck, luv, flower, ta, pie
- when you've complained about the 409 never being there and 6 coming all at once 83 never being there, but the 81's and 82's trundle past for fun.
- when you somehow know everyone
- when you start to bet with the community support officers who will not only start but also win the next fight
-won 10 quid from the previous point
- when you've shopped at Matalan, TJ Hughes and the pound shop all in 1 day
- when you stand out side doughnut magic and think "if I went outside I could get 5 hot ones for a quid"
- "greater manchester" <-- makes it sound less bad
- bogof drinks in escobar Also from working there. They're owned by the same company as Aruba, which is right next door.
-You ask the taxi driver to drop you off right outside the litten tree when your 16 in hope the bouncers will just let you in
- Your mam has to drop you off up the side of moloneys so no one sees you
- You walk past budda bar and just wonder "wtf"