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You Know You're From St. Louis When...

You love toasted ravioli with Budweiser beer. (oohhh damn I'm homesick now.) "Vacation" is a choice between Silver Dollar City and Lake of the Ozarks. (been to both!) You can find Pestalozzi Street by aroma alone. (did I mention the huge Italian population in St. Louis? You can get anywhere in 20 minutes, except on highway 40. (Take I-270 instead.) You can debate for 30 minutes whether Missouri Baking or Marge Amighetti makes the best Italian bread. You know what "Party Cove" is, and where the "lake" is. (Laclede's Landing!) You still can't believe the Arena is gone. (I watched them implode it on TV.) Your first question to a new person is, "Where did you go to High School?" (YES!) Your non-St. Louisan friends always ask if you're aware there is no "r" in "wash." (nope. I'm not from Florissant!) You know at least one person who's gotten hurt at Johnson Shut-ins. (But it's worth it!) You know in your heart that Mizzou can beat Nebraska in football. (Of course they can.) You think the four major food groups are Beef, Pork, Budweiser and Imo's. You know there are really only three salad dressings: Imo's, Zia's and Rich and Charlie's. You'll pay for your kid to go to college unless they want to go to KU. (Now this I have to disagree with. Rock chalk jayhawk!) You would rather have a root canal without anesthetic than drive on Manchester on a Saturday afternoon. (OH MY GOD YES. Fucking Manchester. One of my doctor's offices id down there.) It just doesn't seem like a wedding without mostaciolli. AND YOU PRONOUNCE IT 'MUSKACHOLLI'. The balance of the menu is ham, boiled roast beef, string beans with ham and of course pitchers of Busch Bavarian (class weddings have Bud) (ranted about below) You know, within a three-mile radius, where another St. Louisan grew up as soon as they open their mouth. You know what a Pork Steak is...and what kind of sauce to put on it! Everyone in your family has floated the Meramec River at least once. A hoosier is someone that lives just south of Chouteau, not a person from Indiana. You have made fun of Mike Shanahan and tried to imitate him ordering another cold, frosty Busch Bavarian Beer. You have listened to Mike's broadcast on KMOX, while watching the game on TV and wonder what game he is watching. A tear forms in your eye as someone mentions their favorite Jack Buck story. You've said, "It's not the heat, it's the humidity." (Well, it is!) Your favorite summer treat is handed to you upside-down You bleed Blue between September and May (Of course!) You've ever had to tell someone from out-of-state, "No, I really don't know Nelly." You know that Concordia is halfway between Kansas City and Columbia, and Columbia is halfway between St. Louis and Kansas City, and Warrenton outlet mall is halfway between Columbia and St. Louis. You can't think of anything better than sitting on the porch in the middle of the summer during a thunderstorm. You know that Harry S. Truman, Walt Disney and Mark Twain are all from Missouri. You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from St. Louis.

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I initially looked up the one for Alabama, but I am highly amused by this one. How *do* you pronounce mostacholli? I always heard it "muskacholee." And this is true. Since I was 10, I swore blind that I wouldn't have it at my wedding, 'cause everyone else does! The rest of the menu is also devistatingly accurate.

I don't, however, pronounce it "warsh." Maybe that's because I didn't grow up in Florissant. And Yes, you can tell which part of St. Louis someone grew up in when you speak to them, and the first question really IS "Where did you go to high school?" I've caught myself asking soooo many times.

And pork steak. Finally someone understands the pork steak. *sigh* And bleeding blue. I think I mentioned that to some of y'all. I loved Shanahan. And Jack Buck. And floating the Meremac. AND IMO'S. YOU MUST ALL COME TO ST. LOUIS WITH ME SO I CAN BUY YOU REAL PIZZA!

Mmm... toasted ravioli and beer. I prefer Amber Bock over Bud, but hell, they're both made in the same place. I've even seen it being made!

I wanna go HOME!!!!


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Aquarius Horoscope for 11/15 - 11/21

This week's scenario is highlighted by a small matter that you would normally pass off as "things happen;" it could set your temper in motion. One cause may be recent, rather impractical moves on the part of your mate or partner. Though you may be tempted to pick up the phone and tell him or her off, think it over & decide that whatever he or she did was in both your interests, so don't stay mad. Stick with the plan, whatever it is, in both your professional life and your personal life. Don't stray, no matter how hard the road may become, keep on the beaten path. A problem may erupt that you have to deal with, it could involve a friend or an older family member. Don't try going it alone. Ask for help. Your helpmate will see that there is much to be done. He or she will be not only willing, but also able to contribute to the solution. This horoscope provided by Astrology Source. Learn about your inner self, friends, and lovers.

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