Skylarking on a quiet Sunday afternoon in the summertime, and thought it might be fun to get a list going.
I'll start.
You must be from Birmingham if:
-You've never referred to 21st Street as Richard Arrington Jr. Boulevard.
-You've held a hundred dollars and thought, "Regardless, regardless, regardless!"
-You ordered from the walkup window at the Mr. Gatti's in Eastwood Mall.
-You've made the Ruffner Run, speeding up going past Bass Cemetery.
-Moon over Homewood is always good for a chuckle.
People from rural counties don't think you're a "real" Alabamian.
- If you miss the traffic fatality report that Vulcan used to provide.
- You knew what a Brookie was before you knew what a Yuppie was
You understand the Birmingham city limits lines...
- you understand which directions Avenues run and which direction Streets run
-you've ate at Al's for breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Some guy named T-Buff tried to sell you furniture.
You made it point to listen to the Midnight Mass Dedication on Brad Regal's Saturday Night All Request Show.
If you crave the orange biscuits from "The Club".
Or the cheese biscuits at Jim 'n Nick's.
How many do I need to be an honorary Birminghamian?
When somebody mentions "beauty shop" and "chain-saw repair" in the same breath, you know what he's talking about
When Christmas comes, you expect to see a giant stocking on the side of a building while driving into downtown on I-59.
When your child asks "What's on Nick," the first thing you do is check the club listing for "The Nick."
If when you moved away from Birmingham and was shocked to learn that unlike on Southside, when you went from bar to bar in other cities, it involved a car.
You're so Birmingham...
if you know who had a going out of business sale for ten or fifteen years.
if you can get from the Comedy Club to Pinson and only use your turn signals twice.
if you drank at T.P. Crockmeier's or ate at Spats.
if you don't drive no ugly truck.
if you cruised laps around Eastwood Mall.
if you can drive in Mountain Brook and not get lost or stopped by the MBPD.
if you know how the Nick got its name.
If you check your fuel gauge before driving by Gates City...
If it made your day to have a "Batman" sighting, and it didn't involve the comic book hero.
If you were confused how Santa could be at the Winter Wonderland at Lovemans and across the street at Pizitz as well.
Smaug Wrote:"Some guy named T-Buff tried to sell you furniture."
Oh, man! I had forgotten about him.
That was for Mr. King Furniture, right?
Those commericals were hysterical ... to me, anyway.
How about if going out on a windy day, you wondered if Mike Royer super-glued that blond toupe! (Mark & Brian reference)
Or at eleven o'clock at night you had a craving for Kripsy Kreme doughnuts ... as opposed to Krispy Kreme doughnuts. (Lonnie Bumphus-Jones(sp?) reference)
You know people who are terrified of Legion Field, having never been there.
You think the Discovery Place was way cooler than the McWane Center.
Or every other station break has Daddy and Son doing some stupid car commercial...
If you've looked at the sculpture in the fountain at Five Points and thought, "Gee, that doesn' look so Satanic."
your mom took you to see Santa land in a helicoptor in the Eastwood MAll parking lot.