You Are From Chicago, if...

A friend sent me an email with some Jeff Foxworthy one liners about being from Chicago. Here are mine:

• If you hear people who visiting Chicago talk about the great Blues music here, and you think, "Really? Where?" you are from Chicago.
• If you give directions to named streets with Route numbers and highways by their name, you are from Chicago.
• If you wonder why the nickname "Big John" did not stick for the Hancock Building, you are from Chicago.
• If you drive slower in the left lane on the Highway than the traffic in the right lane, you are from Chicago.
• If you knew someone who was in The Blues Brothers movie, you are from Chicago.
• If you meet someone from a different neighborhood who asks you what Parish you are from, you tell them, even if you aren't Catholic, you are from Chicago.
• You are from Chicago if you go on vacation and tell someone where you are from and are glad they finally say, Michael Jordan and mimic a jump shot instead of say Al Capone and mimic a Tommy Gun.
• If you know the ethnic makeup of any neighborhood, park or Parish mentioned, you are from Chicago.
• If you call every rapid transit train The El, even if it is not elevated, you are from Chicago.
• If the Mets play the Yankees and the only good outcome you can imagine is a rain delay, you are from Chicago.
• If you swear your Dad knew Mike Royko, Ernie Banks, and Bill Veeck (and probably did), you are from Chicago.