namtrag wrote:

Yeah, and that's why I think the poll was rigged. Once it zeroes in just a little bit, it asks self fulfilling questions.

I would have loved to have an Italian sanswich!

I did find some of the questions odd: What do you call the strip between the sidewalk and the street? WTF? It has a name?

BirdBrain wrote:

namtrag wrote:

The only reason it knew I was from Norfolk, Va was the drive thru liquor store question...it's a Brew Thru in the Outer Banks but no where else, so that's what I answered.

I did it again and said I had no idea what to call it, and answered everything else honestly, and it pegged me as Yonkers. Honest to God truth.

I think the sandwich question pegged me. They are called Italians up here. The sandwich was invent in Portland by the DiPietro family in 1944 (contrary to the local myth that Amato's invented it). I ate my last one the day they closed. I will never eat another one in my life. There is no sandwich on earth like a Dipietro's Italian.
http://bangordailynews.com/2013/08/20/news/portland/the-passing-of-an-era-landmark-portland-italian-sandwich-shop-closes-after-69-years/

namtrag wrote:

Same with a rain shower when the sun is out. I call it a sunshower. It said no one calls it that except in Minnesota vicinity. lol

milkman wrote:

BirdBrain wrote:

namtrag wrote:

The only reason it knew I was from Norfolk, Va was the drive thru liquor store question...it's a Brew Thru in the Outer Banks but no where else, so that's what I answered.

I did it again and said I had no idea what to call it, and answered everything else honestly, and it pegged me as Yonkers. Honest to God truth.

I think the sandwich question pegged me. They are called Italians up here. The sandwich was invent in Portland by the DiPietro family in 1944 (contrary to the local myth that Amato's invented it). I ate my last one the day they closed. I will never eat another one in my life. There is no sandwich on earth like a Dipietro's Italian.
http://bangordailynews.com/2013/08/20/news/portland/the-passing-of-an-era-landmark-portland-italian-sandwich-shop-closes-after-69-years/

That's too bad. There's thousands of stories and places like this if not hundreds of thousands that are (were) near and dear to peoples hearts. My friend took me to a place that was his favorite called Pete's Hot Dogs in Newburg, NY. Just a little old rinky dink stand that had some fantastic dogs. He called some time back and informed me it just wasn't the same. Something had changed. I could tell by his voice how it had saddened him. I said well at least you have your memories of how they used to be and you did get to eat them. I'm sure you have as we all do many more memories of favorites that no longer exist for one reason or another. The worst part is if it was due to economical circumstances of their control. Don't know if they had to switch ingredients do to cost or what. Sad indeed.

milkman wrote:

namtrag wrote:

Same with a rain shower when the sun is out. I call it a sunshower. It said no one calls it that except in Minnesota vicinity. lol

That's all we've ever called them my whole life in FL. In June it can happen many, many times every day through the month. We also have what we call a rain line. It's the line where the rain stops. Rain and sunny on one side, dry as a bone on the other. You can actually stick your arm in and out of it and not even get your feet wet.

namtrag wrote:

milkman wrote:

namtrag wrote:

Same with a rain shower when the sun is out. I call it a sunshower. It said no one calls it that except in Minnesota vicinity. lol

That's all we've ever called them my whole life in FL. In June it can happen many, many times every day through the month. We also have what we call a rain line. It's the line where the rain stops. Rain and sunny on one side, dry as a bone on the other. You can actually stick your arm in and out of it and not even get your feet wet.

Rain Line? Wow, closest I can think of to that is a squall line, but that generally is moving.

Perhaps the weirdest question was the one about what you call the night before Halloween. WTF? Halloween is already an Eve, and some people call Halloween Eve something too? I am sure if you knew the answer to that one, it would pin you down pretty easily to a certain location, since it has to be highly localized.

Tuckahoe wrote:

namtrag wrote:

The only reason it knew I was from Norfolk, Va was the drive thru liquor store question...it's a Brew Thru in the Outer Banks but no where else, so that's what I answered.

I did it again and said I had no idea what to call it, and answered everything else honestly, and it pegged me as Yonkers. Honest to God truth.

Certainly agree with you on that. It was the Brew Thru question that really pegged me to Tidewater Virginia, while the use of yall was most like Columbus GA (I have never been to GA but for about 5 hours).

BirdBrain wrote:

The good news is you are not from southern Jersey or Delaware.