A TRUE VIRGIN ISLANDER
1. When you drive pass ST.Thomas Dairies and you ask yourself how
three cows produce all that milk, and still stop for ice cream every time leaving Magens Bay .
2. You know it's not a "snow cone", it's a FRACO!!!
3. You know Jou'vert is over when you see everyone jumping over
waterfront
4. You don't know the names of any of the streets. You give directions by saying to look for the house after you pass the big tree with the white gate with the blue car in the yard.
5. When you go the beach guys wear cut off jeans and girls wear bathing suit (covered with a bike short and big t-shirt.
6. When you tell people "you went away"
7. You wake up at 4 a.m. to tramp down the streets in back of huge trucks with music blasting in your skimpiest outfit. aka J'OUVERT !!! (pronounced jew-vay for all the statesiders)
8. During Christmas, you don't know anything but music from Jam Band, Phranchyze, Xtaushun, Express, and Stanley and the ten sleepless knights.
9. Jam Band is like your Beatles.
10. You equate a band winning road march to them winning the Grammies.
11. You know coke, sprite, and pepsi are nothing compared to Brow Soda (American Ice Cream, Damson, Lime Rickey, etc.), Malta India
or Vita Malt!
12. Boat Rides was a must
13. All the boys went to ALL SAINTS school (after school ) cause the
girls were easy.
14. A plate of food consists of baked macaroni, season rice & beans, stuffing, plantains, coleslaw, and some sort of meat (bake chicken, fry fish, stew goat, etc.)
15. A good breakfast consists of butter bread and cheese, not a friggin cinnamon roll and cereal.
16. When you vex, u does chuuups and cut eye.
17. There is no such sound as 'th'. You say dem, not them. Dat not that.
18. When you cussin' somebody you tell dem bout dey MUDDASCUNT!!!
19. You drive on the left side of the road.
21. You know what a "thrushee" bird is.
22. You know that in order to become a senator or governor, all you have to do is have a fish fry and give away a heap of food.
23. When you proud to say you from the "Lime Street" , "Housing" ,
" Smith Bay", and "Round De Field"
24. Your vocabulary consists of phrases like meeno, me son, you ain
hear, de man, wha pah u deh, for true, you LIE, etc. Especially Me Son
25. You say you're going to bathe, not take a shower.
26. On Sundays you find yourself driving from beach to beach to find out who has the most people.
27. You love Salt Fish patties and "fungi".
28. You refer to the three islands as twin city, rock city, and love city.
29. You know people whose idea of leavin home is goin to UVI -
ST.Thomas Campus.
30. Anybody east of the BVI is a gasso and a person from the Dominican Republic is a SANTO.
31. When really think that thomians are better than Crucians
32. You know all gas stations and mini-marts are owned by the arabs.
33. Even the police smoke weed.
34. You know that "carry me" does not mean to physically pick me up, it just means to take me somewhere.
35. You refer to the U.S. as "the states" or Babylon .
36. You know that Green House is the place to be.
37. You know what is meant by Hugo made me a "DAN"
38. You never been on the Atlantis Submarine, the TramWay, Coral World, Bluebeard's Castle, and Drake's Seat, or you don't really care.
39. For states ppl Fry Bread is wat u call Jonny Cake.
40. Where ppl do wat deh want ain ga no order example u eat corn beef and rice for breakfast and bacon for dinner.
41. Where everywhere u go u hear jamband, calypso, and soca
42. You know at least one of the following para man: traveling man, crazy tony, crazy Myron, the prophet
43. A loose girl is aka sket, gutta snipe, or sqenq
44. You say "Yeah Dread, Nah Dread, Wha You sayin Dread"
45. Your favortie games were kick de can, find and grind, and wall ball....
WELL......U GEH DE STORY!! (RITE??)!! LOL
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