Comments on: Former Jersey girl says:

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:52:50 +0000

Jug handles wouldn’t be so friggin bad if they were either at every turn or totally eliminated…unless you are a native, you never know which intersection has them so, you never know if you need to be in the right had lane or the left hand lane to make a left turn… I guess it gives the locals something to honk at! LOL ! Also, I didn’t see any mention of my beloved Jersey diner pork roll sandwiches!! What’s more Jersey than Thomsons pork rolls?!? And no mention of Sinatra or the boardwalk?!? What’s the world coming to?

And finally, as a girl born in Hackensack and raised in Somerset, here’s my contribution to the effort: Jersey, where they teach you the finger in driver’s ed…

-Jersey kisses,
Jenn

PS- my favorite Jersey joke: What’s the difference between trash and a Jersey girl? The trash gets taken out!

By: Jack

Jack — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:37:18 +0000

I hate jughandles. WTF is wrong with the designers. It is a pain in the ass trying to make a proper left hand turn in that state.

By: Maggie45

Maggie45 — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:00:54 +0000

Yes, Meryl, I realize that. LOL. I thought that, too.

By: Sona

Sona — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:52:57 +0000

Born in Newark?

I was too – at the Beth (Beth Israel Hospital)

By: Meryl Yourish

Meryl Yourish — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:53:14 +0000

You do realize, Maggie, that those of us who were born in Newark and lived there and in Irvington for the first eleven years of our lives scoff at Chatham and New Providence as the sticks, don’t you?

Hell, I think of Nutley as the sticks.

By: Maggie45

Maggie45 — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:48:38 +0000

Ha, ha…Loved this! Don’t forget “fi dolluhs” for five dollars. I spent ages 19-49 In NJ, Union, Irvington, Chatham, and New Providence.

I’m in the Wild West of Cochise County, Az now, and absolutely could NOT live “back east” again.

By: annoying little twerp

annoying little twerp — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 05:54:22 +0000

Alex:
I’m a Chicagoan-lucky me. heh.-and I lived in St.Louis for a year.
The first time I asked about pop the locals looked at me like I was speaking martian.lol
It’s sliders here too-and a group of 2 or more people is GUYS.
Despite the fact that I really have more of a midwestern accent my use of “guys” “pop” and Cubs gives me away every time.

By: Meryl Yourish

Meryl Yourish — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:47:15 +0000

Alex, the proper name for a White Castle burger in NJ is actually “Ratburger.” The person that wrote this list didn’t come from my part of the state.

By: Meryl Yourish

Meryl Yourish — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:46:26 +0000

Veeshir, I’m pretty sure they shut down Action Park. Between the state coming down on them and the lawsuits, they gave up the water park in the summer and stuck to skiing in the winter.

But I haven’t lived in NJ since 2002, so I couldn’t say for sure.

Now, Busch Gardens has an awesome water park.

By: Alex Bensky

Alex Bensky — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:44:24 +0000

Sorry, Meryl, you Jerseyans need some enlightenment shed on you from Michiganders. “White Castle” is the place; the product is properly called a “slider.”

And as long as we’lre at it, soft drinks genericallya re “pop.” “soda” has ice cream in it.