757 Area Code

You know you're from the 757 area code if...

You are amazed whenever any city within 50 miles of your house is mentioned in a text book, national news, etc.
You can name at least three of Mike Joynes' law partners.
You can finish the "Beach Ford" song.
You know Mount Trashmore is a real place, not a joke.
You can see another 7-11 from the 7-11 you're currently at.
You know that 64 West in Chesapeake is actually going east.
Any westbound trip you've ever made involves at least one tunnel.
You can name at least three underwater tunnels within a twenty mile radius of your home.
You've been friends with, dated or married a sailor.
You can say "Norfolk" while sounding neither obscene nor incorrect.
You don't stop and look skyward when aircraft fly over.
You know what a Food Lion is.
Newport News is not a catalog, it is a city.
It's not a peninsula, it's the Peninsula. With a capital P.
You can name all the I-64 spurs.
It's not Portsmouth, it's P-town.
The Strip isn't a nudie bar, it's a tourist trap.
To you, Scope isn't just mouthwash.
You know the Boathouse doesn't actually dock any boats.
You know Dam Neck and Birdneck aren't necks of any kind.
You don't mind the jet noise.
You don't slow down in the tunnel, because it's not a big deal.
One of your major accomplishments in life is holding your breath all the way thru the HRBT... while driving.
It's normal for seven cities to be linked in almost every conceivable way.
You can leave town for years at a time and come back to find the same segments of roads still under construction.
It's Seven Five Seven, not Seven Fifty-Seven.
An inch of snow closes everything down. 3 inches is a blizzard.
MacArthur was not only a brilliant general, but a fine shopping establishment.
You don't laugh when you hear "Rip Rap Road," in fact you might even duck down really fast, just in case.
You know that Norfolk International Airport and Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport aren't really international airports.
No, you're not hallucinating. Those are mermaids.
You know the real reason we have not been hit by a hurricane in the past several years is because of Pat Robertson.

You had a nickel for every OBX sticker you saw on the road, you'd be rich by now.