you know when you re from the northeast when...
1) You're not taking the piss when you say "Why Aye Man!"
2) You're cousin had a friend whos sister's friend's cousin was in Byker Grove
3) The Metro is a train AND where you buy things
4) You've heard of DJ Shrek
5) People ask you to "do the big brother voice"
6) You pray to Shearer, Gazza, Keano etc
7) You've heard of/been to the New Monkey
8) You say 'kets' and don't mean drugs
9) You can pronounce "bairn" - southerners have a right problem with this!
10) You end your sentences with "man" or "like"
11) For a night out you arm youself with tabs, bella, and out of date durex
12) You've partied at Vogue, and loved it
13) Cheryl Cole is your idol (lasses)
14) Bobby Robson is your idol (lads)
15) You've been to Durham Cathedral on a school trip
16) Greggs is everywhere..
17) You don't bother wearing a jacket to go clubbing, even when its snowing (coz we're hardd man!)
18) You know of Jimmy Jesus, Dave the Rave, The Durham Big Issue Woman, The dogs who wear the sunderland strips, the Durham Yellow Car
19) You find the Millenium Bridge romantic on a night
20) You know what Fenwicks is
21) You went to somewhere in the Lakes for a school weekend away
22) You know all the meanings of "canny"
23) Auf Wiedesen Pet makes sense
24) You're actually proud of a rusty structure slightly resembling a scarecrow. On a hill. On the A1.
25) "Mint" doesn't mean like a trebor
26) You were scared of the Lambton Worm as a child
27) You think the "Loveshack" bouncers are twats
28) You clap at the Great North Runners
29) Stotties!!
30) You drink stella, and you're a girl
31) You drink pints through a straw (girls)
32) You go the beach and the fair just beacause its summer, even though its raining
33) You go to the Air Show at Seaburn every year
34) You say "Charver" or "Charv" not fkn"chav"
35) You have at least one friend whos a young mum
36) Clubbing in Shields is classy
37) You've snogged someone in Wet and Wild jacuzzis
38) You're still amazed by the Sea Life Centre
39) You or your mam has partied on the Tuxedo Princess
40) After asking a few southeners what their 1st impressions of the northeast is we got: fighting, women fighting on the street, brown ale, black teeth and stanley knives??
41) You order gravy with your chips and no-one thinks its a bit wierd
42) You buy tea from men in black cars, and again dont find it wierd
43) Banter means you can totally slag someone off but no-ones allowed to get upset
44) You laugh at anyone other than your nana ordering a shandy
45) "HAREEET!" is perfectly normal
46) You can tell the difference between a mackem and a geordie, but to the rest of the country you're a geordie or scottish
