If you live more than 500 miles from Jackson Square, you won't find this funny.

You know you're from Louisiana if...

You've never heard of a dry county.

You've never heard of a county.

You hear gambling is illegal in some other states and are surprised.

You reinforce your attic to store Mardi Gras beads.

Your sunglasses fog up when you step outside.

When you give directions you use "lakeside and riverside" not north and south.

Your ancestors are buried above the ground.

You take a bite of five-alarm chili and reach for the tabasco.

You don't learn until high school that Mardi Gras is not a national
holiday.

You push little old ladies out of the way to catch Mardi Gras beads.

Little old ladies push you out of the way to catch Mardi Gras beads.

You leave a parade with footprints on your hands.

You believe that purple, green, and gold look good together.

Your last name isn't pronounced the way it's spelled.

You get pissed at people who pronounce it Nawlins, Norlens, or New or Leans.

You know what a nutria is but you still pick it to represent your baseball team.

Your town is low on the education chart and high on the obesity chart, and you don't care because you're No. 1 on the party chart.

Your house payment is less than your utility bill.

You don't show your tits during Mardi Gras.

You can spell and pronounce Tchoupitoulas.

Your grandparents are called "Maw-Maw" and "Paw-Paw."

You have to reset your clocks after every thunderstorm.

You're walking in the street with a plastic cup of beer.

When it starts to rain, you cover your beer instead of your head.

You save newspapers, not for recycling but for tablecloths at crawfish boils.

When you travel abroad, you always carry a bottle of tabasco and a salt shaker of Tony's.

You know that if you buy a drive-thru daiquiri, it's not drinking and driving until you put the straw in.

You drive east to get to the West Bank.

You stand on the neutral ground at parades and have no idea what a 'median' is.

Pulling a baby out of a cake is completely normal.

The only Bush you respect is a black man.

You refuse to believe that there is such a thing as the "Utah Jazz".

There is a color called "Bur-GUN-dee".

The concept of a basement never crossed your mind.

You have to get your car's suspension repaired at least twice a year.

Someone in a Lowe's store offers you assistance, and they don't work there.

You've worn shorts and a parka at the same time.

You've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number.

You install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both unlocked.

You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Louisiana.