If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 36 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by, you might live in New Hampshire.
If you're proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights a year because Mt. Washington is the coldest spot in the nation, and Plymouth gets more snow than any other major city in the US, you might live in New Hampshire.
If your local Dairy Queen is closed from October through May, you might live in New Hampshire.
If you get 131 inches of snow in a week and you comment that 'winter's finally here', you might live near Laconia in New Hampshire.
If you instinctively walk like a penguin for six months out of the year, you might live, bundled up, in New Hampshire.
If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his forehead, you might live in New Hampshire.
YOU KNOW YOU ARE A TRUE NEW HAMPSHIRER WHEN:
"Vacation" means going South past Manchester for the weekend.
You measure distance in hours.
You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching.
You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction.
You can identify a southern or northern accent.
Down South to you means Concord .
Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new shed.
You go out for a fish fry every Friday.
Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost.
You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.
You find 10 degrees "a little chilly." and 55 is shorts weather.
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