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Ode to New Jersey
Posted Dec 9, 2003
My sister sent this to me in one of those forwarded e-mails that I usually delete without opening. I couldn't resist this one because of the title. I'm not convinced that it is completely accurate and there are some misspellings in there, but consider that part of its charm:
Ode to New Jersey
New Jersey is a peninsula.
Highlands, New Jersey has the highest elevation along
the entire eastern seaboard, from Maine to Florida.
New Jersey is the only state where all of its counties
are classified as metropolitan areas.
New Jersey has more race horses than Kentucky.
New Jersey has more Cubans in Union City (1 sq. mi.)
than Havana, Cuba.
New Jersey has the most dense system of highways and
railroads in the US.
New Jersey has the most diners in the world and is
sometimes referred to as the Diner Capital of the
World
Here's to the Tic Toc on Rt. 3 and the home to the
greatest cheesecake on the planet, the now defunct
Claremont Diner.
New Jersey is home to the original mystery pork parts
chub (no, not spam) Taylor Ham or Pork Roll.
Yo!.....with fried egg & mustard on a hardroll.
Home to the less mysterious but best Italian hot dogs
and Italian sausage w/peppers and onions.
North Jersey has the most shopping malls in one area
in the world, with seven major shopping malls in a 25
square mile radius.
New Jersey is home to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis
Island.
The Passaic River was the site of the first submarine
ride by inventor John P. Holland.
New Jersey has 50+ resort cities & towns, some of the
nations' most famous: Asbury Park, Wildwood, Atlantic
City, Seaside Heights, Long Branch & Cape May.
New Jersey has the most stringent testing along our
coastline for Water Quality Control than any other
seaboard state in the entire country.
New Jersey is a leading technology & industrial state
and is the largest chemical producing state in the
nation when you include pharmaceuticals.
Jersey tomatoes are known the world over as being the
best you can buy.
New Jersey is the world leader in blueberry and
cranberry production (and here you thought
Massachusetts?)
Here's to New Jersey-the toast of the country! In
1642, the first brewery in America opened in Hoboken.
New Jersey rocks! The famous Les Paul invented the
first solid body electric guitar in Mahwah in 1940.
(and still lives there)
New Jersey is a major seaport state with the largest
seaport in the US, located in Elizabeth. Nearly 80% of
what our nation imports comes through Elizabeth
Seaport first.
New Jersey is home to one of the nation's busiest
airports at Newark Liberty International.
George Washington slept here. Several important
Revolutionary War battles were fought on New Jersey
soil, led by General George Washington.
The light bulb, phonograph (record player) and motion
picture projector,were invented by Thomas Edison in
his Menlo Park, NJ laboratory.
We also boast the first town ever lit by incandescent
bulbs.
The first seaplane was built in Keyport, NJ.
The first airmail (to Chicago) was started from
Keyport, NJ.
The first phonograph records were made in Camden, NJ.
New Jersey is home to the Miss America pageant held in
Atlantic City.
The game Monopoly, played all over the world, named
the streets on their playing board after the actual
streets in Atlantic City.
And Atlantic City has the longest boardwalk in the
world.
New Jersey has the largest petroleum containment area
outside of the Middle East countries.
The first Indian reservation was in New Jersey, in the
Watchung Mountains.
New Jersey has the tallest water-tower in the world.
(Union, NJ!!!)
New Jersey had the first Medical Center, in Jersey
City.
The Pulaski SkyWay, from Jersey City to Newark, was
the first skyway highway.
NJ built the first tunnel under a river, the Hudson.
(Holland Tunnel).
The first baseball game was played in Hoboken, NJ,
which is also the birthplace of Frank Sinatra.
The first intercollegiate football game was played in
New Brunswick in 1889. (Rutgers College played
Princeton.)
The first Drive-in Movie theater was opened in Camden,
NJ.
New Jersey is home to both of "NEW YORK'S "
ProFootball Teams!
The first radio station and broadcast was in Paterson,
NJ. (and we were taught it was KDKA in Pittsburgh!)
All New Jersey natives: Sal Martorano, JackNicholson,
Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Jason Alexander, Queen
Latifa, Susan Sarandon, Connie Francis, Shaq, Judy
Blume, Aaron Burr, Joan Robertson, Ken Kross, Dionne
Warwick, Sarah Vaughn, Budd Abbott, Lou Costello, Alan
Ginsberg, Norman Mailer, Marilynn McCoo,Flip Wilson,
Alexander Hamilton, Whitney Houston, Eddie Money,
Linda McElroy,Eileen Donnely, Grover Cleveland,
Woodrow Wilson, Jim Kemp, Walt Whitman, Jerry Lewis,
Tom Cruise, Richard Wojewodzki, Joyce Kilmer,
Bruce Willis, Caesar Romero, Lauryn Hill, Ice-T, Nick
Adams, Nathan Lane, Sandra Dee, Danny DeVito, Richard
Conti, Joe Pesci, Joe Piscopo, Robert Blake,
John Forsyth, Meryl Streep, Loretta Swit, Norman
Lloyd, Paul Simon, Jerry Herman, Gorden McCrae, Kevin
Spacey, John Travolta, Phyllis Newman, Anne Morrow
Lindbergh, Eva Marie Saint, Elisabeth Shue, Zebulon
Pike, James Fennimore Cooper, Admiral Wm.Halsey,Jr.,
Dave Thomas(Wendy's), William Carlos Williams, Ray
Liotta, Robert Wuhl,Paul Robeson, Ernie Kovacs,
Joseph Macchia and of course.........Frank Albert
Sinatra and "Uncle Floyd" Vivino.
You know you're from Jersey when.... You don't think
of fruit when people mention "The Oranges".
You know that it's called Great Adventure, not Six
Flags.
A good, quick breakfast is a hard roll with butter.
You've known the way to Seaside Heights since you were
seven.
You've eaten at a Diner, when you were stoned or
drunk, at 3a.m.
You know that the state isn't one big oil refinery.
At least three people in your family still love Bruce
Springsteen and you know the town Jon Bon Jovi is
from.
You know what a "jug handle" is.
You know that WaWa is a convenience store.
You know that the state isn't all farmland.
You know that there are no "beaches" in New Jersey
-there's the shore and you don't go to the shore, you
go "down the Shore". And when you are there,you're not
"at the shore", you are "down the Shore".
You know how to properly negotiate a Circle.
You knew that the last sentence had to do with
driving.
You know that this is the only "New..."state that
doesn't require "New" to identify it like,
try...Mexico,...York, ...Hampshire - doesn't work,
does it?)
You know that a "White Castle" is the name of BOTH a
fast food chain AND a fast food sandwich.
You consider putting mayo on a corned beef sandwich a
sacrilege.
You don't think "What exit" is very funny.
You know that people from the 609 area code are "a
little different". Yes they are!
You know that no respectable New Jerseyan goes to
Princeton - that's for out-of-staters.
The Jets-Giants game has started fights at your school
or local bar. make that eagles-giants!
You live within 20 minutes of at least three different
malls.
You refer to all highways and interstates by their
numbers.
Every year you have at least one kid in your class
named Tony.
You know the location of every clip shown in the
Sopranos opening credits.
You've gotten on the wrong highway trying to get out
of the mall.
You know that people from North Jersey go to Seaside
Heights, and people from Central Jersey go to Belmar
and people from South Jersey go to Wildwood. It can be
no other way.
You weren't raised in New Jersey -- you were raised in
either North Jersey, Central Jersey or South Jersey.
You don't consider Newark or Camden to actually be
part of the state.
You remember the stores Korvette's, Two Guys,
Rickel's, Channel, Bamburger's and Orbach's.
You've had a Boardwalk cheese steak and vinegar fries.
You start planning for Memorial Day weekend in
February. And finally...
You've NEVER, NEVER pumped your own gas.
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How nice! I'm officially credited for my very first contribution to the Edited Guide: 'Tips on Saving Money' http://www.h2g2.com/A422687.
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I'm back, I'm bushed, & I'm gonna read backlogs 'til my my eyes cross.
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I'm off on holiday today to London. Yea! Hubby & I are celebrating 20 years of marriage. Kids are staying home. Yea!
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