{"id":515,"date":"2006-05-09T15:51:00","date_gmt":"2006-05-09T21:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/2006\/05\/did-i-mention-i-was-born-in-nj\/"},"modified":"2006-05-09T15:51:00","modified_gmt":"2006-05-09T21:51:00","slug":"did-i-mention-i-was-born-in-nj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/2006\/05\/did-i-mention-i-was-born-in-nj\/","title":{"rendered":"Did I mention I was born in NJ?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Which makes this weird and funny\u2026.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

You\u2019re New Jersey!<\/b><\/p>\n

You don\u2019t just live in the suburbs, you define the culture of all
Surburbia. You drive everywhere you go, love to eat at diners, and pretend to have a
garden. While everyone knows that your house was built on a toxic waste dump, you do
your best to hide this information and keep referring to those mythical gardens.
Driving on a road without paying for it was a revolutionary experience you once had
that you still think about all the time. You owe the Mafia so many favors that you\u2019re
thinking of renaming yourself Sicily.<\/p>\n

Take the State Quiz<\/a>
at the Blue Pyramid<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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