An Updated List of Rules &Regs.....
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> From the Maine Department Of Tourism
>
> Maine seems to be on everyone's vacation wish list.
> Hence the slogan on Maine license plates, "Vacationland."
> This list of rules will be handed to each person entering the
> state. Vehicles with New Jersey, New York and Connecticut
> plates will receive two copies:
>
> 1. That slope shouldered farm boy you are snickering at did
> more work before breakfast than you will do all week at the gym.
> 2. It's called a "gravel road." No matter how slowly you drive,
> you're going to get dust on your BMW. I have a four wheel drive
> because I need it. Now drive or get it out of the way.
> 3. We all started hunting and fishing when we were nine years old.
> Yeah, we saw Bambi. We got over it.
> 4. Any references to "corn fed" when talking about our women will
> get your butt kicked...by our women.
> 5. Pull your pants up, and turn your hat around. You look like an idiot.
> 6. If that cell phone rings while a bunch of mallards are making their
> final approach, we will shoot it. You might hope you don't have it up
> to your ear at the time!
> 7. No, there's no "Vegetarian Special" on the menu. Order steak.
> Order it rare. Order a two pound lobster and steamers. Or, you can
> order the Chef's Salad and pick off the two pounds of ham and turkey.
> 8. Yeah, we have sweet tea. It comes in a glass with two packets of
> sugar and a long spoon.
> 9. You bring Coke into my house, it better be brown, wet, and served over
> ice.
> 10. So you have a sixty-thousand dollar car. We're real impressed.
> We have quarter-million dollar skidders to pull logs out of the woods.
> 11. Let's get this straight. We have one stoplight in town. We stop
> when it's red. We may even stop when it's yellow.
> 12. Our women hunt, fish, and drive trucks because they want to.
> So, you're a feminist. Isn't that cute.
> 13. Yeah, we eat lobster, scallops, clams and haddock too. If you
> really want sushi and caviar, it's available at the bait shop.
> 14. They are pigs and they are cows. That's what they smell like.
> Get used to it. Don't like it? Interstate 95 &Maine Turnpike go two ways....
> get on the Southbound Lane!
> 15. "Opening day" refers to the first days of fishin' and deer season.
> They are religious holidays. You can get breakfast at the church.
> 16. So what if every person in every pickup waves? It's called being
> friendly. Understand the concept?
> 17. Yeah, we have golf courses. Don't hit in the water hazards.
> It spooks the fish.
> 18. Chowder is supposed to be white. Don't even think of asking for
> red chowder until you are somewhere safely south of White Plains.
> 19. All the boats in Maine point in the same direction because
> that's what harbor Masters are trained to do. |
