There are some questions that just don’t make any sense unless you’re in Massachusetts. Every state has their own peculiar quirks, and the Bay State is no exception. Can you answer these questions that speak to the heart of what it means to be a Masshole?
- When is Evacuation Day? And why is everyone wearing green?
Flickr/Adam Pieniazek Evacuation Day is honored in in Suffolk County (read: Boston) on March 17. It celebrated the day when British troops finally left the city during the American Revolutionary War. Locals know it’s basically a way to rationalize taking a day off for St. Patrick’s Day.
- What is a “coffee regular?”
Flickr/Mr.TinDC Coffee with cream and sugar. Nothing fancy, and guaranteed to keep that pre-work coffee line at Dunks as short as possible.
- Finish this sentence: “The fried clams were so salty, I needed a drink at the _______.”
Flickr/Indigo Skies Photography If you answered “bubbler” or even “bubblah,” you’re alright.
- What can you buy at a package store?
Flickr/Eugene Peretz It’s our super fancy name for a plain ol’ liquor store.
- What’s the most disappointing field trip in the country?
Flickr/Rachel Micah Hey, even a trip to Plymouth Rock is still a field trip. We weren’t complaining.
- What’s the proper name for chocolate sprinkles?
Flickr/Nathan Siemers Jimmies. Team jimmies for life.
- When does Happy Hour start around here?
Flickr/Yoav Shapira Never. Boo.
- An annual bear migration occurs in which part of Massachusetts?
Flickr/John M. Provincetown’s Bear Week has been a roaring good time for attendees of all persuasions for years.
- Where’s the tunnel to the Cape?
Flickr/C Hanchey Tourists are always asking us this one, and we’re more than happy to help. It’s just past the Sagamore Bridge. You can’t miss it.
- Who’s the king of roast beef?
Flickr/Lorianne DiSabato That would be Kelly’s of Revere, of course. Their slogan is “Creator of the Original Roast Beef Sandwich,” so they probably know what they’re doing.
- When was the Curse reversed?
Flickr/Lorianne DiSabato On that most hallowed of days: October 27, 2004.
- Why did you just order a cabinet for dessert?
Flickr/Joanne Wan Because it’s a delicious blend of coffee ice cream, coffee syrup and milk. That’s why.
- What does the E stand for in The Big E?
Facebook/The Big E It’s the Big Eastern States Exposition, one of the largest fairs in New England and a summer tradition.
- How many syllables in the word “frappe?”
Flickr/Marie Guillaumet Only out-of-staters will be tempted to say “frap-ay."
- What’s the stickiest sandwich in the universe?
Flickr/jensteele Why, a fluffernutter of course.
- Can you pahk the cah in Hahvad yahd?
Flickr/Ian Lamont Dear God, no, no you cannot.
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Flickr/Adam Pieniazek
Evacuation Day is honored in in Suffolk County (read: Boston) on March 17. It celebrated the day when British troops finally left the city during the American Revolutionary War. Locals know it’s basically a way to rationalize taking a day off for St. Patrick’s Day.
Flickr/Mr.TinDC
Coffee with cream and sugar. Nothing fancy, and guaranteed to keep that pre-work coffee line at Dunks as short as possible.
Flickr/Indigo Skies Photography
If you answered “bubbler” or even “bubblah,” you’re alright.
Flickr/Eugene Peretz
It’s our super fancy name for a plain ol’ liquor store.
Flickr/Rachel Micah
Hey, even a trip to Plymouth Rock is still a field trip. We weren’t complaining.
Flickr/Nathan Siemers
Jimmies. Team jimmies for life.
Flickr/Yoav Shapira
Never. Boo.
Flickr/John M.
Provincetown’s Bear Week has been a roaring good time for attendees of all persuasions for years.
Flickr/C Hanchey
Tourists are always asking us this one, and we’re more than happy to help. It’s just past the Sagamore Bridge. You can’t miss it.
Flickr/Lorianne DiSabato
That would be Kelly’s of Revere, of course. Their slogan is “Creator of the Original Roast Beef Sandwich,” so they probably know what they’re doing.
On that most hallowed of days: October 27, 2004.
Flickr/Joanne Wan
Because it’s a delicious blend of coffee ice cream, coffee syrup and milk. That’s why.
Facebook/The Big E
It’s the Big Eastern States Exposition, one of the largest fairs in New England and a summer tradition.
Flickr/Marie Guillaumet
Only out-of-staters will be tempted to say “frap-ay."
Flickr/jensteele
Why, a fluffernutter of course.
Flickr/Ian Lamont
Dear God, no, no you cannot.
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