You know you're from Louisiana when... -Your sunglasses fog up when you step outside, even in December.   -You reinforce your attic to store Mardi Gras beads -You don't look twice when you see pink flamingos in yards of nice subdivisions during Mardi Gras.   -You save newspapers, not for recycling but for tablecloths at crawfish boils. -Your ancestors are buried above the ground . -You drink Community Coffee, have tried Starbucks, but don't see what all the fuss is about. (YEAH!!!) -You take a bite of five-alarm chili and reach for the Tabasco . -Every once in a while, you have waterfront property . -You sit down to eat boiled crawfish and your host says, 'Don't eat the dead ones,' and you know what he means.   -You don't learn until high school that Mardi Gras is not a national holiday. -You push little old ladies out of the way to catch Mardi Gras beads. -Little old ladies push YOU out of the way to catch Mardi Gras beads . -You believe that purple, green , and gold look good together. -Your last name isn't pronounced the way it's spelled. -You know what a nutria is but you still pick it to represent your baseball team.   -Your town is low on the education chart, high on the obesity chart and you don't care  because you're No. 1 on the party chart. -Your house payment is less than your utility bill. -You know that Tchoupitoulas is a street and not a disease. -Your grandparents are called 'Mam-Maw' and 'Paw-Paw.'   -Your Santa Claus rides an alligator and your favorite Saint is a football player. -You cringe every time you hear an actor with a Southern or Cajun accent in a 'New Orleans-based' movie or TV show. -You have to reset your clocks after every thunderstorm. -You're walking in the French Quarter with a plastic cup of beer. -When it starts to rain, you cover your beer instead of your head. -You've eaten at one or more of these restaurants, AND know how to pronounce them:     Prejeans, Tu Jac's, Gallatoire's, Ralph & Kacoo's, Brunet's, or Mulatte's.   -You eat dinner out and spend the entire meal talking about all the other good places you've eaten. -You call home just to find out what your momma'nem are having for supper tonight. -You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Louisiana