YOU KNOW YOU'RE GHETTO IF......(Part 1)

This is the first part out of Linx' very own 'You Know You're Ghetto If' saga. I didn't know how 'ghetto' I actually was until I'd read through all five parts, here's 'Part 1,' the other three parts are linked at the bottoms of the pages.

1. There's reusable Bacon grease in a Maxwell House can in the center of the burners on your stove. 1A.If you drink pickle juice.

2. Turning up the heat means turning on another burner on the stove.

3. The batteries in your remote control are held in place with a piece of tape.

4. You have project heat. (Note : this means that you have to open your window in the Winter).

5. Something smells spoiled in the refrigerator and all you do is change the box of Arm & Hammer baking soda.

6. Your drinking glasses used to be jelly jars.

7. Your furniture is covered in plastic.

8. You run to get pots as soon as it rains.

9. The roaches in your house only come out when company comes.

10. You still refer to your stereo as the Hi-Fi.

11. You refer to your dresser as 'The Bureau.'

12. You refer to the refrigerator as an icebox.

13. The back of your toilet seat is always off, and you know how to manually flush it.

14. You have more than ten uses for vaseline, and one of them is shoe polish.

15. You don't think you're clean unless there is visible baby powder on your neck and chest, and you ain't even a baby.

16. The heels of your feet look like you've been kicking flour.

17. Your collar is still up.

18. You wear any of the following : Brute, Haikarate, Jean Nate, Old Spice, Chloe, English Leather, Charlie or Faberge'

19. You use Tussy.

20. You use black eyeliner to line your lips.

21. Your lipstick matches your clothes.

22. You have rolls in the back of your neck.

23. You wear your shower cap everywhere but in the shower.

24. You dry-clean your washable clothing (e.g. Jeans, T-Shirts, Baseball Jersey, etc.)

25. You've never been to the dentist.

26. You clean your teeth with a match book or a business card.

27. You clean your ears with a bobbypin, key, orink pen cap.

28. You wear your clothes with a tag on them.

29. The only art you own is on your finger nails.

30. You go to the beauty shop or a press and curl.

Carry On to Part 2