Hiya all,
I'm originally from Devon but moved 'up country' (!) when I went to Uni. Joined this group on facebook and find it completely hilarious. Only, I think you've def got to be from Devon to get a lot of the jokes!
If many of the following apply to you, then you're probably from Devon:
♥ You've bought stationery at Trago Mills.
♥ You think Exeter's a big city.
♥ You can tell sheep from goats and straw from hay*
♥ You once went to Totnes for the day and returned three weeks later, very happy, but with no idea why.
♥ You think London's 'up north'.
♥ You know someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows Joss Stone.
♥ The smell of cow shit makes you feel at home.
♥ Everywhere else in the UK feels cold.
♥ You have a friend who lives on a farm.
♥ You live on a farm.
♥ You know and love Massey Ferguson*
♥ You learnt to drive in a field or on a beach.
♥ You live in a cottage.
♥ Your home has a thatched roof.
♥ You saw the total eclipse in '99.
♥ Your local newspaper's lead story is 'cow falls off bridge'.
♥ You turned to drink, drugs or heavy metal at an early age.
♥ You know the best sledging to be had is at Haytor.
♥ Your friends say you sound like a farmer.
♥ You have nothing to do after 5:30pm.
♥ You think pink wellies are a fashion statement.
♥ You know 'Cornish' pasties are actually from Devon.
♥ You've boiled / frozen / eroded during Ten Tors.
♥ You know how to walk over a cattle grid.
♥ You want to know who came up with 'take moor care'.
♥ You know all about 'letterboxing' (but wish you didn't).
♥ You watch 'Spotlight' (and knew Teresa Driscoll, Justin Leigh, Russel Labey, Craig Rich and the gang).
♥ You've been pony trekking.
♥ 'Short and choppy on the North coast' makes total sense to you.
♥ You think nothing of grass growing in the middle of the road.
♥ Your town is 'the gem of south Devon' or 'the English Riviera' despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary*
♥ You think a barn dance is a wild night out.
♥ Until you went on holiday, the tallest building you had ever seen was Debenhams in Exeter.
♥ You've reversed for 3 miles when you met a stubborn tourist on a country lane*
♥ It takes you 4 times longer to drive anywhere between May and September*
♥ You carry an umbrella everywhere even when it's 35 degrees (because it WILL start to hail randomly)*
♥ You're a closet fan of The Wurzels.
♥ Your second cousin is also your sister's stepmother.
♥ Your neighbours' average age is 76*
♥ Your best friend goes joyriding in tractors*
♥ Your parents regularly thanked God for Crealy Country Park and Woodlands*
♥ Your teachers regularly thanked God for Paignton Zoo, Buckfast Abbey, Morwellham Quay and the legendary House of Marbles*
♥ You can't stand the grockles, despite living off their money*
♥ You thought it was normal for more than 50% of your high street's shops to be operated by charities*
♥ Everyone you meet has been on holiday to your home town - no wonder it's so busy in summer*
♥ You spent your entire childhood wanting to leave the place, yet now that you have, you cry yourself to sleep then dream of rolling green hills and long, sandy beaches*
♥ You used to read through your physical geography textbook because you knew half of the places in there.
♥ You know that 'the Launa man can'*
♥ Your most thrilling childhood experience was the Death slide at Woodlands / Crealy / The Devon Shire Horse Centre*
♥ Before Freeview, you didn't believe the rumours about a '5th television channel'*
♥ You don't yet have Freeview - what 5th channel?
♥ You found out about Plymouth Hoe / Westward Ho! before you realised the name could be entertaining*
♥ Your local shop sells clotted cream fudge and bucket/spade packs, but not newspapers.
♥ Your local publican (who has sideburns and red face) is a member of CAMRA, and thinks a 'gastropub' is a medical complication (he serves peanuts & crisps).
♥ You don't understand why a cinema would need more than two screens*
♥ Someone once ran past you clutching a burning barrel of tar*
♥ Your birthday was read out by a rabbit called Honeybun, Gus Honeybun*
♥ You use the 'fast and close' method for passing cars on country lanes - passing places are for grockles!*
♥ You can tell animals apart by their crap*
♥ You have had to walk home with only one welly on, after the other one was sucked into a bog / thick mud*
♥ You thought Hot Fuzz was a documentary*
♥ You think that running into the sea on New Year's or Christmas Day is brave, not foolish*
♥ You always thought of Gandy Street as a rich and varied shopping experience*
♥ Your car is considered a Site of Special Scientific Interest due to its unique collection of sand, mud, twigs and general wildlife from various Devonshire walks*
♥ You recognise a fellow Devonian across a crowded room when you hear the phrase "where you to"*
♥ You know that palm trees are from Torquay, not the Carribean*
♥ You know that a BMW X5 / Porsche Cayenne / Hummer H3 wouldn't get past a big puddle - proper farmers drive Landrovers!*
♥ As a kid, your Mum was always complaining about the grass stains on your trousers, thanks to you sliding down hills for fun on a sledge / compost bag / your arse*
♥ After a wet walk in the fields you return home 2 inches higher because of the Devon mud on your boots
♥ You understand that 'alright my handsome' is an entirely heterosexual greeting between men*
♥ Your drive to work involves following a quad bike, a herd of cows and a border collie*
♥ Your drive to work is on a quad bike, pursuing a herd of cows with a border collie running alongside*
♥ The tarmac playground at your school was only used when the school fields were muddy*
♥ You struggle to sleep at night because of the overwhelming silence, then get woken up by the dawn chorus, which is just plain irritating at 4:30am*
♥ You've been scared to death by stories like the Hairy Hands*
I'm originally from Devon but moved 'up country' (!) when I went to Uni. Joined this group on facebook and find it completely hilarious. Only, I think you've def got to be from Devon to get a lot of the jokes!
If many of the following apply to you, then you're probably from Devon:
♥ You've bought stationery at Trago Mills.
♥ You think Exeter's a big city.
♥ You can tell sheep from goats and straw from hay*
♥ You once went to Totnes for the day and returned three weeks later, very happy, but with no idea why.
♥ You think London's 'up north'.
♥ You know someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows Joss Stone.
♥ The smell of cow shit makes you feel at home.
♥ Everywhere else in the UK feels cold.
♥ You have a friend who lives on a farm.
♥ You live on a farm.
♥ You know and love Massey Ferguson*
♥ You learnt to drive in a field or on a beach.
♥ You live in a cottage.
♥ Your home has a thatched roof.
♥ You saw the total eclipse in '99.
♥ Your local newspaper's lead story is 'cow falls off bridge'.
♥ You turned to drink, drugs or heavy metal at an early age.
♥ You know the best sledging to be had is at Haytor.
♥ Your friends say you sound like a farmer.
♥ You have nothing to do after 5:30pm.
♥ You think pink wellies are a fashion statement.
♥ You know 'Cornish' pasties are actually from Devon.
♥ You've boiled / frozen / eroded during Ten Tors.
♥ You know how to walk over a cattle grid.
♥ You want to know who came up with 'take moor care'.
♥ You know all about 'letterboxing' (but wish you didn't).
♥ You watch 'Spotlight' (and knew Teresa Driscoll, Justin Leigh, Russel Labey, Craig Rich and the gang).
♥ You've been pony trekking.
♥ 'Short and choppy on the North coast' makes total sense to you.
♥ You think nothing of grass growing in the middle of the road.
♥ Your town is 'the gem of south Devon' or 'the English Riviera' despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary*
♥ You think a barn dance is a wild night out.
♥ Until you went on holiday, the tallest building you had ever seen was Debenhams in Exeter.
♥ You've reversed for 3 miles when you met a stubborn tourist on a country lane*
♥ It takes you 4 times longer to drive anywhere between May and September*
♥ You carry an umbrella everywhere even when it's 35 degrees (because it WILL start to hail randomly)*
♥ You're a closet fan of The Wurzels.
♥ Your second cousin is also your sister's stepmother.
♥ Your neighbours' average age is 76*
♥ Your best friend goes joyriding in tractors*
♥ Your parents regularly thanked God for Crealy Country Park and Woodlands*
♥ Your teachers regularly thanked God for Paignton Zoo, Buckfast Abbey, Morwellham Quay and the legendary House of Marbles*
♥ You can't stand the grockles, despite living off their money*
♥ You thought it was normal for more than 50% of your high street's shops to be operated by charities*
♥ Everyone you meet has been on holiday to your home town - no wonder it's so busy in summer*
♥ You spent your entire childhood wanting to leave the place, yet now that you have, you cry yourself to sleep then dream of rolling green hills and long, sandy beaches*
♥ You used to read through your physical geography textbook because you knew half of the places in there.
♥ You know that 'the Launa man can'*
♥ Your most thrilling childhood experience was the Death slide at Woodlands / Crealy / The Devon Shire Horse Centre*
♥ Before Freeview, you didn't believe the rumours about a '5th television channel'*
♥ You don't yet have Freeview - what 5th channel?
♥ You found out about Plymouth Hoe / Westward Ho! before you realised the name could be entertaining*
♥ Your local shop sells clotted cream fudge and bucket/spade packs, but not newspapers.
♥ Your local publican (who has sideburns and red face) is a member of CAMRA, and thinks a 'gastropub' is a medical complication (he serves peanuts & crisps).
♥ You don't understand why a cinema would need more than two screens*
♥ Someone once ran past you clutching a burning barrel of tar*
♥ Your birthday was read out by a rabbit called Honeybun, Gus Honeybun*
♥ You use the 'fast and close' method for passing cars on country lanes - passing places are for grockles!*
♥ You can tell animals apart by their crap*
♥ You have had to walk home with only one welly on, after the other one was sucked into a bog / thick mud*
♥ You thought Hot Fuzz was a documentary*
♥ You think that running into the sea on New Year's or Christmas Day is brave, not foolish*
♥ You always thought of Gandy Street as a rich and varied shopping experience*
♥ Your car is considered a Site of Special Scientific Interest due to its unique collection of sand, mud, twigs and general wildlife from various Devonshire walks*
♥ You recognise a fellow Devonian across a crowded room when you hear the phrase "where you to"*
♥ You know that palm trees are from Torquay, not the Carribean*
♥ You know that a BMW X5 / Porsche Cayenne / Hummer H3 wouldn't get past a big puddle - proper farmers drive Landrovers!*
♥ As a kid, your Mum was always complaining about the grass stains on your trousers, thanks to you sliding down hills for fun on a sledge / compost bag / your arse*
♥ After a wet walk in the fields you return home 2 inches higher because of the Devon mud on your boots
♥ You understand that 'alright my handsome' is an entirely heterosexual greeting between men*
♥ Your drive to work involves following a quad bike, a herd of cows and a border collie*
♥ Your drive to work is on a quad bike, pursuing a herd of cows with a border collie running alongside*
♥ The tarmac playground at your school was only used when the school fields were muddy*
♥ You struggle to sleep at night because of the overwhelming silence, then get woken up by the dawn chorus, which is just plain irritating at 4:30am*
♥ You've been scared to death by stories like the Hairy Hands*
I love trago mills 
and i loved gus honeybun..... 
and omfg deathslide at crealey was THE BEST 
