Fun Day Monday: You Know You're Local If...
By World Wide Ed
Can we all just please bow our heads and take a moment to count our blessings? Last week, for the first time in WWE history (I think), the comment count to one of my blogs surpassed 40! Granted, we were talking about Top Chef when the topic was Ringtones... but I'll take it. Don't ruin my moment. 
So what is a brutha to do to try and follow that historic moment in time? Well, how about beat it!? Let's go for 50... or more!? What the heck right?
Help a brutha fulfill this prophecy and post your feedback below k? You da bes'! In the comment area below, finish this sentence:
"You Know You're Local If..."
(feel free to post multiple times or respond to other people's posts. 
If you need help, click here or here.)
So how 'bout it folks? "You Know You're Local If..."?
World Wide Ed
March 2nd, 2009 at 6:06 am
You know you local if...your native language is pidgin speak.
I use to tink was pigeon engleesh and use to wonder why was named afta one bird. Anyways, pidgin engleesh is a combonation of many languages but I tink da portagees gave it da right rhythm and structure.
March 2nd, 2009 at 6:26 am
You know you local if..... you wear slippas to a formal party
March 2nd, 2009 at 6:29 am
Good Morning Ed!
You know you local if....you say "howzit" to greet someone.
March 2nd, 2009 at 6:32 am
...you think Georges St.-Pierre cheated.
...you order rice with your spaghetti.
...you keep voting for the same incompetent lawmakers every 4 years.
...your second home is the California Hotel.
...you used to cruise "Waiks" (where the scooby snack ugly wahines always had the tinted windows up).
...everyone at your mainland college asked if you went to Punahou. (Hella no! PUBLIC SCHOOL, homie!)
And last, but most important...you read World Wide Ed!
March 2nd, 2009 at 6:38 am
Or you know you local if...you say "wasssuuupp".
March 2nd, 2009 at 6:40 am
Or you know you local if... you do the head nod.
March 2nd, 2009 at 6:43 am
M padding count for ED
March 2nd, 2009 at 6:57 am
. . . The first question you ask someone when meeting them the first time is , "eh, what high school you went?"
March 2nd, 2009 at 6:58 am
. . . And you follow up with, "fo real, what year?"
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:00 am
. . . Naturally tagging that with, "nah! You know so-and-so den?"
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:05 am
For Directions
Mauka...Toward the mountains.
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:05 am
Makai.....Towards da ocean
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:06 am
Ewa...........that way ←
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:07 am
Diamond Head ....I think that way →
excuse yeah, I FBI
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:14 am
FBI = From Big Island Originally known as Full Bloodied Ilocano (I qualify)
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:56 am
Woah... 15 comments befo' 8AM. We're off to a good start... Keep um comin' y'all!
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:57 am
Oh yeah, fo-got to add mine:
You know how fo do one authentic shaka... not none of dat poser erect kine.
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:58 am
and wifey's... hehe:
You have a slipper tan.
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:59 am
hemmaz: "pidgin engleesh". LOL!
naks, M and kool-ya: Mahalos for padding da count!
frankie: OMG! Waiks!!! Da memories! Haha! Our windows were down BTW. Haha, nah!
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:09 am
I'm not a local
but want to be!
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:17 am
Hi Bre, you can be local too, Just act like us. Local is in the heart. Share the Aloha Spirit. You can do that even on the Mainland. (I guess that's another local term. We no say "States" or Continental US)
Speaking of Slippas and Formal Wear.
Local formal wear is Shorts, T-shirt with Logos and NO PUKAs and new Slippas (with the size tags still stuck, no forget cut off the string). OK then Aloha Shirts instead. (My wife would slap me if I wore T-shirt to one party.)
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:27 am
When you bring spam musubi fo pot lock.
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:32 am
Hey, adding to your count.
Oooh, I hate those slipper tans.
My friend got married in Vegas (wedding reception at the Cal) and all the Hawaii local people came to her wedding in shorts and slippers. She was so mad! I said, "what you expect, they on vacation."
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:34 am
you say "cheeehooo" instead of "yeeehaww"
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:35 am
your grandma washes out her ziploc bags so she can reuse 'em
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:38 am
you always end up missing one side of your slippah or you take someone else's slippah when you leave a house party
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:39 am
To add to what M wrote:
... if you do the handshake with the "popping" sound
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:45 am
Mainlander here. Padding the count for my friend Ed. I think the head nod and wasssup are fully an American thing, we did that back in Cali as well. It's a cool guy thing
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:45 am
It's not Snow Cone. It's Shave Ice (or for Big Island guys, Ice Shave)
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:46 am
... you say slippahs instead of flip-flops or sandals ...
@ynaku - as long as you no mo duct tape on your slippahs ... or one nail to hold in da strap ... stay all good ...
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:47 am
Merry Monarch is our Olympics
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:49 am
Hey NeedaHobby, That's da kine slippas I bring to the pahty so nobody steal um.
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:50 am
when you call everbody aunty and uncle, even if you not related.
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:51 am
@kuya - .... when you say, "you classmates with my brother then? my sister, my cousin, my friend, my friend's brother, sister, etc, etc, etc
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:57 am
@ynaku - so, you upgrade when you leave the pahty, then?
... you kept voting and voting for Jasmine & Camille (even if they didn't sing so well), a few years back, on American Idol
March 2nd, 2009 at 9:01 am
March 2nd, 2009 at 9:07 am
...when you put shoyu on everything (you eat, dat is)!
#25 skycastles is FUNNY!
March 2nd, 2009 at 9:08 am
... you go out with t-shirt, shorts, and slippahs when it's snowing at your mainland college.
...you have spam, instant ramen, and one rice cooker in your dorm room.
March 2nd, 2009 at 9:10 am
You know what all this is:
kapulu job
sukebe
monku monku
nene or nai nai or moi moi
botcha
whop ya jaw / map hang (although I think these are generational terms)
baboose
bobora
rat fink
jan ken po
torching
Hawaiian sling
trow net
paipo board
Old Stadium
haole brownie
You have bondo on your car for so long people think that's the color
You’re not quite sure what the difference is between your dad’s sister, your mom’s good friend, your second cousin once removed and an older lady on the street is. You still call ‘em all auntie.
As a kid, you brought dry saimin and li hing mui to school as a snack.
March 2nd, 2009 at 9:18 am
You call them uncle and aunty but you not related.
March 2nd, 2009 at 9:30 am
The real locals don't just wear slippers to the formal party, they wear the good slippers.
March 2nd, 2009 at 9:41 am
Hey skycastles, you just reminded me about our dipping sauce for guava, mango, etc.
Our version of "Bug Juice" was vinegar, shoyu, salt and pepper.
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:03 am
. . . You used to watch Checkers and Pogo. Or better yet, you got on the show.
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:06 am
. . . Or you played TV Powwww with Professor Fun! Pow-pow-pow-pow-pow-pow!
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:15 am
And for you "non-locals" - no worries cuzins, you can qualify as "local" by being cool - just no ack like you know erryting, no make all big tyme, and respect erryone else for their quirks . . . and smile & wave.
I quite shua da other bloggahs here on WWE!
As @skycastles says, can I get a cheee-hoooo!? (cue the masese by kelly boy and da crew right now)
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:19 am
oooops . . . I meant to say:
"I quite shua da other bloggahs here on WWE would agree!"
(eh, no laff ah . . . nah-nah, u can laff!)
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:24 am
You know you local if....you know about "stink eye".
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:31 am
You know you're local when your friends complain that you're "too dressed up to watch a UH basketball game" when you show up in jeans and an aloha shirt.
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:39 am
You buy plenny toilet paper in case get one longshoreman strike.
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:40 am
You would serve spam as a meat for dinner. Yeah Spam is da main dish.
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:40 am
You have said "wat, owe you money?","karang your alas", or "dakine"
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:41 am
And in honor of hitting 50 (just for you Bruddah Ed)
Someone says the word "UKU" and your head starts itching.
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:42 am
Ynaku, you buy plenny rice too along wit yo toilet peppa.
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:44 am
@M Nothing less than 20 lb bag
Had to go Costco make da paper run
See you next week
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:10 am
....you get chili pepa wata in da fridge!
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:17 am
... You know who is Kikaida ...
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:19 am
... You know what bebs are ...
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:24 am
... you know local if 60 degrees is F R E E Z I N G !!!
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:26 am
Hey Ed,
I'm expecting a response to each post! Man, you going be one busy guy today!
8p
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:53 am
Let's
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:54 am
go
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:54 am
fo
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:54 am
100!
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:58 am
You know what "hanabata" is....
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:59 am
LUNCH!!!!
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:01 pm
OK M, I help reach 100. Had to write down some of this stuff.
....You know what "huli huli chicken" is.
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:01 pm
When you hea, What?, you like beef?. Dea not talking about fuud.
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:02 pm
You local if you get somebody in da family named,
)
"_____ boy" or "tita" (I always call my niece and nephews that
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:04 pm
You know the proper pronunciation for "Likelike and Pipeline" ( I like see who knows da difference.)
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Howzit Brah not Hi Bro or Hi Brother
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:09 pm
Locals buy "Plate Lunch" Not take out.
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:10 pm
When you call someone a "book" they know you referring to one Filipino. (No worry, I'm one but I no get insulted)
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Oh yeah
and pupus means appetizers and not dat other stuff
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:15 pm
when someone says "fundraiser" you automatically think....Zippy's chili or School Kine cookies!!
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:15 pm
And with that, I going put on my boroboros, kamaboko slippas and jump into my junkalunka truck and go cruise Mamo Street (Hotel street for you guys in Honolulu) and den I do look for pickle mango.
Locals will understand what I just said. (Wat Bruddah Ed, You need me to translate) Nah joke.
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:16 pm
OK I done. Too much padding.
I going look for plate lunch.
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:16 pm
and another.....
you measure the water for the rice by the knuckle of your index finger!! =)
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:29 pm
So Bari tells me to drop Ed a comment so here goes...
Since all the general ones are gone, I going do one for those of us who grew up on Kauai...
You know you local (Kauai) when everytime you go home, you have to make a pilgrimage to Brick Oven....hahahaha.
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:35 pm
You remove your slippas or shoes befo you go in the house.
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Awww, I stay in moderation! must be because I wen use dat word fo footwear.
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:43 pm
Nah Bre. Can! It's all a state of mind and being.
Read what naks and dews said below...
LOL! Da sticker is da worst! Always soooo hahhhd for remove no?
Mmmm... Spam Musubi!
Haha! Awesome story kate! And welcome!
LOLOLOL! Happened to me sooo many times! Both as a thief and a victim. Haha! Das why I get unique kine now...
Ho! I loooooove when mine's does that. You look soooo cool! Sometimes it depends on da oddah guy though. Bone to bone is the worst. So embarrassing. Hehe!
Haha. Mahaloz for the padding Scotty2Hotty! Yeah, I think that's an everywhere thing actually.
Ice Shave! First time my co-worker (he's FBI) tol' me about that I was like huh? I kinda get irraz when someone says shaveD ice though. :\
Hahaha!
Nice one naks!
True dat manini!
Gotta love Hawaii! So small!
I must be from Hawaii den Hobbz! LOL!
Or Tabasco or Chili Peppa watah!
Been dea fo sho Hobbz.
Dry saimin!!!!!!!! Hahahahaha! Trow um in da ziploc and shake um up with the packet! OMG! Too funny! When you think about um now though, shmall kine gross yeah?
Don't forget the "Ho" in front of it. "Ho, auntay!"
LOLOL! The formal slippers?
Ewww! Nah, sounds kinda good I guess naks! Depends what you put um on!
LOL! I played dat one!
Au sau ra rau wa ra ra... etc. I have no idea how to spell that. Haha! *blush*
Would be nice if the other bloggers were on WWE too though. Can help boost da count!
Haunas!
You are, except nowadays you gotta cause it's sooo dang cold in there!
LOL! You da bes naks!
Nice! I can't live without my rice!
Right next to da poke! Speaking of which...
You know you're local if... You know how to pronounce poke.
LOLOLOL! Tanks fo making me work yeah rbj!
That would be sa-weet! Gooooo team!
I get some now M!
Ho, no can even go cause I stay answering all of these posts! Haha! Nah! I don't mind though. This is funnnn!
And you remember how stink you get when you come home after volunteering!
That's my favorite saying. Anyone know what the roots were?
Junior boy! Haha!
Sometimes we say "Likelike" the literal way for fun. Anyone else?
How are you fine sir.
LOL! I'm grossed out if you mean what I think you mean. Hehe, nah!
Zippy's Chili! Man, dunno how many of those things I had to buy! They're rich from me alone!
Hoooo! Ouch! Why? You think I not local naks? Das it! Like beef!
Tanks for da support naks! Appreciate!
LOLOLOL! Nice! Cups shmups yeah MP!?
Mmmmm. Brick Oven! Didn't know you were from Kauai S Ticket...
Ho M, this one is mayjah. Good call! I don't know how other people walk around the house with their shoes on. So gross!
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Like Ynaku #52
Your mouth waters when someone says LI HING MUI.
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:48 pm
Like Pavlov's law yeah Kage?
March 2nd, 2009 at 1:05 pm
@ Ed re: dry saimin
And remember how there was a rumor that you would get worms if you keep eating? But everyone kept whackin' 'em like nothing!
@ S Ticket re: Brick Oven
OMG, my auntie lives right by the one in Kalaheo. I haven't had their pizza in forevers!
March 2nd, 2009 at 1:06 pm
(Ynaku making Big Body) Wat Ed, You like beef? Yeah I like beef and chicken, pork, fish, hot dog......
March 2nd, 2009 at 1:16 pm
Hey Ed, I went through McD's drive thru and and was reminded how we know we in Hawaii. Get Spam breakfast (or Local Plate). Portuguese Sausage Eggs and Rice AND Saimin on the menu.
March 2nd, 2009 at 1:31 pm
@Ynaku - no forget the fruit punch.
March 2nd, 2009 at 1:31 pm
u know you're local if... you say "slippers" instead of "flip flops" or you don't wear your shoes in the house!
March 2nd, 2009 at 1:43 pm
Thanks Kate. That's my favorite.
Oh yeah, get Lilikoi drink and Green River (Green Lime)
March 2nd, 2009 at 1:43 pm
No, not at McD, but other Drive Inns.
March 2nd, 2009 at 1:46 pm
True Locals can pronounce properly the Hawaiian words. Sheesh even my GPS comes close. But get hard time pronounce the "W" like a "V"
March 2nd, 2009 at 1:49 pm
Speaking of food, where else can you go to ONE restaurant and order, American, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Filipino and Hawaiian food?
Local love Mixed Plate.
March 2nd, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Ed, you get me on a roll hea. Sorry if I stay steal um all. I love being local.
March 2nd, 2009 at 1:56 pm
ho so many ways.. dis, dat, da uddah..
but da absolute bes' way is wen you fall in love wit' one kee-ewt local gurl an' she falls right back in love wit' you, too.. hooo-eee..
of all da ways, it doesn't get any bettah den dat..
ho stop da heart right dere..
March 2nd, 2009 at 1:59 pm
BTW, I neva go to those websites you posted. This from experience.
March 2nd, 2009 at 1:59 pm
Now I like go look.
March 2nd, 2009 at 1:59 pm
wen you meet someone from Hawai'i on The Mainlan' and it's not a question of if, but when you're going to play "zero degrees of separation" local style, an' figgah all da ways you're connected..
March 2nd, 2009 at 2:01 pm
You know what "bolo head is".
March 2nd, 2009 at 2:02 pm
Only in Hawaii you can go to one Filipino party and they make take out plate and put in the car BEFORE the make their plate for eating.
March 2nd, 2009 at 2:02 pm
you get portagee mout' only you not portagee..
excep' by association..
March 2nd, 2009 at 2:03 pm
@M and they go compare their puka head scars like trophies.
(No tell OL)
March 2nd, 2009 at 2:04 pm
You understand "whea you stay".
March 2nd, 2009 at 2:05 pm
We understand what da Coconut Wireless is.
March 2nd, 2009 at 2:10 pm
you ken hold one side of a 10 min. conversation only using these words..
nah..
yeah?
nah..
yeah?
nah..
yeah?
nah..
March 2nd, 2009 at 2:13 pm
fo real?
March 2nd, 2009 at 2:14 pm
. . . You went to Camp Erdman as a camper, then during your college years you go back again as a group leader . . . hmmmmm, Ed?
March 2nd, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Congrats Ed, on 100+ posts!!!
Of course half came from Ynaku.
March 2nd, 2009 at 2:17 pm
. . . You know who Mackey Feary is.
March 2nd, 2009 at 2:19 pm
I aim to please..............
Getting all frustrated at work. Needed an outlet. Sorry
March 2nd, 2009 at 2:19 pm
. . . You know Howard Dashefsky was a baseball player at UH.
March 2nd, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Your house is made from hollow tile, not cinder block.
March 2nd, 2009 at 2:23 pm
. . . You used to potluck or bar-b-que between your cars at Kam Drive-In. Now THAT was fun times.
March 2nd, 2009 at 2:25 pm
When you know that ono taste ono too.
March 2nd, 2009 at 2:26 pm
When you fire up the hibachi not the grill.
March 2nd, 2009 at 2:28 pm
Good job ynaku!
March 2nd, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Whoa, 100+ posts. Right on!
@skycastles - #39 - snacks - also, what about teriyaki nori, dried cuttlefish, and nori.
@uncle jimmy - #103 - I wonder if the big island peeps (ynaku and kuya) conversation would be a little different. "no?" instead of "yeah?"
March 2nd, 2009 at 4:58 pm
... you don't wonder what gift to bring to a pahty. You wonder how much (cash to put in the envelope)
March 2nd, 2009 at 5:40 pm
First of all, congrats on the # of posts, Ed!
Let's see . . . you know if you're local if . . . you start getting white rice AND mac' salad withdrawal pains in the first few days of being away from the islands. MORE local if you feel that in the first few hours!
Lastly . . . 1980s, RULE, Mr. E [!]
March 2nd, 2009 at 6:03 pm
Yeah no?
I guess can tell we from Big Island.
Choke (Maui: Wicked)
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:53 pm
i'm just tripping out on much posts get on this one.
i checked this morning and there was 0, now get 118.
i think everything pretty much covered.
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:54 pm
just noticed........
what about maui?
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:14 pm
oh wow, lau lau! congrats, ed!! 121???? schmokin'!! everyone's comments were so much fun to read! thanks, ed, for a great post!
here's mine:
you know you're local if...
... when you take omiyage on trips for your family, your friends and the nice people who help out at the hotel!
... you come back from your trip (probably from vegas!) and bring back omiyage for your family, your friends, your co-workers, your neighbors and extra in case you forgot somebody!
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:15 pm
(schmall kine padding!)
you know you're local if...
... you find out that your friend that you've known for years is actually related to you!
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:16 pm
(jus lil bit more!)
you know you're local if...
... you're willing to brave the most hugeomougous crowd to be one of the first shoppers at the new big box store!
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:17 pm
(dis one going be #125... woo hoo!)
you know you're local if...
... you've stood in line forever for punahou carnival malasadas!
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:18 pm
(trying for #130!)
you know you're local if:
... you have an asian last name but look/are causasian, or vice versa!
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:20 pm
(getting closer!)
you know you're local if:
... a loco moco doesn't sound like a weird thing (it's ono!)!
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:23 pm
(almost there!)
you know you're local if:
... eating spaghetti with rice and mac salad does not seem weird to you!
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:25 pm
(#130 is right around the corner!)
you know you're local if:
... when you're freezing (like rayboyjr mentioned... in 60 degree weather! ha ha!), you throw on your jacket/sweatshirt but still go out with shorts and slippers!
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:27 pm
(#130!!! woooooo hoooooo!!)
you know you're local if:
... the thought of eating poke makes you drool!!
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:29 pm
(going for the extra padding!)
you know you're local if:
... you'd never go to a friends house empty handed (gotta bring dessert, right?!)!
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:33 pm
(hit my mark but still got stupid stuff spilling out of my head!)
you know you're local if:
... you plan a potluck and get slightly irkamated when someone says they'll bring potato chips, paper goods or sandwiches when they know no one has signed up for a main dish yet!
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:35 pm
(last but not least... 'cause i'm getting sleepy and cannot remember what i was thinking of!
)
you know you're local if:
... when you're done, you're pau.
i'm pau.
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:38 pm
oops re: #132 "irkamated" should be "irkamatated"
thought it was important to clarify that... heh heh...
okay, now i'm really pau!
March 3rd, 2009 at 12:03 am
. . . You remember H-1 west bound by Kaahumanu overpass was only 3 lanes wide.
Now we pau!
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:15 am
my fave wuz #57 Rayboyjr.. you know what bebs are....
ahhh hahahahahahaha..
da deadly breeze from da bbd's...
March 3rd, 2009 at 9:11 am
You think it's normal to give cash as a wedding gift.
The local wedding tradition is pretty unique.
March 3rd, 2009 at 9:46 am
can I still add...since ed makes fun of my aloha wear....it's casual enough...it's formal enough.
you fix yo broken slippah wid da bambucha peppa clip if no mo bambucha safety pin.
you run wid slippahz on yo hands and chant cha-cha-cha fo make you go mo fast.
you drunk the water from your kitchen tap....and when you was small, you suck pipe if da garden hose wasn't attached cuz your okole was lazy...or feet too dirty fo go in da house fo drink watah.
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:02 am
You can run wearing slippers.
March 3rd, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Holy cow! Get too many fo ansah at this late hour, but I'm sending a lot of love to erryone for all da comments! You made dis post memorable fo sho!
March 3rd, 2009 at 3:20 pm
I just wanted to add to your record setting day. You know you're local when you take the time to be 1 of a 140 local people responding to "you know you're local when".
March 8th, 2009 at 3:40 pm
You know what you call a local with no left side?
Au-ryte