The Sayville Sub List (All the Signs You're From Sayville)

1. You ever bought your friend an iron on T-Shirt from the Special
T as a birthday present.

2. You've ever known someone involved in a rumble at Broadway park.

3. Lotus Lake is your favorite place on a Friday night.

4. You spend some summer nights playing hockey at the high school
tennis courts.

5. Bayport sucks.

6. Despite number 5, you still go to play pool there.

7. You ever parked one on the AAA field at Gillette park.

8. You have ever waited in line at Fritzche's for rolls on a
Saturday morning.

9. Lunch your senior year was a maniacal race to see who could get
to Sayville Pizza fastest.

10. You know it's called "bagels de lox," but you'll always know
the place as "hot bagels."

11. You remember when number 10 was a chicken delight.

12. You ever went to the Fotomat in the Grand Union parking lot.

13. "Shoreham" isn't just the name of a nuclear power plant.

14. You remember the day the Candee hotel was torn down.

15. West Sayville sucks.

16. You have ever cruised Main Street on a Friday night just to
laugh and the scrubs hanging out downtown.

17. You tell people you went to school with Melissa Joan Hart and
then realize that's not really something to be proud of.

18. Two words: Wasted Time.

19. Two more words: number 5

20. Two more words: number 15.

21. When hip hop was the rage, you were into punk and grunge.

22. All your life you have carefully avoided going near the Bunk
House.

23. You only take the Pines Ferry if you work over there.

24. You've ever gone to summer recreation at the old junior high.

25. You blocked the driveway to Sayville's Video Empire.

26. Sometimes, on a good night, you'd end up down at the West
Sayville docks. On a bad night--Port O' Call.

27. You love Fire Island and the Atlantic but hate the thought of
going near the Bay.

28. You ever thought Cherry was for geeks, Sunrise for weirdos, and
Lincoln the coolest place on earth. (sorry, I'm a little biased)

29. You know the story behind "Wylie's Way."

30. You know where Kherkof's gold plate is in the middle school.

31. You've ever danced in the junior high school commons area. (I
tried calling it "middle school," it just doesn't sound right)

32. You loathe the Key Club, love the Anchor Club and wonder who
those strange people are in the basement.

33. You think you know a lot of people in town--then you realize
how many your father knows. (for you, dad!)

34. West Sayville still sucks.

35. Because of number 34, you wonder why SAYVILLE high school is in
WEST Sayville.

36. You drive all the way to Patchogue 13, even though the movie
you want to see is at Sayville Theater, which is within walking distance.

37. You helped Mr. Kapell lobby for the recycled wood docks.

38. You miss Barrett Beach.

39. You or someone you know has had his name in the Suffolk County
News. (Or wrote for it)

40. You wonder what happened to that beautiful sign the Class of 1995
bought for the high school.

41. You hate gift shops.
42. You have ever cut in through the parking lot of Fiala's corner
wallpaper store in order to avoid the light at Gillette and Main.

43. You set your watch by the Men's Shop Clock.

44. You rented your prom tuxedo there.

45. You're from South Sayville and have gotten lost on Loop Drive.

46. You're from North Sayville and only cross Main Street when you have to.

47. You're from West Sayville, and besides just majorly sucking,
you don't know your way around Sayville for the life of you.

48. After midnight, you disregard the "no left turn" sign off Main
on to Candee.

49. Beating the light at Greene and Main means doing 60 and being
airborne.

50. You've scrounged for beer outside of Grand Union, or spotted for beers
on a crate outside 7-11 during ninth period on a friday.

51. Half your graduating class goes to Scruffolk.

52. Private school? Fuck private school! BRING ON THE REGENTS,
BABY!
53. Sayville Pride!

54. You've been visited by Mr. Lowe at the train station on St. Patrick's Day.

55. You knew that being in Dileo's office was bad, but Lowe was a
lot worse.

56. 4:00pm sometimes was the end of your school day.

57. You have at least 2 friends or family members in the Fire Department and know at least one cop.


58. You remember the circus coming to town, You've played Q-zar and you did the Sun-Skates thing.

59. You've skated on, or yelled at someone skating on the high
school tennis courts.

60. You played on the tire net and chain link at the Lincoln
playground before they were taken down.

61. You've been featured at SMBA, Or you hated the music students and formed SAVA.

62. You know why there's a guard rail on that house's lawn right as
Lincoln Ave. makes that sharp left.

63. Summer begins when Poppa Mia's opens.

64. Back stoop falling, move!

65. You knew the value of a sixth period 2B day study hall.

66. You ever watched cartoons on the big screen at the Ground Round
before going to a bowling birthday party.

67. "Dairy Barn, 1/2 gallon glass, please."

68. You never went to Pot Belly Deli but were shocked when it closed.

69. You complain that the greasy spoon hasn't been the same since
it was renovated.

70. You lament that you once thought Sunrise Highway expansion was
going to be a good thing.

71. The last time you went to Sayville Beach during the day, it had
a playground.

72. You have ever gone down the one lane road behind Carvel just to
see what's there.

73. You and Bob at Amazing Comics are on a first name basis.

74. You feed the ducks at Mill Pond.

75. You have spent one too many Friday nights at a crowded
Friendly's.

76. You know Sal's is better than all the rest.

77. You have ever gone into Grand Union while waiting for your
order at the Wai Wah Kitchen.

78. You swear that last year's cast party was the most alcohol you
have ever seen in one place ... then you go to college.

79. You know what "DFA" means on the '80s rock mural in the high
school's main stairwell.

80. Going down to the "bridge" on Brook st. to smoke pot was a class nobody cut.

81. You have ever complained about graduation practice being the
morning of the prom.

82. You have been frightened by Joe Prescia, had the hots for Jen
Dietz, Mrs. Skahill or wanted to bitchslap Ashu Patel.

83. You have ever heard "First down Sayville!" through the air on a
Saturday afternoon.

84. You have done 50 down the hill by the high school.

85. You groaned when you heard it was "the friendliest town in
America"

86. You complained about the seating for graduation being changed
around.

87. You hate those SFD letters on the fire department windows at
Christmas.

88. You have taken long walks with friends through Marina Park at
night because you needed to talk about something important.

89. You've drank under the bleachers at
the highschool on a friday night before homecoming.

90. Buderman--a really really nice guy.

91. You ate in the "new" cafeteria.

92. Land's End was never a catalogue.

93. You were employed at "Grand Onion", "Oakdale MacDonald's", "Traction Plus", "Kmart", "Hot Bagels", "Sayville Pizza", "Sayville Library" or "Sayville Beach".

94. Your school's best team ever was the golf team.

95. Centennial Class!

96. Did I mention that West Sayville and Bayport both suck?

97. You know the first names of the Pakistani guys working 7-11

98. You've done Suicide Hill at Broadway and lived to tell about it.

99. You've shopped at Summer Salt and eaten breakfast at PotBelly Deli.

100. You've skate boarded in front of key bank.

101. You've spent entire days and nights at places like FAA, Division, Rufus, Doom, Ground Zero, The Cherry Pit, The Far Side, WestSide, Sea
Side Asylum, 212 Embassy, The Handball Courts, Ediee and Man Made.

102. 40 oz = winter Beer , Bud Ice cans and Bud light bottles = summer beer.

103. Rode on the top of the ferry to sunken forest in the rain.

104. Party'd at FitzPatrick's, and lived to talk about it.

105. You Invaded the Hamptons after the 1999 prom. (SayvilleStock 1999)

106. Mrs. Cox and Mr. Bacci, The two best teachers.

107. Horticulture and Marine Science was recess in High School.

108. You bottomed out your car racing behind the buildings to McDonalds for 1/2 hour lunch.

109. Steve Levy has come to your house.

110. You thought the High school renovations, (the new over hang) were pointless and
you actually miss the little shack room the horticulture class used to be in.

111. You've actually done a hula dance inside a display case in front of the health
room, to help your senior class win the hallway for homecoming.

112. You snuck in a ciggarette in the bathroom while Nana was the hall monitor
on duty.

113. Dutchous was everwhere at the same time and you swore there was more
than one of her.

114. You always classified yourself as average but you could party with the jocks,
skids, speds, dirtbags, preps and the nerd herd.

115. You have been to at least one Bud-Hutt.

116. You have played car tag.

117. You were the first 5th grade to graduate elementry school and the first 6th grade to be in the junior high.

118. You've thrown pennies at Earlanger.

119. Won a goldfish at the Summerfest.

120. Spent elementry school walking on the "silver lines".

121. Loved Dodge Ball or "organized chaos"...but feared Square dancing.

122. You bought action figures and Voltron lions at card and gift.

123. You had guy friends named Boner, Nitro, Skooter, Sparks, Blee, Nine Toes
Iron Balls, Bubbles, Monk, and Barbie.

124. You've witnessed pool cover wrestling and races.

125. You've witnessed 2 drunks fix a door that a giant head put a hole in.

126. You drank beers in the grave yard with otto.

127. You did body shots after a field trip to fire island.

128. You've tasted or heard about Fitzy's grill cheese, milk shakes and or macaroni and sauce.

129. You've seen a Beer Troll with his Destiny Glass before it broke.

130. You either were or know someone who was carried out
of the Semi Formal drunk on stretcher, then got pissed when
the school district threatend the use of breathalizers at school functions.

131. You've been served at Mackeys underage, and when turning 21
your nights started there, and ended there.

132. You know the entire Towers staff on a first name basis.

133. You always wanted to throw a party at the FAA
and in 1998 were blessed with a Rave.

134. You have heard the "First Lotus" party of the year announced on WBLI.

135. You always talked about the Florida road
trip for spring break before you had a car or liscense.

136. You've gone to a High school function blitzed or with someone who was blitzed.

137. You full filled your dream of a Cancun Spring Break at least once.

138. You dumped grass in vacant lots to avoid having to mulch.
Either that, or you called a landscaper.

139. Can find 90% of your graduating class at a local bar on a good night over the summer.

140. You know who "Dirty Bird" is and have given him empty cans or bottles.

141. Two words - double lunch.

142. You remember the Tully/Richards love affair.

143. You went to Friendly's or Carvel after every band/orchestra/chorus concert.

144. You have been or know someone that has been in a parade through town.

145. You know that Stop and Shop will always be Grand Union.

145. Summer days spent at "The Stand" at Broadway Park.

146. You have seen Cheech and Chong and Fast Times at Ridgemont High in the balcony at Sayville Movie Theater.

148. You know Phil, aka: Pappy, Blue, Dad, and or have danced with him or seen him cleaning up Getty.

149. You have seen a drunken Mr. Lowe throw gummy bears at Mr. Huggins.

150. You know someone who has done doughnuts on the front grass of the high school, but never ratted them out.

151. You remember the high school when the parking lots made sense.

152. You remember long nights at the Cracker Barrel and the Parrot playing the cool new PACMAN.

153. You remember Mr. Fanjoy and his famous twitch!.

154. You always shopped at TSS long before there was a Kmart.

155. You remember Mr Wade's "And Time" and never wanted to be touched by Mr. Engles "Shpoon Fingers".

156. You remember when Blue Points Oyster Company was at its peak.

157. You are or know someone who owns a boat or jetski.

158. You just can't get ajusted to the fact that the Lincoln Ave. School playground burned down.

159. You have drank beers, played hockey or just chilled out in a car behind Hurneys before you were 21.

160. You have gone crabbing at the West Sayville Docks even tho... well u know...

161.You shopped at Billy Blakes before it was the Flea market.

162.You knew that Crazy Curtis the Clammers real name was Curtis Frankenfield.

163.You poached clams from Blue Point's beds and knew the name of the guard in the white patrol boat.

164.You were a member of the Clammers Cooperative and you remember when you could buy gas at West Sayville Docks.

165.You remember the Lad and Lassie shop, and you shopped at the A&P before it was CVS.

166.You shopped at Ehrenburgs before it was the Home Store & you've gotten a hair cut at Top Hat.

167.You remember the hobby shop on Railroad Ave.,and Leonardo's Butcher shop.

168.You remember when pot was sold in pay envelopes.

169.You banked at Dime Bank before it was Washington Mutual.

170.You banked at Key Bank before it was Dime Bank.

171.You banked at Oysterman's Bank before it was Key Bank.

172.You remember WPOT, Sayville's pirate radio station.

173.You Know..One of the Greatest Local bands is If All Else Fails....

174. As much as you hate it, Sometimes you must admit that WEST SAYVILLE rules...

173. As much as you bitch about it, Sayville was the best place to
grow up in ... and you're damn proud of it.





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