Today "it must be a Jersey thing" was used as an explanation for my ordinary actions for about the fifth time this month. My friends think it's funny because it raises my ire (I am from NJ, but I do not fit the "quido" stereotype portrayed on the show: I.E. I DO NOT fist pump, I DO NOT tan, I DO NOT have an obnoxious accent, and I am not of Italian descent...though I can cook a mean lasagna). But complete strangers also make this reference too, after learning I am from the 'dirty jerz' (note I said learning, because they never guess!).
The South Park episode made this a new chic saying. The Jersey Shore characters, as they are represented on the show, chalk everything up to being "a Jersey Thing."
Despite the exaggerated and embarrassing representations on the show, I will say that I am still proud to be from the Garden State...so it must be a Jersey thing.
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