Stolen from piedmargaret

[angelchicken]

Age: 27

Where I grew up: Lake Forest, IL

1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks?
'stream' or 'brook'

2. What the thing you push around the grocery store?
'shopping cart'

3. A metal container to carry a meal in?
a 'lunchbox'. Mine was Strawberry Shortcake

4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in?
'Frying pan' or 'skillet'

5. The piece of furniture that seats three people?
'sofa' or 'couch'

6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof?
'gutter?'

7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening?
'patio', or more unusually, the 'backporch'

8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages?
soda, pop or coke

9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup?
pancake

10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself?
hero

11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach?
swim suit or trunks

12. Shoes worn for sports?
sneakers or cleats

13. Putting a room in order?
cleaning

14. A flying insect that glows in the dark?
firefly or lightening bug

15. The little insect (arthropod) that curls up into a ball?
centipede, maybe?

16. The children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the other side and goes down?
see-saw or teeter- totter

17. How do you eat your pizza?
point to crust. In NY I fold it, but that is learned behavior. I never folded in Chicago. I probably couldn't have if I wanted to, which I didn't.

18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
garage sale

19. What's the evening meal?
dinner. or maybe supper

20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
basement