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Go to Google (or Yahoo) and type, "You know you're from (your state/province) when..."
Cut and paste the list.
Bold the items that apply to you.
Since I lived in VT for 22 years and CO for 13 years come September, I'll have to do both.
Vermont:
1.Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on Route 7.
2. Vacation means going to Burlington for the weekend.
3. You measure distance in hours.
4. You know several people who have hit moose more than once.
5. You often switch from heat to A/C in the same day.
6. You use a down comforter in the summer.
7. Your grandparents drive at 65 mph through 13 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching.
8. You see people wearing hunting clothes at social events.
9. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
10. You think of the major food groups as deer meat, beer, fish, and berries.
11. You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them.
12. There are 7 empty cars running in the parking lot at the Danby store at any given time!
13. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
14. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
15. You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and flannel pajamas.
16. You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and construction.
17. It takes you 3 hours to go to the store for one item even when you're in a rush because you have to stop and talk to everyone in town.
18. You can instantly convert kilometers to miles - and vice versa
19. You've got at least three different types of Ben and Jerry's in your fridge at all times.
20. You're still hanging on to those old bootlegged Phish tapes.
21. You don't think there's anything odd about voting for a Socialist.
22. You believe in diversity, even though all your friends are white.
23. You scoff at imitation maple syrup.
24. You've taken your kids trick-or-treating during a blizzard.
25. You only own three spices- salt, pepper and ketchup.
26. You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.
27. You have 10 favorite recipes for venison.
28. The local Hardware store on any Saturday is busier than the toy stores at Christmas.
29. You live in a house that has no front steps, yet the door is one yard above the ground.
30. Making it home during Mud Season is a competitive sport.
31. You think everyone from the city has an accent.
32. The most effective mosquito repellent is a shotgun.
33. You think the start of deer hunting season is a national holiday.
34. You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
35. The town officials greet you on the street by your first name.
36. There is only one shopping plaza in town.
37. You find -20F "a little chilly."
38. The trunk of your car doubles as a deep freezer.
39. Shoveling the driveway constitutes a great upper body workout.
40. You instinctively give cars with Quebec and Massachusetts license plates more room.
41. You know why it's a bad idea to swim in Lake Champlain the day after a rainstorm.
42. You know 'rock & roll' doesn't always mean that stuff they play on 95 Triple X.
43. Your kids can spot a six-pack of returnable empties at 300 yards from a moving vehicle.
44. You've ever participated in scamming the bottle return at the corner store.
45. (Pre-2004) You still think Boston has a chance.
46. (Post-2004) You still think the Bruins do, too!
47. You'd rather starve than eat Haagen-Dasz.
48. You've ever bet on trucks parked next to ice-fishing shanties.
49. You know not to slap a 'Mad River Glen Ski It If You Can!' sticker on your car unless you actually have.
50. You know people who've broken up over the "Al's vs. Nectar's" issue.
Colorado:
1. You switch from "Heat" to "A/C" in one day
2. You know what the "Peoples Republic of Boulder" means.
3. Your sense of direction is: towards the mountains and away from the mountains.
4. You're a meat-eating vegetarian.
5. The bike on your car is worth more than your car and you have your own special bike lane.
6. You're able to drive 65 miles per hour through 13 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without even flinching.
7. You take your out-of-town guests to Casa Bonita even though you would never go there otherwise.
8. You think your major food groups are granola bars, tofu and Fat Tire beer.
9. You design your kid's Halloween costumes to fit over a snowsuit.
10. You think that sexy lingerie is wool socks and flannel PJs.
11. You know all 4 seasons "Almost winter, winter, still winter and spring blizzards."
12. You've been tear gassed in a riot to celebrate a CU/CSU victory.
13. You can never figure out why your out-of-town guests faint from altitude sickness on a picnic to the mountains.
14. You can drive over a 12,000-foot pass in 4 feet of snow, but can't get to work if there are 4 inches of snow.
15. You know the 'correct' pronunciation of Buena Vista.
16. When you visit friends at sea level, you can drink a case of beer and not get a buzz.
17. Your car insurance costs more than your car.
18. You have surge protectors on every outlet.
19. April showers bring May blizzards.
20. 'Timberline' is someplace you have actually been.
21. You know what a 'Chinook' is.
22. You know what a 'Rocky Mountain Oyster' is.
23. You know what a "fourteener" is.
24. But you don't know what a "turn signal" is.
25. A bear on your front porch doesn't bother you nearly as much as a Democrat in Congress does.
26. Your golf bag has a 9-iron, a 3-wood and a lightning rod.
27. You know who Alferd Packer was and what he did.
28. You know who Baby Doe Tabor was.
29. SPF 90 is not out of the question.
30. People from out of state breathe 5 times as often as you do.
31. Having a Senator named Nighthorse doesn't seem strange.
32. Thunder has set off your car alarm.
33. A full moon has never kept you awake at night.
34. You have an $800 stereo in your $300 truck.
35. A sudden loss of cabin pressure is not a big deal.
36. You think a red light means 3 more cars can go.
37. Where we're going, we don't need roads!!
38. You know where Doc Holliday's grave is.
39. You know where Buffalo Bill's grave is.
40. You know where the real "South Park" is.
41. You can recognize the license plates of all 50 states on sight
42. Driving directions usually include 'Go over _________ Pass.'
43. You've 'checked for ticks'
44. You've dressed in shorts, sandals, and a parka with a hood.
45. You've gone snow skiing in July and...
46. You've played golf in January and.....
47. They were in the same year!
48. You've urinated on the Continental Divide just so it could 'run into both oceans'
49. And most important: You get a certain satisfaction knowing that California and Texas are both downstream.
50. You know what a down slope and an up slope weather pattern is.
Cut and paste the list.
Bold the items that apply to you.
Since I lived in VT for 22 years and CO for 13 years come September, I'll have to do both.
Vermont:
1.Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on Route 7.
2. Vacation means going to Burlington for the weekend.
3. You measure distance in hours.
4. You know several people who have hit moose more than once.
5. You often switch from heat to A/C in the same day.
6. You use a down comforter in the summer.
7. Your grandparents drive at 65 mph through 13 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching.
8. You see people wearing hunting clothes at social events.
9. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
10. You think of the major food groups as deer meat, beer, fish, and berries.
11. You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them.
12. There are 7 empty cars running in the parking lot at the Danby store at any given time!
13. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
14. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
15. You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and flannel pajamas.
16. You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and construction.
17. It takes you 3 hours to go to the store for one item even when you're in a rush because you have to stop and talk to everyone in town.
18. You can instantly convert kilometers to miles - and vice versa
19. You've got at least three different types of Ben and Jerry's in your fridge at all times.
20. You're still hanging on to those old bootlegged Phish tapes.
21. You don't think there's anything odd about voting for a Socialist.
22. You believe in diversity, even though all your friends are white.
23. You scoff at imitation maple syrup.
24. You've taken your kids trick-or-treating during a blizzard.
25. You only own three spices- salt, pepper and ketchup.
26. You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.
27. You have 10 favorite recipes for venison.
28. The local Hardware store on any Saturday is busier than the toy stores at Christmas.
29. You live in a house that has no front steps, yet the door is one yard above the ground.
30. Making it home during Mud Season is a competitive sport.
31. You think everyone from the city has an accent.
32. The most effective mosquito repellent is a shotgun.
33. You think the start of deer hunting season is a national holiday.
34. You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
35. The town officials greet you on the street by your first name.
36. There is only one shopping plaza in town.
37. You find -20F "a little chilly."
38. The trunk of your car doubles as a deep freezer.
39. Shoveling the driveway constitutes a great upper body workout.
40. You instinctively give cars with Quebec and Massachusetts license plates more room.
41. You know why it's a bad idea to swim in Lake Champlain the day after a rainstorm.
42. You know 'rock & roll' doesn't always mean that stuff they play on 95 Triple X.
43. Your kids can spot a six-pack of returnable empties at 300 yards from a moving vehicle.
44. You've ever participated in scamming the bottle return at the corner store.
45. (Pre-2004) You still think Boston has a chance.
46. (Post-2004) You still think the Bruins do, too!
47. You'd rather starve than eat Haagen-Dasz.
48. You've ever bet on trucks parked next to ice-fishing shanties.
49. You know not to slap a 'Mad River Glen Ski It If You Can!' sticker on your car unless you actually have.
50. You know people who've broken up over the "Al's vs. Nectar's" issue.
Colorado:
1. You switch from "Heat" to "A/C" in one day
2. You know what the "Peoples Republic of Boulder" means.
3. Your sense of direction is: towards the mountains and away from the mountains.
4. You're a meat-eating vegetarian.
5. The bike on your car is worth more than your car and you have your own special bike lane.
6. You're able to drive 65 miles per hour through 13 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without even flinching.
7. You take your out-of-town guests to Casa Bonita even though you would never go there otherwise.
8. You think your major food groups are granola bars, tofu and Fat Tire beer.
9. You design your kid's Halloween costumes to fit over a snowsuit.
10. You think that sexy lingerie is wool socks and flannel PJs.
11. You know all 4 seasons "Almost winter, winter, still winter and spring blizzards."
12. You've been tear gassed in a riot to celebrate a CU/CSU victory.
13. You can never figure out why your out-of-town guests faint from altitude sickness on a picnic to the mountains.
14. You can drive over a 12,000-foot pass in 4 feet of snow, but can't get to work if there are 4 inches of snow.
15. You know the 'correct' pronunciation of Buena Vista.
16. When you visit friends at sea level, you can drink a case of beer and not get a buzz.
17. Your car insurance costs more than your car.
18. You have surge protectors on every outlet.
19. April showers bring May blizzards.
20. 'Timberline' is someplace you have actually been.
21. You know what a 'Chinook' is.
22. You know what a 'Rocky Mountain Oyster' is.
23. You know what a "fourteener" is.
24. But you don't know what a "turn signal" is.
25. A bear on your front porch doesn't bother you nearly as much as a Democrat in Congress does.
26. Your golf bag has a 9-iron, a 3-wood and a lightning rod.
27. You know who Alferd Packer was and what he did.
28. You know who Baby Doe Tabor was.
29. SPF 90 is not out of the question.
30. People from out of state breathe 5 times as often as you do.
31. Having a Senator named Nighthorse doesn't seem strange.
32. Thunder has set off your car alarm.
33. A full moon has never kept you awake at night.
34. You have an $800 stereo in your $300 truck.
35. A sudden loss of cabin pressure is not a big deal.
36. You think a red light means 3 more cars can go.
37. Where we're going, we don't need roads!!
38. You know where Doc Holliday's grave is.
39. You know where Buffalo Bill's grave is.
40. You know where the real "South Park" is.
41. You can recognize the license plates of all 50 states on sight
42. Driving directions usually include 'Go over _________ Pass.'
43. You've 'checked for ticks'
44. You've dressed in shorts, sandals, and a parka with a hood.
45. You've gone snow skiing in July and...
46. You've played golf in January and.....
47. They were in the same year!
48. You've urinated on the Continental Divide just so it could 'run into both oceans'
49. And most important: You get a certain satisfaction knowing that California and Texas are both downstream.
50. You know what a down slope and an up slope weather pattern is.