I saw this meme floating around and figured it would be pretty fun, so here goes!
1) Do a search for 'you know you're from (your hometown) when...."
2) Paste the list in your journal
3) Bold the ones that apply to you.
Colorado Springs:
1. You get incredibly irritated at people who don't know how to turn left at the William Palmer statue. (Lol, I avoid that part of town like the plague. LIKE THE PLAGUE! So I'd probably be one of those people who couldn't figure it out, because damn, that's a nasty traffic snarl)
2. You've lost entire weekends wasted/high at Garden of the Gods or Gold Camp Road. (not yet. But soon, very soon hopefully.)
3. You've never taken the train to the top of Pikes Peak . . . that's for tourists!
4. Your parents are out of town this weekend . . . in Cripple Creek.
5. You know who James Dobson is, and you either love him or hate him. (James Dobson, GTFO.)
6. You know who Rich Tosches is, and you either love him or hate him.
7. You’ve never thought twice about why Focus on the Family has its own highway sign.
8. You still talk about the Ted Haggard scandal. (Oh boy, *do* I. The sheer lulz of it all! Also, my parents went to his church and when I told them that I wasn't a Christian, he told them that it was due to their parenting failures, and fuck that noise.)
9. Your graduation was at the World Arena.
10. You tried to be cool by hanging out at Pikes Perk and Coffee Roasters.
11. Your school went on a field trip to NORAD before they closed it to the public. (Well, ok, my little sister went, the lucky duck, but she went to the same school as me so it still counts)
12. You did all your Christmas shopping at Entertainmart but are ashamed to tell anyone. (Look, cheap ass DVD's that are pretty good quality are not to be scoffed at!)
13. You know who lives in the Broadmoor area. (rich people. who thankfully shun my theater now that the new Hollywood was built, because they were hella bitchy)
14. You buy weed from a kid . . . who lives in Widefield.
15. You've been pulled over on Powers.
16. You've lived here for years, and you still haven't found an efficient way to get from the east side of town to the west side, because there is none.
17. Your neighbors had their trash ransacked by a bear and you blame them for not locking it up.
18. You giggle when out-of-towners try to pronounce Cache La Poudre, Tejon, Vermijo, or Costilla.
19. You think it's weird when there's no construction on the interstate.
20. Someone in your family attends the Air Force Academy (or dates a Cadet!)
21. You know what a doolie is, and take pity on them.
21. Someone in your family is in the military.
22. You want to have a cultural experience, so you go to Manitou for the day.
23. Someone you know refuses to go to Manitou because he or she is scared of the Wiccans.
24. You know all the Democrats live on the West Side or in Manitou.
25. On Friday you wait in line for hours to get into the Vue/Rumbay/Eden, only to realize they're all pretty much the same club.
26. You take pure water and clean air for granted until you go out of town.
27. You miss The Peak radio, and had no idea what was going on when you flipped to 95.1 and heard "Play Somethin' Country."
28. You go out of town and can't believe how many fat people you see.
29. You remember when Powers was a dirt road.
30. You've been hit on by teenagers hanging out at the Citadel Mall.
31. People ask you what you do for fun around here and you answer, "Go to Denver."
32. You've cruised Nevada or Academy.
33. You know who hangs out in Acacia Park at midnight.
34. When looking at the mountains, you can point out “The Scar.”
35. You think of anyone who lives here and hasn't been to Fargo's pizza as uncultured.
36. You know there are plenty of locally owned restaurants downtown, but your family still insists on going to Chili's or Olive Garden for dinner.
37. You go to a mall in another city and are shocked at how, well, NICE it is. (Ha! So, so true.)
38. You know your political parties as Republican, really Republican, conservative, and Californian.
39. If you weren't born here, you're probably from Texas or California. (Nope! Montana, where the people hate Texans and Californians just as much if not more then the people in Colorado, so that ended up working out)
40. You don't know who the mayor is. Lionel Ritchie, right?
41. You remember when you could ski at the Broadmoor.
42. You can pick out tourists in the summer by their purple cowboy hats, turquoise earrings and Southwestern ponchos.
43. You have been to a CC hockey game, regardless of how much you care.
44. You went to UCCS because CC was too expensive.
45. You went to CC, grew a beard, and became like, REALLY politically conscious, man.
46. You worked at the Broadmoor and it was the worst experience of your life.
47. Your little brother had his birthday party at Mr. Bigg's (and no one was shot).
48. You remember going to Lazer Quest and Q-Zar as a kid.
49. You remember going to Skate City or Bosanova and dancing to the Macarena and YMCA. You either couples skated hand-in-hand with your honey or stood by bitterly waiting for 'Endless Love' to end.
50. You know who hangs out at Cowboys.
51. You know who William Palmer is, but you can't remember who Penrose or Stratton were.
52. The Olympic Training Center is nothing special.
53. The statue of Humpty Dumpty and the Cowboy Reading the Newspaper downtown seem to be the extent of the local art scene.
54. You complain there is no music scene and someone protests that they saw a great cover band at the Thirsty Parrot last night, and if that ain’t music then what was it!?!
55. Until recently, you have asked your friend who lives on Post to buy alcohol for you on a Sunday.
56. Your car has a yellow support the troops sticker, or three.
57. You drive a Suburban or an F150.
58. You or your neighbor have a "NOBAMA" bumper sticker. (I see that kinda stuff all the time, but the most popular one seems to be How's That Obama Thing Working Out For You? which I am really getting sick of seeing)
59. You’ve recently seen a car with those “bullet hole” stickers, or the car’s brand emblazoned in Black-letter across the rear window.
60. You've been to Spring Spree and Territory Days.
61. You listen to Magic and hate the Beat, or you listen to the Beat and hate Magic, although they play 90% of the same songs.
62. You have had school canceled with less than two inches on the ground, but had to go in during a real blizzard. (For reals, what the hell is up with that?)
63. You make fun of people who live in Pueblo, while people in Denver make fun of you.
64. When you move to Denver/Boulder and tell people you're from Colorado Springs, they narrow their eyes and say "Oh . . . really . . ."
65. You've tasted the springs in Manitou and they were sick.
66. You know who reads the Independent and who reads the Gazette.
67. You have a relative who lives in Pueblo or Greeley, but you avoid going to visit.
68. The Royal Gorge is just a big hole in the ground to you.
69. You drove an hour to Divide to cliff dive.
70. The vast expanse of land that used to be across the street from your family’s house is now fully developed housing.
71. You remember, and very much miss BOARDWALK, MOUNTASIA, JOYRIDES, Peter Piper Pizza, Beau Jo’s, The Soda Straw, Charlie’s Pit BBQ, Michelle's and the short-lived Krispy Kreme over by the Citadel.
72. Zeezo’s and Halloween are synonymous.
73. Going to Wal-Mart is more like a class reunion (Widefield).
74. You know that if there is even the tiniest shred of doubt that you may not support the troops, you will be shunned.
75. Even though everyone says it’s nasty, you’ve been to Deja Vu or simply “the Vu.” Maybe more than once. (and it is nasty, lemme tell you)
76. You know that West is toward the mountains and East is away, and can't imagine any other navigation system.
76. If you went to Doherty, you thought Wasson was ghetto. If you went to Wasson, Mitchell was the ghetto. If you went to Mitchell, it was Sierra. If you went to Sierra or Harrison . . . well then, welcome to the ghetto, bitches. (Ah, Doherty, you crazy wanna-be ghetto school you.)
77. Cheyenne and Air Academy high schools were only for the rich, stuck-up Jeep-driving brats.
78. You remember the old, tiny Bijou bridge and when trucks would crash into it, backing up traffic forever.
79: BJ's Velvet Freeze + hot summer night = heaven.
80. You know who used to hang out at Hide and Seek (before it closed).
81. You have been going to see shows at the Black Sheep since it was the Darkside since it was Indy Nation.
82. You have heated debates with out-of-staters about Colorado having superior skies.
83. You're tired of having to abbreviate "Colorado Springs" on mail, or having it get cut to "Colorado Spri" on fill-in forms.
. . . because you just call it "The Springs" anyway.
And then I also found this general Colorado one, and it looked fun, so I did two of them.
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. (Lol, this is my dad in a nutshell)
26. Your golf bag has a 9-iron, a 3-wood and a lightning rod.
27. You know who Alfred Packer was and what he did. (and that they named a cafeteria after him, which is hilarious/worst thing I have ever heard)
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. (Sometimes it makes me sad that California and Texas most likely have never realized that there are several states in this area that despise them, because California and Texas have better things to do.)
50. You know what a down slope and an up slope weather pattern is ..
How about you guys?