1. You switch from "heat" to "A/C" in one day.
2. You know what the "People's Republic of Boulder" means.
3. Your sense of direction is: towards the mountains and away from the mountains.
4. You're able to drive 65 miles per hour through 13 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without even flinching.
5. You take your out-of-town guests to Casa Bonita even though you would never go there otherwise.
6. You design your kid's Halloween costumes to fit over a snowsuit.
7. You think that sexy lingerie is wool socks and flannel PJs.
8. You can never figure out why your out-of-town guests faint from altitude sickness on a picnic to the mountains.
9. You know the correct pronunciation of Buena Vista (and Uncompahdre and Cache la Poudre).
10. April showers bring May blizzards.
11. You know what a "Rocky Mountain Oyster" is.
12. You know what a "fourteener" is.
13. But you don't know what a "turn signal" is.
14. A bear on your front porch doesn't bother you nearly as much as a Democrat in Congress does.
15. You know who Alfred Packer was and what he did.
16. SPF 90 is not out of the question.
17. People from out of state breathe five times as often as you do.
18. Thunder has set off your car alarm.
19. A sudden loss of cabin pressure is not a big deal.
20. You think a red light means three more cars can go.
21. You know where Doc Holliday's grave is.
22. You know where Buffalo Bill's grave is.
23. You know where the real "South Park" is.
24. You've dressed in shorts, sandals, and a parka with a hood all at the same time.
25. And the most important: You get a certain feeling of satisfaction from knowing that California and Texas are both downstream.
* * * * *
And it's still snowing.
2 comments:
Funny!
I recognise some of those from having lived in Toronto! But most were a mystery!
Dorothy
I recognize a few of these!
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