When your from Beautiful Colorful Colorado..
(my favs are with a * next them)
*You love your Broncos, your Avs, your Rockies, AND Nuggets
If it snows in the morning you expect it to be gone by lunchtime.
You can name the states that make up the Four Corners.
You never pack away your coat and sweaters.
*You can name only two people you know who were actually born in Colorado.
You know the elevation of a town, but not its population.
People move onto the highway at 15 miles an hour.
*You have absolutely no recognizable accent.
If the humidity gets above 25%, you consider it "muggy".
You only go to Central City when friends are in from out of town.
You think 5-points is a ghetto.
You say things like "I don't care how big Golden is, it's still a one-horse town".
*You think only stupid people get lost in your town.
*When giving directions, you never say "Turn left, turn right", it's always go West, then South.
During a thunderstorm you wonder "which I-25 underpass is flooding".
You never plan a picnic between 3:30 and 6:00 in Spring or Summer months.
If it rains more than 2 days straight you compare the weather to being in Seattle.
*You take your out of town guests to Casa Bonita even though you wouldnever go there otherwise.
You install security lights on your house and garage but leave all doors unlocked.
You think the major food groups are granola bars, tofu and Fat Tire Beer.
*You carry jumper cables in the car and your girlfriend knows how to use them.
*You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
*Driving is better in the winter cause the pot holes are filled with snow.
You think that sexy lingerie is tube sox and flannel PJs.
*You know all 4 seasons "almost winter, winter, still winter and construction.
*You've been tear gassed in a riot to celebrate a team's victory.
*You can never figure out why your out of town guests faint from altitude sickness on a picnic to the mountains.
*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.
You know the 'correct' pronunciation of Buena Vista.
*When you visit friends at sea level, you can drink a case of beer and not get a buzz.
*Your car insurance costs more than your car.
You have surge protectors on every outlet.
April showers bring May blizzards.
You see someone riding a Harley in a downpour, and you look closer to see if it's anyone you know.
Thunder has set off your car alarm.
A full moon has never kept you awake at night.
You have an $800 stereo in a $300 truck.
*A sudden loss of cabin pressure is not a big deal.
*You think a red light means 3 more cars can go.
*"Where we're going, we don't need roads!!"
You know where Doc Holliday's grave is.
You know where Buffalo Bill's grave is.
You know where the real 'South Park' is.
*You can recognize the license plates of all 50 states on sight.
****You've used 'checking for ticks' as an excuse to get someone naked. (I love this one lol)
*You've dressed in shorts, sandals, and a parka.
*You've gone skiing in July. You've gone sunbathing in January. They were both in the same year.
SPF 90 is not out of the question.
*People from other states breathe 5 times as often as you do.
'Timberline' is someplace you have actually been. Many times.
You know what a 'Chinook' is.
*You know what a 'rocky mountain oyster'is.
You know what 'fourteener' is. But you don't know what a 'turn signal'is.
*Your golf bag has a 9-iron, a 3-wood and a lightning-rod.
*You switch from "Heat" to A/C in one day.
*Your sense of direction is; towards the mountains and away from the mountains.
You're a meat eating vegetarian.
The bike on your car is worth more than your car.
You use a down comforter in the summer cause you have the a/c on at 55 degrees.
*You're able to drive 65 miles per hour through 13 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without even flinching.
