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"YOU KNOW YOU LIVE IN COLORADO WHEN...."



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.
6. You use a down comforter in the summer because you have the a/c on at 55 degrees.
7. You're able to drive 65 miles per hour through 13 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching.
8. You take your out of town guests to Casa Bonita even though you would never go there otherwise.
9. You install security lights on your house and garage but leave all doors unlocked.
10. You think the major food groups are granola bars, chicken pot pies and Fat Tire Beer.
11. You carry jumper cables in the car and your girlfriend knows how to use them.
12. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
13. Driving is better in the winter cause the pot holes are filled with snow.
14. You know all 4 seasons "almost winter, winter, still winter and construction".
15. You've been tear gassed in a riot to celebrate a team's victory.
16. You can never figure out why your out of town guests faint from altitude sickness on a picnic to the mountains.
17. 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.
18. You know the 'correct' pronunciation of Buena Vista.
19. When you visit friends at sea level, you can drink a case of beer and not get a buzz.
20. Your car insurance costs more than your car.
21. You have surge protectors on every outlet.
22. April showers bring May blizzards.
23. You see someone riding a Harley in a downpour, and you look closer to see if it's anyone you know.
24. 'Timberline' is someplace you have actually been. Many times.
25. You know what a 'Chinook' is.
26. You know what a 'Rocky Mountain oyster' is.
27. You know what a 'fourteener' is.
28. But you don't know what a 'turn signal' is.
29. A bear on your front porch doesn't bother you nearly as much as a Democrat in Congress does.
30. Your golf bag has a 9-iron, a 3-wood and a lightning-rod.
31. You know what Chocolate, Sugar, & Powdered Donuts really stands for.
32. You know at least one cop by their name.
33. You where to find good food and where not too.
34. You'd be happier if you didn't know who Barbra Streisand was.
35. SPF 90 is not out of the question.
36. People from other states breathe 5 times as often as you do.
37. Having a Senator named Nighthorse doesn't seem strange.
38. Thunder has set off your car alarm.
39. You have an $800 stereo in a $300 truck.
40. A sudden loss of cabin pressure is not a big deal.
41. You think a red light means 3 more cars can go.
42. "Where we're going, we don't need roads!!"
43. You know where Doc Holliday's grave is.
44. You know where Buffalo Bill's grave is.
45. You know where the real 'South Park' is.
46. You can recognize the license plates of all 50 states on sight.
47. Driving directions usually include 'Go over ____ Pass...'
48. You've used 'checking for ticks' as an excuse to get someone naked.
49. You've dressed in shorts, sandals, and a parka.
50. You've gone skiing/snowboarding in July.
51. You've gone sunbathing in January.
52. You've urinated on the Continental Divide just so it could 'run into both oceans'.
53. You get a certain feeling of satisfaction from knowing that California and Texas are both downstream.
54. You know who/what the DC719 is.
55. You avoid the DC719 when they say their going shooting.
56. You let someone take you on a four hour drive to a camping spot that you could have gotten to in under an hour. (Next time I'm not in charge of getting us there)