Just So You'll Better Understand...

[SiG Lady]

> According to Jeff Foxworthy ... you might be from the Pacific Northwest

> if:...

>

> 1. You know the state flower (Mildew)

> 2. You feel guilty throwing aluminum cans or paper in the trash.

> 3. Use the statement "sun break" and know what it means.

> 4. You know more than 10 ways to order coffee.

> 5. You know more people who own boats than air conditioners.

> 6. You feel overdressed wearing a suit to a nice restaurant.

> 7. You stand on a deserted corner in the rain waiting for the "Walk"

> signal.

> 8. You consider that if it has no snow or has not recently erupted, it

> is not a real mountain.

> 9. You can taste the difference between Starbucks, Seattle's Best, and

> Veneto's.

> 10. You know the difference between Chinook, Coho, and Sockeye salmon.

>

> 11. You know how to pronounce Sequim, Puyallup , Issaquah, Oregon,

> Yakima and Willamette .

> 12. You consider swimming an indoor sport.

> 13. You can tell the difference between Japanese, Chinese and Thai

> food.

> 14. In winter, you go to work in the dark and come home in the

> dark-while only working eight-hour days.

> 15. You never go camping without waterproof matches and a poncho.

> 16. You are not fazed by "Today's forecast: showers followed by rain,"

> and "Tomorrow's forecast: rain followed by showers."

> 17. You cannot wait for a day with "showers and sun breaks."

> 18. You have no concept of humidity without precipitation.

> 19. You know that Boring is a town in Oregon and not just a state of

> mind.

> 20. You can point to at least two volcanoes, even if you cannot see

> through the cloud cover.

> 21. You notice, "The mountain is out" when it is a pretty day and you

> can actually see it.

> 22. You put on your shorts when the temperature gets above 50, but

> still wear your hiking boots and parka.

> 23. You switch to your sandals when it gets about 60, but keep the

> socks on.

> 24. You have actually used your mountain bike on a mountain.

> 25. You think people who use umbrellas are either wimps or tourists.

> 26. You knew immediately that the view out of Frasier's window was

> fake.

> 27. You buy new sunglasses every year, because you cannot find the old

> ones after such a long time.

> 28. You measure distance in hours.

> 29. You often switch from "heat" to "a/c" in the same day.

> 30. You use a down comforter in the summer.

> 31. You carry jumper cables in your car and your wife knows how to use

> them.

> 32. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit under a raincoat.

> 33. You know all the important seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still

> Raining (Spring), Road Construction (Summer), Deer &Elk season (Fall).

> 34. You actually understood these jokes and will probably forward

> them!

[Loves2Shoot]

ROFL, dang that was right on as an Oregonian for 33 years.

[SiG Lady]

Hey, I've only been here 10¾ years and I can relate to nearly every single one of 'em!!!

RE: No. 19--- There's also a little town in the boonies south of Eugene called "Drain." Now who in hell would name a town "Drain" (or, for that matter, "Boring")...??!! ONLY in Oregon.

[EricW]

> 26. You knew immediately that the view out of Frasier's window was

> fake.

I had a customer in the midwest whose favorite show was Frasier "becasue it's een Seee-attl, an I think See-attl is so purty an I wanna go there sum day."

I just didn't have the heart to break the news to him.

> Raining (Spring), Road Construction (Summer), Deer &Elk season (Fall).

The Elk season is no damned joke. In North Idaho, business practically have to shut down. EVERYBODY is gone. No use in threatening the employees - they'll just quit.

Other signs you live in the PNW:

a) Slacks, shirt, tie, and hiking boots are perfectly acceptable office attire.

A polo shirt under a collared long sleeve shirt is also high-fashion. (It's a NW thing - you got a problem with that?)

c) Three passes through Chang's Mongolian Barbeque is your friends' idea of a "light" lunch.

d) It's the 4th of July, it's time for fireworks, and you've brought a wool blanket and a sleeping bag. Nobody thinks you're weird either.

e) People actually let you change lanes while driving - and it doesn't strike you as extraordinary behavior.

f) Of course you have a Labrador Retriever. What other dog *likes* the weather here?

g) You go the beach with your dog, and nobody throws a hissy fit.

h) You take your dog XC skiing, everyone else has their dog too, nobody throws a hissy fit.

i) You spend so much time at the Lucky Lab, you have your own beer stein waiting for you behind the bar.

j) The thought of drinking anything but a NW microbrew offends you.

k) You actually know what it means to have to go to "Detention" at the Kennedy School.

l) You know that the Baghad is some where you go to get bombed, not the opposite.