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1) go to google.com and type in "You know you're from (your state here) if..."
2) pick out whichever list strikes your fancy and bold the ones that apply to you.
3) post it in an entry.


# Feel guilty throwing an aluminum can in the trash.
# Use the word "sunbreaks" and know what it means.
# Know more than 10 words to describe a cup of coffee.
# Obey all traffic laws except "keep right unless passing."
# Never go camping without waterproof matches and ponchos.
# Feel overdressed wearing a suit to a nice restaurant.
# Hear the word "ferry" and think of boats and long waits.
# Know more people who own boats than own air conditioners.
# Stand on a deserted street corner in the rain waiting for the light to change.
# Know at least eight people who work for Intel or Nike, or used to work for Tektronix.
# Are amazed by an accurate weather forecast.
# Consider if it doesn't have snow on it or has not recently erupted, regardless of altitude, it is a "hill" not a "mountain".
# Only honk your car horn if a collision is imminent; never for anything else.
# Go to a really nice bar and sit at a table.
# Think skiing always means being covered from head to toe, in snow or water.
# In winter, go to work in the dark and go home in the dark, but only have an eight hour work day.
# Can taste the difference between Starbucks, Seattle's Best and Veneto's.
# Know the difference between Chinook, Coho, and Sockeye salmon.
# Know how to pronounce Sequim, Puyallup, Issaquah, Oregon and Willamette. (repeat after me: "OR-eh-gun" "will-AM-it" Pronounce it any other way and you WILL get lynched. Just sayin'.)
# Consider swimming an indoor sport.
# Are not fazed by: "Today's forecast: showers followed by rain," and "Tomorrow's forecast: rain followed by showers."
# You cannot wait for a day with "showers and sun breaks."
# Have no concept of humidity without precipitation.
# Know that Boring is a town in Oregon and not just a state of mind.
# Can point to at least two volcanoes, even if you cannot see through the cloud cover. (active or dormant is the real question.)
# You exclaim "the mountain is out" when it is a pretty day and you can actually see it. (I know people who do this)
# Put on your shorts when the temperature gets above 50, but still wear your hiking boots and Gore-Tex coat. (I see people doing this too)
# Switch to your sandals when it gets about 60, but keep the socks on.
# Have actually used your mountain bike on a mountain.
# Think people who use umbrellas are either wimps or tourists.
# Buy new sunglasses every year, because you can't find the old ones after such a long time.
# You often switch from "heat" to "a/c" in the same day.
# You use a down comforter in the summer.
# You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit under a raincoat. (My mom did)
# You know all the important seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Raining (spring), Road Construction (summer), and Deer & Elk season (Fall).

while i'm spamming your lj.

Date: 2004-06-22 02:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] frown.livejournal.com
you mean it's NOT pronounced william-et? like some cracked out female drag queen version of william? SHOCK.

Re: while i'm spamming your lj.

Date: 2004-06-22 12:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sonatine.livejournal.com
AHHAHAHAAA. You live in the fucking Valley, you should know.

Date: 2004-06-22 07:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lost-earthling.livejournal.com
Tomi (Pacer adviser) apparently got screamed at once for mispronouncing Willamette on-air. So twice a year in an introductory news writing course in the northwestern corner of Tennessee, 120 journalism students have to say "Willamette" properly five times.

Date: 2004-06-22 12:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sonatine.livejournal.com
You know, that doesn't surprise me at all. People here in the PNW are ridiculously stickly about their place names. It's how we separate the natives from the furriners. :P
Bush the Elder once pronounced it "Will-MET" when he was here. While I don't think that cost him votes in Oregon, it sure as hell couldn't have helped.

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