YOU LIVE IN THE NORTHWEST IF YOU...

• Feel guilty throwing aluminum cans or paper in the trash.
• Use the expression "sun break" and know what it means.
• Know more than ten ways to order coffee.
• Know more people who own boats than air conditioners.
• Feel overdressed wearing a suit to a nice restaurant.
• Stand on a deserted corner in the rain waiting for the "walk" signal.
• Consider that if it has no snow or has not recently erupted, it's not a real mountain.
• Complain about Californians, as you sell your house for twice its value to one.
• Know the difference between Chinook, Coho and Sockeye salmon.
• Know how to pronounce Sequim, Puyallup, Issaquah, Oregon and Willamette.
• Consider swimming an indoor sport.
• Can tell the difference between Chinese, Thai, and Vietnamese food.
• In winter, go to work in the dark and come home in the dark--while only working eight-hour days.
• Obey all traffic laws except "keep right except to pass."
• Never go camping without waterproof matches and a poncho.
• Are not fazed by "Today's forecast: showers followed by rain" and "Tomorrow's forecast: rain followed by showers." Can't wait for a day with "Showers and sun breaks."
• Have no concept of humidity without precipitation.
• Can taste the difference between Starbucks, Seattle's Best Coffee, and Tully's.
• 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 can't see through the cloud cover.
• Say "the mountain is out" when it's a pretty day and you can actually see it.
• Put on your shorts when the temperature gets above 50 degrees, but still wear your hiking boots and parka.
• Switch to your sandals when it gets above 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.
• Knew immediately that the view out Frasier's window was fake.

AND.....

• You know you're from the Northwest if you buy new sunglasses every year, because you can't find the old ones after such a long time.

 

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