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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