Friday, December 2, 2011

You know your from Colorado if:

Michael posted this to facebook and I just thought it was so funny and so true:

98% of Americans scream before going in the ditch on a slippery road. The other 2% are from Colorado and they say, "Hold my soda and watch this."

Now, you're from Colorado if: You eat ice cream in the winter. It snows 5 inches and you don't expect school to be cancelled. You live above 5,000 feet. You'll wear flip flops every day of the year, regardless of temperature. You have no accent at all, but can hear other people’s, and then you make fun of them. “Humid” is over 25%. Your sense of direction is: Toward the mountains and Away from the mountains. You say “the interstate” and everybody knows which one. You think that May is a totally normal month for a blizzard. You buy your flowers to set out on Mother’s day, but try and hold off planting them until just before Father’s day. You grew up planning your Halloween costumes around your coat. You know what the Continental Divide is. You went to Casa Bonita as a kid, AND as an adult. You’ve gone off-roading in a vehicle that was never intended for such activities. You always know the elevation of where you are. You wake up to a beautiful, 80 degree day and wonder if it’s gonna snow later. You don’t care that some company renamed it; the Broncos still play at Mile High Stadium! Every movie theater has military and student discounts. You actually know that “South Park” is a real place, and not just a dumb TV show. You know what a ‘Trust Fund Hippy’ is, and you know its natural habitat is Boulder, Aspen, Crested Butte, Paonia and Telluride. You know you’re talking to a fellow Coloradoan when they call it ‘Elitches’ not ‘Six Flags.’ A bear on your front porch doesn’t both you. Your favorite teams are the Broncos and whoever is beating the Raiders. When people Back East tell you “They have Mountains in their state too” you just laugh. You go anywhere else on the planet and air feels “sticky” and you notice the sky is no longer blue.
You’re proud of being a COLORADAN.

3 comments:

Amanda Johnson said...

I saw this and laughed so hard when he posted it. He's had some good statuses lately!!

Anjanette Halladay said...

So many of those things I do.

Life Travels with the Parental Units said...

And - you hike to the top of the continetal divide to go to the bathroom and feel some sence of accomplishment knowing that Texas and California are both downstream.