Domesticated
12-03-2008, 04:48 PM
YOU KNOW YOUR FROM IDAHO WHEN....
You leave your keys in the car (or the ignition!) and the next morning it's still there.
A building is a landmark if it's 100 years old.
You can fish, golf, parasail, flightsee, and go skiing all in the same day if you try hard enough.
Democrats are like salmon, they are on the endangered species list.
The only 14 hippies and commies are fittingly locked away at some bar in Moscow.
You know how to pronounce Pend Oreille and Coeur d'Alene in a decidedly Francophobic way.
You don't mind that your state was named after a hoax.
You know that the racists who gave you a bad reputation came mostly from Pennsylvania and Texas.
You've ever received skis for Christmas, and used them Christmas morning skiing off the roof.
You know what Lewiston smells like.
You realize that you're quickly becoming a giant Mormon suburb.
Your definition of a condo is "what Californians come to purchase."
You have more than once, while in another state, said "You call THIS a lake?"
You think suburban sprawl is the latest innovation...what a novel idea!
When your parents think mass transit describes the state of Nevada relative to California and Idaho...think about it. (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/transit)
You're tired of potato, white supremacist, your-state-looks-like-a-pork-chop, "Idaho?-Udaho!", and any or all such empty and unoriginal jokes.
Your Vandals play in a barn, your Broncos eat blue grass, and your Bengals are in the witness protection program.
You can successfully use 'Hagadone' as a verb.
You live in the only place outside New England where you can go between three states and a Canadian province in under 3 hours.
The wind is faster than your truck.
Every other vehicle is a 4x4.
When the sun goes down you start looking for your coat.
In March, your vehicle is 43% mud.
The elevation exceeds the population.
You've broken down on the highway and somebody stops to help you.
You can see the stars at night.
People drive 200 miles to shop in a real mall.
Your great grandmother is older than the courthouse.
You got a set of snow tires for Valentines Day.
The bumper jack in your pickup will lift a house.
Your back yard smells like sagebrush or various animals.
A girls' basketball game fills the gym.
A rodeo is more popular than a rock concert.
Yellow light means "follow the car in front of you no matter what."
You wave to someone on the freeway because you recognize the truck.
You talk about a combine and people don't wonder what you are putting together.
In the spring, every tenth car you pass is a tractor.
Maps and gloves are kept in your vehicle's "jocky box."
You have to wait for a flock of sheep to pass you on the road.
You know why people pay money to watch "pig wrestling."
You've golfed where the hazards include wagon wheel ruts from the Oregon Trail.
You've ever flown commercially and at least once seen grazing cattle higher than the flying plane.
Anyone has ever not believed you about why there are 5 parallel stripes painted across the road at the freeway onramp.
You know what a finger steak is.
You've ever given a snow shovel or an ice scraper as a gift...and not as a joke.
You've seen snow in every month of the year.
You prefer to ski at the place it takes chains on snowtires to get to.
You have ever used the 'Above 3500 feet' directions in cooking instuctions.
You've ever checked the barometer before deciding to use the "+3500 ft"
instructions.
The name "Galena Summit" makes you worry about the state of your brakes.
You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Idaho.
You leave your keys in the car (or the ignition!) and the next morning it's still there.
A building is a landmark if it's 100 years old.
You can fish, golf, parasail, flightsee, and go skiing all in the same day if you try hard enough.
Democrats are like salmon, they are on the endangered species list.
The only 14 hippies and commies are fittingly locked away at some bar in Moscow.
You know how to pronounce Pend Oreille and Coeur d'Alene in a decidedly Francophobic way.
You don't mind that your state was named after a hoax.
You know that the racists who gave you a bad reputation came mostly from Pennsylvania and Texas.
You've ever received skis for Christmas, and used them Christmas morning skiing off the roof.
You know what Lewiston smells like.
You realize that you're quickly becoming a giant Mormon suburb.
Your definition of a condo is "what Californians come to purchase."
You have more than once, while in another state, said "You call THIS a lake?"
You think suburban sprawl is the latest innovation...what a novel idea!
When your parents think mass transit describes the state of Nevada relative to California and Idaho...think about it. (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/transit)
You're tired of potato, white supremacist, your-state-looks-like-a-pork-chop, "Idaho?-Udaho!", and any or all such empty and unoriginal jokes.
Your Vandals play in a barn, your Broncos eat blue grass, and your Bengals are in the witness protection program.
You can successfully use 'Hagadone' as a verb.
You live in the only place outside New England where you can go between three states and a Canadian province in under 3 hours.
The wind is faster than your truck.
Every other vehicle is a 4x4.
When the sun goes down you start looking for your coat.
In March, your vehicle is 43% mud.
The elevation exceeds the population.
You've broken down on the highway and somebody stops to help you.
You can see the stars at night.
People drive 200 miles to shop in a real mall.
Your great grandmother is older than the courthouse.
You got a set of snow tires for Valentines Day.
The bumper jack in your pickup will lift a house.
Your back yard smells like sagebrush or various animals.
A girls' basketball game fills the gym.
A rodeo is more popular than a rock concert.
Yellow light means "follow the car in front of you no matter what."
You wave to someone on the freeway because you recognize the truck.
You talk about a combine and people don't wonder what you are putting together.
In the spring, every tenth car you pass is a tractor.
Maps and gloves are kept in your vehicle's "jocky box."
You have to wait for a flock of sheep to pass you on the road.
You know why people pay money to watch "pig wrestling."
You've golfed where the hazards include wagon wheel ruts from the Oregon Trail.
You've ever flown commercially and at least once seen grazing cattle higher than the flying plane.
Anyone has ever not believed you about why there are 5 parallel stripes painted across the road at the freeway onramp.
You know what a finger steak is.
You've ever given a snow shovel or an ice scraper as a gift...and not as a joke.
You've seen snow in every month of the year.
You prefer to ski at the place it takes chains on snowtires to get to.
You have ever used the 'Above 3500 feet' directions in cooking instuctions.
You've ever checked the barometer before deciding to use the "+3500 ft"
instructions.
The name "Galena Summit" makes you worry about the state of your brakes.
You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Idaho.