
Shortchanging Vets
 Females in Combat
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Online Therapy Treatment
You Know You're From Colorado When...
- People move onto the freeway at 15 miles an hour.
- You have absolutely no recognizable accent.
- If the humidity gets above 25%, you consider it "muggy".
- You only go to Central City when friends are in from out of town.
- You have been skiing less than 10 times in your life
- You think 5-points is a ghetto.
- You are the third car to run a red light after it has changed.
- You say things like "I don't care how big Golden is, it's still a one-horse town".
- You think only stupid people get lost in your town.
- When giving directions, you never say "Turn left, turn right", it's always go West, then South.
- During a thunderstorm you wonder "which I-25 underpass is flooding".
- You never plan a picnic between 3:30 and 6:00 in Spring or Summer months.
- If it rains more than 2 days straight you compare the weather to being in Seattle.
- You voted for higher taxes to fund Coors field, but voted down taxes for public transportation.
- You have a broken windshield.
- You see no reason to travel to Aurora.
- The only RTD bus you've been on is the 16th Street shuttle.
- You carry your $3,000 mountain bike on top of your $500 car.
(Or it could be a TV show)
- You thought "Californication" would be banned by Amendment 2.
- You think "South Park" is a place to stop for gas on your way to Buena Vista.
- You have a business degree and are frying burgers at a McDonald's in Vail.
- You have a flat tire in your refrigerator and your garage.
- You own a big dog named Aspen, Buck, Cheyenne or Dakota that wears a bandanna.
- You cast out your fishing line while white-water rafting.
- You've never seen the tourist attractions in your own city.
- You think a pass does not involve a football or a woman.
- You are 82 years old and take up snow boarding.
- Your real Y2K fear was running out of Celestial Seasonings tea and trail mix.
- The entire top of your head is bald, but you still have a pony tail.
- You personally wouldn't pay $10 per head to drive up Pikes Peak unless it was the only mountain on earth, but you tell all our house-guests to do it.
- You get depressed after one day of foggy weather.
- You think that formal wear is ironed denim.
- North means "mountains to the left;" south is "mountains to the right;" and east and west are where all those damned liberals keep moving in from.
- You go anywhere else on the planet and the air feels "sticky" and you notice the sky is no longer blue.
- You consider a three-piece suit to be a pair of shorts, a sweatshirt and Birkenstocks.
- You see your East Coast relatives now more than when you lived there.
- You think gun control is a steady hand.
- You can run up 10 flights of stairs without huffing and puffing.
- You've stood on solid ground and looked down on an airplane in flight.
- You know what the "Peoples Republic of Boulder" means.
- You're a meat eating vegetarian.
- You think the major food groups are Boulder Bars, tofu and Fat Tire Beer.
- You've been tear gassed in a riot to celebrate your local sports team's victory.
- You can drive over a 12,000 foot pass in 4 feet of snow, but can't get to work if there are 4 inches of snow.
- You know the correct pronunciation of Buena Vista.
- When you visit friends at sea level, you can drink a case of beer and not get a buzz.
- Your car insurance costs more than your car.
- You have surge protectors on every outlet.
- April showers bring May blizzards.
- You see someone riding a Harley in a snowstorm, and you look closer to see if it's anyone you know.
- "Timberline" is someplace you have actually been. Many times.
- You know what a "Chinook" is. You know what a "rocky mountain oyster" is. You know what a "fourteener" is. But you don't know what a "turn signal" is.
- A bear on your front porch doesn't bother you nearly as much as a Democrat in Congress does. This is a new one that we have to adapt to!
- Your golf bag has a 9-iron, a 3-wood and a lightning-rod.
- People from other states breathe 5 times as often as you do.
- Thunder has set off your car alarm.
- A sudden loss of cabin pressure is not a big deal.
- "Where we're going, we don't need roads!"
- You know where Doc Holliday's grave is.
- You can recognize the license plates of all 50 states on sight.
- Driving directions usually include 'Go over ____ Pass...'
- You've used "checking for ticks" as an excuse to get someone naked.
- You've gone skiing in July. You've gone sunbathing in January. They were both in the same year.
- You get a certain feeling of satisfaction from knowing that California and Texas are both downstream
- You know the elevation of a town, but not its population.
- You never pack away your coat and sweaters.
- You can name only two people you know who were actually born in Colorado.
- You call tumbleweed "groundcover".
- You love your Broncos, your Avs, your Rockies, Nuggets - well you can't have everything.
- You or someone you know plays golf 12 months of the year.
- You don't have AC in your home, but you use it in your car all winter long.
- If it snows in the morning you expect it to be gone by lunchtime.
- You can name the states that make up the Four Corners.
- You know what and where the Continental Divide is.
- You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Colorado.
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