- 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 you 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, not just a show on TV.
- 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 Coloradan when they call it "Elitches," not "Six Flags.
- A bear on your front porch doesn't bother you.
- Your two favorite teams are the Broncos and whoever is beating the crap out of 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 the air feels "sticky" and you notice the sky is no longer blue.
Repost if you're PROUD of being a Coloradan.
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