Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all!!! Some Coloradoan tidbits follow:
A winter statistic:
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'll eat ice cream in the winter.
When the weather report says it's going to be 65 degrees, you shave your
legs and wear a skirt.
It snows 5 inches and you don't expect school to be cancelled.
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 going to
snow tomorrow.
You don't care that some company renamed it, the Broncos still play at Mile
High.
Everybody wears jeans to church.
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 .
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 bother you.
Your two favorite teams are the Broncos and whoever is beating the crap out of
the Raiders.
When people out 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.
