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annundrielGot this in an e-mail from my dad. A lot of them are scarily accurate.
You Know You're From the 509 (area code of Eastern Washington) When...
1) You've never met a celebrity.
2) Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.
3) "Vacation" means going to Seattle (Portland, Spokane)
4) You measure distance in minutes.
5) You say pop instead of soda or soft drink.
6) You know several people who have hit a deer or a cow.
8) Your school classes were canceled because of cold.
9) Your school classes were canceled because of heat.
10) You've ridden the school bus for an hour each way.
11) You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
12) You think ethanol makes your truck "run a lot better."
13) You know what's knee-high by the Fourth of July. (This is a test)
14) Stores don't have bags; they have sacks.
15) You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in no matter what time of the day or year it is.
16) You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. (i.e., "Where's my coat at?" or "If you go to town I wanna go with.")
17) You know how to pronounce Wenatchee, Nespelem, Colville, Ephrata, and Washtucna.
18) You know Walla Walla, Washington is a REAL town, not just a cartoon!
19) All the festivals across the region are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, or animal.
20) You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
21) You think of the major four food groups as beef, pork, beer, and Jell-O salad with marshmallows.
22) You know what "cow tipping" and "snipe hunting" is.
23) You only own 3 spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup.
24) You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
25) Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
26) You know how to put on snow chains.
27) You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.
28) The local paper does not cover national and international headlines but requires 6 pages for cattle prices and sports.
28) You think that opening day of deer season is a national holiday.
30) You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
31) You find 20 degrees "a little chilly".
32) You know all 5 seasons: Summer, Almost Winter, Winter, Spring, and Construction.
33) You know the city of Pullman is named after a railroad sleeping car.
34) You might travel through hours of wheat fields or farms to get to the next city.
35) You know the names of the Tri-cities.
36) Your home town had more cows than people in it.
Especially like: (2) Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway,(3) "Vacation" means going to Seattle (Portland, Spokane), (4) You measure distance in minutes, (5) You say pop instead of soda or soft drink. Although, Julia broke me of the habit of saying "pop." It's soda all the way now. Also love (17) and (20). I laugh when people butcher the pronunciation of "Wenatchee" or "Spokane." There was an ep of Fraiser where they butchered "Spokane" and it was so sad because they tried so hard to get Washington things right. There was also an ep of The X-Files where they went to Mattawa, but, um, it clearly wasn't to anyone who's ever actually been there. (FYI, "Mattawa" means "where is it?" Apparently.)
Obviously I am avoiding homework.
You Know You're From the 509 (area code of Eastern Washington) When...
1) You've never met a celebrity.
2) Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.
3) "Vacation" means going to Seattle (Portland, Spokane)
4) You measure distance in minutes.
5) You say pop instead of soda or soft drink.
6) You know several people who have hit a deer or a cow.
8) Your school classes were canceled because of cold.
9) Your school classes were canceled because of heat.
10) You've ridden the school bus for an hour each way.
11) You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
12) You think ethanol makes your truck "run a lot better."
13) You know what's knee-high by the Fourth of July. (This is a test)
14) Stores don't have bags; they have sacks.
15) You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in no matter what time of the day or year it is.
16) You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. (i.e., "Where's my coat at?" or "If you go to town I wanna go with.")
17) You know how to pronounce Wenatchee, Nespelem, Colville, Ephrata, and Washtucna.
18) You know Walla Walla, Washington is a REAL town, not just a cartoon!
19) All the festivals across the region are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, or animal.
20) You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
21) You think of the major four food groups as beef, pork, beer, and Jell-O salad with marshmallows.
22) You know what "cow tipping" and "snipe hunting" is.
23) You only own 3 spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup.
24) You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
25) Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
26) You know how to put on snow chains.
27) You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.
28) The local paper does not cover national and international headlines but requires 6 pages for cattle prices and sports.
28) You think that opening day of deer season is a national holiday.
30) You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
31) You find 20 degrees "a little chilly".
32) You know all 5 seasons: Summer, Almost Winter, Winter, Spring, and Construction.
33) You know the city of Pullman is named after a railroad sleeping car.
34) You might travel through hours of wheat fields or farms to get to the next city.
35) You know the names of the Tri-cities.
36) Your home town had more cows than people in it.
Especially like: (2) Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway,(3) "Vacation" means going to Seattle (Portland, Spokane), (4) You measure distance in minutes, (5) You say pop instead of soda or soft drink. Although, Julia broke me of the habit of saying "pop." It's soda all the way now. Also love (17) and (20). I laugh when people butcher the pronunciation of "Wenatchee" or "Spokane." There was an ep of Fraiser where they butchered "Spokane" and it was so sad because they tried so hard to get Washington things right. There was also an ep of The X-Files where they went to Mattawa, but, um, it clearly wasn't to anyone who's ever actually been there. (FYI, "Mattawa" means "where is it?" Apparently.)
Obviously I am avoiding homework.
