Okay, so I stole this from Carolyn, but it's funny--and so true. But, I did have to edit it for grammar, spelling and punctuation. Does that make me a less-than-true Idahoan?
YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM IDAHO WHEN.....
You know all 4 seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter, and Construction.
You know how to pronounce the entire name of Boise, Idaho.
You know several people who have hit deer with their car.
You know what "cow tipping" and "snipe hunting" are.
You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
You measure distance in minutes.
You only own three spices: salt, pepper and ketchup.
Seeing a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it, no matter what time of the year, is no big deal.
You see people wear bib overalls at funerals.
You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.
You think of the major four food groups as beef, pork, beer, and Jell-O salad with marshmallows.
Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.
Your school classes were canceled because of snow.
You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
The only celebrity you have met was the news anchor.
In the spring, every tenth car you pass is a tractor.
You can tell the difference between a horse and a cow from a distance.
Without thinking, you wave to all oncoming traffic.
When little smokies are something you serve on special occasions.
All your radio preset buttons are country.
You call the wrong number and talk to the person for an hour anyway.
Your excuse for getting out of school is that the cows got out.
You know cow pies aren't made of beef.
You wake up when it's dark and go to bed when it's still light.
You can eat an ear of corn with no utensils in under 20 seconds.
It takes 30 seconds to reach your destination and it's clear across town.
You can tell the smell of a skunk and the smell of feedlot apart.
You go to Wal-Mart for your Saturday shopping.
Your main drag in town is two blocks long.
When the magazine mentions in trivia that only one state capital can be written in upside down numbers on a calculator, you get it right the first time: 35108.
You commonly pronounce French terms and names in a manner that would make a Parisian declare war (Dubois: Dew Boysss)(Coeur d' Alene: Core-Dah-Layne)
You've ever used the idiom 'sittin' there' to describe activity: 'I was just sittin' there, runnin' down the road....'.
You've caught 'rainbow' trout that were all one color.
You've had to remove skunk smell from a pet, vehicle, relative, sleeping bag (or any other camping equipment) or body part more than once in your life.
You've ever received skis for Christmas, and used them Christmas morning skiing off of the roof.
You've ever flown commercially and at least once seen grazing cattle higher than the flying plane.
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've shoveled snow in anything you would not consider to be 'winter' conditions.
You can say "Grand Tetons" (French for "big boobs") with a straight face.
"Just down the road a bit" means an 80-mile drive - one way.
If you give directions with landmarks instead of North, South, East, West.
Love it, so true.
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