April's Life Adventures

Tuesday, October 18, 2005

You might live in Idaho...

My dear brother Johnny Lingo has returned from the void in which he had fallen... In his efforts to ridicule and tease me, he gave me a great idea for this post. I have had these jokes around for years, pretty much since I chose to go to college in Idaho. Now that I live here full time, they ring even more true which is sometimes painful, but always hillarious! I have included my comments on each in black. Hope you enjoy!

If your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March, you might live in Idaho. (yup.)

If your brother's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his forehead, you might live in Idaho. (we routinely tease our friends who actually have these tan lines...)

If you have worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you might live in Idaho. (sad but I actually have done this...)

If your town has an equal number of bars and churches, you might live in Idaho. (we have more bars than churches... 5 in a row on main street, three on the way out of town... there are only 5 churches. In a town of 3,000.)

If you have had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you might live in Idaho. (this old lady calls me at least once a week... she swears that I am "Evalynn". I think that I would miss her if she stopped calling me but I still don't know who she is.)

YOU KNOW YOU ARE A TRUE IDAHOAN WHEN:
1. "Vacation" means going east or west on I-84 for the weekend. (yup)
2. You measure distance in hours. (uh huh... how far to your fishin' hole? 'bout an hour.)
3. You know several people who have hit a deer more than once. (they take it home for dinner.)
4. You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again. (every day this week.)
5. You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching. (I still flinch.)
6. You see people wearing camouflage at social events (including weddings). (yes... yes they do.)
7. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked. (I am the only one on the block who locks their car... a friend of mine even leaves the keys in it...)
8. You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them. (we all do.)
9. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit. (It has snowed on Halloween every year for the past 8 years.)
10. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow. (I prefer the potholes.)
11. You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction. ('nuf said.)
12. Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your blue spruce. (my blue spruce died this summer... sad.)
13. You were unaware that there is a legal drinking age. (there is?)
14. Down South to you means Utah or Nevada. (yup.)
15. A brat is something you eat. (mmmmmm tasty.)
16. Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new pole shed. (hey that was a great party...)
17. You go out to a tail gate party every Friday. (naw... I am one of the few that don't like football.)
18. Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost. (naw we just wear coats.)
19. You have more miles on your snow blower than your car. (I need to get me one of those.)
20. You find zero degrees "a little chilly." (by spring, we wear shorts as soon as it hits 40 degrees.)
21. You actually understand these jokes, and you forward them to all your Idaho friends. (or we just post them on our blog's.)

As you can see, we blend in quite well here in Idaho... we have loved it here, but we are thinking that it is time to leave... Applications are out there people! Someone hire my hubby!

Posted by April_Mommy :: 2:06 PM :: 5 comments