zakureth:You might be from the [Pacific] Northwest if you:
- Feel guilty throwing aluminum cans or paper in the trash.
- Use the expression "sun break" and know what it means.
- Know more people who own boats than air conditioners.
- Feel overdressed wearing a suit to a nice restaurant.
- Stand on a deserted corner in the rain waiting for the "Walk" signal.
- Consider that if it has no snow or has not recently erupted, it's not a real mountain.
- Know the difference between Chinook, Coho, and Sockeye salmon.
- Know how to pronounce Sequim, Puyallup, Issaquah, Oregon, and Willamette.
- Consider swimming an indoor sport.
- Can tell the difference between Japanese, Chinese, and Thai food.
- In winter, go to work in the dark and come home in the dark- while only working eight-hour days.
- Never go camping without waterproof matches and a poncho.
- Are not fazed by "Today's forecast: showers followed by rain, and Tomorrow's forecast: rain followed by showers."
- You can't wait for a day with "showers and sun breaks."
- Have no concept of humidity without precipitation.
- Know that Boring is a town in Oregon and not just a state of mind.
- Can point to at least two volcanoes, even if you can't see through the cloud cover.
- Say, "The mountain is out" when it's a pretty day and you can actually see it.
- Put on your shorts when the temperature gets above 50, but still wear your hiking boots and parka.
- Switch to your sandals when it gets above 60, but keep the socks on.
- Have actually used your mountain bike on a mountain.
- Think people who use umbrellas are either wimps or tourists.
- Knew immediately that the view out "Frasier's" window was fake.
- Buy new sunglasses every year, because you can't find the old ones after such a long time.
- Switch from "heat" to "a/c" in the same day. You use a down comforter in the summer.
- Your grandparents drive 65 mph through 2 feet of water during raging rainstorm without flinching.
- Design your kid's Halloween costume to fit under a raincoat.
- Know that driving is better in the winter because almost everybody stays home.
- Think sexy lingerie is tube socks and flannel pajamas.
- Actually understand these comments and forward them to all your friends in Washington or Oregon or those who used to live here.