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gordontron Donating Member (701 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 11:56 PM
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You're from seattle if
you:

1. Have no concept of humidity without precipitation.
2. Throw an aluminum can in the trash and feel guilty.
3. Use the words 'sun breaks' and know what it means.
4. Know more than 10 ways to order a cup of coffee.
5. Complain about Californians as you sell your house to one for twice its value.
6. Never go camping without waterproof matches and ponchos.
7. Half your friends work at Microsoft or Boeing.
8. Know the exact location of fifteen drive-thru espresso stands in your neighborhood.
9. Stand on a deserted street corner in the rain waiting for the "Walk" signal.
10. Know more people who own boats than air conditioners.
11. Obey all traffic laws except "Keep right except to pass."
12. Can taste the difference between Starbucks, Seattle's Best Coffee, and Veneto's.
13. Consider swimming an indoor sport.
14. Consider that if it has no snow or has not recently erupted, it's not a real mountain.
15. Know exactly what they mean by "Today's forecast: showers followed by rain" and "Tomorrow's forecast: rain followed by showers." (Just like Eskimos are said to have twelve words for snow.)
16. Can tell the difference between Japanese, Chinese, and Thai food.
17. In the winter, go to work in the dark, come home in the dark, and only have an 8 hour day.
18. Understand what people mean when they say "pop." (Translation: soda)
19. Consider a floating bridge a pain in the butt, not an engineering marvel.
20. Know what lutefisk is.
21. Feel overdressed wearing a suit to a really nice restaurant.
22. Can point to at least two volcanoes, even if you can't see through the cloud cover.
23. Personally know someone from Alaska.
24. Feel like you've grown up with Bill Gates and can't figure out why people can be so mean to him.
25. Think people who use umbrellas are either wimps or tourists.
26. Find a wallet with $500 and give it back to the owner.
27. Know how to pronounce: Sequim, Puyallup, Rainier, and Issaquah.
28. Used to live somewhere else but won't admit it publicly.
29. Know the difference between Chinook, Coho, and Sockeye salmon.
30. Knew immediately that the view out Frasier's window was fake.
31. Ever ordered a half caff/decaf, nonfat mocha Grande with raspberry whip (or know what it is).
32. Attended a wedding where the bride and groom registered at REI.
33. Are amazed at an accurate weather forecast.
34. Heard someone ran their car off the freeway and asked if they drowned.
35. Put on your shorts when the temperature gets above 50, but still wear your hiking boots and parka.
36. Switch to your sandals when it gets above 60, but keep the socks on.
37. Have actually used your mountain bike on a mountain.
38. Would be miffed if the store was out of your favorite brand of water.
39. you know that 75th street is actually 4 lanes and 45th street sucks ass at all times of the day.
40. Aurora is where you jump if you want to kill yourself, and it often distrupts traffic.
41. Often times Starbucks and Tully's are across the street from eachother.
42. You can wear a sweatshirt and jeans any time of the year and be perfectly fine.
43. When a light dusting of snow falls, the city shuts down.
44. You think that you are invincible with 4 wheel drive.
45. Northgate Mall is a waste of time

I don't agree with all of the list, but hey it's pretty good.
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Lautremont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 11:59 PM
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1. Wear plaid shirts, avoid shaving and sing heavy, angsty music?
Or is my thinking so very early 90s?
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eridani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-14-06 05:34 AM
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2. See also--
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philosophie_en_rose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-14-06 09:08 AM
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3. It's SODA damn it. SODA!!! S-O-D-A. Soda.
But the rest are true.
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Frances Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-14-06 10:58 PM
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4. Originally it was soda pop
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maxsolomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 03:43 PM
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5. shout out to #39!
98115 in the hizzouse
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