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silverthorne) wrote2008-01-20 10:16 am
silverthorne) wrote2008-01-20 10:16 am
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Other 'You Know You're From's
These are off the top of my head, though.
You Know You're From Tucson, When...
You can burn your hand by running it through your hair (Thanks, Ken. :) )
You can brag about your local college campus having a 'nuclear reactor' in the basement.
One of the most distinctive landmarks is an extinct cone volcano with a big white 'A' painted on the side.
Car chases on I-10 often start in California.
People make bets on those car chases on whether or not the perp will actually make it to Tucson.
Ruffles and very bright colors are considered the height of fashion.
So are jeans and a t-shirt.
And let's not forget the HUGE pieces of turqouis-laden jewelry.
It's not the same fry bread that you find in New Jersey.
'Snowbird' is not just a song by Ann Murray.
You know when the snowbirds have arrived by how bad the drivers have gotten.
You get worried when there isn't a military jet streaking over your house every forty minutes.
'Speedway' is taken literally on Friday and Saturday nights.
Orange streetlights are perfectly normal.
'Regular' streetlights are too bright.
Sitting on the side of a mountain to watch the sunset is a big event.
Sitting on your roof to watch the fireworks on the fourth of July is likewise a big event.
Roads turn into rivers when it rains.
Snow is something you see 15,000 feet above where you live.
Skiing is a number-one sport...even though snow rarely hits the ground in Tucson.
You probably know more about safe driving in snow or rain than people that live in it year round.
Even so, snow, ice and hail still freaks you out when you're in town.
You go to Phoenix for any 'big' events, such as concerts.
However, everyone else invades your town when it's football.
Desert scrub brush is considered a perfectly acceptable way to decorate your lawn.
You have to wear sunglasses just to look outside the window.
You know of at least one person who has been struck by lightening on a perfectly clear day.
Wildfires in the mountains don't really scare you--but they do make the night skyline pretty.
You go 'bug hunting' with pool-cues or broomstick handles instead of sneakers and/or fly swatters.
Scorpions in your house are a fact of life.
The highway speed limit is just a (passing) suggestion.
You can name at least three locations of celebrity houses.
The airing of 'Feliz Navidad' is the yearly acknowledgement that Christmas season has now officially started.
Everyone, including the rock stations, will play 'Feliz Navidad' at least twice a day during the holidays.
You remember when WASP was banned from playing in Tucson for their assless pants...but that The Beasty Boys and their hydrolic stage phallis were allowed to perform.
You instinctively bare your teeth when you hear the name 'Mecham'.
"STEEEEEEEEEEVEEEEEEEEEE KUUUUUUUUUUUR!"
'Blaze of Glory' and 'Wanted, Dead or Alive' are considered to have been written just for you.
There's a Korean and/or Vietnamese restuarant every two blocks. Mexican restaurants are every block.
A fifteen story building in downtown is considered really tall.
No one bats an eye at a new age clinic being located two buildings down from a church.
"Do you like chimichangas? I mean, do you really like chimichangas?"
Santana gives regular free concerts 'in the park'.
Distance is measured by how long it takes to get there, not by how far it is.
The yearly Rock and Mineral Show is a Big Event.
It's not uncommon to find coyotes crossing the road...or in your yard.
You've figured out where you were by locating Finger Rock.
Satellite watching is a jacuzzi sport.
You scoff at anyone from another state when they tell you they 'know how to cook real Mexican food!'
Tex-Mex is an abomination.
You make bets on whose house is going to fall into the Rillito River this year.
Watching actual water running in the Rillito is an event.
You've done 60 or over on Campbell...more than once.
Golfing is everywhere...but you don't know anyone who actually plays it.
You have to go to Mexico to qualify for your PADI license.
There is always someone stupid enough to think their two-ton truck is heavy enough to cross a flooded wash.
Those same people always find themselves featured on the evening news as rescue crews rescue them from the roof of that same truck.
You know what cacti in your back yard you can eat or drink from.
There are very few people who do not have a pool or access to one...and you feel sorry for them.
You know that SCUBA rescue divers are actually needed in Tucson, and that fact doesn't seem strange.
You Know You're From Tucson, When...
You can burn your hand by running it through your hair (Thanks, Ken. :) )
You can brag about your local college campus having a 'nuclear reactor' in the basement.
One of the most distinctive landmarks is an extinct cone volcano with a big white 'A' painted on the side.
Car chases on I-10 often start in California.
People make bets on those car chases on whether or not the perp will actually make it to Tucson.
Ruffles and very bright colors are considered the height of fashion.
So are jeans and a t-shirt.
And let's not forget the HUGE pieces of turqouis-laden jewelry.
It's not the same fry bread that you find in New Jersey.
'Snowbird' is not just a song by Ann Murray.
You know when the snowbirds have arrived by how bad the drivers have gotten.
You get worried when there isn't a military jet streaking over your house every forty minutes.
'Speedway' is taken literally on Friday and Saturday nights.
Orange streetlights are perfectly normal.
'Regular' streetlights are too bright.
Sitting on the side of a mountain to watch the sunset is a big event.
Sitting on your roof to watch the fireworks on the fourth of July is likewise a big event.
Roads turn into rivers when it rains.
Snow is something you see 15,000 feet above where you live.
Skiing is a number-one sport...even though snow rarely hits the ground in Tucson.
You probably know more about safe driving in snow or rain than people that live in it year round.
Even so, snow, ice and hail still freaks you out when you're in town.
You go to Phoenix for any 'big' events, such as concerts.
However, everyone else invades your town when it's football.
Desert scrub brush is considered a perfectly acceptable way to decorate your lawn.
You have to wear sunglasses just to look outside the window.
You know of at least one person who has been struck by lightening on a perfectly clear day.
Wildfires in the mountains don't really scare you--but they do make the night skyline pretty.
You go 'bug hunting' with pool-cues or broomstick handles instead of sneakers and/or fly swatters.
Scorpions in your house are a fact of life.
The highway speed limit is just a (passing) suggestion.
You can name at least three locations of celebrity houses.
The airing of 'Feliz Navidad' is the yearly acknowledgement that Christmas season has now officially started.
Everyone, including the rock stations, will play 'Feliz Navidad' at least twice a day during the holidays.
You remember when WASP was banned from playing in Tucson for their assless pants...but that The Beasty Boys and their hydrolic stage phallis were allowed to perform.
You instinctively bare your teeth when you hear the name 'Mecham'.
"STEEEEEEEEEEVEEEEEEEEEE KUUUUUUUUUUUR!"
'Blaze of Glory' and 'Wanted, Dead or Alive' are considered to have been written just for you.
There's a Korean and/or Vietnamese restuarant every two blocks. Mexican restaurants are every block.
A fifteen story building in downtown is considered really tall.
No one bats an eye at a new age clinic being located two buildings down from a church.
"Do you like chimichangas? I mean, do you really like chimichangas?"
Santana gives regular free concerts 'in the park'.
Distance is measured by how long it takes to get there, not by how far it is.
The yearly Rock and Mineral Show is a Big Event.
It's not uncommon to find coyotes crossing the road...or in your yard.
You've figured out where you were by locating Finger Rock.
Satellite watching is a jacuzzi sport.
You scoff at anyone from another state when they tell you they 'know how to cook real Mexican food!'
Tex-Mex is an abomination.
You make bets on whose house is going to fall into the Rillito River this year.
Watching actual water running in the Rillito is an event.
You've done 60 or over on Campbell...more than once.
Golfing is everywhere...but you don't know anyone who actually plays it.
You have to go to Mexico to qualify for your PADI license.
There is always someone stupid enough to think their two-ton truck is heavy enough to cross a flooded wash.
Those same people always find themselves featured on the evening news as rescue crews rescue them from the roof of that same truck.
You know what cacti in your back yard you can eat or drink from.
There are very few people who do not have a pool or access to one...and you feel sorry for them.
You know that SCUBA rescue divers are actually needed in Tucson, and that fact doesn't seem strange.