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- You have no concept of humidity without precipitation
- You throw an aluminum can in the trash and feel guilty
- You use the word “sun breaks”, and know what it means
- You can’t wait for a day with “Showers and sun breaks”
- You only turn on your windshield wipers to “intermittent”
- You know more than 10 ways to order a cup of coffee
- You complain about Californians as you sell your house to one for twice its value
- You never go camping without waterproof matches and a poncho
- You know the exact location of 15 drive-thru espresso stands in your neighborhood
- You stand on a deserted street corner in the rain, waiting for the “Walk” signal
- You know more people who own a boat than an airconditioner
- You obey all traffic laws, except “Keep right, except to pass”
- You let other drivers merge in front of you
- You can taste the difference between Starbucks, Seattle’s Best Coffee, and Veneto’s
- You consider swimming an indoor sport
- You think that if it has no snow on it, or has not erupted recently, it’s not a real mountain
- You can tell the difference between Japanese, Chinese, and Thai food
- You understand what people mean when they say “pop”
- You consider a floating bridge a pain in the butt, not an engineering marvel
- You know what lutefisk is (visualize Ballard, ufdah)
- You feel overdressed wearing a suit to a really fancy restaurant
- You can point to at least two volcanoes, even if you can’t see through the cloud cover
- You personally know someone from Alaska
- You think people who use umbrellas are either wimps or tourists
- You find a wallet with $500 and give it back to the owner
- You know how to pronounce Sequim, Puyallup, Rainier, and Issaquah
- You used to live somewhere else, but won’t admit it publicly
- You know the difference between Chinook, Coho, and Sockeye salmon
- You knew immediately that the view out Frazier’s window was fake
- You are amazed at an accurate weather forecast
- You switch to your sandals when it gets above 60 degrees, but keep your socks on
- You have actually used your mountain bike on a mountain
- You would be miffed if the store were out of your favorite brand of water
- You have ever ordered a “half caff/decaf, nonfat mocha grande with raspberry whip” (or know what it is)
- You put on your shorts when the temperature gets above 50�, but still wear your hiking boots and parka
- You feel you’ve grown up with Bill Gates and can’t figure out why people can be so mean to him
- You know the difference between “Today’s Forecast: showers followed by rain”, and “Tomorrow’s Forecast: rain followed by showers”
- In the winter, you go to work in the dark, come home in the dark, and yet only put in an 8-hour day
- The bride & groom registered at REI
- If someone ran your car off the freeway, you might drown
- Half your friends work at Microsoft and Boeing
- Fifteen blocks away is a good parking spot
- You read the Stranger for the personal ads, even if you’d never answer one of them!
- You try to read a book and drive at the same time
- “Capitol Hill” doesn’t mean legislation, it means drag queens
- If the temperature gets over 80 degrees Fahrenheit, it’s a “heat wave”
- If the temperature goes below 20 degrees Fahrenheit, it’s “record cold.”
- 40 days and 40 nights of torrential rain doesn’t sound like Biblical floods – it sounds like a typical spring.
- The guy in the $5000 suit is the vice president of the company. The company’s president is the guy in Dockers and a polo shirt.
- When someone says he’s cruising for Dicks, you know he’s not soliciting you – just hungry.
- If you know what “Acres of Clams” is
- If you put an empty soda can in your purse to recycle it later
- If summer begins with Folklife and ends with Bumbershoot
- If you consider a beer list to be equal to the wine list.
- Seven blocks of alternating one-way streets seems perfectly logical
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