You Know You're From Utah If....
- You go to the duck pond to feed the seagulls.
- Green Jell-o with cabbage mixed in doesn't seem strange.
- You can pronounce Tooele.
- The U is not just a letter... and neither is the Y.
- You have actually eaten funeral potatoes.
- You've gotten both heat and frost burns off your car's door handle in the same month!
- You are not surprised to hear words like "Darn," "Fetch," "Flip," "Oh My Heck," and "Shoot."
- Your tulips get snowed on three times after they come up and twice more after they bloom.
- The largest liquor store is the state government.
- You can go skiing and play golf on the same day.
- 30% humidity is muggy and almost unbearable.
- You know the difference between a "steak house" and a "stake house."
- You've broken down on the highway and somebody stops to help you.
- You can see the stars at night.
- You were an aunt or uncle before you were three.
- You have more children than you can find biblical names for.
- Your family considers a trip to McDonald's a night out.
- You feel guilty when you watch Monday Night Football.
- Your kids believe the deer hunt is a national holiday.
- You drink Coke from a brown paper bag.
- At least two of your salad bowls are at the homes of neighbors.
- There is a similarity between a ward basketball game and the L.A. riots.
- You think Jack Daniels is a country-western singer.
- You negotiate prices at a garage sale.
- You can make Jell-O salad without the recipe.
- You've heard about BYU football in a testimony meeting.
- You have two gallons of ice cream in your freezer at all times.
- Your father-in-law thinks Ronald Reagan was a liberal.
- A member of your family wrote in Lavell Edwards for president in the last election.
- Sandals are the best-selling shoes.
- Hotel rooms all have the Book of Mormon.
- You buy your wardrobe at the local grocery superstore.
- You learn about the Mormon Church by taking history in elementary school.
- You live in a state where Democrats always come in third place, unless a zoo animal is running. Then they come in fourth.
- Schools stay open, even if two feet of snow falls overnight, but close for the opening of hunting season.
- People wear shorts and T-shirts if the temperature rises above 32 degrees.
- People wear socks with their sandals.
- There is a church on every corner, but they all teach the same thing.
- The most popular public transportation system is a ski lift.
- In-state college football rivalries are bigger than the Super Bowl.
- You don't have to breathe cigarette smoke until you walk outside the building.
- Every driveway has a mini-van and a pick-up truck.
- When you buy a new vehicle, cigarette lighters are optional equipment but ski racks are standard.
- Every time a new family moves into your neighborhood, the local elementary school has to hire a new teacher.
- Every time a new family moves into your neighborhood, your whole family has to go and meet them the next day, after you helped them unload their moving truck.
- Your paycheck has an additional 10 percent deduction.
- More movies are filmed in your town than in Hollywood.
- You've never had a Mormon missionary knock on your door, unless you are having them over for dinner that night.
- You make a toast with red punch at your wedding reception.
- You have more raw wheat stored than some Third World countries.
- Your idea of a good time is playing Pictionary in the cultural hall.
- Your idea of a wild party is a six pack of Pepsi and a PG-13 movie.
- You and all your friends come to your mother for a haircut in her kitchen. [Ed. note/full disclosure: I see nothing odd or provincial about this item. My mother was once a cosmetologist and routinely cut my hair in her kitchen, at least until I stopped cutting my hair.]
- You measure Kool-Aid by parts per million.
- You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Utah.
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