Topic: You Know You're in ARIZONA When....
boredinaz06's photo
Tue 11/04/08 09:17 AM

-You think Taco Bell is the local phone company.


-You notice your car overheating before you drive it.


-You no longer associate bridges or rivers with water.


-You can hear the weather forecast of 115 degrees without flinching.


-You can be in the snow, then drive for an hour and it will be over 100 degrees.


-You discover, in July it only takes two fingers to drive your car, because your steering wheel is so hot.


-You run your air conditioner in the middle of winter so you can use your fireplace.


-The best parking is determined by shade -- not distance.


-You realize that 'Valley Fever' isn't a disco dance.


-You can make sun tea instantly.


-Hotter water comes from the cold water tap than the hot one.


-It's noon in July, kids are on summer vacation and yet all the streets are totally empty of both cars and people.


-You actually burn your hand opening the car door.


-Sunscreen is sold year round and kept right at the checkout counter.


-You put on fresh sunscreen just to go check the mail box.


-Some fools will market mini-misters for joggers and some other fools will actually buy them.


-Worse, some fools actually try to jog.


-You can correctly pronounce Saguaro, Tempe, San Xavier, Canyon de Chelly, Mogollon Rim, and Cholla.


-You can understand the reason for a town named 'Why'.


-You can fry an egg on the hood of a car in the morning.


-You know hot air balloons can't rise in the summer because the air temperature is hotter than the air inside the balloon.


-No one would dream of putting vinyl inside a car.


-You see two trees fighting over a dog.


-You can say 'Hohokam' and people don't think you're laughing funny.


-You see more irrigation water on the street than there is in the Salt River.


-You have to go to a fake beach for some fake waves.


-You hear people say 'but it's a dry heat!'
-You buy salsa by the gallon.


-All of your out-of-state friends start to visit after October -- but clear out come the end of April.


-You think someone driving wearing oven mitts is clever.


-You think 60 tons of crushed red rock makes a beautiful yard.


-Your house is made of stucco and has a red clay tile roof.


-Vehicles with open windows have the right-of-way in the summer.


-Most homes have more firearms than people.


-Kids ask, 'What's a mosquito?'

-People who have black cars or black upholstery in their car are automatically assumed to be from out of-state or nuts.


-You know better than to get into a car with leather seats if you're wearing shorts.


-If you haven't worked for Motorola or Raytheon at some time, you must be a newcomer.


- You can finish a Big Gulp in 10 minutes and go back for seconds.


-You know a swamp cooler is not a happy hour drink.


-You take rain dances seriously.


-When a rainy day puts you in a good mood.


-When you drive two miles around a parking lot looking for a shady place -- even in the dead of winter.


-You feed your chickens ice cubes to keep them from laying hard-boiled eggs.


-You 'hug' a cactus only once in your lifetime.


-When you have to look up 'mass transit' in the dictionary.


-A hundred and ten in the shade is sorta hot, but you don't have to shovel it off your driveway.


-You wear a bola tie.


-Petrified doesn't mean scared.


-The temperature drops below 95, you feel a bit chilly.


-You've experienced condensation on your butt from the hot water in the toilet bowl.


-You would give anything to be able to splash cold water on your face.


-You can attend any function wearing shorts and a tank top.


-You realize that asphalt has a liquid state.


-You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from ARIZONA.

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Tue 11/04/08 09:21 AM
rofl

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Tue 11/04/08 09:28 AM
Thats funny but I dont get the Taco bell one

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Tue 11/04/08 09:30 AM
Very true except the mosquito part this year.laugh

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Tue 11/04/08 09:33 AM
I miss Tucson..!!!!

tears

moonlight_ride62's photo
Tue 11/04/08 09:33 AM
too funny..I once lived in apache jct..az

boredinaz06's photo
Tue 11/04/08 09:34 AM

I miss Tucson..!!!!

tears


Whats Stopping You from Moving back???

Redsoxfan1's photo
Tue 11/04/08 09:35 AM
rofl rofl rofl

ljcc1964's photo
Tue 11/04/08 09:36 AM
Oh yeah!!! Go AZ!!!!

dae11x's photo
Tue 11/04/08 09:43 AM

Very true except the mosquito part this year.laugh
I got bit by one that must have come from Minnesota. My eye was swollen shut!

These AZ thing were hilarious because they ARE true.

Redshirt's photo
Tue 11/04/08 10:12 AM
Edited by Redshirt on Tue 11/04/08 10:13 AM
Tank Tops and Shorts at Walmart should be out lawed!!! For those who do not have the figure for them...sick