To: Step1 who wrote (23650 ) 5/23/2002 2:22:56 AM From: Barney Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 62558 THIS IS TRUE GEOGRAPHY YOU'RE ON THE WEST COAST WHEN... * you make more than $250,000 and still can't afford to buy your own house. * the high school quarterback calls a time-out to answer his cell phone. * the fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway. * you know how to eat an artichoke. * you drive to your neighborhood block party. YOU'RE IN ALASKA WHEN . . . * you only have four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup and Tabasco. * Halloween costumes fit over parkas. * you have more than one recipe for moose. * sexy lingerie is anything flannel with less than eight buttons. * the four seasons are: winter, still winter, almost winter, and construction. YOU'RE IN THE SOUTH WHEN. . . * you can get a movie and bait in the same store. * "y'all" is singular and "all y'all" is plural. * after a year you still hear, "Y'all ain't from 'round here, are ya?" * "He needed killin' " is a valid defense. YOU'RE IN COLORADO WHEN . . . * you carry your $3,000 mountain bike atop your $500 car. * you tell your husband to pick up granola on his way home and he stops at the day-care center to pick up your child. * a pass does not involve a football or dating. YOU'RE IN THE MIDWEST WHEN . . . * you've never met any celebrities, but the mayor knows your name. * your idea of a traffic jam is 10 cars waiting to pass a tractor. * you have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day. * you end sentences with a preposition: "Where's my coat at?" or "If you go to the mall, I wanna go with." * your first job was detasseling corn. * when asked how your trip was to any exotic place, you say, "It was different." * you consult the football, or hunting schedule before planning your wedding date - especially if you are a Packer Fan or deer and duck hunter. -- If we weren't all crazy we would all go insane...... Jimmy Buffet