Forget Rednecks! Here we have Idahoans! Recently, I received an email "Idahoans by Jeff Foxworthy." Though I am not originally from Idaho, it seems that living here seven years has taken its toll on me. As I read this email, I couldn't help thinking how true some of these statements were. If you can't relate to at least one of them and presently live in Idaho...well...you are lying to yourself. "If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same" and "if you find 10 degrees 'a little chilly'" you live in Idaho. hmm let's see, this winter anyone? I saw several people on campus in shorts and a coat, never mind those that were in flip flops (guilty as charged). "If you measure distance in hours you live in Idaho." It takes me 10 hours to get home from Moscow. Do I know how many miles that actually is? no. "If you have switched from 'heat' to 'A/C' and back again in the same day." The last two weeks are a perfect example of this bipolar weather. Sun, rain, snow, hail, wind. Today for example, pouring rain in the morning and as of now (6:30pm) its sunny and warm. Dear weather, make up your mind! "If the speed limit is 55 mph--you're going 80, and everyone is still passing you" and "if driving is better in the winter because the potholes f
illed with snow" you know you live in Idaho. Back home, Ashton Id, we would get upwards of six feet of snow, and though the roads were icy and you couldn't drive on them most of the time anyway, when you could the ride was smoother because the potholes were gone. "You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snow suit." I do not have a kid of my own, but I do have two little brothers. My mom and I would purposely by their costumes several sizes to big so that they could wear them with a beanie, gloves, scarf, snow pants, and a heavy winter jacket. "If 'vacation' means going anywhere north of Salt Lake City for the weekend." Facebook statuses prove this one correct with things like "I get to go to SLC for the weekend" or "Boise here I come". "If you know someone who has a deer more than once." Not to name names Mr. Hildebrand (high school government teacher). oh and my dentist who managed to hit a deer while on his motorcycle. "If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction, you live in Idaho." When you still have snow in your yard in June, it snows on the 4th of July, and you get snow in September, you live in Idaho. When the snow finally goes away in June, out come the orange hats, bull dozers, and "fine increase in construction zone" signs. Don't you just love Idaho? PS: Sorry this is late
illed with snow" you know you live in Idaho. Back home, Ashton Id, we would get upwards of six feet of snow, and though the roads were icy and you couldn't drive on them most of the time anyway, when you could the ride was smoother because the potholes were gone. "You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snow suit." I do not have a kid of my own, but I do have two little brothers. My mom and I would purposely by their costumes several sizes to big so that they could wear them with a beanie, gloves, scarf, snow pants, and a heavy winter jacket. "If 'vacation' means going anywhere north of Salt Lake City for the weekend." Facebook statuses prove this one correct with things like "I get to go to SLC for the weekend" or "Boise here I come". "If you know someone who has a deer more than once." Not to name names Mr. Hildebrand (high school government teacher). oh and my dentist who managed to hit a deer while on his motorcycle. "If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction, you live in Idaho." When you still have snow in your yard in June, it snows on the 4th of July, and you get snow in September, you live in Idaho. When the snow finally goes away in June, out come the orange hats, bull dozers, and "fine increase in construction zone" signs. Don't you just love Idaho? PS: Sorry this is late
Great blog Rhiannon - funny and I can really relate, especially to the turning the AC and heat on in the same day!
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