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boredinaz06

Joined Sun 10/15/06
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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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