You Know you live around Seattle if....
You've scraped your icy car windows with a credit card.
You don't go to work for a whole week if there's 2 inches of snow.
You take your dog to play at a special park just for dogs.
With all the microbrews around, drinking a Bud is like drinking Folgers.
You have an I.V. line of coffee dripping into your body at all hours.
You think Copper River salmon is WAAAAAY tastier than the rest.
You'll always like watching the fish throwers at Pike Place.
You don't wear high heels/hose or neckties, pretty much ever.
You think people who drink Maxwell House on purpose are out of their minds.
You've been to the original Starbucks location in Pike Place.
You think beaches are just fine at 65 degrees with ankle-numbing water.
You don't carry an umbrella.
When Mt. Rainier appears on a sunny day, you are always amazed.
You have a giant moss carpet outside your house, not a lawn.
Your bathroom has black mold somewhere.
You don't iron your clothes.
You've seen one of the following in your neighborhood: bear, coyote, buck (and I live by a Highway!)
You give directions like this: I can't remember what that road's called, but it's just past the hill, after the Shell station. If you start going up another hill, then you've passed it. I think there's some kind of plant nursery across from where you turn, so look for that.
You are regularly sobered by the power of Mother Nature, whether that be noticing tsunami escape routes in Ocean Shores, experiencing earthquakes in downtown Seattle, hearing about volcanic activity, or seeing rapid flooding of our local rivers.
You don't think it's strange that there's a Bavarian village an hour and a half outside Seattle.
You've been in four completely different weather systems all in one day.
You've been in subterranean downtown Seattle via "The Underground Tour"
You expect people to come to complete stops in highway merge lanes.
You've seen bald eagles and orca whales in the wild.
You know University of Washington is known as "udub", not "u of w" or "uw".
You never have a real tan but you do get badly sunburned at least once every year.
You own one of those lamps that simulates sunlight.
You obey all traffic laws except "keep right except to pass."
You stand on a deserted corner in the rain waiting for the "walk" signal.
You use the words "sun break" and know what it means.
You consider it a sunny day if the sun is visible at some point during the day.
You're not fazed by "Today's forecast: showers followed by rain" and "Tomorrow's forecast: rain followed by showers." You can't wait for a day with "Showers and sun breaks."
In the winter you go to work in the dark and come home in the dark--while only working eight-hour days. And in the summer you bring your dog to the dog park for a few hours before work and go kayaking for a few hours after work -- all in daylight.
You never go camping without waterproof matches and a poncho.
You have no concept of humidity without precipitation.
You put on your shorts when the temperature gets above 50 degrees, but you still wear your hiking boots and parka.
You switch to your sandals when it gets above 60.
You think people who use umbrellas are either wimps or tourists.
You own 17 pairs of sunglasses 16 of which were purchased when you couldnt remember where you put the last pair
last year.
You can stand on any corner and see at least six Mocha Stands (not all of them Starbucks).
You know the baristas at all six by name and they know your order without you saying a word.
You can taste the difference between Starbucks, Seattle's Best Coffee, and Tully's.
You know how to pronounce "Sequim", "Puyallup" and "Issaquah."
You know more people who own boats than air conditioners. (What's an air conditioner?)
You consider that if it has no snow or has not recently erupted, it's not a real mountain.
You know the difference between Chinook, Coho and Sockeye. (Salmon)
You know what these are: SKOOKUMCHUCK, WYNOOCHEE, STILLAGUAMISH, SKOKOMISH, NISQUALLY, SNOQUALMIE, STILLAGUAMISH, CHAMOKANE, CHAMOKANE, KLICKITAT. (They're rivers.)
You consider swimming an indoor sport.
You know that your soccer game will be played, no matter how torrential the downpour.