You Know You're from Seattle When...

• The only honking you ever hear is from geese.
• 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 recycle absolutely everything.
• 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 know one conservative – a friend of a friend who lives in Idaho.
• You own 17 pairs of sunglasses – 16 of which were purchased when you couldn’t remember where you put the last pair… last year.
• Your fanciest outfit consists of an Eddie Bauer button-down, an REI fleece, and Northface zip-off shorts.
  
• You can stand on any corner and see at least six Starbuck’s.
• You know the baristas at all six by name.
• You can’t order coffee using less than 42 words.
  
• You can taste the difference between Starbucks, Seattle's Best Coffee, and Tully's. You think “Peet’s” refers to ground cover.
• You know at least eight people who work for either Microsoft or Boeing.
• Of the Microsoft employees, three are burnouts, two of whom two are millionaires.
• You and your friends share “start-up” stories.
• You know how to pronounce "Sequim", "Puyallup" and "Issaquah."
• You know where the Troll lives – and have sat on his lap.
• “EMP looks like a burnt marshmallow on a smashed guitar” makes perfect sense to you.
• You remember the Kingdome.
• You know more people who own boats than air conditioners.
• 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.
• 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.
• You can tell the difference between Chinese, Thai, and Vietnamese food.
• You can point to at least two volcanoes, even if you can't see through the cloud cover.
• You know what "the mountain is out" means.
• You've actually used your mountain bike on a mountain.
• You knew immediately that the view out Frasier's window was fake... and that there's no hospital that close to the Space Needle.