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Top Signs You Might be from the Pacific Northwest:
• You feel guilty throwing an aluminum can in the trash.
• You use the words "sun breaks" and know what it means.
• You know more than 10 words to describe a cup of coffee.
• You never go camping without waterproof matches and ponchos.
• You hear the word "ferry" and think of boats and long waits.
• Know more people who own boats than own air conditioners.
• You consider that if it has no snow or has not recently erupted, it is not a real mountain.
• You know the difference between Chinook, Coho, and Sockeye salmon.
• You know how to pronounce Sequim, Puyallup, Issaquah, and Willamette.
• You consider swimming an indoor sport.
• In winter, you go to work in the dark and come home in the dark-while only working eight-hour days.
• You are not fazed by “Today’s forecast: showers followed by rain,” and “Tomorrow’s forecast: rain followed by showers.”
• You know that Boring is a town in Oregon and not just a state of mind.
• You can point to at least two volcanoes, even if you cannot see through the cloud cover.
• You put on your shorts when the temperature gets above 50, but still wear your hiking boots and parka.
• You have actually used your mountain bike on a mountain.
• You think people who use umbrellas are either wimps or tourists (unless they are golfers, and then it’s OK if it’s really raining hard).
• You buy new sunglasses every year, because you can’t find the old ones after such a long time.
• You actually understand these jokes. No one else does.
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