You Know You're a Seattlite When.....

The best of the "You know you're a ________ when" jokes mix self-depricating humor with right-on truth. This is the case for Seattle PI blogger Christina Hyun's list of astute observations about Seattlites. I saw myself in most of these, including:

5. You take your dog to play at a special park just for dogs.
18. You go to a small concrete/glass enclosure on an annual basis to watch fish desperately swim against the current.
23. You stop for pedestrians because you know they don't even look before stepping into traffic.
26. You know which house is Bill's.
31. You recycle everything possible and think people who don't are criminally irresponsible.
33. You don't wear high heels/hose or neckties, pretty much ever.
42. You think beaches are just fine at 65 degrees with ankle-numbing water.
52. You don't need to call a computer specialist for home computer problems because you or someone you know can fix it.
53. 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.
59. You eat at least one kind of Asian food on a regular basis.
61. You do one or more of the following: catch rainwater in rain barrels, compost, and/or use organic pesticides/weed killer.
74. You're polite with people but not too personal.
75. You email way more than you phone anyone.
76. You've visited The Troll, Lenin, and Hendrix.
79. You own your own tent and about a hundred other camping supplies.
84. You've "met The Man".
99. You think the recently suggested state slogan, "Say-Wah" is about the dumbest thing you've ever heard.

Some of these may be cryptic to non-Seattlites. Just ask... I will explain.
Enjoy.....