You Know You're From Colorado....

OK...so I've lived in CO the past nine to ten years of my life and I actually understand a lot of these jokes. However, I've been living in Kentucky for nine months out of every year, so now, just when I'm getting ready to go back, I feel it's time to refresh why I go back to the hole that is Colorado.

Only in Colorado….

Would an orthopedic surgeon wear a black Stetson and a North face jacket to a press conference.
Saw it on the news...really

Would they allow penguings to WALK through airport Security. I also saw it on the news today....Yes, PENGUINS WALKED THROUGH Denver International Airport Security...which already takes an hour and a half to get through without press and penguins.

Does the bike on the back of a car cost more than the actual vehicle it’s strapped to.



You know you're from Colorado when you flush the toilet and get extreme satisfaction in knowing that California and Texas are downstream.....

You know you're from Colorado when you a.) know what the Continental Divide is and b.) can say that you've peed on it.

You know you're from Colorado when you an claim oxygen deprivation as an excuse for stupidity.

You know what the People’s Republic of Boulder is, what they smoke, and what at least three of their laws are.

Your sense of direction consists of towards the mountains and away from the mountains

You're able to drive 65 miles per hour through 13 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without even flinching.

Driving in the winter is better because all the potholes are filled with snow.

You can drive over a 12,000 foot pass in four feet of snow but can't get to work in four inches of the stuff.

April Showers bring May Blizzards.

You take your out of town guests to Casa Bonita even though you would never go there otherwise.
Casa Bonita being the super cool Mexican Restaurant in Denver that has cliff divers, Gorilla Chases, Haunted caves and other nifty stuff!

You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.

You think that sexy lingerie is tube sox and flannel PJs.

You've been tear gassed in a riot to celebrate a team's victory.

You know the 'correct' pronunciation of Buena Vista.