YOU know your in Utah.........................posted by Firstborn

I can post this as I was born and mostly raised in the state of Utah.

Subject: you know you live in utah (when)

Green Jell-O with carrots doesn't seem strange.

Partying means Kool-Aid and Cookies.

Holding a Starbucks coffee cup is a major political statement.

So is wearing a Marlboro t-shirt.

Copper, Powder, and Coal are soft and fuzzy.

You understand the phrase "If she smokes, she pokes."

You are sick of hearing, "But it's a dry heat." Skin moisturizer is a necessity.

You carry lip balm everywhere - And you use it regularly.

You know why they invented the Ultra-Super Big Gulp (256 oz.)

Your 15 passenger family car has 10 Ultra-Super Big Gulp Holders.

You Think a Chevy Suburban is a car for normal families.

You not only know what a Swamp Cooler is, your house came with one.

You can pronounce Tooele. (Two-Willa)

Your local gas station doesn't sell beer, cigarettes, or Playboy.

You have actually eaten 'funeral potatoes.'

"The Church" only means one thing - no matter what religion you are.

That's weird, there is nobody on the freeway - oh, it's Sunday.

You feel guilty for mowing your lawn on Sunday (stares that could kill).

You've gotten both heat and frost burns off your car's door handle in the same month.

You are not surprised to hear words like Darn, Fetch, Flip, oh my heck, and Shoot.

Your neighbor is a bishop, but he never wears fancy robes and works at 7-11.

Democrats are evil, smoking, baby killers?

You know the difference between a 'Steak House' and a 'Stake House'.

Your tulips get snowed on three times after they come up and twice more after they bloom.

Hunting season is a school holiday.

Your Jr. High school forced you to take gun and hunter safety classes.

Buying enough food for two years is not strange.

The largest liquor dealer is the state government.

You have at least one set of relatives with the surname Young or Smith.

What is a Keg?

You can be a Gentile AND Jewish at the same time.

"Jazz" refers only to basketball.

You can go skiing and play golf on the same day.

Drinking Mountain Dew is living on the wild side.

You forgot to water your lawn yesterday and now your grass is dead.

You've done LDS, but never tried LSD.

Somewhere in your family tree is a polygamist.

You know tons of Idaho jokes.

Pot is something you cook vegetables in.

Why did that guy say Zion was in the Middle East?

Wendover means gambling and Evanston means fireworks.

It's an hour drive to the nearest Lotto ticket seller.

AND MY personal TRUE one;;; You know your in the state of Utah when the phone company tells you your phone will be on in three to five days and when you call back from the pay phone NINE days later to find out where the phone person is to connect you, they then tell you HE was on vacation. I couldnt believe they only had ONE service man!!! But then I can dial out, but so far it only rings once if someone calls in. No lie.

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