Some of you will appreciate this-- I found it on a Facebook group.
You know you're from Vegas when...
1. You have no idea what a scarf does, but think it looks good
2. You know how to get to any casino on the strip without taking Las Vegas Blvd
3. You know where the natural history museum, art museum and zoo are.
4. The last time you went to the strip, your cousins were in town last summer
5. You know the seasons: Really hot, 2 weeks of nice, not so hot, 2 weeks of nice.
6. Your favorite chocolate is Ethel M. (Desert Chocolate means something to you)
7. When you go to different cities, you're amazed things aren't open after 9pm (and that there are no flashing neon signs to direct you!)
8. You've never seen a closed gas station
9. When arriving home from vacation the slot machines in McCarran are comforting (or you get to other airports and can't understand why they are so quiet!)
10. You are still asked "smoking or non?" when you go to out to eat.
11. You laugh at people playing the slots at 7-11
12. Your most prized possession as a Nevadan is your blue and white license plate
13. You know the spaghetti bowl has nothing to do with food
14. You know never to merge right when driving north on I-15, it'll end anyway.
15. You think a pile of rocks is a nice lawn
16. The term Lake Las Vegas doesn't seem redundant in the slightest.
17. You remember the ugly lion
18. You need to walk through a casino to see a movie.
19. You go in circles through McCarran on purpose
20. You can spot a tourist from 3 miles away
21. Limos are an everyday sighting
22. You laugh at people taking pictures in front of the "welcome to las vegas" sign
23. You don't own an umbrella
24. 70 degrees is cold enough to wear a jacket
25. You've never HAD to pay for parking.
26. You get completely lost whenever you go to another city because you always navigate town based upon the Stratosphere.
27. You've seen more local building demolitions by the age of 18 than most people will their entire lives.
28. You remember saying "Stupak's Tower? More like Stupids' Tower."
29. You were devastated by the loss of the marshmallow factory in the PEPCON explosion.
30. You park in the shade no matter how far you have to walk
31. A bowling alley not attached to a casino frightens and confuses you.
32. The pool can be warmer than you are.
33. You've had a second degree burn from your seatbelt.
34. You leave a bottle of water in your car for only 30 minutes, and it's boiling hot.
35. When buying a car, a/c is not a luxury! and leather seats are not an option!
36. 4 minutes of sprinkling is considered a rainy day.
37. You have no idea what snow boots are (or ice scrapers! ha ha)
38. You are amused by people who do not wear flip-flops year round
39. You've gotten a tan just by staying inside.
40. You drive straight to the top of a casino's parking garage...you know that 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th...and so on floors are all taken so there's no need to waste your time or gas.
3 comments:
This is great! It is funny how different Vegas is from the midwest. I laughed at the 70 degree jacket thing because out ehre we don't bust out the jackets until it is like 40 degrees out.
hahaha. this was great. it makes me homesick,...hahaha. even the seasons description. :)
This is brilliant. My favorite is #38, I wear flip flops year round.
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