You know you're from Idaho when...

  • The wind is faster than your truck.
  • Every other vehicle on the road is a 4x4.
  • When the sun goes down you start looking for your coat.
  • In March your vehicle is 43% mud.
  • You leave your keys in the car and the next morning it's still there.
  • You installed your new computer using a Leatherman tool
  • You hear the words "stream" or "brook" pronounced "crick."
  • The elevation of most towns exceeds the population.
  • You've broken down on the highway and somebody stops to help you.
  • You can see the stars at night.
  • People drive 200 miles to shop in a real mall.
  • Your great grandmother is older than the courthouse.
  • You got a set of snow tires for Valentines Day.
  • The bumper jack in your pickup will lift a house.
  • A girls' basketball game fills the gym.
  • A rodeo is more popular than a rock concert.
  • You can fish, golf, and go skiing all in the same day if you try hard enough.
  • Yellow light means "follow the car in front of you no matter what."
  • Democrats are like salmon: on the endangered species list.
  • You wave to someone on the highway because you recognize the truck.
  • You talk about a combine and people don't wonder what you are putting together.
  • In the spring every tenth car you pass is a tractor.
  • When the car in front of you is weaving you suspect a driver from Jefferson County instead of a drunk.
  • Maps and gloves are kept in your vehicle's "jockey box."
  • You have to wait for a flock of sheep to pass in front of you on the road.
  • You consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 18 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by.
  • You're proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights each year because Stanley is the coldest spot in the nation.
  • Your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March.
  • You instinctively walk like a penguin for five months out of the year.
  • Your brother's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his forehead.
  • You have worn shorts and a parka at the same time.
  • Your town has an equal number of bars and churches.
  • You have had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number.
  • "Vacation" means going east or west on I-84 for the weekend.
  • You measure distance in hours.
  • You know several people who have hit a deer more than once.
  • You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again.
  • You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching.
  • You see people wearing camouflage at social events (including weddings).
  • You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
  • You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them.
  • You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
  • Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
  • You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction.
  • Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your blue spruce.
  • You were unaware that there is a legal drinking age.
  • Down South to you means Utah or Nevada.
  • A brat is something you eat.
  • Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new pole shed.
  • You go out to a tail gate party every Friday.
  • Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost.
  • You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.
  • You find 0 degrees "a little chilly."
  • You actually get these jokes and forward them to all your Idaho friends.