• You buy salsa by the gallon.
• Your Christmas decorations includes a half a yard of sand and l00 paper bags.
• You think a red light is merely a suggestion.
• All of your out-of-state friends start to visit after October but clear out come the end of April.
• You think someone driving wearing oven mitts is clever.
• Most of the restaurants in town have the first name "El" or "Los".
• You think 6 tons of crushed rock makes a beautiful yard.
• You've signed so many petitions to recall governors that you can't remember the name of the incumbent.
• Your house is made of stucco and has a red clay tile roof.
• You can say Hohokam and people don't think you're laughing funny.
• You see more irrigation water on the street than there is in the Salt River.
• Every other vehicle is a 4x4.
• Vehicles with open windows have the right-of-way in the summer.
• People break out coats when temperature drops below 70.
• The pool can be warmer than you are.
• Most homes have more firearms than people.
• Kids will ask, "What's a mosquito?"
• People with black cars or have black upholstery in their car are automatically assumed to be from out-of-state or nuts.
• The AC Service Man is on your list of best friends.
• Monday Night Football starts at 7:00 instead of 6:00.
• You can finish a Big Gulp in 10 minutes and go back for seconds.
• The water from the cold water tap is the same temperature as the hot one.
• You can (correctly) pronounce the words: "Saguaro", "Tempe", "Gila Bend", "San Xavier", "Canyon de Chelly", "Mogollon Rim", "Cholla", and "Ajo".