- 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 4×4.
- 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”.
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