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To: Toby06

> You know you're from Las 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. You can now predict where the construction signs will be misleadingly



placed.



5. Stop signs and red lights mean very little.



6. The last time you went to the strip, your cousins were in town last

summer.



7. You become nocturnal between the months of April to October.



8. You know the seasons: Really hot, 2 weeks of nice, not so hot, 2

weeks of nice.



9. Your favorite chocolate is Ethel M.



10. When you go to different cities, you're amazed things aren't open

after 9 pm.



11. You've never seen a closed gas station.



12. You can get hard liquor any day of the week, any time of the day.



13. When arriving home from vacation the slot machines in McCarran are

comforting.



14. You are still asked "smoking or non?" when you go to out to eat.



15. You laugh at people playing the slots at 7-11.



16. You have no idea how a lottery works.



17. What the hell is "last call"?



18. Your most prized possession as a Nevadan is your blue and white

license plate.



19. You know the spaghetti bowl has nothing to do with food.



20. You know never to merge right when driving north on I-15, it'll end

anyway.



21. You think a pile of rocks is a nice lawn.



22. The term Lake Las Vegas doesn't seem an oxymoron in the slightest.



23. You remember the ugly lion.



24. You give directions to your house based on location of closest

casino.



25. You need to walk through a casino to see a movie.



26. You go in circles through McCarran on purpose.



27. You can spot a tourist from 3 miles away.



28. Limos are an everyday sighting.



29. You laugh at people taking pictures in front of the "welcome" sign.



30. You don't own an umbrella.



31. Sixty degrees is cold enough to wear a jacket.



32. You can wear pants in the summer and shorts in the winter.



33. You've never HAD to pay for parking.



34. You are outraged to pay more than 9.99 for prime rib and a lobster

tail.



35. You pass this on to other locals.



36. You remember when the 215 was a secret.



37. When at least one of the people in your neighborhood is a stripper.



38. The intersection of E. Sunset Rd., W. Sunset Rd., Sunset Way, and

Mountain Vista is not confusing to you.



72 posted on 04/21/2006 7:50:30 AM PDT by EX52D (Life is a stage, and we are merely players...)
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74 posted on 04/21/2006 7:52:35 AM PDT by Toby06 (Make illegal immigration illegal!)
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