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List added by BlueOrchid on 3/27/2006

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1

You know who Wallace and Ladmo are (thanks Numbah)

5.00 Stars | 4 ratings

2

Most homes have more firearms than people.

4.40 Stars | 5 ratings

3

The only lakes in your area are Man-made (thanks garagerokker)

5.00 Stars | 3 ratings

4

You can be in the snow, then drive for an hour...and it will be over 100 degrees.

4.67 Stars | 3 ratings

5

You hear people say "but it's a DRY heat!"

4.00 Stars | 5 ratings

6

All of your out-of-state friends start to visit after October but clear out come the end of April.

5.00 Stars | 2 ratings

7

Daylight savings time has no meaning for you

5.00 Stars | 2 ratings

8

The best parking is determined by shade.....not distance.

5.00 Stars | 2 ratings

9

You can hear the weather forecast of 115 degrees without flinching.

4.00 Stars | 2 ratings

10

The water in your swimming pool gets so hot you can't swim. (thanks genghis)

3.67 Stars | 3 ratings

11

You know better than to get into a car with leather seats if you're wearing shorts.

3.67 Stars | 3 ratings

12

A ton of people bear the last name "Garcia"

5.00 Stars | 1 ratings

13

Most of the restaurants in town have the first name "El" or "Los."

5.00 Stars | 1 ratings

14

People who have black cars or black upholstery in their car are automatically assumed to be from out of-state or nuts.

5.00 Stars | 1 ratings

15

There's more people at a Saline County NE reunion than live in Saline County, NE (thanks genghis)

5.00 Stars | 1 ratings

16

You actually burn your hand opening the car door.

5.00 Stars | 1 ratings

17

You can finish a Big Gulp in 10 minutes and go back for seconds.

5.00 Stars | 1 ratings

18

You can identify Pine, Globe, Strawberry, Young, Eagar, Page, Tombstone and Why as real towns

5.00 Stars | 1 ratings

19

You can pronounce: Mogollon Rim, Gila and Pinal Counties, Hualapai...

5.00 Stars | 1 ratings

20

Your house is made of stucco and has a red clay tile roof.

5.00 Stars | 1 ratings

21

Your pet Gila Monster died from the heat. (thanks genghis)

5.00 Stars | 1 ratings

22

Ice cream melts as soon as you step outside. (added by Blue Orchid)

4.00 Stars | 1 ratings

23

You have to go to a fake beach for some fake waves

4.00 Stars | 1 ratings

24

You know a swamp cooler is not a happy hour drink.

4.00 Stars | 1 ratings

25

You know Numbah as the Overlord of Arizona

4.00 Stars | 2 ratings

26

You think a red light is merely a suggestion.

4.00 Stars | 2 ratings

27

Your car overheats at midnight (thanks genghis)

4.00 Stars | 1 ratings

28

You can fry an egg on the hood of a car IN THE MORNING!

3.67 Stars | 3 ratings

29

Sunscreen is sold year round, kept right at the checkout counter.

3.00 Stars | 2 ratings

30

You associate Bill Bidwell with Satan! (thanks IJR)

3.00 Stars | 1 ratings

31

You buy salsa by the gallon.

3.00 Stars | 1 ratings

32

You discover, in July it only takes two fingers to drive your car, because your steering wheel is so hot.

3.00 Stars | 1 ratings

33

You see two trees fighting over a dog.

3.00 Stars | 1 ratings

34

You think 60 tons of crushed red rock makes a beautiful yard.

3.00 Stars | 1 ratings

35

If you haven't worked for Motorola at some time, you must be a newcomer.

2.00 Stars | 3 ratings

36

You put on fresh sunscreen just to go check the mail box.

2.00 Stars | 1 ratings

37

You run your a/c in the middle of winter so you can use your fireplace.

2.00 Stars | 1 ratings

38

You take rain dances seriously (thanks Vudija)

2.00 Stars | 2 ratings

39

You can understand the reason for a town named "Why"

1.00 Stars | 1 ratings

40

Another city in another state is the hottest place in the U.S. and it makes you mad.

0.00 Stars | 0 ratings

41

Everyone in your neighborhood has a cactus in their yard. (thanks garagerokker)

0.00 Stars | 0 ratings

42

Hotter water comes from the cold water tap than the hot one.

0.00 Stars | 0 ratings

43

It's noon in July, kids are on summer vacation and yet all the streets are totally empty of both cars and people.

0.00 Stars | 0 ratings

44

Kids will ask, "What's a mosquito?"

0.00 Stars | 0 ratings

45

No one would dream of putting vinyl inside a car.

0.00 Stars | 0 ratings

46

Some fools will market mini-misters for joggers and some other fools will actually buy them. Worse.....some fools actually try to jog.

0.00 Stars | 0 ratings

47

There are more driving manuals in Spanish than there are in English

0.00 Stars | 0 ratings

48

Vehicles with open windows have the right-of-way in the summer.

0.00 Stars | 0 ratings

49

When the temperature drops below 80, and you have to put on a sweater! (thanks IJR)

0.00 Stars | 0 ratings

50

When traffic cones are mysteriously rearranged sometime during the night.

0.00 Stars | 0 ratings

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