You're outside at -40 below, shoveling snow in your shorts (well, you know it's a hassle putting on all those clothes for just 10 minutes).
Your friend calls you up and says, "Hey, I have some furniture for sale. Is there enough room in your igloo for it?"
You are vacationing in Hawaii and a beautiful woman in a bikini walks by and you think, "Boy, I'd sure like to see her in a snowmobile suit!"
You can see the road through the floorboard of your pickup truck.
You have called an 800 number you found in a catalog and then were told "Alaska? Oh, we don't ship out of the United States." (Try saying "North Pole" - most places usually laugh for a solid minute, or they just hang up thinking you're some kind of prankster.)
You put up with the pain of a toothache until the Permanent Fund Dividend checks come out in October.
You know going "outside" involves a whole lot more than opening a door and walking into the yard.
You have ever worn a tie with waders.
You have learned to never say to your kids, "Be home by dark."
You know Bunny Boots aren't worn by bunnies or made out of bunnies.
You know the meaning of the word "baleen" and it has nothing to do with making hay into large cubes.
You think it's normal for a town to put all the businesses on one side of the road.
There are only three seasons: winter, breakup, summer.
Your local golf course has "happy hour" between 1:00 and 2:00 a.m.
The seat in your outhouse is lined with styrofoam so your butt won't freeze to it when you have to sit down for any length of time.
You have to set your alarm every three hours to go start you car and let it run for 20 minutes so hopefully it will start in the morning so you can go to work.
When you leave the water running in the sink so your pipes won't freeze... and you can't sleep because all you can hear is the water running.
Instead of plugging in your freezer, you just move it to the front porch!
You open your freezer to take out something for dinner, and are faced with many choices, Pink Salmon, Silver Salmon, Red Salmon, King Salmon, Smoked Salmon, or Halibut!
You go to shop for a second vehicle and come home with a snowmobile!
You're buying a house & you have to ask for water & electricity as an option.
You take off your shirt and your arms are as pale as your legs all the way to your wrists.
You know that the term "Break Up" has more to do with the weather than personal relationships.
Your monthly phone bill is larger than your house payment.
There is a bottle of Avon's Skin-So-Soft in your tackle box.
You don't know anyone who doesn't own a 4-wheeler.
You have ever taken a trip "outside" and tried to cash a traveler's check drawn on an Alaskan bank, and the cashier asked you the current exchange rate in Alaska.
You have ever washed your car while there was still snow on the ground.
You have ever power-washed your car by parking driver's side into the rain in the morning, and passenger side into the rain in the afternoon. (a Dutch Harbor thing)
You have tennis elbow but have never played tennis, just snagged a lot of salmon.
You know a honey bucket is really a bucket, but it's not really full of honey. (If you don't know, don't ask)
You know that the Rat Net is not a rodent-catching device.
You know the Naknek twitch is an illegal fishing technique, not a spasmodic muscle in your neck.
You travel for two days to get outside but none of your family members will travel more than two minutes to visit you.
You learned to swim indoors.
You leave your Christmas lights up, year round, because as soon as it gets warm enough to take them down it starts getting dark enough to put them up again.
Your bedroom windows are covered in aluminum foil.
You had waffle soles put on your cowboy boots.
Your monthly veterinarian bill is more than your own medical bill.
You know that a "handi-man-jack" is a device designed to lift a car to change a flat, not a guy named Jack that comes around your house on Saturdays to repair minor problems.
You know a "white out" has to do with winter conditions, not correcting fluid for typos.
It warms up to -35 degrees (Fahrenheit) and you go out in your short sleeves to wash you car.
You drive for a mile on square tires on a -65 morning before they eventually become normal.
When you have to put your sun visor down at 3:00 a.m.
All of your relatives refer to you as "that crazy person that lives up there!"
Your kids think that you have to get on a airplane to go on vacation.
Freezing, 32 degrees (Fahrenheit), is warm enough to wash your car.
You only own four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup, and Tabasco.
You design your Halloween costumes to fit over a snowsuit.
The mosquitoes have landing lights.
You have more miles on you snowblower than your car.
You have 10 favorite recipes for moose meat.
You've taken your kids trick-or-treating in a blizzard.
Driving is better in the winter because the potholes get filled with snow.
You think sexy lingerie is fleece socks and a flannel nightie with only 8 buttons.
You owe more money on your snowmobile than your car.
At least twice a year, the kitchen doubles as a meat processing plant.
The most effective mosquito repellent is a shotgun.
Your snowblower gets stuck on the roof.
You think the start of moose season is a national holiday.
You frequently clean grease off your barbecue so the bears won't prowl on your deck.
You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
The mayor greets you on the street by your first name.
There is only one shopping plaza in town.
The municipality buys a Zamboni before a bus.
The major parish fundraiser isn't bingo - its sausage making.
You find -60c a might chilly.
The trunk of your car doubles as a deep freeze.
You attended a formal event in your best clothes, your finest jewels and your Sorrels.
You can play road hockey on ice skates.
Shoveling the driveway constitutes a great upper body workout.
You know the 4 seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter, and Construction.
Rush hour isn't something you drive, it's when a bear is after you!
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