You know you're in Arizona when...

• You've signed so many petitions to recall governors that you can't remember the name of the incumbent.
  
  
• You notice your car overheating before you drive it.
  
  
• You can say Hohokam and people don't think you're laughing funny.
  
  
• You no longer associate bridges (or rivers) with water.
  
  
• You see more irrigation water flowing down the street than there is in the Salt River.
  
  
• You know a swamp cooler is not a happy hour drink.
  
  
• You can say 115 degrees without fainting.
  
  
• You have to go to a fake beach for fake waves.
  
  
• You quickly discover (in July) that it only takes two fingers to drive your car.
  
  
• You can make sun tea outside faster than instant tea in the microwave.
  
  
• You run your air conditioner in the middle of winter so you can use your fireplace.
  
  
• You notice the best parking place is determined by shade instead of distance.
  
  
• You realize that Valley Fever isn't a disco dance.
  
  
• Hotter water comes from the cold water tap than the hot one.
  
  
• You can (correctly) pronounce the words: "Saguaro", "Tempe", "Gila Bend", "San Xavier", "Canyon de Chelly", "Mogollon Rim", "Cholla", and "Tlaquepague".
  
  
• It's noon in July, kids are on summer vacation, and not one person is moving on the streets.
  
  
• You actually burn your hand opening the car door.
  
  
• Sunscreen is sold year round, kept at the front of the checkout counter, a formula less than 30 SPF is a joke, and you wear it just to go to Circle K.
  
  
• Some fool can market mini-misters for joggers and some other fools will actually buy them.
  
  
• Hot air balloons can't go up, because the air outside is hotter than the air inside.
  
  
• No one would dream of putting vinyl upholstery in a car.
  
  
• You can understand the reason for a town named "Why".

[ Author Unknown -- from 'Buffalos Chips' (buffalos-g-jokes.yahoogroups.com) ]