My sister sent me this forward under the title, “Forget rednecks…here is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say about Alaskans…

Here were the ones (or their modifications) that rang the most true with me, along with my own.

• If you’ve worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you may live in Alaska.
• If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don’t work there, you may live in Alaska.
• If you measure distance in hours, you may live in Alaska.
• If you know several people who have hit a moose, you may live in Alaska.
• If you have switched from “heat” to “A/C” in the same day and back again, you may live in Alaska.
• If you can drive through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching, you may live in Alaska.
• If you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both unlocked, you may live in Alaska.
• If you carry jumpers in your car and your wife knows how to use them, you may live in Alaska.
• If you design your kid’s Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit, you may live in Alaska.
• If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow, you may live in Alaska.
• If you know all 4 seasons: winter, mud, road construction (unending light), and blink-and-you-miss-it, you may live in Alaska.
• If you find 10 degrees “a little chilly”, you may live in Alaska. (If you find it “balmy” and go without hat or mittens, you’ve just come through a -20 to -40 cold snap).
• If you know people who have informed their friends and neighbors their gardens or backyards are designated “Hunting” or “No-hunting,” you may live in Alaska.
• If you find warm darkness surreal, disorienting or nearly X Files worthy, you may live in Alaska.