No I'm not talking about the honor code or anything like that, I'm talking about the secret language of Mormons. You know what I'm talking about, we all use it. This is the secret language/code for "Yes I'm a Mormon, are you?". And you know what, this Mormon code has come in handy several times.
Lets start with an easy one, Mormon Identification #1: BYU Memorabilia. This is an easy way of Mormon identification. Example - I bought some warm ups from DI that had a BYU logo on it (Cheryl's cheer warm ups, who ever Cheryl is), and at the Boston Marathon every year, I'm able to find Mormons, just by a little Y on my pants. Then we talk and are best friends. This also goes for license plates frames, tire covers, trailer hitch covers, and window stickers.
Identification #2: the Mormon Mom Jumper. No this lady is not related to me, but her dress is the typical Mormon jumper. All of our mom's have had one at one point or another in denim or some lovely floral pattern. I identified some Mormon's in Florence because of this lovely denim number. What does large family with mom in denim jumper speaking English mean - Mormon.
Identification #3: You might have seen these roaming around, and I would imagine this falls in line with large family and mom in denim jumper. But here we have a giant van (for large family - Mormon......or Catholic) with a sticker for every member. We saw this lovely van in Nauvoo. Why else would you go to Nauvoo unless you were Mormon?
Identification #4:
Young Married couple, (or in our case, too cool for school.) Yes, if you see a really young couple that is married, chances are they are Mormon or crazy. That is what people at work think. They also assume that you must be a newly wed, because you are sooo young. Oh yeah, and they are usually really gooey and lovey because they've only been together (dated, engaged and married) for 6 months.
Identification # 5: Clothing. Ok- clothing is obviously a huge identification factor. Long shorts and a Shade cap sleeve shirt in 110 degree weather, must be Mormon. Oh Shade, where would Mormon modesty be without you? In big trouble, that's where. And I'll just tie this in with the extremely young married couple, who are also dragging along their 12 month old L'Vern and are pregnant with their second kid. They must be Mormon.
The great thing about all this language/code, is that once you have identified Mormons, you are best friends. Case in point, we went to church in Cambridge with our Harvard friends. We wore our church clothes down town to get some lunch and then proceeded to church. As soon as we got out of the subway station, we put on our dress shoes and started off to the church building. While changing our shoes, some other Mormons came out of the subway. They said "You look like Mormons, do you know where the church is at?" We all consulted our maps, and one guy got on his cell phone to consult his friend. A Mormon drove by that we didn't know, but we all squished in his Prius and went to church (they were runners too, which makes us not only friends, but kindred spirits). Mormons = Best Friends.
If I have forgotten anything that is worth mentioning, let me know:)
Today we have the "Big Salad", well that is what we call it (it came from the Nordstrom Cafe and has a real name, but I can't remember it). But this is one tasty salad. So here are all the ingredients.
Have no fear, this seems to be a big problem here in the city. The McCormick Convention Center, which is really really big and has a lot of windows, has the same problem. They have around 50 birds every day that fly into the windows. 
