You Know You're in California When....

[Sequoia]

YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN CALIFORNIA WHEN:

1. You make over $300,000 and still can't afford a house.

2. Your coworker has 8 body piercing and none are visible.

3. You take a bus and are shocked at two people carrying on a conversation
in English.

4. Your child's 3rd-grade teacher has purple hair, a nose ring, and is named
Breeze.

5. You can't remember...is pot illegal?

6. You've been to a baby shower that has two mothers and a sperm donor.

7. You have a very strong opinion about where your coffee beans are grown,
and you can taste the difference between Sumatran and Ethiopian.

8. You know which restaurant serves the freshest arugula.

9. You can't remember...is pot illegal?

10. A really great parking space can totally move you to tears.

11. A low speed police pursuit will interrupt ANY TV broadcast.

12. Gas costs $1.00 per gallon more than anywhere else in the U.S.

13. A man gets on the bus in full leather regalia and crotch less chaps. You
don't even notice.

14. Unlike back home, the guy at 8:30am at Starbucks wearing the baseball
cap and sunglasses who looks like George Clooney really IS George Clooney.

15. Your car insurance costs as much as your house payment.

16. Your hairdresser is straight, your plumber is gay, the woman who
delivers your mail is into S & M, and your Mary Kay rep is a guy in drag.

17. You can't remember...is pot illegal?

18. Its barely sprinkling rain and there's a report on every news station:
"STORM WATCH 2003."

19. You have to leave the big company meeting early because Billy Blanks
himself is teaching the 4:00pm Tae Bo class.

20. You pass an elementary school playground and the children are all busy
with their cells or pagers.

21. It's barely sprinkling rain outside, so you leave for work an hour early
to avoid all the weather-related accidents.

22. Hey!!!! Is Pot Illegal????

23. Both you AND your dog have therapists.

24. The Terminator is going to be your next governor.

(From an email..thanks)

[Webster Green]

1. Isn't this stereotyping?

At any rate....."hey, I resemble that remark!"

This Californian is proud to live on the left coast, in the land of fruits and nuts, ....or whatever.

[slackmaster]

2. Pretty good - Comment on coffee

I can definitely tell Ethiopian from Sumatran. They're not even close.

:D

At the moment I am drinking some Royal Tonga estate grown that a friend picked up at a Pacific Islander festival a couple of weeks ago. IMO it's about the best coffee I've ever had. I like it better than Jamaican Blue Mountain.

[name not needed]

3. same in nj

''1. You make over $300,000 and still can't afford a house.
15. Your car insurance costs as much as your house payment.
20. You pass an elementary school playground and the children are all busy
with their cells or pagers.
21. It's barely sprinkling rain outside, so you leave for work an hour early
to avoid all the weather-related accidents''




same thing in new jersey.