> So as not to be outdone by all the redneck, hillbilly, and Texan > jokes, you know you're from California if: > > 1. Your coworker has 8 body piercing's and none are visible. > > 2. You make over $300,000 and still can't afford a house. > > 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 Flower. > > 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 can't remember ... is pot illegal? > > 9. A really great parking space can totally move you to tears. > > 10. Gas costs $1.00 per gallon more than anywhere else in the U.S. > > 11. Unlike back home, the guy at 8:30 am at Starbucks wearing a > baseball cap and sunglasses who looks like George Clooney really IS George >Clooney. > > 12. Your car insurance costs as much as your house payment. > > 13. You can't remember . . . .is pot illegal? > > 14. It's barely sprinkling rain and there's a report on every news > station: "STORM WATCH." > > 15. You pass an elementary school playground and the children are all > busy with their cells or pagers. > > 16. It's barely sprinkling rain outside, so you leave for work an hour > early to avoid all the weather-related accidents. > > 17. HEY!!!! Is pot illegal???? > > 18. Both you AND your dog have therapists. > > 19 The Terminator is your governor. > > 20. If you drive illegally, they take your driver's license. If you're > here illegally, they want to give you one
They left one off:
21. You are a conservative Republican and your neighbors look at you like you are a criminal.
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"If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe." Carl Sagan
Here in Orange County (a red county, just south of the looney bin known as Los Angeles) we have a better grip on reality, but sometimes I wonder . . . .
Dear Lord, lest I continue in my complacent ways, help me to remember that someone died for me today. And if there be war, help me to remember to ask and to answer "am I worth dying for?" - Eleanor Roosevelt
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. -- Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
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