You know you're from California when....

[absyntheNsugar]

1. Your coworker has 8 body piercings 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 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 US
13. A man gets on the bus in full leather regalia and crotchless 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 woma
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 Banks 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????


Cali Lexicon

Dude - your friend
Dude - I don't understand
Dude - That was really great
Dude - Hey! You forgot to put the break on your car! It's rolling downhill

[Don_G]

1. When You Have To Pay A Notary Republic

"X" amount of bucks in the State you're living in to the State you're were born in for a Birth Certificate to apply for a Passport; just for a 2nd picture ID.

[AlFrankenFan]

2. I lived in CA for five non-consecutive years...

...I got 16/22 of those questions, 72.7%! Erg. Finding a good parking space really does bring a tear to my mom's eye. It's next to impossible here.

[flamingyouth]

3. LOL - many of these are applicable to Seattleites too

Very funny. Thanks. :D

[absyntheNsugar]

4. Im sure - except the storm watch ones

Traffic comes to a grinding halt on the first sight of rain.