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  • From: "Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>
  • To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Californians
  • Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 13:12:27 -0800

----- Original Message -----
From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>

> From my youngest daughter, a native Californian:
>
> 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 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.
> --------------------------------------------------------------
Hey, Gene, watch out, your list is confusing Northern CA with Southern CA.

Lynda, in the Green Triangle <<eg>>






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