You're from California if ...

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[tx_eggman]

You know you're from California if:

1. Your co-worker has eight 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 third-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 crotchless chaps, and you don't even notice

14. the guy at 8:30 am 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. It's barely sprinkling rain and there's a report on every news station: "STORM WATCH,"

19. You have to leave the big company meeting early because Billy Blanks himself is teaching the 4:00 pm 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 therapist . . . and lastly,

24. The Terminator is your governor.

[StoneColdGOP]

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

Seriously... I start wars in parking lots over this.

[The_Reader_David]

Hey! Watch it. I'm in the rock-ribbed Republican Red State of Kansas, and I have an opinion about where my coffee is from and can taste the difference between Sumatran (my favorite) and Ethiopian (which I don't like). AND I buy my coffee for a local roaster all of whose outlets are in Kansas.

[fritzz]

I just got a refill at a Chevron station.

[Crazieman]

Born in Cali, raised in Kansas, and being here, I got a kick out of the STORM WATCH one.

Whereas here, buckets of rain, lightning, and hail is seen as a nuisance.

[Chad Fairbanks]

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

One doesn't need to be from Cali for this to be true. I mean, really. Who can't tell the difference between Sumatran ad Ethiopian coffee? Ethiopian is rich and spicy, and a great coffee for a French Press, while a Sumatran coffee is dark and full-bodied, but typically it's very earthy and musty - very natural tasting.

Hope this helps.

[Chad Fairbanks]

I only like Ethiopian when it's Pressed. I am a big Peaberry fan - Some nice New Guinea Peaberry coffees coming out. Of course, my One True Coffee Love is Jamaican Blue Mountain. Expensive, but a rare treat when I can get a little... Mmmm...

[JustRight]

"Whereas here, buckets of rain, lightning, and hail is seen as a nuisance"

Like terrorism!

[Lurking Libertarian]

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

Sorry, no one in California takes the bus.

[The_Reader_David]

Actually, I wasn't quite telling the truth about my favorite coffee. My real favorite is Indian Monsooned Malabar. Not quite as expensive as Jamaican Blue Mountain or Kona, but harder to find.

It's aged in leaky roofed sheds during the monsoon season to simulate the effect of an old-time sailing ship transporting it round the Horn to Europe. Rich and mild. There was a brief time when PT's in Topeka carried it, but alas no more.

[The_Reader_David]

No one in southern Califorinia or the Central Valley takes the bus. Plenty of flakey 'Save the Whales' types in the Bay Area don't own cars, and there's a fair bit of SF, Berkley and Oakland that you've got to reach by bus, as it's too far from BART or the cable cars to reach conveniently by foot. (One reason I always rent a car when I'm there: I don't feel like wasting half a day on a bus to venerate St. John Maximovich--Holy Virgin is way west on Gerry--or get to Japantown.)

[MotleyGirl70]

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.

Now that's funny.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Sounds tasty. I'll have to see if I can dig some up sometime.

Chad "I'm not addicted to coffee. I can quit anytime I want" Fairbanks

[Brainhose]

A better topic may be: You know you're from a blue county if.......

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

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



I agree, this is the best one we have. ANY amount of measurable rain and you get a "Slicker clad" weather person in hysteria. I love to watch those newscasts.

[melbell]

funny