(Not to be outdone by all the redneck, hillbilly, & Texan jokes...
You know you're in California when......
>> Your coworker has 8 body piercings and none is visible.
>> You make over $300,000 and still can't afford a house.
>>Your child's 3rd-grade teacher has purple hair, a nose ring, and is named Breeze.
>>You can't remember ... is pot illegal?
>>You've been to a baby shower that has two mothers and a sperm donor.
>>You have a very strong opinion about where your coffee beans are grown, and you can taste the difference between Sumatran and Ethiopian.
>>You know which restaurant serves the freshest arugula. {H-mom note ... don't ask me, I don't know what it is either}
>>You can't remember ... is pot illegal?
>>A really great parking space can totally move you to tears.
>>A low speed police pursuit will interrupt ANY TV broadcast.
>>Gas costs $1.00 per gallon more than anywhere else in the US
>>A man gets on the bus in full leather regalia and crotchless chaps and you don't even notice.
>>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. {H-mom note ... oh how I wish ...}
>>Your car insurance costs as much as your house payment.
>>You can't remember ... is pot illegal?
>> It's barely sprinkling rain and there's a report on every news station: "STORM WATCH 2003." {H-mom note: My personal favorite ...}
>>You have to leave the big company meeting early because Billy Banks himself is teaching the 4:00pm Tae Bo class.
>>You pass an elementary school playground and the children are all busy with their cells or pagers.
>> It's barely sprinkling rain outside, so you leave for work an hour early to avoid all the weather-related accidents.
>>Hey!!!! Is Pot Illegal????
>>Both you AND your dog have therapists.
H-mom
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We learn a lot from crayons:
some are sharp; some are dull; some are pretty;
some have weird names; all are different colors.
And they all have to learn to live in the same box.