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You know you live in California if...

PostPosted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 8:46 pm
by Steve M
1. Your co-worker 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,

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. Un like back home, 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 therapists . . . and lastly,

24. The Terminator is your governor.


:)

Re: You know you live in California if...

PostPosted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 9:17 pm
by Wii
I've been to California (San Diego) a couple times, most recent was last summer. I must say most of those are quite true and gave me a good laugh ;D ;D

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

Re: You know you live in California if...

PostPosted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 9:54 pm
by Steve M
I've been to California (San Diego) a couple times, most recent was last summer. I must say most of those are quite true and gave me a good laugh ;D ;D

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


I stayed in Los Angeles for 7 months back in 1970.  I have to say no day was the same as the last.   ;D

Re: You know you live in California if...

PostPosted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:11 pm
by ShaneG_old
;D ;D ;D These have me rolling!!

Re: You know you live in California if...

PostPosted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 2:07 am
by BigTruck
Well, after 3 years in San Diego, 1 year in 29 Palms, and now 7 months in on another 3 year tour in the SF Bay Area...I find thses very true about California.  Especially the weather ones, if it rains, just unpack your sleeping bag and get comfy at the office.  The drive home just isn't worth it.  It is unbelievable how bad these drivers are out here when a drop of moisture forms in the atmosphere and makes it's way to the earth LOL.  Last time it rained out here it took me 4 hours to drive 53 miles.  :-/

Ok, Cali-Rant over  ;D  (sure wish they would send me back to Hawaii)

Re: You know you live in California if...

PostPosted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 3:21 am
by ozzy72
I spent a few years living in California as a kid.... but I was one of the lucky ones, I escaped in a balloon during the Regan presidency ;D

Re: You know you live in California if...

PostPosted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 5:04 am
by Fozzer

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

24. The Terminator is your governor.


:)


Californians (Americans) speak American.

Arnie speaks Austrian.

F...speaks English... ;)..(with a slight Cockney accent)... ;D...!

I like Santa Barbara Beach Babes!... :-*... :-*... :-*...!

..."...and for my next piece of legislation..."....>>>>

Image; "Ah'll be back!"

Re: You know you live in California if...

PostPosted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:19 pm
by skoker
What?!? No forest fire jokes? ;D

Re: You know you live in California if...

PostPosted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 6:48 pm
by lunitic_8
25. If you look to the right on the way to work you can see the wildfires blazing through residential areas and wildlife reservations :D

Re: You know you live in California if...

PostPosted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:18 pm
by BigTruck

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

24. The Terminator is your governor.


:)


Californians (Americans) speak American.

Arnie speaks Austrian.



Velcome to Kahlee-phone-yah, we got to get ahht of heeyah, grab mah hahnd   8-)  

Gotta love the Governator

Re: You know you live in California if...

PostPosted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:13 pm
by DaveSims
1. Your co-worker 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,

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. Un like back home, 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 therapists . . . and lastly,

24. The Terminator is your governor.


:)


All reasons not to move to California for me!   :P

Re: You know you live in California if...

PostPosted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 4:21 am
by lost sailor
I'm from San Francisco, I left for the east coast in 98, but decided to go back in 07 -- big mistake I hated it, went to SoCal for a year and decided to come back east -- It didn't take me very long to realize the mistake, just took a while to earn enough money to get out again -- All of those things were true years before the Governator took office.

Re: You know you live in California if...

PostPosted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 7:14 am
by Fozzer
I'm from San Francisco, I left for the east coast in 98, but decided to go back in 07 -- big mistake I hated it, went to SoCal for a year and decided to come back east -- It didn't take me very long to realize the mistake, just took a while to earn enough money to get out again -- All of those things were true years before the Governator took office.


...so what are your final conclusions/preferences....

East Coast, or West Coast?

I have spent the past 10+ Years, (since Flight Unlimited II), daily Sim Flying around the whole of California from North to South, East to West, using my highly detailed, relief Maps of the State, and in the meantime, dropping of in various areas and gaining all sorts of knowledge via the Internet, of the local areas!

I get daily, up-to-date E-Mailed news from the various News Stations and Newspapers, with Video reports.

I find the State of California a fascinating place, with variations of all sorts, and a surprise around every corner!

For me, it is an excellent exercise in History and Geography, all using the benefits of the Flight Sim!

F....G-BPLF... FU II/FS '98/FS 2000/FS 2002/FS 2004, (FSX)....;)...!

I reckon I have learned more about California in the past 10 years, than the whole of my 75 years of life in England... :o... ;)... ;D...!

My daily news from the Bay Area...>>>>
http://www.kron.com/Global/category.asp ... =menu130_1

If you want to know anything about the present "State" of California...just ask "Arnie"...
...he may be away at the time..but..."He'll be Back!"... ;D...!

Re: You know you live in California if...

PostPosted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 9:21 am
by H
"You know you live in California if... "
I wouldn't need all of those clues. Seeing an ocean to the west and none to the east would be a dead set clue I wasn't at the front end of the country's map...


8-)

Re: You know you live in California if...

PostPosted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 12:42 pm
by Alejandro Rhodes
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.


LMAO  ;D