You Know You're in California When...

 

  • Your co-worker has 8 body piercing and none are visible.

  • You make over $300,000 a year and still can't afford a house.

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

  • Your child's 3rd-grade teacher has purple hair, a nose ring, and is named Breeze.

  • You have a very strong opinion about where your coffee beans are grown.

  • You know which restaurant serves the freshest arugula.

  • 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 U.S.

  • Unlike back home, the guy at 8:30 am at Starbucks wearing the baseball cap and sunglasses who looks like Bruce Willis IS Bruce Willis.

  • Your car insurance costs as much as your house payment.

  • You have to leave the big company meeting early because Billy Blanks himself is teaching the 4:00 pm Tae Bo class.

  • You pass an elementary school playground and the children are all busy with their cell phones or pagers.

  • It's barely sprinkling rain outside, so you leave for work an hour early to avoid all the weather-related accidents.

  • Both you AND your dog have therapists.

  • You're thinking of taking an adult class but you can't decide between aroma therapy or conversational mandarin.

  • You call 911 and they put you on hold.

  • You keep a list of companies to boycott.

  • You've been to a baby shower that has two mothers and a sperm donor.

  • You give a "thumbs up" gesture to a car with a FREE TIBET bumper sticker -- and you mean it.

  • You realize the only Republicans you know are your aunt and uncle in Michigan.

---unknown author