You Know You Live in California When ...

[Sheri257]

1. Your coworker has 8 body piercing's and none are visible.

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

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

4. You can't remember....is pot illegal?

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

6. Gas costs $1.00 per gallon more than anywhere else in the U.S.

7. You can't remember .....is pot illegal?

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

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

10. HEY!!! Is pot illegal????

11. Both you AND your dog have therapists.

12. The Terminator is your governor.

13. If you drive illegally, they take your driver's license. If you're here illegally, they want to give you one.

[mcmike55]

:chuckle Good thread!!!

I love the items in this list.

My cousin lives in Huntington Beach, totally loves California. This from a girl that grew up in rural Pa. The only thing we knew about ground tremors was when a heavy truck went by the house!!! :chuckle

By the way, on a similar note....look at the Ohio forum, and check out my "you know you live in Ohio" thread, some of the same kind of stuff!

Mike

[elizabells, BSN, RN]

I think I know what you mean........to me, dressing up is anything fancier than scrubs or a T-shirt and jeans. If attendance at some event requires wearing a dress or, God forbid, high heels, I'll stay home, thank you very much. :chuckle

He laughed when I showed up wearing an outfit almost identical to what I wear every day... but with earrings! Earrings, I tell you! Oh, and a slightly shinier lip gloss. That counts as being dressed up, right?

[Basi]

1. Your coworker has 8 body piercing's and none are visible.

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

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

4. You can't remember....is pot illegal?

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

6. Gas costs $1.00 per gallon more than anywhere else in the U.S.

7. You can't remember .....is pot illegal?

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

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

10. HEY!!! Is pot illegal????

11. Both you AND your dog have therapists.

12. The Terminator is your governor.

13. If you drive illegally, they take your driver's license. If you're here illegally, they want to give you one.

oh my gosh I've lived in SoCal my whole life and that is SO true.

[lola4525]

When you wear a jacket with shorts and sandles.

[Blackcat99]

I'm an ex-Californian. :) You know you live in California when you go to the store. You find you can get to the store much faster by walking than driving in heavy traffic.

[no er holds]

1. You speak more than one language and don't think twice about it

2. There are 3 McDonald's, 2 Starbucks, and a Jamba Juice in a one-mile radius

3. Wal-mart

4. Your trash collector drives a Mercedes

5. The ER looks like the DMV

6. The "Dog Psychics" are raking in the cash

7. Your patient requests Soy milk

[RosesrReder, BSN, MSN, RN]

:rotfl: , good joke :)

[pickledpepperRN]

You and your patient speak Spanglish to each other.

The answer to, "how far is it?" is given in minutes not miles.

[hipab4hands]

lol, not ten minutes ago I got into it with a friend over this. I'm a very recent CA to NY transplant, and apparently my idea of getting gussied up for a Friday night out is very different...

Where I live in California "gussied up" means trading your flipflops for a pair of Birkenstock sandals for a night out on the town.

[tramalady45]

1. You speak more than one language and don't think twice about it

2. There are 3 McDonald's, 2 Starbucks, and a Jamba Juice in a one-mile radius

3. Wal-mart

4. Your trash collector drives a Mercedes

5. The ER looks like the DMV

6. The "Dog Psychics" are raking in the cash

7. Your patient requests Soy milk

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