You know you're a Californian IF:

[nini]

I don't know whether to laugh or cry and some of these :-)



CALIFORNIANS
So as to not be outdone by all the redneck, hillbilly, and Texan
jokes, you know you're from California if :

1. Your co-worker has 8 body piercings and none are visible.
2. You take a bus and are shocked at two people carrying on a conversation in English.
3. Your child's 3rd-grade teacher has purple hair, a nose ring, and is named Breeze.
4. You can't remember, is pot illegal?
5. You've been to a baby shower that has two mothers and a sperm donor.
6. You have a very strong opinion about where your coffee beans are grown, and you can taste the difference between Sumatran and Ethiopian.
7. You can't remember . . . is pot illegal?
8 A really great parking space can totally move you to tears.
9. A low speed police pursuit will interrupt ANY TV broadcast.
10. Gas costs $1.00 per gallon more than anywhere else in theU.S,
11. Stan Henry gets on the bus in full leather regalia and crotchless chaps, and you don't even notice.
12. Unlike 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.
13. Your car insurance costs as much as your house payment.
14. 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.
15. You can't remember is pot illegal?
16. It's barely sprinkling rain and there's a report on every news station: "STORM WATCH."
17. You have to leave the big company meeting early because Billy Blanks himself is teaching the 4:00 pm Tae Bo class.
18. You pass an elementary school playground and the children are all busy with their cells or pagers.
19. It's barely sprinkling rain outside, so you leave for work an hour early to avoid all the weather-related accidents . . .
20. Hey!!!! Is Pot Illegal????
21. Both you AND your dog have therapists . . .


and lastly,
22. The Terminator is your governor.

[rabid_nerd]

1. Useless Trivia

Billy Blanks is from Erie, PA

That Thing You Do was about a fictional band from Erie, PA

I was born in Erie, PA

The TV show Eerie Indiana sucked.

[StopTheMorans]

5. hey, I'm from 30 miles from Erie!

a big trip for me when I finally could drive was going to the Mall on Peach St :)

[elfwitch]

2. You can't remember is pot illegal?

Is it in California?
Because it sure is in Texas.
Hell, in Texas I think it is a hanging offense.

[TXlib]

7. Heck, being a liberal is a hanging offense here.

:eyes:

[bif]

3. Good one!

This is going out to mu pals in CA. Thanks.

[DBoon]

4. Another one

23. You've seen at least one movie for no other reason than you know someone who worked on it

[sam sarrha]

6. yo