YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN CALIFORNIA

From an email that makes its rounds every now and then... it's funny, because it's true, especially here in So. Cal.

• Your coworker has 8 body piercings and none are visible.


• You make over $300,000 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 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.


• A really great parking space can 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. You don't even notice.


• The guy at Starbucks wearing the baseball cap and sunglasses who looks like George Clooney really IS George Clooney.


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


• 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.


• It's barely sprinkling rain and there's a report on every news station: "STORM WATCH 2004."


• You have to leave the big company meeting early because Billy Banks himself is teaching the 4:00 p.m. 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.


• Both you AND your dog have therapists.


• The Terminator is your new governor.