Miata Mailing List: February 2000, Message #96

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Are you sure this isn't about Seattle?  ;-)

Denise & Scarlett
Seattle, WA

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Ronald A. Veenker [SMTP:veenker@home.com]
> 
> > > > You know you're in California when ......
> > > >
> > > > 1.  Your co-worker has 8 body piercing and none are visible.
> > > >
> > > > 2.  You make over $250,000 and still can't afford a house.
> > > >
> > > > 3.  You take a bus and find it worthy of note that 2 people are
> carrying on a
> > > > conversation in English. (That ain't just in California, child!)
> > > >
> > > > 4.  Your child's 3rd grade teacher has purple hair, a nose ring, &
> is
> > > > named Breeze.
> > > >
> > > > 5.  You can't remember...is pot illegal?
> > > >
> > > > 6.  You've been to more than one 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 can taste the difference between Sumatra and Ethiopian.
> > > >
> > > > 8.  You also know which Brentwood restaurant serves the freshest
> > > > arugula.
> > > >
> > > > 9.  A really great parking space can move you to tears.
> > > >
> > > > 10. A low speed pursuit will interrupt ANY TV broadcast.
> > > >
> > > > 11. Gas costs 75 cents per gallon more than anywhere else in the
> U.S.
> > > >
> > > > 12. A man gets on the bus in full leather regalia and crotch less
> chaps.
> > > > You don't even notice.
> > > >
> > > > 13. A woman gets on the bus with live poultry. You don't even
> notice.
> > > >
> > > > 14. Unlike back home, the guy at 8:30 am at Starbuck's wearing the
> > > > baseball cap and sunglasses who looks like George Clooney IS George
> > > > Clooney.
> > > >
> > > > 15. Your car insurance costs as much as your house payment.
> > > >
> > > > 16. The gym is packed at 3 PM ... on a work day.
> > > >
> > > > 17.  Your hairdresser is straight, your plumber is gay, the woman
> who
> > > > delivers your mail is into BDSM, and your Mary Kay rep is a guy in
> drag.
> > > >
> > > > 18. It's sprinkling and there's a report on every news station about
> > > > "STORM WATCH 99."
> > > >
> > > > 20. Your paperboy has a two-picture deal.
> > > >
> > > > 21. The three hour traffic jam you just sat through wasn't caused by
> a
> > > > horrific nine-car Freeway pileup,  but by everyone slowing to
> rubberneck
> > > > at a lost shoe laying on the shoulder.
> > > >
> > > > 22. The weatherman talks about the weather in other parts of
> thecountry, as
> > > > if we really care.
> > > >
> > > > 23. You pass an elementary school playground and the children are
> all
> > > > busy with their cell phones or pagers.
> > > >
> > > > 24. It's sprinkling outside, so you leave for work an hour or two
> early
> > > > to avoid all the weather-related accidents.
> > > >
> > > > 25. You AND your dog have therapists.
> > > >
> > > > You know you're NOT in California if you don't know who George
> Clooney is -
> > > > and don't care.
>