You Live in California when...

by AlanF 24 Replies latest social humour

  • AlanF
    AlanF

    You Live in California when...

    1. You make over $250,000 and you still can't afford to buy a house.

    2. The high school quarterback calls a time-out to answer his cell phone.

    3. The fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway.

    4. You know how to eat an artichoke.

    5. You drive your rented Mercedes to your neighborhood block party.

    6. When someone asks you how far something is, you tell them how long it will

    take to get there rather than how many miles away it is.

    You Live in New York City when...

    1. You say "the city" and expect everyone to know you mean Manhattan.

    2. You have never been to the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building

    3. You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus

    Circle to Battery Park, but can't find Wisconsin on a map.

    4. You think Central Park is "nature,"

    5. You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes

    you multi-lingual.

    6. You've worn out a car horn.

    7. You think eye contact is an act of aggression.

    You Live in Maine when...

    1. You only have four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup, and Tabasco.

    2. Halloween costumes fit over parkas.

    3. You have more than one recipe for moose.

    4. Sexy lingerie is anything flannel with less than eight buttons.

    5. The four seasons are: winter, still winter, almost winter, and

    construction.

    You Live in the South when...

    1. You can rent a movie and buy bait in the same store.

    2."ya'll" is singular and "all ya'll" is plural.

    3. After five years you still hear, "You ain't from 'round here, are Ya?"

    4. "He needed killin' " is a valid defense.

    5. Everyone has 2 first names: Billy Bob, Jimmy Bob, Mary Sue, Betty Jean,

    MARY BETH, etc.

    You live in Colorado when...

    1. You carry your $3,000 mountain bike atop your $500 car.

    2. You tell your husband to pick up Granola on his way home and he stops at

    the day care center.

    3. A pass does not involve a football or dating.

    4. The top of your head is bald, but you still have a pony tail.

    You live in the Midwest when...

    1. You've never met any celebrities, but the mayor knows your name.

    2. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor.

    3. You have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day.

    4. You end sentences with a preposition: "Where's my coat at?"

    5. When asked how your trip was to any exotic place, you say, "It was

    different!"

    You live in Florida when...

    1. You eat dinner at 3:15 in the afternoon.

    2. All purchases include a coupon of some kind -- even houses and cars.

    3. Everyone can recommend an excellent dermatologist.

    4. Road construction never ends anywhere in the state.

    5. Cars in front of you are often driven by headless people.

    You live in Arizona when . . .

    1. You are willing to park 3 blocks away because you found shade.

    2. You can open and drive your car without touching the car door or the

    steering wheel.

    3. You've experienced condensation on your butt from the hot water in the

    toilet bowl.

    4. You would give anything to be able to splash cold water on your face.

    5. You can attend any function wearing shorts and a tank top.

    6. "Dress Code" is meaningless at high schools and universities. Picture

    lingerie ads.

    7. You can drive for 4 hours in one direction and never leave town.

    8. You have over 100 recipes for Mexican food.

    9. The 4 seasons are: tolerable, hot, really hot, and ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!!

    10. You know that "dry heat" is comparable to what hits you in the face when

    you open your oven door.

  • maybesbabies
    maybesbabies

    LOL, AlanF that's funny!!!!

    You Live in California when...

    1. You make over $250,000 and you still can't afford to buy a house.

    2. The high school quarterback calls a time-out to answer his cell phone.

    3. The fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway.

    4. You know how to eat an artichoke.

    5. You drive your rented Mercedes to your neighborhood block party.

    6. When someone asks you how far something is, you tell them how long it will

    take to get there rather than how many miles away it is

    I grew up in CA, and the only part of the list that is true for me is the artichoke thing. Of course, it all depends on where in the state you grew up, and I grew up in the high desert in CA ( in Hemet and surrounding areas; we lived in a lot of campgrounds in the middle of nowhere) which mostly had small towns and cities exactly like the midwest, but with less greenery.

  • Xandria
    Xandria

    You live in California when you know what a High Colonic is.

    Gawd had a Fornie flashback... ty sis.

    X.

  • AlanF
    AlanF

    Hey guys,

    As with everything, stereotypes are often generalizations that don't apply to specific situations. However, having just gotten back from a trip to the San Jose (Silicon Valley) area, the stereotype that was sent to me and which I forwarded here, fit quite well. Some people mentioned having bought a house there some 20 years ago for about 200,000, which is today worth about 1.3 million dollars. Go figure.

    Having grown up in New York, I can vouch that the stereotype is dead nuts on.

    AlanF

  • StinkyPantz
    StinkyPantz

    The Midwest one was true LOL:

    You live in the Midwest when...

    1. You've never met any celebrities, but the mayor knows your name.

    2. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor.

    3. You have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day.

    4. You end sentences with a preposition: "Where's my coat at?"

    5. When asked how your trip was to any exotic place, you say, "It was

    different!"

    I am guilty of 1 (he used to request me at Red Lobster), 3, 4, and 5 (Well it was!!). . weird. . .

  • DevonMcBride
    DevonMcBride

    This is sooo true. Great one, Alan F.

    Devon

  • Aztec
    Aztec
    2. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor.

    All of those were true except for this one. In Detroit traffic is horrendous! Where I grew up, way up in Northern Michigan, it was ten cars waiting to pass an Amish horse and buggy....LOL!

    ~Aztec

  • patio34
    patio34

    Hi Alan,

    Great lists! Having grown up in Indiana, it sounds pretty accurate to me. Now, living in California, the other list sounds good too! In fact, finding people to fill managerial/executive positions is a very real problem, because the salaries don't jive with the housing costs.

    Cheers!

    Pat

  • berylblue
    berylblue
    You Live in New York City when...

    1. You say "the city" and expect everyone to know you mean Manhattan.

    2. You have never been to the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building

    3. You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus

    Circle to Battery Park, but can't find Wisconsin on a map.

    4. You think Central Park is "nature,"

    5. You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes

    you multi-lingual.

    6. You've worn out a car horn.

    7. You think eye contact is an act of aggression.

    Well, not from NY but I can relate.

  • rocketman
    rocketman

    Very good stuff.

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