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  • sir clinksalot
    MiceChatter
    • Feb 2005
    • 22751

    You know your from SoCal if ...

    YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM SO-CAL IF.......

    - Your monthly house payments exceed your annual income.

    - You drive next to a Rolls Royce and don't notice.

    - You don't know anyone's phone number unless you check your cell phone.

    - You speak Spanish, but you're not Mexican. (Or you're Mexican but can't speak Spanish)

    -You begin to "lie" to your friends about how close you are when you know damn well that it'll take you at least an hour to get there. **Getting anywhere from point A to point B, no matter what the distance, takes about "twenty minutes".

    - You drive to your neighborhood block party.

    -In the "winter", you can go to the beach and ski at Big Bear on the same day.

    -You eat a different ethnic food for every meal. (Taco Bell does not count)

    - If your destination is more than 5 minutes away on foot, you're definitely driving.

    -Calling your neighbors requires knowing their area code.

    -You know what 'In N Out' is and feel bad for all the other states because they don't have any.

    - You don't stop at a STOP sign, you do a "California Roll".

    -You really can never be too rich or too thin or too tan.

    - You've partied in Tijuana at least 3 times... You don't remember at least 1 of them.

    - You go to a tanning salon before going to the beach.

    - You know what a Mexican Pizza is, and it's not the one at Taco Bell.

    -Your cell phone has left a permanent impression on the side of your head.

    - You think that Venice is a beach.

    - The waitress asks if you'd like "carbs" in your meal.

    - You know who the tinsel underwear dude in Venice Beach is.

    - You classify new people you meet by their Area Code. An "818" would never date a "562" and anyone from "323" or "213" is ghetto/second class. Best area cod! e: "714." Nobody likes anyone from the "909" because it stinks there.

    - You call 911 and they put you on hold.

    - You have a gym membership because it's mandatory.

    - The gym is packed at 3pm...on a workday.

    - You think you are better than the people who live "Over the Hill". It doesn't matter which side of the hill you are currently residing, you are just better than them, for whatever reason.

    - You know that if you drive two miles in any direction you will find a McDonald's or a Starbucks.

    - You know what "sigalert", "PCH", and "the five" mean.

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

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

    - The Terminator is your governor.

    -You know that Taco Bell ISN'T Mexican Food.

  • Disney Wrassler
    Get the Iodine!
    MiceChat Round-Up Crew
    • Jul 2005
    • 17650

    #2
    Re: You know your from SoCal if ...

    -You know what 'In N Out' is and feel bad for all the other states because they don't have any.
    I agree with you on that. I just recently moved out of Cali to a state that does not have any In-N-Out burgers. I love their shakes though.

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    • sediment
      Banned User
      • Jan 2005
      • 14975

      #3
      Re: You know your from SoCal if ...

      Good ones!

      - You refer to numbered highways as "THE 101," "THE 5,"...

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      • Groomer
        And, THEN she said...
        • May 2005
        • 2265

        #4
        Re: You know your from SoCal if ...

        omg i love this! and yes i do feel sorry for this state no In n Out! i also feel sorry for me cause i cant have any more In n Out! and the bf took me too see Nashville...didnt really impress me much but i went absolutely NUTS when i noticed a JACK IN THE BOX off of the freeway!

        and that Jumbo Jack with cheese was the highlight of the day! i even had him buy a few extra and i put those suckers in the freezer..now when i get seriously homesick i can whip out a jumbo jack!!!!!!!

        and, i STILL do California Rolls and drive like im getting on the 5 at rush hour..

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        • Cuzco-topia
          /sigh
          • Jan 2005
          • 4509

          #5
          Re: You know your from SoCal if ...

          - When an earthquake rolls around, you continue with your work as if nothing happened, while visiting out-of-stater's are frantically running for cover.
          Marge: Barnacle Bill's Home Pregnancy Test? Homer, shouldn't we have gone with a better-known brand?
          Homer: But Marge, this one came with a corn-cob pipe!
          Marge: [reading from the test box] "Ahoy, Maties! If the water turns blue, a baby for you! If purple ye see, no baby thar be!"
          Homer: So, which is it? Blue or purple?
          Marge: Pink.
          Homer: D'oh!
          Marge: "If ye test should fail, to a doctor set sail!"

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          • Robert951
            Luckiest Man Alive!
            • Jan 2005
            • 179

            #6
            Re: You know your from SoCal if ...

            You also know what 'Hang a left' means, when you're driving with someone.

            You also remember what hanging on Van Nuys Blvd on Wednesday nights meant.

            In High School, you could get credit for Surfing Class.
            B5, Marcus Cole:
            I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair, then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserved them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe........

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            • Groomer
              And, THEN she said...
              • May 2005
              • 2265

              #7
              Re: You know your from SoCal if ...

              heee i had to get the bf used to hang a left...and dont forget when someone is going somewhere and you ask them can i "Go With?"

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              • LuvsLilo
                So fetch
                • Sep 2005
                • 3575

                #8
                Re: You know your from SoCal if ...

                - You classify new people you meet by their Area Code. An "818" would never date a "562" and anyone from "323" or "213" is ghetto/second class. Best area cod! e: "714." Nobody likes anyone from the "909" because it stinks there.
                I take it some O.C snob wrote this.


                - You call 911 and they put you on hold.
                Yep this happened to me in the Valley. Some jerk was trying to run my friend and me of the freeway. I called 911, didn't get an answer for a while, finally got one, got put on hold. It was really fun when the guy blocked us in a parking lot at a gas station.

                -You know what 'In N Out' is and feel bad for all the other states because they don't have any.
                :: Drool:: Mmmmm, Cheeseburger Animal Style. Yum!

                - You speak Spanish, but you're not Mexican. (Or you're Mexican but can't speak Spanish)
                That's my husband and I. He can speak perfect spanish, I can barely say Hola.

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                • sediment
                  Banned User
                  • Jan 2005
                  • 14975

                  #9
                  Re: You know your from SoCal if ...

                  Originally posted by Cuzco-topia
                  - When an earthquake rolls around, you continue with your work as if nothing happened, while visiting out-of-stater's are frantically running for cover.
                  Also, you try to guess the magnitude and the location before it pops up on the USGS web site.

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                  • Cuzco-topia
                    /sigh
                    • Jan 2005
                    • 4509

                    #10
                    Re: You know your from SoCal if ...

                    Originally posted by sediment
                    Also, you try to guess the magnitude and the location before it pops up on the USGS web site.
                    And you usually guess correctly ....to the point!
                    Marge: Barnacle Bill's Home Pregnancy Test? Homer, shouldn't we have gone with a better-known brand?
                    Homer: But Marge, this one came with a corn-cob pipe!
                    Marge: [reading from the test box] "Ahoy, Maties! If the water turns blue, a baby for you! If purple ye see, no baby thar be!"
                    Homer: So, which is it? Blue or purple?
                    Marge: Pink.
                    Homer: D'oh!
                    Marge: "If ye test should fail, to a doctor set sail!"

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                    • Morrigoon
                      insufferable know-it-all
                      • Jan 2005
                      • 9537

                      #11
                      Re: You know your from SoCal if ...

                      You laughed all the way through "L.A. Story" because it was all SOOOO true!

                      Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe...


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                      • Cuzco-topia
                        /sigh
                        • Jan 2005
                        • 4509

                        #12
                        Re: You know your from SoCal if ...

                        Originally posted by Morrigoon
                        You laughed all the way through "L.A. Story" because it was all SOOOO true!
                        "Walk?! No one WALKS in L.A!!!"
                        Last edited by Cuzco-topia; 09-15-2005, 10:55 AM.
                        Marge: Barnacle Bill's Home Pregnancy Test? Homer, shouldn't we have gone with a better-known brand?
                        Homer: But Marge, this one came with a corn-cob pipe!
                        Marge: [reading from the test box] "Ahoy, Maties! If the water turns blue, a baby for you! If purple ye see, no baby thar be!"
                        Homer: So, which is it? Blue or purple?
                        Marge: Pink.
                        Homer: D'oh!
                        Marge: "If ye test should fail, to a doctor set sail!"

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                        • Tech_Disney
                          Banned User
                          • Jan 2005
                          • 295

                          #13
                          Re: You know your from SoCal if ...

                          Originally posted by sir clinksalot
                          - You classify new people you meet by their Area Code. An "818" would never date a "562" and anyone from "323" or "213" is ghetto/second class. Best area cod! e: "714." Nobody likes anyone from the "909" because it stinks there.
                          This one is completely incorrect. 323 and 213 serve the USC community. I hardly consider anyone paying $40,000/year just for an education as ghetto/second class.

                          Didn't the last thread with socio-economic stereotypes get thrown in the Litter Box?

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                          • fastpassmountain
                            ...
                            • May 2005
                            • 966

                            #14
                            Re: You know your from SoCal if ...

                            If Steve Martin didn't have a different name than his own in the film, you'd swear it was a documentary...

                            Originally posted by Morrigoon
                            You laughed all the way through "L.A. Story" because it was all SOOOO true!





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                            • figment1986
                              Banned User
                              • Jan 2005
                              • 8885

                              #15
                              Re: You know your from SoCal if ...

                              What is this "in & out" you speek of.. I only know of Carls Jr/Hardees...

                              They need to expand like Sonic, wataburger, and a few others did... come to FLA...

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                              • fastpassmountain
                                ...
                                • May 2005
                                • 966

                                #16
                                Re: You know your from SoCal if ...

                                This song is your anthem:

                                Come A Long Way by Michelle Shocked

                                kicked in his door at 5 AM
                                "I've come for my bike" I told the repo man
                                My 920's gonna take me far today
                                You can travel for miles and never leave L.A.

                                I've come a long way
                                I've come a long way
                                I've gone 500 miles today
                                I've come a long way
                                I've come along way
                                And never even left L.A.

                                I drive by the Plaza where the gay boys pose
                                Stand in their windows wearing no clothes
                                I heard the screams of the dying dark
                                Through the sweet green icing of MacArthur Park
                                And then I crossed the river into East L.A.
                                Pescado mojado me encontre
                                And I've given up on rock 'n roll
                                And I'm saving up for norteno
                                The river she runs by the railroad tracks
                                I swear I'll never take it back
                                A train, she cries on the midnight hour
                                All along the Watts Tower
                                Ohhhhhhhhhhh

                                I've come a long way
                                I've come a long way
                                I've gone 500 miles today
                                I've come a long way
                                I've come along way
                                And never even left L.A.

                                I gunned it down to San Pedro Bay
                                Watched my ship sail in, watched her sail away
                                The sun was sinking into the sea
                                But a ball of fire inside of me
                                Was burning my motor and driving me hard
                                Past the big hair on the Boulevard
                                And up Mulholland where I made the scene
                                Like the one that took little Jimmy Dean
                                And then I shimmied up Wilshire like a little silk worm
                                Past the rodeo and the pachyderm
                                And then I stopped for coffee at an art cafe
                                I saw the repo man and made my getaway
                                Doing the Eagle Rock
                                Heading for the hills
                                Oh try to let my engines cool
                                And it is not my fault that this town shakes
                                I saw the falling rock and I hit my brakes

                                I've come a long way
                                I've come a long way
                                I've gone 500 miles today
                                I've come a long way
                                I've come along way
                                And never even left L.A.

                                Now you tow it to the repo man's front door
                                And you give him these keys, I don't need them no more
                                You tow it to the repo man's front door
                                And you give him these keys, I don't need them no more

                                I've come a long way
                                I've come a long way
                                I've gone 500 miles today
                                I've come a long way
                                I've come along way
                                And never even left L.A.
                                I've come a long way
                                I've come a long way
                                I've gone 500 miles today
                                I've come a long way
                                I've come along way
                                And never even left L.A.
                                And never even left L.A.
                                And never even left L.A.





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                                • sir clinksalot
                                  MiceChatter
                                  • Feb 2005
                                  • 22751

                                  #17
                                  Re: You know your from SoCal if ...

                                  I didn't write the list ... I just reported it.

                                  Don't shoot the messenger.

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                                  • DisneyDaniel
                                    California Adventurer
                                    • Jan 2005
                                    • 91

                                    #18
                                    Re: You know your from SoCal if ...

                                    Originally posted by sir clinksalot
                                    YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM SO-CAL IF.......
                                    Very funny list--because it's true! For MiceChat or any other Disney board, I would add:

                                    --You know exactly how many miles it takes to drive from your home/work to Disneyland.

                                    --You know exactly how many minutes it takes to drive to Disneyland, both with and without traffic. :ap:
                                    Yes, I do LOVE Disney California Adventure. Disneyland is not so bad either ;-)

                                    "In The Parks"Twitter at http://twitter.com/ThemeParkTimes

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                                    • wolfy
                                      Still wants to be a cat!
                                      • Jan 2005
                                      • 7149

                                      #19
                                      Re: You know your from SoCal if ...

                                      Originally posted by DisneyDaniel
                                      Very funny list--because it's true! For MiceChat or any other Disney board, I would add:

                                      --You know exactly how many miles it takes to drive from your home/work to Disneyland.

                                      --You know exactly how many minutes it takes to drive to Disneyland, both with and without traffic. :ap:
                                      So true...........2.4 miles from front door to Parking Structure entrance. 30 minutes from front door to the Hub. The only traffice I hit is waiting for the tram or security or entrance, then maybe 45 minutes max!
                                      Mom, remember, it's not what a person is like on the outside that counts,
                                      it's what they are like in their HEART!


                                      - Wolfette

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                                      • Druggas
                                        Hooterville, USA
                                        • Feb 2005
                                        • 10403

                                        #20
                                        Re: You know your from SoCal if ...

                                        You know you're from So Cal if you have to move out of So Cal, to buy a house!
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                                        This has been a Filmways presentation dahling.

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