you know you're from californiaYou know you're from California when......?

So true:) right?

Everyone hates cops.

You live next door to mexicans.

You say "like" and "for sure" and "dude" and "totally" and "peace out" and "chill" and "tight" and "bro" and "sick" and "hella"(Nor Cal only) and "stoked" and you say them often.

You know what real cheese taste like.

You don't get snowdays off because theres only snow in Mammoth, Tahoe, Shasta, and Big Bear.

You can wear sandals all year long.

You go to the Beach - not "down to the shore."

You know 65 mph really means 100.

Your child's 3rd-grade teacher has purple hair, a nose ring, and is named Flower.

You cut someone off, you get the horn and the finger and high speed chase.

Our governor can kick your governors butt.

You can go out at midnight.

You get looked at funny by locals when you're on vacation in their state.

No one stops at stop signs... we do the "California roll"
No cop no stop baby!

You can get fresh and REAL Mexican food 24 hours a day.

You see an In-N-Out (Arizona and Vegas are lucky we share that with them).

You call it soda, not pop.

You were born somewhere else.

Your sense of direction=Toward the ocean and away from the ocean.

You know how to eat an artichoke.

The primary bugs that you worry about are electronic.

Your car has bullet-proof windows.

Your monthly house payments exceed your annual income.

You can't find your other earring because your son/brother is wearing it.

Your family tree contains "significant others."

More than clothes come out of the closets.

You go to a tanning 沙龙 before going to the beach.

More money is spent on facelifts than on diapers.

Smoking in your office is not optional.

You pack shorts and a T-shirt for skiing in the snow, and a sweater and a wetsuit for the beach.

When you can't schedule a meeting because you must "do lunch."

Your children learn to walk in Birkenstocks.

All highways into the state say: "no fruits."

All highways out of the state say: "Go back."

The Terminator is your governor.

It's barely sprinkling rain and there's a report on every news station: "STORM WAyou know you're from californiaTCH"

You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from California.

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.

You don't care what race people are because you're too busy wondering what gender they are.

You have a very strong opinion about where your coffee beans are grown and can taste the difference between Sumatran and Ethiopian.

It's barely sprinkling rain outside, so you leave for work an hour early to avoid all the weather-related accidents.

A really great parking space can totally 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 U.S.

Unlike back home, the guy at 8:30 am at Starbucks wearing the baseball cap and sunglasses who looks like George Clooney IS George Clooney.

Your car insurance costs as much as your house payment.

The normal symbols on restrooms mean "people wearing pants" and "people wearing skirts".

Both you AND your dog have therapists.

You pass an elementary school playground and the children are all busy with their cell phones or pagers.

If you drive illegally, they take your driver's license. If
you're here illegally, they want to give you one.

Oh, and no one from California calls it Cali... that's how we know you're not from around here.


'A really great parking space can totally move you to tears'

That's like everywhere these days!!! Finding one @college, @ your friends house where there's like 3 houses on the block having parties, and of course The City... crap man. BART is still expensive; rather carpool, even if I have to drive.
HA! this is so true. lol

Here's a couple more to add to this list at:

http://www.youknowster.com/jokes/view/7-you-know-youre-from-california-if
those statement are like so tight, for sure... i can tell you are chill, dude... and bro, those are hella sick. and, i'm stoked that you wrote all of that...

peace out.
omg..thats on facebook!!
its like a group..i think
anyways..this is soo true. i do like
half of the things on the list..lol
i just said like.
i love californiyou know you're from californiaa.
da bears are da bomb your right California must suck... thats why its the most populated? What the heck you didn't even say the good things about it. Stop hating
Omg this is so true I have lived in California all my life, its awesome! -- and don't forget the baggy pants!
So True!! But you forgot--

It's not Frisco, it's The City.

There are only two seasons: Fire and Flood.

And the Delta Breeze.
Yup thats preety much my state ...CALIFORnIA !!!!
OMG! These are so true!!! Just had a fam reunion wit folks from over there and boy were they exactly like these. LOL
Most of these things are true in Kansas too.
OMG those are all true! lol. Nor Cal here, and we say "Hecka" as well!
lol im from nc and still relate to some haha
Funny post, thanks! Pretty spot on for the most part.

None of my neighbors are Mexicans. I like cops. My car insurance is actually cheaper in California than what I paid in Texas.
I've only heard people say 'bro' and 'dude' not the Val speak.
You can't smoke in your office, anywhere indoors, including bars and even some beaches, stadiums or outdoor shopping areas.
You forgot that $500,000 will buy you a run down crack house.
The people here can be really flakey. Always make back up plans.

A great parking space really does make me happy.









wow dude, you are so cool. ur trying to make it look like californians are better than any other american. You still have a shi-load of mexicans that make those tacos, AND unlike in California, our mexicans actually cut our grass. They aren't our next-door neighbors(like gang infested California)

Dude you are waytoo cocky for such a pathetic state. How are you proud that you make $300k and still can't buy a house? What I would do is move my @ss out of that dry shi-hole and move to a nice decent state.


So you like to live in dry shi-hole filled with illegals and a foreign actor as governor and not be able to afford a house? it just proves that EVERY state is better than California.