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California Myths

1. Your co-worker has 8 body piercings and none are visible. I'm a third generation Southern Californian, and the one person I've met with a piercing (besides one in each ear) was from Colorado. 2. You make over $300,000 and still can't afford a house. $130,000 a year, and own a pretty nice house... 5 bed/3 bath on a quarter acre in a crime free neighborhood. 3. You take a bus and are shocked at two people carrying on a conversation in English. People ride buses? Okay, that aside... The fun part is, most of us gringos know Spanish, but don't let the non-gringos know that. 4. Your child's 3rd-grade teacher has purple hair, a nose ring, and is named Breeze. Brown hair with strands of gray, no nose ring, and was named Donna. 5. You can't remember...is pot illegal? I can remember, it is illegal. 6. You've been to a baby shower that has two mothers and a sperm donor. No, I haven't. Never even heard of that happening. 7. You have a very strong opinion abou