"You know you're from British Columbia if:"

1. Your co-worker has 8 body piercings and none are visible.

2. You make over $300,000 and still can't afford a house.

3. You take a bus and are shocked at two people carrying on a conversation in English

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

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

6. You've been to a 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 you can taste the difference between Sumatran and Ethiopian.

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

9. A really great parking space can totally move you to tears.

10. Gas costs more per gallon than anywhere else on the continent.

11. Unlike back home, the guy at 8:30 am at Staryucks wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses who looks like George Clooney----------- really IS George Clooney.

12. Your car insurance costs as much as your house payment.

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

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

15. HEY!!!! Is pot illegal????

16. Both you AND your dog have therapists, psychics, personal trainers and cosmetic surgeons.

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