Vancouver Test

The next IETF will be in Paris, the one after that will be in Vancouver. I just found this list.

You know you’re from Vancouver (BC) when….

1. Your coworker has 8 body piercing and none are visible.
2. You make over $250,000 and still can’t afford a house.
3. You know what these acronyms mean: PNE, VPL, GVRD, YVR, VAG.
4. You’re shocked when it snows in the winter.
5. You’ve had a California roll for lunch.
6. Know more than 10 ways to order coffee.
7. Know how to pronounce Coquihalla.
8. A really great parking space can move you to tears.
9. Your hairdresser is straight, your plumber is gay, the woman whodelivers your mail is into BDSM, and your next door neighbour growsweed.
10. The guy at 8:30 am at Starbucks wearing the baseball cap and sun glasses who looks like George Clooney IS George Clooney.
11. Your car insurance costs as much as your house payment.
12. The gym is packed at 3 PM… on a work day.
13. Can tell the difference between Japanese, Chinese and Thai food.
14. You watch the weather from a Seattle TV station because it’s more accurate. (see 17).
15. You pass an elementary school and the children are all busy with theircell phones or pagers while waiting for their personal rides home.
16. You’re sure you’re the only one on the road with a REAL driver’s license.
17. You don’t even listen when the forecast announces "chance of showers."
18. The more expensive the car, the worse the driver.
19. Can taste the difference between Starbucks, Second Cup, and Tim Horton’s coffees.
20. Feel guilty throwing aluminum cans or paper in the trash.
21. You’re not suprised to see geese throughout the whole year.
22. You can’t remember… is pot still illegal?
23. If there’s a day of snowfall, you consider not going to school or work.
24. You realize there are far more Rainbow flags in the city than Canadian flags.
25. When you take the bus, you can distinguish 4 different languages being spoken in the conversations around you.
26. You secretly have a fear of pig farms.
27. You go an opera and half the audience is dressed to the nine’s and the other half are in jeans and t-shirts.
28. You know how to set up your own Crystal Meth lab because you saw it on the news.
29. You go a friend’s house party and Bif Naked shows up because they went to highschool together.
30. Can name 10 Starbucks locations in less than a minute

I am excited aboout going to Vancouver… it may just be my place