20 Ways to Maintain a Health Level of Insanity

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Originally posted by NoahsMommy

I think so....did we have the same milk man???

OMG!!!!! That was totally, completely HILARIOUS!!! I was almost in tears over here...BTW, thanks for giving my stomach muscles their workout today!

LOL LOL no problem!!! I think we did have the same milk man! LOL

Here's another I thought you'd appreciate...especially with your upcoming move up here! (Yay!!!! I can't wait! You'll probably get sick of me bugging you all the time when you move here! *giggle* )

So, here it is!
Have you ever wondered how to "sum up" living in Silicon Valley for your distant friends and relatives?
Here are twenty-two different and amusing ways that may typify your "life in the Valley."

1.Your household income is $140,000 and you can't afford shoes for the kids. (Marius didn't think this was too funny...he needs his shoes..ya know? LOL )
2.You think anything slower than DSL is barbaric, but can't get it in your neighborhood.
3.You know what DSL stands for.
4.You and your spouse almost come to blows deciding to hit Peet's or Starbucks.
5.You think that American food includes sushi, naan, pho, pesto and pad thai (all of which I have had here in the Valley!).
6.You met your neighbors once.
7.When asked about your commute you answer in time, not distance(my commute is 1 hour with commuter lane 1.5-2hrs without commuter lane! even though it's technically only about 32 miles LOL).
8.Even though you work 80 hours per week on a computer, for relaxation you read your email and peruse eBay or rather...Pet Talk!.
9.You have worked at the same job for a year and people call you an "old-timer."
10.You can name four different programming languages and you are not a programmer.
11.You remember the names of the three closest cheap sushi joints, the location of all the Fry's Electronics in the area,
and which companies your friends work for that are going public in the next year, but don't know the name of the mayor. 12.Standing in line at Starbucks you wonder why the employees don't call a head hunter.
13.You work 6 miles from your home and spend two hours a day commuting and $40 a week on gas.
14.Winter is when your lawn grows too fast and summer is when it dies.
15.The median price of a house is $500,000 for 1200 sq. ft. with no yard because it's a town house.
16.You live on some of the richest farm land in the world but most of what you eat comes from South America on a boat.
17.Your best friend lives across town but you hardly ever see each other because after your commute you're too pooped to spend another hour driving to their home.
18.You have a master's degree in engineering but half the people in your dept either didn't go to college or have history degrees, except if you have a master's from Stanford, in which case everyone in your dept has a master's degree from Stanford.
19.You cringe when you see people in suits at your office, wondering if someone in management will make you stop wearing bunny slippers.
20.You plan your vacation so that you don't have to drive back from the airport in commute hours.
21.You don't go to sporting events unless you are given tickets by your employer.
22.You could sell your home and live like a king in 99% of the rest of the world, but don't because it would be difficult to move back.