You know you're from the Bay Area when going to a protest just means it's Wednesday

[sororcula]

So mercilynn and mustangcandi both posted "You know you're from [place] when..." lists, and it prompted me to Google "You know you're from California when," which... did not give me very many good results. A lot of them seemed very SoCal-centric. :-) But, anyway, one item that made me laugh was, "You know how to eat an artichoke."

But then mercilynn said she wasn't sure she'd

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[ignipes]

I have definitely eaten artichokes, and know how to both cook them and eat them. *g*

[sororcula]

Haha, I would have been pretty shocked if you had answered no. :-)

[pushingyouaway]

i HAVE had artichokes before...but they were already prepared and junk...

[sororcula]

Hmm... I don't really understand what "prepared" means, I think. What form were they in? Did you have to peel the leaves off?

[pushingyouaway]

didn't have to peel the leaves off...my friend had prepared them in some olive oil and...er...something else which i'm forgetting...but i kind of just popped it in my mouth and chewed. i was a fan *nod*

[sororcula]

Hmmm, interesting.