OT: left coast vs. right (was: RE: Great Day at Stanford on Saturday)

["Chris Tromley" <chris_t@microtrac.com>]

Bruce EVangel Parmenter wrote:

> Mike said the 'Left Coast' (conversely, that makes the East 
> the 'Right' coast?). While that must be a common phase, I 
> hadn't thought of it that way . North Americans orient maps 
> with North at the top.

Hi Bruce,

Having grown up in LA and now living near Philly, I can relate.  It's
Left Coast as in the Left-leaning-hippie-pinko-nature-freak Coast.

Example:  At a former employer I was once chatting with a colleague.  He
referred to me as "Hollywood" just as my supervisor walked by.

Supervisor:  Why do I keep hearing people calling you "Hollywood"?

Colleague:  'Cuz that's where he was born.

Supervisor:  [long pause, then with a perfectly straight face]  Wow.
That explains a lot.


I miss the place.  I'm even more strange here (relatively speaking) than
I was back there.  ;^)

Chris