Alex Massie Alex Massie

California is another country, they do things differently there

  • Comments

MattF’s comment on the previous post merits a post of its own:

My favorite (true!) New England-to-California story:

A New England native moved to California and decided to start a garden. He went to the garden store and bought various seeds and bulbs. At the checkout counter the following exchange took place:

New England Native: When do I plant these?

Guy Behind Counter: When you get home.

Britain’s best politics newsletters

You get two free articles each week when you sign up to The Spectator’s emails.

Already a subscriber? Log in

Read next

Trending

Rupert Wright

The moral case for alcohol

From Spectator Life
Another day, another warning about the perils of alcohol from a body that should know better. The World Health Organisation, which just a few years ago was prescribing solitary confinement as the cure for our ills, has recently announced the preferred level we should be drinking every day: zero, zip, nada – not a drop.

Also in Society

Also by Alex Massie

Latest

Comments

Join the debate for just $5 for 3 months

Be part of the conversation with other Spectator readers by getting your first three months for $5.

Already a subscriber? Log in