In this day and age of overcrowding, ballpark traitors, and local unemployment The Group Opposed to Harboring Movers from the East (G.O. H.O.M.E.) has come up With a few guidelines concerning our best interests in the name of civic pride. The reason for these guidelines stems from our intense desire to rid ourselves o YOU, YOUR attitudes, YOUR lifestyle, YOUR blatant anti-westernism, and YOUR smelly new york black socks! You people move out here, live here two weeks, and think you own the place. G.O. H.O.M.E. hates: YOUR 'I LOVE NEW YORK' stickers Being in a traffic jams because YOU moved here. Not being able to get a job because YOU already stole it. YOUR insults about how much you hate L.A. YOUR boo's of OUR sports teams at OUR ballparks YOUR renaming of OUR places and things (long island ice tea, Manhattan beach, New York cheesecake etc.) And YOUR dirty, ugly, yellow license plates. If you still insist on remaining here the following guidelines must be strictly observed. These guidelines apply to anyone who moved to Southern California from the east. The east is defined as those geographical locations that have: a) an unemployment rate greater than ten percent b) snow on at least 52.7 percent of the ground between November 1 and May 1. c) a ratio of people to steel mills less than 6000 to 1. Exceptions: None (unless your my friend) The Guidelines are divided into five areas: I. General II. Employment III. Commerce IV. Transportation V. Residential I. General a) All easterners will be issued I.D. cards that must be carried with them at all times. Armbands and matching tatoos will be worn at all times. The armbands and tatoos will be color coded of the source state (e.g. Pennsylvania-coal black, Idaho- potato head brown, New York-puke gutter gray) b) Alien Level Points (ALP) can be earned. These points are graduated such that a higher accumulation results in higher alien status. Briefly, there are four levels: Level 1 Trash 0 - 1000 Level 2 Unwanted 1001 - 5000 Level 3 Alien 5001 - 10000 Level 4 Paroled over 10000 All easterners start out as Trash. A complete list of the methods for point earning can be obtained in G.O. H.O.M.E. 's pamphlet entitled 'Why Bother Reading This, Just Go Home'. Here are a few examples and values: Burn a Yankee Cap 1 point Shove a cigar in Red Aurbachs face 50 points Provide the permanent exit of 1 easterner 100 points II. Employment a) Easterners with Paroled level may not occupy any employment position associated with an income of more than $4.00 per hour. b) Any level below that of Paroled will not be granted employment. III. Commerce a) Easterners will not be permitted to own or obtain stock in any California franchise b) Commercial depots are to be set up for the bartering of goods amongst Easterners. Bread rations are available when all the native animals are fed. IV. Transportation a) No easterner of any level will be permitted to use any freeways between the hours of 6 to 9 am and 4 to 7 pm weekdays. b) When the time is not during those above mentioned hours easterners must travel in the far right lane, roll their windows all the way down and tailgate: i) a diesel automobile or RTD bus ii) a vehicle that is burning massive quantities of oil. V. Residential a) Highrent housing is available right near the beach, underneath the takeoff end of LAX. b) More moderately priced reservations are available in a location halfway between Barstow and Thermal (summer only). G.O. H.O.M.E. wants it to be known that these are only guidelines. It remains perfectly legal, for example, to pummel a Californians fist with an easterners face. These situations come up every now and then. Certain parts of our major cities are off limits to easterners. However, Californians encourage easterners to visit our most prominent sites such as Watts Heights and Barrio Hills. I'm sure we'll get along just fine. C.O.1985 Call The Works BBS - 1600+ Textfiles! - [914]/238-8195 - 300/1200 - Always Open