Three solid weeks of rain > three solid weeks of smog

Wall-to-wall news coverage about things that are obvious by looking out the window < non rain-related coverage

Public art > public intoxication

Gallery C > Almost anything else that could have gone into Hermosa's Bijou building after the theater closed.

Local real estate advertising = campaign contributions

Houses built to the property line < houses with yards

Heart Park > Heart of the City

Names for harbor redevelopment plans in Redondo Beach that don?t include the word Heart > those that do

Education in schools > Prayer in schools

Veterans Parkway = Veterans Park

Men who don't give their seats up for women on the bus < men who do

Art > politics

Looking at the beach from a mansion < being on the beach

Football metaphors (i.e., "you really picked up the ball and ran with it") > Tsunami metaphors (i.e., "It was like a paperwork tsunami at work today")

People who miss hockey < people who miss old-rules beach volleyball

NIMBY > YourBY

Streets named after inert gases (i.e., Ozone Court) > Streets named after rich trees (i.e., Walnut)

Sears > Robinson's May

Things you collect < things you use

LADOT > MTA

(Jan. 14, 2004)

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