Laura's friend Kara preserves my bon mot for the benefit of the intertubes:
"It just amazes me," said Laura's friend Josh, "how much of a divide there is between northern and southern California."
"Yeah, we never had that in Maryland," I said.
"Well, it's not really big enough to have a northern and southern division," he pointed out.
"True. Mostly we've got They Who Produce Crabs versus They Who Do Not Produce Crabs."
"Oh, I'm sure everybody's producing crabs in one way or another," he said.
"You're right," I realized. Laura's friend Josh: the great political unifier.
Only 49 states to go.
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