You know you've been in England too long when...

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1. You don't even bother looking out of the window when you get up in the morning to check what the day is like. You know it is overcast.
2. You believe that Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday are all good nights for drinking. Sunday day is also entirely reasonable.

3. You can't remember what 'customer service' means.

4. After a big night out you find yourself looking for a Curry house and not a 24 hour McDonalds.

5. You start to accept queuing as a way of life.

6. More than three hours sunlight on summer days seems excessive.

7. You always call soccer 'football' ... and you have a team ... and it's not Manchester United.

8. You don't think twice about buying a packaged sandwich.

9. A sunny lunchtime means searching for a patch of grass and stripping off practically down to your underwear.

10. You expect men to actually cut, comb and style their hair (using hair products). And to wear decent clothes. Jeans and a T-shirt are no longer socially acceptable.

11. You think 40 quid for a haircut is quite reasonable.

12. You finish every sentence with 'Cheers' or "In'it", and start every conversation with Hiya or Alright.

13. You only just realise you have lost your sunglasses-you left them in Greece 2 summers ago.

14. You start thinking English cuisine isn't all that bad after all, I mean, it's hard to beat a full English breakfast.

15. You are on to your 6th umbrella and your second overcoat.

16. You buy a disposable baby BBQ from Argos.

17. You realise your sunscreen is the stuff you originally brought from home with you.

18. A day at the beach means wearing the warmest clothes you own while standing on golf ball-size pebbles and the thought of swimming doesn't even enter your head.

19. You actually say, "Sor'ed" or "its all gone a bit pear shaped".

20. Wearing a suit in a pub is relatively normal attire.

21. You have given up complaining about the Victorian-like banking services offered in the UK.

22. You have given up explaining why you are half an hour late to work as no-one notices or even cares. In fact - you may even join the one hour gossip session around the coffee machine before booting up your computer. (THAT'S ME!!)

23. Coming to work with a hangover is entirely accepted and indeed expected at least once a week.
 
digitalwanderer said:
19. You actually say, "Sor'ed" or "its all gone a bit pear shaped".
What does "Sor'ed" mean and is saying "its all gone a bit pear shaped" the same as saying "its all gone a bit wonky"? :|

Sor'ed = Sorted. (you know, the english way to "jump" the T's)

And yes, the pear-shaping means just that.
 
I believe "It's all gona a bit Pete Tong" has now replaced 'pear-shaped' in the English vernacular. ;)

Oh, and what the Hell is this?!

10. You expect men to actually cut, comb and style their hair (using hair products). And to wear decent clothes. Jeans and a T-shirt are no longer socially acceptable.

You do? :oops:
 
Hanners said:
what the Hell is this?!

10. You expect men to actually cut, comb and style their hair (using hair products). And to wear decent clothes. Jeans and a T-shirt are no longer socially acceptable.

You do? :oops:
Don't listen to 'em Hanners, those Dilbert t-shirts are bloody styling!
 
I was thinking more about my 'Real Men <3 Unicorns' t-shirt... Ask my wife why how I ended up with that... :|
 
Hanners said:
I believe "It's all gona a bit Pete Tong" has now replaced 'pear-shaped' in the English vernacular. ;)

Oh, and what the Hell is this?!

10. You expect men to actually cut, comb and style their hair (using hair products). And to wear decent clothes. Jeans and a T-shirt are no longer socially acceptable.

You do? :oops:

Not sure, i don't comb my hair, but i do use a hell of a lot of hair products... And clothes wise... oh yes.
 
24. you start taking showers twice a week instead of twice a day. ;)

I had an english teacher in high school. oh good lord save me, especially during the spring when it got hot
 
Natoma said:
24. you start taking showers twice a week instead of twice a day. ;)

I had an english teacher in high school. oh good lord save me, especially during the spring when it got hot


:oops: :LOL: Serious? I had that with South Africans..........
 
london-boy said:
Natoma said:
24. you start taking showers twice a week instead of twice a day. ;)

I had an english teacher in high school. oh good lord save me, especially during the spring when it got hot


:oops: :LOL: Serious? I had that with South Africans..........

Yea it got so bad in my junior year that we left him a note, signed "Class of 1996" saying "Please Mr. Corefield, bathe once a day. Twice a week just won't cut it anymore."

Thankfully he started doing that, and our noses were spared in our senior year.
 
Natoma said:
Yea it got so bad in my junior year that we left him a note, signed "Class of 1996" saying "Please Mr. Corefield, bathe once a day. Twice a week just won't cut it anymore."

Thankfully he started doing that, and our noses were spared in our senior year.

:oops: :oops: You did not!!! How embarrassing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
We did. :oops:

But hey, when you're in a room built for 12 people (our class size) and you have a teacher who likes to close the windows and sit in the sun beam which causes him to bake and give off that wondrously effervescent aroma, you'd get just as desperate as we did. :devilish:
 
Natoma said:
We did. :oops:

But hey, when you're in a room built for 12 people (our class size) and you have a teacher who likes to close the windows and sit in the sun beam which causes him to bake and give off that wondrously effervescent aroma, you'd get just as desperate as we did. :devilish:

My god i feel sick....
Did you like the accent? Apparently most Americans find the English accent sexy... Don't ask me why...
 
english accents are definitely sexy. Of course, he wasn't physically sexy. But if you closed your eyes you could get a stiffy. :D

Well, close your eyes and block out the memory of his physicality at the same time. Now that I think about it, close your eyes, block out the memory of his physicality, and do your best to ignore the stench. :D
 
Natoma said:
english accents are definitely sexy. Of course, he wasn't physically sexy. But if you closed your eyes you could get a stiffy. :D

Well, close your eyes and block out the memory of his physicality at the same time. Now that I think about it, close your eyes, block out the memory of his physicality, and do your best to ignore the stench. :D

:LOL: :LOL:
Or just find a cute brit who doesn't smell...errr.... ;)
 
london-boy said:
Natoma said:
english accents are definitely sexy. Of course, he wasn't physically sexy. But if you closed your eyes you could get a stiffy. :D

Well, close your eyes and block out the memory of his physicality at the same time. Now that I think about it, close your eyes, block out the memory of his physicality, and do your best to ignore the stench. :D

:LOL: :LOL:
Or just find a cute brit who doesn't smell...errr.... ;)

You're from Italy and Katsura is from Shanghai. You two don't count. ;)
 
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