U know u have been in England too long when ......

twinkletoes

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 exp ect 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 yo ur 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.

23. Coming to work with a hangover is entirely accepted and indeed
expected
at least once a week.

ukevents.net · Joined: 15 Dec 2003 Posts: 2439

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

Alright,

That is just soooooo untrue.

Alright, off to Argos to get me baby BBQ - need to leave now cos I just know there will be a queue, in'it.

Alright, Cheers

twinkletoes

ukevents.net wrote: twinkletoes wrote: 12. You finish every sentence with 'Cheers' or "In'it", and
start
every conversation with Hiya or Alright.

Alright,

That is just soooooo untrue.

Alright, off to Argos to get me baby BBQ - need to leave now cos I just know there will be a queue, in'it.

Alright, Cheers

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Macs34 · Joined: 25 Mar 2004 Posts: 3467 Location: Kenya

Ol right now i Know! :-D