I have posted this recently. Feel free to add your own suggestions.
You've been in Britain too long when...
You've been in Britain too long when...
- You start to accept queuing (standing in line) as a way of life.
- You routinely order rounds of pints when you walk into a pub with friends or colleagues.
- After a big night out you find yourself looking for an Indian restaurant, not a 24-hour McDonald's.
- You start thinking English cuisine isn't all that bad after all, I mean, it's hard to beat a full English breakfast.
- You go outside to 'take in the sun' whenever there is a bit of sunshine.
- 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.
- You finish every sentence with 'Cheers' or "Innit?", and start every conversation with 'Hiya' or 'Alright'.
- You think that wearing a suit in a pub is relatively normal attire.
- You think that coming to work with a hangover is entirely acceptable and indeed expected at least once a week.
- You think other countries electrical plugs are tiny and fiddly, and probably not very safe.
- You don't rush to the front seats on the upper level of a double-decker bus anymore.
- You enjoy watching snooker competitions on BBC2.
- You know what a grammar school is and know the difference between a public school and a state school.
- You know exactly to which social class you belong, and what social class other people belong just from their accent, attitude, opinions and way of dressing.
- You don't say that something is 'nice' anymore but 'lovely', and not that it is 'really good' but 'absolutely fantastic'.
- You can understand anything a "Northerner" is saying.
- You can recognise the theme tune to "Eastenders".
- You begin to take clever British advertising for granted.
- You have an opinion on whether the UK should join the euro or even quit the EU altogether.
- You begin to describe people you dislike as "twats", and your preferred expletive is "bollocks!"
- You ask other people in which part of the world they went backpacking during their 'gap year'.
- You know you own weight in stones.
- You have taken up playing cricket, field hockey, badminton, golf and/or rugby.
- You have your favourite holiday spot in southern France or in Spain and plan to buy a house there when you retire.
- You automatically book a package trip to Hungary when you need dental surgery.
- You start referring to the French as the 'Frogs' and the Germans as the 'Krauts'.
- You fancy eating Fish'n Chips wrapped in an old newspaper as a snack on a cold evening.
- When travelling overseas you intuitively look for a Bed & Breakfast rather than a hotel.
- You think that all countries should replace as many road junctions as possible by roundabouts.