FW: You Know You've Been in London too Long When... ,
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Subject:	You Know You've Been in London too Long When...


>
> > 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. Wearing a suit in a pub is relatively normal attire.
> >
> > 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 20 quid for a haircut is quite reasonable.
> >
> > 12. You finish every sentence with 'Cheers'.
> >
> > 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. You believe that Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
> > and Saturday are all good nights for drinking. Sunday day is also
> > entirely reasonable.
> >
> > 21. You have given up complaining about the Victorian 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 cares.
> >
> > 23. Coming to work with a hangover is entirely accepted and indeed
> > expected at least once a week.
> >
> >


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