5. The first thing you do on entering a bank/post office/pharmacy etc. is look for the queue number machine.
6. You accept that you will have to queue to take a queue number.
11. Your native language has seriously deteriorated; you begin to "eat medicine" and "hire videos".
12. Your front door step is beginning to resemble a shoe shop.
13. When a stranger on the street smiles at you, you assume that:
a. he is drunk;
b. he is insane;
c. he is American;
d. he is all of the above.
15. It seems sensible that the age limit at Stockholm nightclubs is 23 or 25.
16. The reason you take the ferry to Finland is:
a. duty free vodka
b. duty free beer
c. to party
18. It no longer seems excessive to spend $200 on alcohol in a single night.
21. Your old habit of being "fashionably late" is no longer acceptable. You are always on time.
22. You no longer see any problem wearing white socks with loafers.
23. You know that "religious holiday" means "let's get pissed."
28. You use mmmm as a conversation filler.
30. When someone asks for "three cheers", you say "hoorah, hoorah, hoorah, hoorah".
31. You wear sandals with socks.
33. You have only two facial expressions, smiling or blank.
34. You think riding a racing bike in the snow is a perfectly sensible thing to do.
38. You get extremely annoyed when the bus is two minutes late.
40. Your wife watches TV while you look after the kids.
41. You become a punctuality freak and dump your friends for being late more than once.
43. When a stranger asks you a question in the streets, you think it's normal to just keep walking, saying nothing.
50. You wear a dress or skirt over your trousers and combine them with training shoes. [this is especially problematic if you're male]
54. Your wardrobe now consists of 20 different shades of black and gray.
59. You think that an unripe wedge of tomato on a limp leaf of iceberg lettuce can be called a salad.
63. You think it is normal that a huge restaurant has a smoking section, which consists of three tables near the door.
68. Paying $5 for a cup of coffee seems reasonable.
69. You understand that when a colleague asks you out for "a drink," it will probably be a long night with a severe hangover the next day.
73. Seeing a young woman with lit candles stuck to her head no longer disturbs you.
76. You get to the movies early so that you can watch the commercials.
in Survival guide for exchange students at Lund University, Neal Corson (ex-exchange student)
Posted by brecke @ söndag, augusti 07, 2005 |
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Almoçar as 11h da manhã?
Usar meias com sandálias?
Vestir saia por cima das calças?!
Lol, já te estou a imaginar!!
Eu sempre soube que os nórdicos tinham uma pancada muito forte...
~Oo°~
Eu já estou a imaginar touradas com a rapariga de velas acesas espetadas na tola.. olé
~Oo°~
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