Friday, June 25, 2004
Days 3 and 4 - Life as an Englishman
Well looks like I will be writing every other day for a while. Without internet connection in my room, like slows down quite a bit. I am truly an American.
Or am I? Signs that you are becoming an Englishman-
1) You go to the grocery store and you actually think that Prawn and Salt potato crisps could be tasty. (yes, I am still a vegetarian, but my taste buds are becoming English)
2) You find yourself explaining to the Chinese student at the bus stop how to wave down the bus (and it even stopped for me).
3) You see the last two days of downpours as ?good summer weather? (okay, this one doesn?t apply ? I tried to enjoy the rain, but now every part of my body is growing mold!)
4) You are buying clothes in a store (clothes are the only thing cheap here) and when you ask where to check out you actually say, ?Where?s the til love?? (Yes, I referred to a woman at the store as love ? but so was everyone else ? she was about 90)
5) You pick up the daily Manchester paper, read the stories, and they all make sense (scary!)
6) You correctly explain to someone that the flag that is white with a red cross in the English flag, not to be confused with the Union Jack, the flag of the ?Kingdom.?
7) You go into a pub an order a ?lager? and know what it is you have just done.
8) You learn how to walk, read the paper, and carry your umbrella! (This is not as easy as it sounds)
9) You actually begin to wonder if you should get your nose pierced, show your navel (its back from last summer), and grow your hair into the rope-like dreadlocks (this would make me appear just like the average Manchesterite under 40).
10) You find yourself caught up in ?Football Mania? ? the Euro Cup
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