limbo Posted June 25, 2005 Report Share Posted June 25, 2005 Some more reasons; YOU KNOW YOU'VE BEEN IN ASIA TOO LONG IF... 1.The footprints on the toilet seat are your own. 2.You no longer wait in line, but immediately go to the head of the queue. 3.You stop at the bottom of the escalator to plan your day. 4.You habitually punch all the buttons as you leave the lift. 5.It has become exciting to see if you can get on the lift before anybody can get off. 6. You're willing to pay to use a toilet you wouldn't go to within a kilometer of at home. 7.It is no longer surprising that the only decision made at a meeting is the time and venue for the next meeting. 8.You rank the decision making abilities of your staff by how long it takes them to reply "up to you mistel". 9.You no longer wonder how someone making US$200 per month can drive a Mercedes. 10. You accept the fact that you have to queue to get your number for the next queue. 11.You have considered buying a motorcycle for the next family car. 12.You accept without question the mechanic's analysis that the car is "broken" and that it will cost you a lot of money to get it fixed. 13. You find it saves time to stand and retrieve your cabin baggage while the plane is still on final approach. 14.You think the Proton and Kijang are stylish and well-built cars. 15.You walk to the pub with your arm around your mate. 16.You answer the telephone with "Hello" more than 2 times. 17.Your are quite content to repeat your order six times in a restaurant that only has four items on the menu. 18.A T-bone steak and rice sounds just fine. 19.You believe everything you read in the local newspaper. 20.You regard traffic signals, stop signs and copy watch peddlers with total ignorance. 21.If when listening to the pilot prove he can't speak English, you no longer wonder if he can understand the Air Traffic Controllers. 22.You regard it as part of an adventure when the waiter exactly repeats your order and the cook makes something completely different. 23.You're not surprised when three men with a ladder show up to change a light bulb. 24.You think it is normal to wait six days to get your laundry back or pay 50% surcharge for same day service. 25.Taxi drivers understand you. 26.You own a rice cooker. 27.Due to selective memory you honestly believe you could return to the western world. 28.You can shake your hands almost perfectly dry before wiping them on your pants. 29.YOU UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE ABOVE REFERENCES! Actually quite frightening Huh!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous_Dog Posted June 25, 2005 Report Share Posted June 25, 2005 Oh crap - numerb 29 - fiots me to a T, crap DOG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack_schist Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 when more often that not you find yourself counting the mould spots on the ceiling while a BG is riding high in the saddle rather than the other way round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khun_Kong Posted June 27, 2005 Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 Limbo- Literally laughing out loud at each and every one of these! Add, re toilet paper: 1. You use it for everything EXCEPT wiping your ass. 2. You only go through one roll every 2 months, because only your Western guests use it- and you never invite any of them to your place. 3. In spite of 1 and 2, your wife still steals both rolls from the hotel you use when on holiday. 4. You do the same as in #3, except you slide the cardboard center out and leave it on the roller, so the maid thinks you used it up, not that you stole it. 5. TP on the dining table? No problem. 6. You add a star to restaurants rating, because they actually have a roll in the bog. 7. You are smug with the knowledge that the restaurant in #6 isn't e "real" Thai restaurant- if they were, they wouldn't have paper. 8. When the electricity goes out, the first thing you think is "Oh my God- I hope there's enough pressure to use the butt sprayer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limbo Posted June 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 Hi Khun Kong, Yours aren't that bad neither. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous_Dog Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 you sit cross legged in a chair and think it normal, FARK i did that today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 ou sit cross legged in a chair and think it normal, FARK i did that today! with your shoes off ( I got in the habit of sliding my shoes off every time I sit in a chair, now I manage to only do it in my office) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous_Dog Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 Yep your right - my shoes where off, even worse I realize, as I sit surrounde by sockinged feet people! DOG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dude_Le_Rude Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 Everytime you meet a woman: you keep looking at the ground to see if she is standing to the left or to the right of the yellow line.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 Ha ..#5 ..took me a while to get used to that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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