- You can't answer the question, "Where are you from?"
- You think that barrels make good end tables, and think that barrels make good night stands.
- 011 is a familiar area code.
- The vast majority of your clothes are hand-me-downs.
- People send you used tea bags in the mail.
- You speak two languages, but can't spell either.
- You flew before you could walk.
- The U.S. is a foreign country.
- You embarrass yourself by asking what swear words mean.
- You have a passport, but no driver's license.
- You watch National Geographic specials and recognize someone.
- You have a time zone map next to your telephone.
- You don't know how to play Pac-Man.
- You consider a city 500 miles away to be "very close."
- Your life story uses the phrase "Then we went to..." five times.
- You prefer a Land Rover to a Lexus.
- You watch nature documentaries, and you think about how good that would be if it were fried.
- You can cut grass with a machete, but can't start a lawnmower.
- You think in grams, meters, and liters.
- You speak with authority on the quality of airline travel.
- You go to the U.S., and get sick from a mosquito bite.
- You send your family peanut butter and Kool-Aid for Christmas.
- You worry about fitting in, and wear a native wrap around the dorm
- National Geographic makes you homesick.
- You have strong opinions about how to cook bugs.
- You read the international section before the comics.
- You live at school, work in the tropics, and go home for vacation.
- You don't know where home is.
- Strangers say they can remember you when you were "this tall."
- You grew up with a maid.
- You do your devotions in another language.
- You sort your friends by continent.
- You keep dreaming of a white Christmas.
- "Where are you from?" has more than one reasonable answer.
- The nationals say, "Oh, I knew an American once..." and then ask if you know him or her.
- You aren't terribly surprised when you do.
- You are grateful for the speed and efficiency of the U.S. Postal Service.
- You realize that furlough is not a vacation.
- You'd rather never say hello than have to say goodbye.
- You wince when people mispronounce foreign words.
- You've spoken in dozens of churches, but aren't a pastor.
- Furlough means that you are stuffed every night... and have to eat it all to seem polite.
- You realize that in Australia, statement 42 would be very rude.
- You commit verbal faux pas, as demonstrated in statement 43.
- Your parents decline your cousin's offer to let them use his BMW, and shoehorn all six of you into an old VW Beetle instead.
- You stockpile mangoes.
- You know what real coffee tastes like.
- The majority of your friends never spoke English.
- Someone bring up the name of a team, and you get the sport wrong.
- You bundle up warmly, even in the middle of summer.
- You are here reading this, reminiscing, when you could be anywhere else on the net.
I believe about 97% of these, and I can relate to them. Katie probably can, too... And Marina....And Jackie....And so on.... All missionaries will get a chuckle out of this..Especially MKs.
My favorite one is 46. You stockpile mangoes. Because I do!!!
Love!
Jayde
Well, Miss Jayde--
I know more about you once again!!
And, you are quite the writer---most people do not know 50 things about themselves, let alone 50 that make them distinctly different!!
You have a great sense of humor, too!LOL
Don't forget top ask Pam how to send your penguin names to us!!
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February 08, 2008 5:44 PM