Because I needed a little laugh after the last post...

Signs you've been in Australia too long:

·      Thongs is something you wear on your feet

·      $2 is an good price for a liter of milk

·      Getting coffee or taking the bus with a surfboard under your arm is perfectly normal

·      You start every conversation with "how you going?" - even with the girl at the check-out counter in the supermarket

·      You instantly say "no worries" when someone apologizes

·      You no longer have to think twice to understand words such as Chrissy, prezzy, brekky, cozzy etc.

·      You have as much swimwear as underwear

·      You know that Teddy's, VB, New, and Blonde are beers

·      You order schooners, middies, and nips in stead of pints, half-pints and shots

·      Being drunk means you will be refused entrance to bars

·      Backpacker is another word for tourist

·      You no longer notice the cancer clinics lining the main streets of every city

·      You are no longer surprised at cyclists on the motorway

·      Names like Woolloomoolloo, Bulahdelah etc. seem perfectly natural

·      You have a havaiana tan on your feet

·      You no longer start the windshield wiper by accident when wanting to use the indicator in your car

·      Roadkill is spelled k-a-n-g-a-r-o-o

·      The sound of the Australian Raven is no longer amusing, but makes you want to get a shotgun

·      You can name at least 20 different toys for watersports

·      SPF 30 is your second skin

·      You no longer put salt in your food because you get your rdi from the ocean

·      Your sunnies cover at least half of your face

·      You call “mate” everybody: Very convenient when you forgot someone’s name

·      You are no more surprise when a perfect stranger is calling you “mate”

·      You say “G’day mate” with the right accent

·      You eat Vegemite for breakfast and kind of like it

·      You’ve got your Australian name and get surprise when someone is using your real name

·      You’re saying “I reckon” instead of “I think”

·      You know what AFL means and you picked your team

·      You know that a “bloke” is actually a “man”

·      You know that Holden is not a cheap Asiatic brand for cars

·      You know now that internet contract with data cap STILL exist.

·      You admit that France doesn’t have the exclusivity of good wines production but don’t know why the Australian white wine is giving you a headache when the French one doesn’t.