ruined

-You find yourself at the location specified by Time Out to find a closed venue, and a handful of newbies milling around.

-You see people standing in the 3-inch wide "shade" of a lamp post. It actually makes a difference!

-You can safely rely on all the old pre-Benny Hill stereotypes related to race, sex, etc and they are all accurate.

You understand what "insha'allah " means and use it gleefully.

The police's main job is to issue traffic violations
You have four English language newspapers and none of them report the news
You turn your head when you see someone kissing on TV or in the cinema (at least I do)
Ketchup is one of the food groups
Your eggs have a decidedly fishy aroma

Do they?! I just find the chick embryos that are invariably inside every single one really quite disturbing. It's got to a stage where I have to pick the chicky-bit out of each and every egg I use... OCD-ahoy!

Try the ones from Lebanon, they are not so bad. Don't taste fishy either.

Please tell me that's an April Fool wind-up................

no, serious! Next time you crack open an egg, you'll almost certainly see a white blob floating in the egg white attached to the yolk by a squiggly cord. You can nip it out with your fingernails, and it feels a little gristly... but maybe that's just me.

Sometimes there is blood too.

that's true.... and also sometimes the membrane around the yolk has started thickening, so you can actually peel it off too... or when you beat the egg, it kind of forms like a chunky bit.

Gar, it's enough to put you off, isn't it?! lol

They're obviously not using the candling method for sorting - where on earth can you get Lebanese eggs - do tell

what on earth is that method?!

Lebanon?

Carrefour ,LuLu and Spinney's...at least here in Qatar you can.

Saw it in China...they hold the egg over a candle light or light bulb, then you can see what's in the egg. Well, at least my maid could.