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Old Mar 22nd 2013, 12:43 am
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Default Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

Originally Posted by Bob
Yes, that too

Or that 5 days means a full week.
Or that three entire months off in the summer constitutes a school "holiday".
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Old Mar 22nd 2013, 1:41 am
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Default Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

Originally Posted by Lion in Winter
Or that three entire months off in the summer constitutes a school "holiday".
....when you're sitting with a calendar planning your summer vacation, and you start thinking 3 months isn't long enough....
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Old Mar 22nd 2013, 1:52 am
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Originally Posted by Yorkieabroad
....when you're sitting with a calendar planning your summer vacation, and you start thinking 3 months isn't long enough....
....when you have vague memories of what planning and having a summer holiday used to be like...
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Old Mar 22nd 2013, 2:37 am
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....when you have vague memories of what planning and having a summer holiday used to be like...
...... you no longer pack sweaters and raincoats for a (domestic) summer holiday at the beach.
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Default Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

Originally Posted by Pulaski
...... you no longer pack sweaters and raincoats for a (domestic) summer holiday at the beach.
You do where kimilseung lives
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Old Mar 22nd 2013, 3:39 am
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Default Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

Originally Posted by Pulaski
...... you no longer pack sweaters and raincoats for a (domestic) summer holiday at the beach.
Around here you do...

Speaking of, you buy a years supply of mozzie spray at the end of the summer to see you through the next summer because it's so much cheaper. Same for ant stuff....and suntan shite...
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Default Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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...... you no longer pack sweaters and raincoats for a (domestic) summer holiday at the beach.
LOL - we're going camping with the Cub Pack this weekend and a bunch of the parents are panicking because the forecast just increased to 30% chance of rain...."what will we do"...."shall we cancel".....
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Around here you do..... .
Well there is reason it's called "New England".
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......you decide to be ordained as a minister.

I am now an ordained minister in the First Church of Atheism........I can marry people!
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Old Mar 22nd 2013, 3:01 pm
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Default Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

Originally Posted by kimilseung
......you decide to be ordained as a minister.

I am now an ordained minister in the First Church of Atheism........I can marry people!
I'd love to see a ceremony.

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Old Mar 22nd 2013, 3:11 pm
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Default Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
I'd love to see a ceremony.

"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today, in the sight of the Flying Spaghetti Monster ..."
".... and in the presence of his noodly appendage ...."
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Old Mar 22nd 2013, 3:24 pm
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Originally Posted by Pulaski
".... and in the presence of his noodly appendage ...."
The less said about his meatballs, the better.
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The less said about his meatballs, the better.
The secret is in the sauce.
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The secret is in the sauce.
... and the smut comes full circle
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... and the smut comes full circle
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