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25.10.2006, 21:52
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| | You know you've been living in Switzerland too long when... You know you've been living in Switzerland too long when... - you think getting up early is good.
- you actually get interested in the local elections.
- you expect the shop clerk to say goodbye after you purchase something.
- you try to defend cartel based economics to a visitor.
- you think that plaid jackets with flowery ties don't look that bad.
- you think it's fair that you can only wash clothes once a month.
- you wonder why anyone would want to shop outside of working hours.
- you think it's OK to drive slow on Sundays.
- you feel like you're broke if you have less that SFr. 300 in your pocket.
- you dress up to go grocery shopping.
- you understand why Chinese food should cost more than normal food.
- you prefer Swiss wine.
- you wish that your hometown had expensive garbage bags too.
- you think it's OK for a Chinese restaurant to be run by a Swiss and staffed by Spaniards and Portugese.
- you start thinking, 'Why can't they just speak Schwizerduetsch?'
- your German is better than the waiter's.
- you start preparing costumes for Fasnacht.
- you join a Guggemusik band.
- you think Thursday night shopping is really convenient.
- you think that large American cars are 'cool'.
- you think it's cool to drink expensive imported American beers.
- you prefer fizzy mineral water to tap water.
- you throw a party and expect everyone to leave by 11:30 pm.
- you clean up during parties.
- you expect dinner guests to help with the washing up.
- you begin to understand the subtlety of the Swiss cuisine.
- you appreciate the differences between the cantons.
- you feel really hungry if you don't start eating lunch by 12:00.
- you have breakfast cereal for dinner.
- you say Gruezi to everyone, and consider it impolite when they don't say it back.
- you don't mind paying SFr.16 for a paperback book.
- you think that Swisscom approved telephones are better.
- you buy a new one instead of getting it repaired.
- you think that 3% unemployment is high.
- you consider getting goats and sheep to graze in your backyard.
- you only eat fondue in winter.
- you complain to your neighbour about the noise when he flushes his et after 10 pm.
- you become interested in the myriad of insurance offerings.
- you take part in Jass tournaments.
- you get interested in Schwingen.
- you volunteer to help organise the Dorffest.
- you expect to be delayed by road works every summer.
- you become concerned about the colour of your neighbour's curtains.
- you put Aromat on all your food.
- you worry about getting a cold when there's a draft.
- you think sponteniaty is OK, as long as it's planned.
- you become offended when reading this.
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25.10.2006, 22:09
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| | Re: You know you've been living in Switzerland too long when... | Quote: | |  | | | You know you've been living in Switzerland too long when... - you think getting up early is good...<snipped>
| | | | | When you've seen this umpteen times and never once found it amusing  | 
27.10.2006, 15:17
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| | Re: You know you've been living in Switzerland too long when... You know you have been in Switzerland too long when you go home to the States and...
*they laugh their asses off because you have brought someone a glass of water (which has been refrigerated) with no ice in it.
*their cheese has no smell
*sliced bread in a plastic bag doesn't meet your definition of bread anymore
*you see that children hardly go out or do anything on their own out of fear that strangers might hurt them
*they laugh their asses off again because you believe in herbal remedies and homeopathy
*hang-drying your clothes embarrasses everyone
*someone in your home state asks you what country you're from because they don't recognize your accent
*you eavesdrop on tourists speaking French or German
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27.10.2006, 15:59
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| | Re: You know you've been living in Switzerland too long when... | Quote: | |  | | | [/list]When you've seen this umpteen times and never once found it amusing 
[/size][/font] | | | | | Shell, I couldn't have said it better. | 
27.10.2006, 16:24
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| | Re: You know you've been living in Switzerland too long when... - You drive as if the guy in front is towing you
That is missing from the list
DC
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17.05.2008, 16:17
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| | Re: You know you've been living in Switzerland too long when...
OK I have to ask is 10PM rule for flushing toilets still applicable. I'm getting conflicting answers on that.
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17.05.2008, 17:52
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| | Re: You know you've been living in Switzerland too long when... | Quote: | |  | | | OK I have to ask is 10PM rule for flushing toilets still applicable. I'm getting conflicting answers on that. | | | | | Have a look in your contract (strange place to post your post, or are you joking, this is the jokes/funny thread) | 
17.05.2008, 17:55
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| | Re: You know you've been living in Switzerland too long when...
It has never been a law but might be a rental contract rule.
Please have a look at this thread: http://www.englishforum.ch/complaint...er-zurich.html | 
17.05.2008, 18:17
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| | Re: You know you've been living in Switzerland too long when... - Think it's normal to 'impregnate' (water-proof) new shoes before wearing them
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17.05.2008, 18:24
| | Re: You know you've been living in Switzerland too long when... | Quote: | |  | | | OK I have to ask is 10PM rule for flushing toilets still applicable. I'm getting conflicting answers on that. | | | | | | Quote: | |  | | | Have a look in your contract (strange place to post your post, or are you joking, this is the jokes/funny thread) | | | | | Leave it to Sutter to be the first to jump on a thread when the word "toilet" is mentioned.. | 
17.05.2008, 18:26
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| | Re: You know you've been living in Switzerland too long when... | Quote: | |  | | | Leave it to Sutter to be the first to jump on a thread when the word "toilet" is mentioned..  | | | | | You know i am a secret toilet lover i wish i could collect them | 
17.05.2008, 18:37
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| | Re: You know you've been living in Switzerland too long when...
...when you leave to catch the train 1 minute before its departure whereas the distance between your house and ''Gleis'' is 500m....
I tried to do it this morning and I didn't quite succeed. I just saw from the distance of about 100m that's my run has been at vain... then without agonizing my stupidity and without being ****ed off with myself I boldly marshed to MIGROS to do the shopping just to cover up for another 30min before the next train arrives... that's is called good time managment dictated by sudden awake... | 
17.05.2008, 18:42
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| | Re: You know you've been living in Switzerland too long when... | Quote: | |  | | | ...when you leave to catch the train 1 minute before its departure whereas the distance between your house and ''Gleis'' is 500m....
I tried to do it this morning and I didn't quite succeed. I just saw from the distance of about 100m that's my run has been at vain... then without agonizing my stupidity and without being ****ed off with myself I boldly marshed to MIGROS to do the shopping just to cover up for another 30min before the next train arrives... that's is called good time managment dictated by sudden awake...  | | | | | | 
17.05.2008, 19:41
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| | Re: You know you've been living in Switzerland too long when...
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you start talking English with German grammar | 
17.05.2008, 20:16
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| | Re: You know you've been living in Switzerland too long when...
You think Sunday is special but see nothing hypocritical with the crowds at the airport Migros
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17.05.2008, 21:08
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| | Re: You know you've been living in Switzerland too long when... | Quote: | |  | | | ¨
you start talking English with German grammar  | | | | | My children do that, and sometimes i cannot think of the English word (whilst talking English), and have to ask my swiss husband the English word, because i only know it in german  .
I also dream in German. | 
17.05.2008, 22:46
| | Re: You know you've been living in Switzerland too long when... | Quote: | |  | | | ¨you start talking English with German grammar" | | | | | You start talking in German while back home on vacation..
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17.05.2008, 23:40
| | Re: You know you've been living in Switzerland too long when...
You watch a Swiss Pop concert, find it entertaining, think the jokes in mundart are funny, sing along and even sway to the rhythm with a grin on your face. 
Help! | 
18.05.2008, 07:56
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| | Re: You know you've been living in Switzerland too long when... | Quote: | |  | | | You start talking in German while back home on vacation.. | | | | | did that this week, back in London for a few days & lubricated by a couple of pints of Spitfire. I kept going unril my mates started falling about laughing ... bugger
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| | Re: You know you've been living in Switzerland too long when...
Loved it... thanks for the share!
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