This is For Those Who Are In UK.

[BOB]

Do you think you've been living in UK far too long? read these and see it for yourself.

 

PS. This was 4warded to me by a cousin of mine who has been living in a small town called Bristol (God knows where that is)for the past 11 years.

 

 

1. You don't even bother looking out of the window when you get up in the morning to check what the day is like. You know it is overcast.

 

 

2. You believe that Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday are all good nights for chewing Miraa. Sunday day is also entirely reasonable.

 

 

3. You can't remember what 'customer service' means.

 

 

4. After a big night out you find yourself looking for a Curry house and not a 24 hour McDonalds.

 

 

5. You start to accept queuing as a way of life.

 

 

6. More than three hours sunlight on summer days seems excessive.

 

 

7. You always call soccer 'football' ... and you have a team ... and it's not Manchester United.(he supports Newcastle..by the way)

 

 

8. You don't think twice about buying a packaged sandwich.

 

 

9. A sunny lunchtime means searching for a patch of grass and stripping off practically down to your underwear.

 

 

10. You expect men to actually cut, comb and style their hair (using hair products). And to wear decent clothes. Jeans and a T-shirt are no longer socially acceptable.

 

 

11. You think 40 quid for a haircut is quite reasonable.

 

 

12. You finish every sentence with 'Cheers' or "in'it", and start every conversation with Hiya or Alright.

 

 

13. You only just realise you have lost your sunglasses-you left them in Greece 2 summers ago.( i think this is not for Somali folks)

 

 

14. You start thinking English cuisine isn't all that bad after all, I mean,it's hard to beat a full English breakfast.

 

 

15. You are on to your 6th umbrella and your second overcoat.(this had me laughing hard)

 

 

16. You buy a disposable baby BBQ from Argos.

 

 

17. You realise your sunscreen is the stuff you originally brought from home with you.

 

 

18. A day at the beach means wearing the warmest clothes you own while standing on golf ball-size pebbles and the thought of swimming doesn't even

enter your head.

 

 

19. You actually say, "Sor'ed" or "its all gone a bit pear shaped".

 

 

20. Wearing a suit in a pub is relatively normal attire.(whatever happened to good old casual..i wonder)

 

 

21. You have given up complaining about the Victorian-like banking services offered in the UK.

 

 

22. You have given up explaining why you are half an hour late to work as no-one notices or even cares. In fact - you may even join the one hour gossip session around the coffee machine before booting up your computer.

 

 

23. Coming to work with a hangover is entirely accepted and indeed expected.

 

PS. now guys be honest..tell me the truth.. my cousin gave me 7/10.

 

 

Peace, Love & Unity.

[chubacka]

The umbrella one is true!!!!

you should include gloves too.

The thing about the UK is ppl always mean to leave but something always keeps them here...

[Diamante]

The thing about the UK is ppl always mean to leave but something always keeps them here

 

innit...i like it like that too

 

As for the quiz...I'm afraid it's a yes on most of them.

 

You don't even bother looking out of the window when you get up in the morning to check what the day is like. You know it is overcast

true...we have the most pathetic wheather

 

You don't think twice about buying a packaged sandwich

now that is not true, those packaged sandwhiches are gross

 

You think 40 quid for a haircut is quite reasonable

its is though ...the things they do with your hair is wicked

 

You are on to your 6th umbrella and your second overcoat

don't know about overcoat but umbrella's....if i got a pound for each one that i've lost, i would've been richer than the queen

 

You have given up complaining about the Victorian-like banking services offered in the UK

it's absolutely disgusting and they expect you to put up with it

 

You have given up explaining why you are half an hour late to work as no-one notices or even cares. In fact - you may even join the one hour gossip session around the coffee machine before booting up your computer.

this one is totally ME...i've stopped showing on time and having normal lunchbreaks in November (hope my boss doesn't read this)

 

Now if you'll excuse me, I think I'll go and put the kettle on

[BOB]

chubacka,

you remind me of my uncle who left home when my parents just had our first born and this was in the late 60's so after the civil war broke out in 91 we fled the country and came to Kenya where he has been to ever since he left home, so I was told that my Mom asked him why he never returned home and to which he replied "from the day I left you up until this day every night I used to pack my bags and say to myself right, tomorrow I have to catch a plane home and see how the family is doing after all these years" and this is a man who married at the age of 21 and had a 8 children so this line of yours "The thing about the UK is ppl always mean to leave but something always keeps them here" made my mind wander into the past.

 

*Diamante*

 

the moral of the topic is, if you have been living in UK for all this time don't you think that it's time to move on and unleash the real nomad that live in all of us.

Life is too short to spend on one place especially when that place happens to be a tiny island by the name of England?

 

Peace, Love & Unity.

[N.O.R.F]

13. You only just realise you have lost your sunglasses-you left them in Greece 2 summers ago.( i think this is not for Somali folks)

lol, i keep them in my glove box for 9 months, then wear them like brand new for 3 months :cool:

 

4. After a big night out you find yourself looking for a Curry house and not a 24 hour McDonalds.

Now who would want a Mcdonalds at 3am? A good old greasy kebab and chips does the trick

 

ps your cousin hasnt been here long saxib

[Valenteenah.]

Yes, I have been living in the UK for too long, and it only gets better.

 

5. You start to accept queuing as a way of life.

'Start to'? No. I have accepted queuing up for everything a very long time ago. Just this morning I queued for 10 mins at the train station to get my travelcard renewed, then I queued for a newspaper, then a hot chocolate. I will prolly queue up when I go to get my lunch in a bit too. You've got to luv it. :rolleyes:

[Legend of Zu]

Originally posted by Velvet Revolution:

Yes, I have been living in the UK for too long, and it only gets better.

 

I will prolly queue up when I go to get my lunch in a bit too. You've got to luv it. :rolleyes:

Aren't you supposed to be working?

[-Serenity-]

Just this morning I queued for 10 mins at the train station to get my travelcard renewed, then I queued for a newspaper, then a hot chocolate. I will prolly queue up when I go to get my lunch in a bit too. You've got to luv it.[/QB]

Ditto...'cept I already got ma lunch a few min ago. But without queuing, we would be ruthless, mismanaged and orderless. Gotta love the order and fairness..however tedious.

 

22. You have given up explaining why you are half an hour late to work as no-one notices or even cares. In fact - you may even join the one hour gossip session around the coffee machine before booting up your computer

LOL. I dont see how this is bad either. We have flexible working hours and we love to socialise with out work-mates.

[Valenteenah.]

Zu,

 

Yes, I am. But am also starving like Marvin. Can't stop thinking about food.

 

GnP...I dont have the advantage of having a canteen in my building. I've got to brave this icy weather to get my jacket potato. Dreadful!

[N.O.R.F]

I also queued to renew my Oyster card, i queued at the post office earlier, i queued to use the kettle to make myself some Colombian this morning and i will probably queue to use the wudu facilities at the local mosque in about 15 mins,,,brb

[Legend of Zu]

Originally posted by Guardian n Protector:

...'cept I already got ma lunch a few min ago. But without queuing, we would be ruthless, mismanaged and orderless. Gotta love the order and fairness..however tedious.

^^^Control Freak!!!..However tedious kulahaa... while u at it..you would prolly suggest that all food to be rationalised and ppl to queue for bread and sugar just like ur hero Stalin did?

 

I say Anarchy rules!!!

Cheers

[Legend of Zu]

Originally posted by Velvet Revolution:

Zu

,

 

Yes, I am. But am also starving like Marvin. Can't stop thinking about food.

Looking for Fat Free chips is hard you know!!!

[Valenteenah.]

^ Anarchy? Not on your nelly! Jump a queue and not only will you be attacked, but no court will convict the attacker.

[-Serenity-]

"Control Freak!!!..However tedious kulahaa... while u at it..you would prolly suggest that all food to be rationalised and ppl to queue for bread and sugar just like ur hero Stalin did? "

 

U bet. I dont see why the fat bunch should stuff their faces further while half the world starves. All left-overs and excessses will be deported promptly too.

 

"I say Anarchy rules!!!"

 

Why dont you go back to Somalia then eh?

 

VR - skip lunch. Use your reserves

[Legend of Zu]

Originally posted by Velvet Revolution:

^ Anarchy? Not on your nelly! Jump a queue and not only will you be attacked, but no court will convict the attacker.

I dont live in Stalingraad "tank yuu belu muj"

 

And For GnP...you damn sure I will be back to Somalia insha Allah..and I have got great plans for her ..and I promise I wont lock u in a dungeon..Honestly!!