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[Fishead soup]

(1)You get pissed off when you see weygooks cutting the fat off their Sam-gyup-sal.

(2) You were one of the few that didn't leave during the I.M.F. years.

(3) You are no longer shocked about Poshintang but you prefer Su-Yook

(4) You can remember when the middle school girls all had bob hairstyles.

(5) You appear as casual events overdressed.

(6) You can wear a full suit and tie in the middle of summer and not even break a sweat.
(7) You've learned the fine art of fighting for the bill.
( You understand what people are saying when they are talking behind
your back.
(9) You slap the botton of a soju bottle before opening it.
(10) You can open a bottle of beer without a bottle opener.
(11) You wear the wife beaters undershirt under your dress shirt.
(12) You paid more than 2 million won at a room salon and didn't get laid.
(13) You've slow danced with a coffee delivery girl in a Nora Bang.
(14) You always order anju at the hof regardless of whether you are hungry or not.
(15) You like the new burger offered at Lotteria.

[Kim Jong Jordan]

16) you start another one of these threads

[Dev]

When you start believing

1) in fan death
2) in the a-hem, health benefits of dog soup
3) that the Japanese and Chinese are inherently evil countries
4) you are an inferior foreigner.

[jajdude]

[kermo]

I'm in Canada for a visit, and I can't stop bloody putting my left hand under my right arm when I hand the money to the cashier. I feel terribly cheeky when I hand it with my left hand, too.

[The Bobster]

[twg]

[Adventurer]

I am still the same old guy, I just know that I am in "Rome", but I am not like changing myself radically to conform to a country that I am going to leave, and I don't push people to get on to the bus. I am not from Seoul or New York City.. .

[VanIslander]

When you're a guy who finds some Lady Speed Stick and goes "Ahssa!"

[Vancouver]

[awalk2remember]

I know these have been stated before but:

a. you count with your fingers with your palm facing your body
b. when you return to your home country you bow when someone stops to let you cross the street.
c. you are confused why there are no chopsticks or side dishes in restaruants back home.
d. you notice that the streets in your country do not stink like poop or vomit
e. you don't hear the gum popping constantly on the buses anymore
f. your bus ride doesn't involve being flung around if you miss out in getting a seat
g. you no longer have to carry toilet paper with you as you squat over the floor to go to the washroom
h. you crave those dried little fishes or squid served as a side dish
i. you are flabergasted at the price of beer in your country
j. your mosquito bites heal in a few days
k. you realize the majority of the tv stations are completely in english
l. you realize that women no longer wear pointy high heals with shorts
m. sitting on the floor in a restaurant is no longer an option
n. you miss the fruit/veggie salesman blaring from his loudspeaker
o. you can swim in the ocean without garbage floating by.
p. coffee doesn't come in little white paper cups anymore from a machine
q. you have an actual shower and bathtub, not just a closet that serves as your bathroom and a hose with a showerhead that serves as your shower
r. there are no used hair brushes, used soap and toothpaste in your small motel room.
s. there is no drying fish or red peppers on the ground you have to navigate around.
t. you can buy face cream with ease without worrying they have whitening products in them
u. you spend more than 2 minutes with your doctor in the clinic.
v. you don't get a shot in the bum just for visiting your doctor
w. sealife floating in tanks doesn't look phalic or obserd
x. people aren't drinking corn water out of bottles
y. finding dill pickles, avocados or basil isn't a scavenger hunt
z. corn, fish eggs or sweet potatoes or no longer on your pizza.

- I'll stop there

[Yu_Bum_suk]

- You see your female teenage student walking down the road in a pink polo shirt and think, isn't that a boys shirt she's wearing?

[Dev]

[quote="Fishead soup"](1)You get pissed off when you see weygooks cutting the fat off their Sam-gyup-sal.
quote]

I had lunch with a foreign guy who did that. I wanted to smack him across the head and say "Don't be a p*ssy!"

[Dev]

You've been in Korea too long when

you start to enjoy those slap-stick comedy shows showing Koreans in their 20's wearing Micky Mouse ears having pillow fights and spraying each other with fire extinguishers.

If you find that funny, you've been here way too long.

[contrarian]

You start dropping your articles. Let's go to movie!