Message-ID: <3976318.1075858925332.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 16:52:41 -0700 (PDT) From: m..scott@enron.com To: susan_m_scott@hotmail.com Subject: FW: You Know You've Been in London too Long When... Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Scott, Susan M. X-To: 'susan_m_scott@hotmail.com' X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \SSCOTT5 (Non-Privileged)\Scott, Susan M.\Sent Items X-Origin: Scott-S X-FileName: SSCOTT5 (Non-Privileged).pst -----Original Message----- From: "Emily Hillegeist" @ENRON [mailto:IMCEANOTES-+22Emily+20Hillegeist+22+20+3Cehillegeist+40hotmail+2Ecom+3E+40ENRON@ENRON.com] Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 5:08 AM To: arden_ellis@hotmail.com; brittanydoty@hotmail.com; normanh314@aol.com; katyhester@hotmail.com; lgillet@enron.com; lialice@msn.com; judyh314@aol.com; sscott5@enron.com Subject: You Know You've Been in London too Long When... > > > 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. Wearing a suit in a pub is relatively normal attire. > > > > 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. > > > > 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 20 quid for a haircut is quite reasonable. > > > > 12. You finish every sentence with 'Cheers'. > > > > 13. You only just realise you have lost your sunglasses -- you left > > them in Greece 2 summers ago. > > > > 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. > > > > 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. You believe that Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday > > and Saturday are all good nights for drinking. Sunday day is also > > entirely reasonable. > > > > 21. You have given up complaining about the Victorian 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 cares. > > > > 23. Coming to work with a hangover is entirely accepted and indeed > > expected at least once a week. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp - winmail.dat