You Know You've Been Living In Switzerland Too Long When:

J'ai reçus ça par mail et en je dois avouer que... c'est tellement VRAI!!!

1. You think Flanagans, the Pickwicks and the Mulligans have a real Irish
pub atmosphere;
2. You don't think 15 francs for a glass of coke in a bar is outrageous;
3. You read the Le Matin for news instead of finding a flat, job, or what's
on at the movies;
4. You believe the newspaper stand might actually be under surveillance and
pay the full 2 francs instead of surreptitiously putting in 20 cents;
5. You think radar cameras painted to look like lumps of cheese make them
less oppressive;
6. Beggars annoy you;
7. You buy the most expensive model or variant of everything from razors to
cars;
8. You notice how dirty French cars are;
9. You live alone in a studio and have a cleaning lady;
10. You don't think it unusual that you have never met a Swiss who does
hard manual labour like road-digging;
11. You don't question why it takes 12-18 months and costs more than a
million francs to build a modest residential house;
12. You start to wonder what's wrong when a train is more than a minute
late;
13. You put on 300 francs worth of brightly coloured lycra to go for a
bicycle ride;
14. You think Swiss advertising is dynamic, clever and subtle.
15. You think it's economically wasteful to have more than one brand of a
product in a store;
16. You think getting up early is good;
17. You actually get interested in the local elections;
18. You try to defend cartel based economics to a visitor;
19. You think that plaid jackets with flowery ties don't look that bad;
20. You think it's fair that you can only wash clothes once a month;
21. You wonder why anyone would want to shop outside of working hours;
22. You think it's OK to drive slow on Sundays;
23. You feel like you're broke if you have less than SFr 300 in your
pocket;
24. You dress up to go grocery shopping;
25. You understand why Chinese food should cost more than normal food;
26. You prefer Swiss wine;
27. You wish that your town had expensive garbage bags too;
28. You think it's OK for a Chinese restaurant to be run by a Swiss and
staffed by Spaniards and Portuguese;
29. You think Thursday night shopping is really convenient;
30. You think that large American cars are 'cool'
31. You think it's cool to drink expensive imported American beers;
32. You prefer fizzy mineral water to tap water;
33. You throw a party and expect everyone to leave by 11:30pm;
34. You clean up "during" parties;
35. You expect dinner guests to help with the washing up;
36. You begin to understand the subtlety of the Swiss cuisine;
37. You appreciate the differences between the cantons;
38. You feel really hungry if you don't start eating lunch by 12:00;
39. You have breakfast cereal for dinner;
40. You don't mind paying 20 francs for a paperback book;
41. You think that Swisscom approved telephones are better;
42. You buy a new one instead of getting it repaired;
43. You think that 3% unemployment is high;
44. You think it was through its own efforts that Switzerland stayed out of
World War II;
45. You consider getting goats and sheep to graze in your backyard;
46. You only eat fondue in winter;
47. You complain to your neighbour about the noise when he flushes his
toilet after 10pm;
48. You become interested in the myriad of insurance offerings;
49. You become concerned about the color of your neighbour's curtains;
50. You put Aromat on all your food;
51. You worry about getting a cold when there's a draught;
52. You become offended when reading this.