> > > SIGNS YOU'VE BEEN IN LONDON TOO LONG > > > > 1 You say 'mate' constantly. > > 2 You think it is perfectly normal to pay over *3.00 for a pint. > > 3 Anyone not from London is a 'wanker'. > > 4 Anyone from outside London and north of the Watford Gap > is a 'Northern > > Wanker'. > > 5 You have no idea where the North is. > > 6 You see All Saints in the Bar Med (again) and find it hard to get > > excited > > about it. > > 7 The countryside makes you nervous. > > 8 Somebody speaks to you on the tube and you freak out > thinking they are a > > stalker. > > 9 American tourists no longer annoy you. > > 10 You talk in postcodes. "God, it was really warm round > SW1 the other > > day". > > 11 You can't remember the last time you got up to 30 mph in > your car. > > 12 You didn't realise that 'Paddington Green' is REAL. > > > > > > SIGNS YOU'VE BEEN IN MANCHESTER TOO LONG > > > > 1.You go mad when somebody who is not from Manchester says > 'mad ferit', > > "Nobody says that EVER!" you scream. > > 2.You say 'mad fer it' when back in Manchester. > > 3.You think fisherman's hats are attractive. > > 4.You support Man City out of principle. > > 5.You see Coronation Street stars all the time and think > nothing of it. > > 6.You think Londoners are 'soft southern wankers'... until > they kick your > > head in at a footie match. > > 7.You get a freckle and consider yourself 'suntanned' > > 8.You deny that it rains all the time.. as you struggle > home with the > > shopping in yet another torrential downpour. > > 9.You won't pay more than *1.50 for a wrap of skag. > > 10.People start yawning when you talk about how great Manchester is > > > > SIGNS YOU'VE BEEN IN LIVERPOOL TOO LONG > > > > 1. You have an urge to steal. > > 2. You think Brookside is a 'glamorous' soap. > > 3. You think Hollyoaks is 'posh'. > > 4. You keep going on about how great Liverpool and Scousers are. > > 5. To you, organised crime is putting petrol in the getaway car. > > 6. You start to cry when you hear 'Ferry cross the Mersey'. > > 7. You think anyone from Liverpool has a great sense of humour. > > 8. You often wonder why you don't hear of many Scouse > comedians any more. > > 9. You think everyone's heard of Greg Pateras > > 10. You start thinking that Plymouth sounds nice. > > > > SIGNS YOU'VE BEEN IN GLASGOW TOO LONG > > > > 1.You say 'pish' all the time. > > 2.You say 'aye' all the time. > > 3.You end sentences with 'like' i.e. 'I'm no goin' there, like, it's > > pish'. > > 4.You think McEwans beer is great, ignoring the fact it 'tastes of > > pish like'. > > 5.You get an urge to punch everybody you meet. > > 6.You punch everybody you meet. > > 7.You get drunk before, after and during punching everybody > you meet. > > 8.You are incomprehensible. > > 9.People seem to be scared of you when you say where you are from. > > 10 You automatically get the urge to kill on hearing the > words 'Edinburgh' > > or 'England'. > > 11.You have heart disease aged 26 due to all deep-fried > pizzas you have > > consumed since birth. > > > > SIGNS YOU'VE BEEN IN DUBLIN TOO LONG > > > > 1.You say "I'm Grand" all the time. > > 2.You think of Guinness as if it is the sixth food group. > > 3.You disagreed with 2. - Guinness is the FIRST food group. > > 4.You're pale and white... yet compared to others your > suntan looks good. > > 5.You say "Are you Grand ?" all the time. > > 6.You say "Isn't it grand" all the time. > > 7.You say "That'd be grand" all the time. > > 8.You can pronounce names like Eoghan, Niamh and Siobhan. > > 9.You take 4 hours to get home on a Saturday night and > think nothing of > > it. > > 10 You don't eat anything cold, uncooked or not resembling > meat, bread or > > potatoes > > 11.You say "Your man" all the time. > > 12.You say "Your woman" all the time. > > 13.You say "It's grand that your man asked if I'm grand" > all the time. > > 14.You find yourself still living with family and having > dinners cooked > > for > > you by someone's mammy - at 30. > > 15.You talk about 'dinners' and 'mammys'. > > > > SIGNS YOU'VE BEEN IN CARDIFF TOO LONG > > > > 1.You are still there. > > > > >