You Know You've Lived in Japan Too Long When:
* you are confused, upon your vacation to the states, by the lack of ATMs at the post office.
* while driving an American-made car, you flip your windshield wipers on instead of your turn signal.
* you will eat unidentified meat without questioning it's origin.
* you expect the pizza boy to call your cellphone rather than knock on your door.
* you view bikes with baskets attached to the handlebars as convienant, not dorky.
* you can sleep like a log on the train, and somehow always manage to wake up precisely 30 seconds before your stop.
* there is no bacon, there is only ham.
* turkeys surprise you more than raccoon-dogs.
* you would gladly sever a finger for a decent taco.
* you forget, in the States, that you cannot smoke in the bank.
* all the liquids you consume in a day come directly from vending machines.
* you can maneuver a full-sized motor vehicle through roads approximately as wide as a shoelace without cringing.
* when in doubt, sleep it off at a manga cafe.
* you expect all your food with mayonaise, whether or not you like the aforementioned condiment.
* the fact that garbage trucks do not play music in your native country is something of a shame.
* the loudspeaker trucks no longer wake you up in the morning.
* you can find your way anywhere in the country using nothing but kanji radicals as a guide.
* you've forgotten how to tip people.
* while driving an American-made car, you flip your windshield wipers on instead of your turn signal.
* you will eat unidentified meat without questioning it's origin.
* you expect the pizza boy to call your cellphone rather than knock on your door.
* you view bikes with baskets attached to the handlebars as convienant, not dorky.
* you can sleep like a log on the train, and somehow always manage to wake up precisely 30 seconds before your stop.
* there is no bacon, there is only ham.
* turkeys surprise you more than raccoon-dogs.
* you would gladly sever a finger for a decent taco.
* you forget, in the States, that you cannot smoke in the bank.
* all the liquids you consume in a day come directly from vending machines.
* you can maneuver a full-sized motor vehicle through roads approximately as wide as a shoelace without cringing.
* when in doubt, sleep it off at a manga cafe.
* you expect all your food with mayonaise, whether or not you like the aforementioned condiment.
* the fact that garbage trucks do not play music in your native country is something of a shame.
* the loudspeaker trucks no longer wake you up in the morning.
* you can find your way anywhere in the country using nothing but kanji radicals as a guide.
* you've forgotten how to tip people.