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You Know You're an Expat Kid When...
1. You can't answer the question, "Where are you from?" (And when you do, you get into an elaborate conversation that gets everyone confused and/or makes you sound very spoiled)
2. You flew before you could walk.
3. You have a passport, but no driver's license.
4. You think California is cold.
5. You actually know what BBC is, and watch it as your news source.
6. You know that George W. Bush is a mega-douche bag
7. You have heard of MSN and actually use it
8. You run into someone you know at every airport you have flown at.
9. Conversations with friends take place at 6:00 in the morning or 10:00 at night.
10. Your life story uses the phrase "Then we went to..." five times.
11. You can speak with authority about the quality of various international airlines.
12. You feel self conscious around all white people.
13. You get offended when someone turns down an offer for food.
14. You live at school and go home for vacation.
15. You know the true meaning of "football".
16. Your wardrobe can only handle two seasons: hot and warm.
17. You are used to being stared at.
18. You think VISA is a document stamped in your passport, and not a plastic card you carry in your wallet.
19. You call a chicken burrito a "shawerma."
20. You've heard of "hubbly bubbly.”
21. You are lucky enough to have tasted Galaxy chocolate, and love Polo mints.
22. You've woken up in the middle of the night to watch the Superbowl on cable
23. You know the geography of the rest of the world, but you don't know the geography of your own country. (Isn't Philadelphia it's own state?)
24. Your best friends are from 5 different countries.
25. You ask your roommate when the houseboy is scheduled to come clean.
If you can answer YES to these questions, then you are an expat, and international man/women of mystery, whose life is certainly more interesting than 95% of the population.
All but 13,16, and 20. Oh yeah, that's me.
1. You can't answer the question, "Where are you from?" (And when you do, you get into an elaborate conversation that gets everyone confused and/or makes you sound very spoiled)
2. You flew before you could walk.
3. You have a passport, but no driver's license.
4. You think California is cold.
5. You actually know what BBC is, and watch it as your news source.
6. You know that George W. Bush is a mega-douche bag
7. You have heard of MSN and actually use it
8. You run into someone you know at every airport you have flown at.
9. Conversations with friends take place at 6:00 in the morning or 10:00 at night.
10. Your life story uses the phrase "Then we went to..." five times.
11. You can speak with authority about the quality of various international airlines.
12. You feel self conscious around all white people.
13. You get offended when someone turns down an offer for food.
14. You live at school and go home for vacation.
15. You know the true meaning of "football".
16. Your wardrobe can only handle two seasons: hot and warm.
17. You are used to being stared at.
18. You think VISA is a document stamped in your passport, and not a plastic card you carry in your wallet.
19. You call a chicken burrito a "shawerma."
20. You've heard of "hubbly bubbly.”
21. You are lucky enough to have tasted Galaxy chocolate, and love Polo mints.
22. You've woken up in the middle of the night to watch the Superbowl on cable
23. You know the geography of the rest of the world, but you don't know the geography of your own country. (Isn't Philadelphia it's own state?)
24. Your best friends are from 5 different countries.
25. You ask your roommate when the houseboy is scheduled to come clean.
If you can answer YES to these questions, then you are an expat, and international man/women of mystery, whose life is certainly more interesting than 95% of the population.
All but 13,16, and 20. Oh yeah, that's me.