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** You know you've been in Korea too long if : **
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1. You don't mind paying more for coffee than dinner
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2. You want to go back to the States and open an IMF HOF HOUSE
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3. A roll of toilet paper at the dinner Å×À̺í doesn't bother you
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4. You like to cut your noodles with scissors
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5. You don't even notice the misspelled signs in English (eg."openning")
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6. You can balance a 50 pound bowl on your head and walk briskly
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7. You say ¡°o-rai, o-rai¡± when your helping your buddy back up his car.
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8. You learned more about U.S. history through AFKN than all of your years in school combined.
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9. You start having kimchi and rice for breakfast
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10. You think Kim Dae Jung is ***y
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11. More than 1/2 of your book collection is from the Kyobo Book Store.
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12. You don't mind playing basketball on dirt.
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13. You start to dig bands that have acronyms as names (H.O.T. R.E.F. DJ D.O.C. G.O.D.)
¡æH.O.T.³ª R.E.F. ¶Ç´Â DJ D.O.C. G.O.D °°Àº À̴ϼȷΠµÈ À̸§À» °¡Áö°í ÀÖ´Â ±×·ìÀ» ÁÁ¾ÆÇÏ°Ô µÉ ¶§
14. You start wearing a white mask when it gets cold
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15. You hate Japan for no apparent reason
¡æÀϺ»ÀÌ ¾Æ¹« ÀÌÀ¯¾øÀÌ ½È¾îÁú ¶§
16. You bow to all of your white friends
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17. You look for a Lotteria when you're in Minnesota
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18. You enjoy bad tasting instant coffee in luxury settings
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19. You find you no longer hold your breath in a crowded elevator
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20. You start wearing slippers in the office and think it is ok
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21. Your wife reaches her 40s and you expect her to be permed and wear unmatched clothes and anklets
¡æ¸¶´©¶ó°¡ 40´ë°¡ µÇ¾úÀ¸´Ï ¸Ó¸®¿¡ ÆÛ¸ÓÇÏ°í ¾È¾î¿ï¸®´Â ¿Ê°ú ¹ß¸ñ±îÁö ¿À´Â ¾ç¸»À» ½ÅÀ»°Å¶ó°í »ý°¢µÉ¶§
22. You no longer hang out in Itaewon
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23. Whenever you are surprised you say "ai-go"
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24. You are honked at and you call the driver a "babo seki ya"
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25. U.S. dollars look small in physical size
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26. You understand what they're trying to sell through the loudspeaker in that truck that drives by your house every morning.
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27. You find yourself sucking air through your teeth when a shopkeeper offers you their "best price"
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28. You salivate every time you see a Lassie episode
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29. You know exactly what kind of dogs are "good"
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30. You look forward to lunches at the KATUSA Snack Bar
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31. You've bought everything they sell on the subway
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32. You don't even notice the captions when watching an American movie
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33. You find yourself wanting to got back to the market so you can pop those ""bbon-dae-gi""
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34. You bring along your own chopsticks when you go to McDonalds
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35. You've eaten pig's feet
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36. Korean cops no longer look like boy scouts.
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37. You can pronounce "hyundai" correctly
¡æHyundai¸¦ "Çö´ë"¶ó°í ¹ßÀ½ÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ°Ô µÉ ¶§ (ÇÏÇÏ ^^)
38. You think it's odd that the bus driver doesn't play the radio out loud back in the States.
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39. The waitress cusses you out for not tipping her upon your return to the States
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40. You're 5ft.9in. and you think you're kind of tall.
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41. You start using henna rinse when you see your first grey hair
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42. You hear someone release gas and you say, "Who bang-goo'ed?"
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43. The first thing you ask for at a restaurant is a cup of "coffees"
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44. You go to a concert and bow back at the conductor
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45. You have started snapping your gum in public
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46. You start having a midnight snack of cold rice and fish heads
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47. You refer to your POV as your "my car"
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48. You stop being surprised after laboring up a mountain for two hours and running into a young woman all dressed up in heals and a young man in a suit and tie
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49. You call back to the States and ask your friend if he has moved into his new "apar-t," yet
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50. You are on leave in the States and refer to an apartment building as a mansion
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51. Someone steps on your toe and apologizes and you say, "No sweat-ee da"
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52. Your favorite exclamation is "Ai-go jook get da"
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