You know you’ve been in The Netherlands for too long when...

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You know you've been in The Netherlands for too long when...

1/ You have a bike

3/ Walking from your faculty to the cafeteria has become unimaginable. You take your bike, even if it’s for 50meters

4/ Eating 7 slides of bread for lunch doesn’t scare you anymore

5/ By the way, you stopped eating warm lunch. You just eat bread

9/ You got used to trance and electro music

13/ You think ducks are cute

16/ You know winter stops in May, and not March as everywhere else

17/ You don’t remember what a moutain looks like

18/ You still don’t know how to speak Dutch. But your English has improved

20/ You never go out without your bike lights

26/ You don’t even bother to ask “do you speak English?”, you just speak English right away

30/ Paying 6€ for a meal in the cafeteria seems normal

31/ You know how to repair a bike

34/ You know what it is being late and having to wait for a boat to cross the bridge

35/ You can drink milk at any time of the day

36/ Sometimes, you only drink milk as lunch

39/ For you something sweet means straubwaffels

41/ Being tall gets a new meaning

42/ Blonde is back to being a hair-color, not a concept

43/ You have 4 seasons in one day

44/ You can start a mail to your teacher who happens to be a doctor by “yo, wassup doc” (exaggeration can get the message through)

45/ You think that paying to use the toilets is normal

46/ You know that kapsalon is not a typical turkish dish, but a hairdresser

48/ You find it easier to find a good joint that a good coffee

49/ You have the AH bonus card (Albert Hijn supermarketas, Kotryna pasakė, kad duoda nemokamai)

50/ Your windows have no curtains, and you don’t care

51/ If your windows have curtains, you don’t use them, and just don’t care who might be looking at you

52/ For you, light rain is not rain

53/ Professors write a “well done” comment in your assignment and still grade you with a 6

55/ 10°C is warm enough to wear a short or mini skirt

56/ You can ride your bike in the rain, wind and even snow

57/ Guys are very cute

58/ you can ride your bike wearing skirt (if you’re a girl), a suit or even high heels (if you’re a girl)

59/ You start having strong opinion even if you vaguely know the topic

60/ You “wash” the dishes with soap without rincing them

61/ “Alstublieft and dank u wel” are the only dutch words you know

62/ You aren’t surprised anymore that the disco closes at 4 (but it still pisses you off)

63/ You learn to bike without using your hands on the handle

64/ You go to the market and you only buy the stuffs that fit in you bike

65/ Riding a bike and driking coffee/smoking/eating lunch at the same time is not a problem any more

66/ You reformulate the saying “if you drink, don’t drive” by “if you drink, don’t ride”

67/ You’ve been asked where the coffeeshop is

72/ You wait for the light to go green before crossing the street, even if there is no car

73/ You sometimes eat only with a spoon

74/ You tried fried fish from the caravans at least once

75/ You clap the lecturer (just because he’s been speaking for 2 hours)

76/ You run to Albert Heijn at 21.55 to get some beer for the party that night

77/ Trees planted in straight rows/ aka the forest/ seems normal
88/ You need an appointement to talk with your friends. Or your mother

(Taip yra todėl, kad olandai labai mėgsta susitikimus. Ypač universitete, iškilus menkiausiam klausimui)

89/ You enjoy making tourists jump off the bike path.

90/ You paid more for the lock of your bike than for the bike itselft

91/ Real bread? You’ve made your peace with it. It doesn’t exist

92/ You know that the Netherlands doesn’t have a special dish. They just fry everything

93/ You know getting a couch will be difficult because it doesn’t fit through the door. Windows maybe?

96/ when the sun pops up all your Dutch friends are wearing beach flip flops

Dideli langai ir užuolaidos, kurios mums nėra reikalingos / Huge windows & curtains, which are not necessary for us.
Ilgas įrašas, kurio tikriausiai neperskaitysit, bet mane priverčia šypsotis ir linkčioti galva - tiesa tiesa.