Have you been to Germany?

this post is NOT translated into german

I actually didn't want to stay at the computer today because I am pretty tired... BUT then I saw THIS here at my sister's myspace bulletin board and I think this must be read at least by Allison, April and Amy... (love&miss you all!)

You know you are in Germany too long, when....

1. You refer to other Americans as "they" or "Amis".
2. You REALLY think AFN (Armed Forces Network Radio) is quality entertainment.
3. You realize that Ausfahrt isn't the biggest city in Germany.
4. You forgot how to use round doorknobs.
5. 100 MPH seems like you're really driving slow.
6. You start converting prices to marks in your head (Yeah, but that cup of coffee is FIVE MARKS!!)
7. Even at home you don't put ice in your drinks.
8. You never leave home without your keys, ID card, license, and passport.
9. You answer the phone "Hallo" instead of Hello.
10. You need a power drill and sledgehammer to hang a picture on the wall.
11. You're used to the fact that there's a crane outside your house.
12. Sunshine actually becomes a topic of conversation.
13. You play "guess what town" the driver in front of you is from (HD, MA, KL, PS), based on their license plate.
14. You are incredibly careful about being loud during the "quiet hours" of 7 p.m. – 10 a.m. and 12 – 3 p.m.
15. You don't drive anywhere that you can take a bus/tram/train to.
16. You get excited about the great deal of paying under $4.50 a gallon for gas.
17. When visiting the States, you think you will buy something that costs $0.99, it'll cost that much.
18. Pay toilets for you mean there's another woman standing outside the "public restroom" with a change dish, glaring and demanding her 50 cents.
19. You know David Hasselhoff was a singer, and think "I've been looking for freedom" is quality music.
20. You can wear black socks and nothing else that's black… and it's okay.
21. The only contact you have with other Americans is through Myspace.
22. Nature becomes its own entity for you (I went out into "the nature").
23. Martin Luther King Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day and Presidents Day fade in favor of Tag der Deutschen Einheit, Nikolaus, Erster Mai Tag and Heiligen Drei Königen.
24. You start writing the number 1,000.25 as 1.000,25 and your ones look like sevens and your sevens are a molestation of a 7 and a T.
25. Finger food ceases to exist. There's a utensil for EVERYTHING.
26. You know the lyrics to American Oldies in German – i.e. the Beatles' "Komm gib mir deine Hand".
27. You start to refer to hip hop, rap and R&B as "black music".
28. You've gone back to calling clubs discos.
29. When you think of fast food, Döner comes to your mind quicker than a burger.
30. The sauna doesn't scare you anymore.
31. You start introducing yourself with a German accent to your name.
32. You refer to your friends with the word "the" in front of their name. As in "the Valerie" and "the Leah".
33. You catch yourself putting verbs at the end of sentences in English.
34. You watch German T.V. and GET the jokes.
35. When people come to visit you, and you start telling them historical facts about the things you drive by.
36. You know that every black man you see is in the US Armed Forces or afri…. uh, an exchange student.
37. You crave cake at 4:00.
38. You start saying things like "I'll meet you at sixteen o'clock".
39. Bread, cheese and cold cuts constitute dinner.
40. You can name more German politicians than German actors/actresses.
41. When purchasing presents you prioritize them as useful over being enjoyed.
42. You heat each room in your house separately.
43. When you talk about a two room apartment, the living room counts as one of those rooms.
44. Everything you eat needs to have nutritional value and you justify fatty things with "it's healthy".
45. Driving half an hour to go somewhere is a hassle.
46. $1,000 a year tuition seems like a lot of money.
47. You think soccer is the best sport ever invented.
48. Aldi satisfies all of your shopping needs.
49. All of your shoes are sensible.
50. You call your cell a "handy".

Maybe you can find yourself in some of those topics...