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<blockquote data-quote="T.Kanch" data-source="post: 1890680" data-attributes="member: 42018"><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">Top 22 things a Srilankan does after returning to Srilanka from "US".* </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">* </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">22. Use Nope for No and Yep for Yes. </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">21. Tries to use credit card in road side hotel. * </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">* </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">20. Drinks and carries mineral water and always speaks of health conscious. </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">* </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">* </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">19. Sprays deo such so that he doesn't need to take bath. * </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">* </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">18. Sneezes and says 'Excuse me'. * </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">* </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">17. Says "Hey" instead of "Hi". </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">Says "Yogurt" instead says "Curds". </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">Says "Cab" instead of "Taxi". </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">Says "Candy" instead of "Chocolate". </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">Says "Cookie" instead of "Biscuit". </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">Says " Free Way " instead of "Highway". </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">Says "got to go" instead of "Have to go". </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">Says "Oh" instead of "Zero", (for 704, says Seven Oh Four Instead of Seven </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">Zero Four) * </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">* </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">16. Doesn't forget to crib about air pollution. Keeps cribbing every time he </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">steps out. * </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">* </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">15. Says all the distances in Miles (Not in Kilo Meters), and counts in </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">Millions. (Not in Lakhs) * </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">* </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">14. Tries to figure all the prices in Dollars as far as possible (but deep </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">down the heart multiplies by 43 times). * </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">* </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">13. Tries to see the % of fat on the cover of a milk pocket. * </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">* </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">12. When need to say Z (zed), never says Z (Zed), repeats "Zee" several </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">times, if the other person unable to get, then says X, Y Zee(but never says </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">Zed) * </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">* </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">11. Writes date as MM/DD/YYYY, on watching traditional DD/MM/YYYY, says "Oh! </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">British Style!!!!" * </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">* </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">10. Makes fun of Srilankan Standard Time and Road Conditions. * </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">* </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">9. Even after 2 months, complaints about "Jet Lag". * </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">* </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">8. Avoids eating more chili (hot) stuff. * </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">* </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">7. Tries to drink "Diet Coke", instead of Normal Coke. * </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">* </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">6.. Tries to complain about any thing in Srilanka as if he is experiencing </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">it for the first time. * </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">* </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">5. Pronounces "schedule" as "skejule", and "module" as "mojule". * </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">* </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">4. Looks suspiciously towards Hotel/Dhaba food. * </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">* </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">Few more important * </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">* </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">3. From the luggage bag, does not remove the stickers of Airways by which he </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">traveled back to Srilanka, even after 4 months of arrival. * </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">* </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">2. Takes the cabin luggage bag to short visits in Srilanka, tries to roll </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">the bag on Srilankan Roads. * </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">* </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">**Ultimate one: </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">1.. Tries to begin conversation with "In US ...." or "When I was in US..."** </span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: DarkRed">* </span></span></span></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="T.Kanch, post: 1890680, member: 42018"] [B][FONT="Lucida Sans Unicode"][SIZE="5"][COLOR="DarkRed"]Top 22 things a Srilankan does after returning to Srilanka from "US".* * 22. Use Nope for No and Yep for Yes. 21. Tries to use credit card in road side hotel. * * 20. Drinks and carries mineral water and always speaks of health conscious. * * 19. Sprays deo such so that he doesn't need to take bath. * * 18. Sneezes and says 'Excuse me'. * * 17. Says "Hey" instead of "Hi". Says "Yogurt" instead says "Curds". Says "Cab" instead of "Taxi". Says "Candy" instead of "Chocolate". Says "Cookie" instead of "Biscuit". Says " Free Way " instead of "Highway". Says "got to go" instead of "Have to go". Says "Oh" instead of "Zero", (for 704, says Seven Oh Four Instead of Seven Zero Four) * * 16. Doesn't forget to crib about air pollution. Keeps cribbing every time he steps out. * * 15. Says all the distances in Miles (Not in Kilo Meters), and counts in Millions. (Not in Lakhs) * * 14. Tries to figure all the prices in Dollars as far as possible (but deep down the heart multiplies by 43 times). * * 13. Tries to see the % of fat on the cover of a milk pocket. * * 12. When need to say Z (zed), never says Z (Zed), repeats "Zee" several times, if the other person unable to get, then says X, Y Zee(but never says Zed) * * 11. Writes date as MM/DD/YYYY, on watching traditional DD/MM/YYYY, says "Oh! British Style!!!!" * * 10. Makes fun of Srilankan Standard Time and Road Conditions. * * 9. Even after 2 months, complaints about "Jet Lag". * * 8. Avoids eating more chili (hot) stuff. * * 7. Tries to drink "Diet Coke", instead of Normal Coke. * * 6.. Tries to complain about any thing in Srilanka as if he is experiencing it for the first time. * * 5. Pronounces "schedule" as "skejule", and "module" as "mojule". * * 4. Looks suspiciously towards Hotel/Dhaba food. * * Few more important * * 3. From the luggage bag, does not remove the stickers of Airways by which he traveled back to Srilanka, even after 4 months of arrival. * * 2. Takes the cabin luggage bag to short visits in Srilanka, tries to roll the bag on Srilankan Roads. * * **Ultimate one: 1.. Tries to begin conversation with "In US ...." or "When I was in US..."** * [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [/QUOTE]
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