1. During 'summer', Brits will wear shorts and T-shirts no matter what the weather.
2. Calling football 'soccer' will immediately get you expelled from the pub
3. You will spend 2 hours travelling to see a friend who lives 2km away. You will see that friend twice a year.
4. Brits cannot be trusted with electrical sockets in the bathroom
Get used to drying your hair in the hallway.
5. Every siren reminds you of The Bill
7. Going to the supermarket at 4.45pm on Sunday.
...always ends in tears.
8. Spotting this range of ready meals for the first time.
9. You suggest ordering food to go with your drinks
In the motherland, eating is cheating.
10. Calling ‘Public school’ ‘Private school’ and ‘Private School’ ‘Public School’
It's the like the modern 'Who's on First?'.
11. You are on a ‘working holiday’ visa… meaning you work a LOT and the holiday part is the flight home.
12. Realising that they still play ‘Dad’s Army’ in prime time on a Saturday evening.
13. People actually watch televised darts competitions
No irony. This is real.
15. Making eye contact with other humans on the tube means you are a recruitment leader for a cult.
16. Popping over to Europe on a Friday is like swimming to New Zealand. Possible but unlikely.
Oh the places you were going to go...
17. Your British co-workers will stop for a tea break every 45 minutes
You quickly develop a 12 tea a day habit.
18. You swear you will never shop at Primark. Think again.
Primark is the 'Hotel California' of shops...check out any time you want, but you can never leave.