Sunday, June 2, 2013

A few fun tibits

That everyone proabably already knew but me

-Cokes in Europe come in this nicer 500ml bottle (a size I can actually drink without wasting much)
-As you can see in the background of the same picture, "to-go" is called "takeaway"
-To go upstairs you "take a lift" (I call going down on an elevator "taking a drop")
--along with this, I always heard to be careful of what floor you want, often ground floor is called "ground" and the second floor (the next higher one-on-one that you'd take a single flight of stairs for) is called the first floor. Becomes very confusing when you're desperate for a toilet (WC) on an European 3rd floor or American 4th.
-Instead of "watching out" for something, it's "mind" something "mind the gap!"
-Make sure your outlet doesn't have a switch. The one that has my phone charging in it is "hot" the other is not.
-All day I've been trying to think of a terrible pun for this one, using the song "who let the dogs out?" So a pence to who can give the best one. In Ireland (and possible the rest of the UK?) signs don't say "to lease" it's "to let"
-I always heard there's a bunch of security cameras, but they aren't kidding. Everywhere you look there's a sign for "CCTV". Everywhere. I walked out of the bathroom stall, looked up, camera. Is that even legal? So good luck picking your nose or wedgie anywhere in Europe without it being seen by someone. Just accept it and wave at the camera as you do it, and show them who's boss.
-Soap seems to be a bit of a commodity. There's never even a dispenser on trains here.
-Here, instead of a map and directions inside that no one reads, there's "fire assembly point" signs, where you gather in that instance. They're everywhere.
-Here in Ireland, I've come across a whole one place that sells root beer. Wasn't even good.

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