Every time I think about this item on this Change.org list of 10 signs that you’ve been overseas too long I laugh out loud:
In any debate about copyright infringement, you come down firmly on the pro-piracy side. Unless you’re talking about the bastards who simply smuggle a videocamera into a movie theater and then market the resulting product as a clean copy. They can burn in hell.
And, since I’ve just passed the three-years-living-in-Africa mark, here are three contributions of my own.
1. Carrying $3,000 to $5,000 in cash isn’t that big of a deal. Over 5k makes you a bit nervous though.
2. You don’t think it’s strange to travel from the Western world of consumerism and cheap electronics back to wherever you’re living, land of expensive electronics, carrying between 3 and 6 laptops, several digital cameras, a score of MP3 players, and a Play Station.
3. You’ve read the same 2002 or earlier issue of Marie Claire three times this week, and four times last week.
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Wow. Those are spot on. Except your Marie Claire is my Economist. I remember seeing a Guardian or something on the table after my colleague got back from the UK and thinking, ‘wow, a real newspaper!’
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1 and 3 especially. Except not Marie Claire.
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Hahahahaha!!!!!
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I love that issue of Marie Clare. The tips are fantastic.
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