One of my friends made this list and I decided to post it here. Some of them are sort of inside jokes, but I hope you find it amusing anyway. It's a nice way to sum up the odd things about being a foreigner in Thailand.
1. You see four people on a motorcycle and think there’s still room for more
2. You know about sua sua
3. You actually choose to use the butt sprayer instead of toilet paper
4. You get told that you are beautiful/handsome at least four times a day
5. You have ever planted rice
6. You can openly discuss bodily functions for hours on end
7. You LOVE sticky rice
8. Anything less than a 12 hour bus trip is considered close
9. You’ve hung out with Alex from 120
10. You have ever been woken up by a Thai person yelling your name at 5:30 in the morning
11. You don’t really know whose chickens they are, but you have at least 10 chickens in your yard at any given moment
12. You are called fat and then forced to eat more than you possibly can
13. When you hear the price of something in dollars, you now convert it to Baht
14. You know to always lie about time on a sign in sheet
15. Eating with any utensils feels weird
16. You’ve eaten……< insert crazy food
17. You are regularly passed by a 10 year old driving a motorcycle while you labor away on your bicycle
18. While trying to speak Thai, you have accidentally said that you “pooped a bicycle”
19. You get extremely excited when you can read a sign in Thai
20. You wake up with one goal for the day- Avoid being Thainapped!
21. You love Dr. Rit
22. You know what the avenue of good times is
23. You now feel totally comfortable asking somebody how much money they make
24. You can’t drink beer without ice
25. You think “same same but different” is grammatically correct
26. You love chili sauce
27. Your clothes are never clean, and they only smell good half the time
28. You think 75 degrees is cold
29. You see an elephant roaming the streets and it’s not a big deal
30. You’ve learned to embrace awkward situations
31. You haven’t eaten cheese in six months
32. You’ve never washed your sheets
33. You have watched all your DVDs with commentary at least three times
34. You commonly ask people if they have showered yet
35. You have given yourself a haircut
36. You have been in a parade
37. You have been to the beer buffet in Khon Kaen
38. You have used “tong sia” as an excuse (tong sia = diarrhea)
39. You love beer towers and bowling
40. You have ever broken or clogged a toilet
41. You have ever been hugged by Dan Korte…WHAT WHAT!!!
42. You are constantly asked if you are scared of ghosts
43. You love speaking Thinglish (an odd mixture of Thai and English)
44. When you hear “bai nai” you just point (bai nai = where are you going?)
45. You have a mosquito net still in its original packaging somewhere in your house
46. You know that kids don’t need adult supervision
47. You now hate microphones
48. There are more lizards in your house than people in your village
49. You actually start to think that your name is Farang (farang = foreigner).
50. You can "gin pet dai" (eat spicy food).
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