IRC-Galleria

1) It's 16 degrees (60 fahrenheit) and you are wearing a winter coat... indoors

2) Real Madrid v. Barça causes more fights than anything else

3) Three of the regions in your country want to secede at any given time.

4) When it becomes 40 degrees (100 degrees fahrenheit) it's time to start thinking about putting on the AC

5) Conversation always centers around food

6) spiked mullets have been in fashion for as long as you can remember

7) Snow is a foreign concept to you.

8) What's an SUV?

9) There's a drinking age?

10a) Smoking is bad for you?!?!

10b) Marijuana is illegal?!! (EDIT: It's actually not illegal :D)

11) it is perfectly acceptable to walk outdoors in only a bikini during summer, even if you are nowhere near the beach

12) ice cream is sold on every street corner but you never see anyone eating any

13) the only fat people you see are British

14) you can always tell who is a tourist by the amount of sunburn they have

15) No one eats supper before 10 pm. No one sleeps. Ever.

16) your grandmother has an olive, peach, citrus, or plum tree in her backyard

17) Someone in your family is part of the Opus, but never goes to church

18) it is acceptable to dislike someone solely on the premises that he/she votes PP/PSOE

19) in barcelona it's fine to hate someone b/c they like real madrid, and in madrid it's fine to hate someone b/c they like barça

20) You know that Spanish is not the only language in Spain

21) Church... when is that?

22) Gay marriage is totally okay

23a) You are still in awe when you see Asian people, 'I have never seen one before!"

23b) A "Chino" is not a person, but a place to buy alcohol underage.

24) Every other person is Ecuadorian or Moroccan

25) There are no Spaniards in Benidorm

26) There's a national holiday every other week, and Fiesta Mayor at least three times a year

27) It’s not Español, it’s Castellano

28) Babel/Bable is a real language (Asturias)

29) There are more dialects than people

30) It's not carro, it's coche. It's not durazno, it's melocotón. It's not jugo, it's zumo.

31) You don't think it smells bad when you go to Chinatown in NYC because you've been to so many fish markets before

32) there are five construction cranes everywhere you look

33a) You will be living with your parents for the rest of your life unless rent goes down

33b) You're cool with living with your parents until you're 30.

34) A Three-bedroom apartment seems HUGE

35) There are three food groups: ham, bread, and wine

36) Cava is better than Champagne

37) Every other commercial on TV is a PSA for tuna

38) “Pezqueñines no” you eat them anyway

39) You have heard more Aznar jokes than your mom jokes

40) Your prime minister is named “shoemaker”

41) Prosciutto is not real ham. It must be Iberian.

42) Prostitutes are a vital part of the economy.

43) Every drink is a "Cubata". It doesn't matter what is inside as long as it's alcohol.

44) It makes sense to talk about your sex life with a complete stranger.

45) The school nurse understands missing class because of a hangover.

46) Every year someone around you chokes on New Year's Eve because of the damn grapes you have to swallow.

47) In Madrid, you can be expected to take 5 buses, 3 metro lines and go around at least 2 construction sites in order to get where you want.

48) The government spreads information on how to not get heatstroke.

49) You claim to be an expert in Formula 1 even though you never watched it until Fernando Alonso started winning everything.

50) Only tourists order sangría at a restaurant.

51) Everyone is appalled when they meet you because you lean forward to give them two kisses.

52) You sing "Asturias Patria Querida" when you're drunk, even if you're not from there

53) You never drink chocolate milk, just dip things into it

54) The exact four or five ingredients to put in a tortilla española can start a fight

55) You know that Almodóvar isn't the only film director

54) You've been to a BOTELLÓN!