You think you're turning native when...

[d-28]

You haven't brushed your teeth in 10 years

[dumbdonkey]

You haven't brushed your teeth in 10 years

You are just disgusting. This has nothing to do with the locals.

[mrdollars]

At Fitness First, you use the shared hairdryer to dry your little Emperor. Despite signs in English and Chinese not to do so.

[INXS]

You're a fit girl....summer comes and out come the little denim shorts.

[SK65]

The use of "finger filters"
When crossing the road, in particular passing behind a bus, you hold your hand over your mouth because you know for a fact that your fingers can filter out anything in the air that can cause you harm.

[Yi-Long]

- When you go out and buy a new TV, you absolutely INSIST on buying an expensive LED-LCD instead of a great quality low-priced plasma, because the LCD is 'slightly greener', so you don't mind paying 9000$ more(!). Then come home and have it turned on, all day, every day.

- When you stop looking if cars use their turn-signal. They don't. They WILL take that corner at the very last moment just when you think it was safe to cross. It never is.

- When you start fighting imaginary foes in slow-motion at 5 o'clock in the morning in the park in your PJ's.

- When you see that electric cable you've looking for at your local mall for 30HK$, and decide you should go and get it in Sham Shui Po instead, where you are sure it will be 5$ cheaper! (Never mind the journey there takes over an hour and costs more than 10 bucks: you won't let those greedy local mall-sellers cheat you out of 5 dollars, dammit!!!)

- Rain!? Umbrella! Sunshine!? Umbrella! Typhoon!? Umbrella!

[dermotp]

When you are convinced that Hong Kong sprang out of the ground in 1997.

You are pissed off that HK is still full of expats, I mean what do they do? Surely locals fill all the senior management/coordination positions because we are the smartest ever, right? ...right?

You look at everything, everything except the direction you are walking.

Speed is everything, it shows you are intelligent. Walk super fast, answer phone/text super fast.

You consider 2 inches as well hung and act/walk accordingly.

You never poo in your own place, bring it to work and choke up the bathroom cubicles for the first 2 hours ever morning. Money saved!!

Western supermarkets are tourist attractions to bring your family around on a Saturday afternoon.

You watch TV shows while driving.

You confuse intelligence with never shutting the f**k up.

[HKITperson]

Arrange a date with friends you haven't seen for a long time and them proceed to ignore them in favour of whatsapping other friends over dinner.

Go to networking events but cling to the friends you came with all evening

[mrdollars]

You decide it's better to cut your nails on public transport. Who wants the gross nail cuttings in their home?

[Cwbguy]

You think that what looks like a black rotting egg with a green yolk and a slice of ginger is a delicious way to start a meal, and that a bowl of hot chicken feet in black bean sauce is a very very delicious starter.

(I love both!)