A work in progress... (I was very bored at work today)

You know you've been in Auckland too long when...

you start thinking that ladies netball does not get the international television coverage it deserves,

you think overtaking using the central reservation, on the brow of a hill, on a corner, in rush hour is a viable driving technique,

you check to see if the car that just cut you up/nearly crashed into the back of you/is otherwise careering towards you is being driven by "an Asian".

a chill comes over you at the thought of the All Blacks not winning the Rugby World Cup (although they're clearly not up to much, but not as bad as Wales)

you decide that whatever your car, it can be improved through the liberal use of blue neon and a turbo which sounds like Ivor the Engine.

you start thinking its really cool to give all your national sports teams cutesy names based on their kit.

you know who the Silver Ferns, the All Whites, the Black Caps and the Tall Blacks are, and care.

you know the Korean/Japanese/Cantonese for "I want to use the internet".

you know when the Queen's Birthday is.

you think paying more than 650 quid for a car is massively extravagant.

you can name three or more gourmet burger outlets.

your favourite example of local Kiwi cuisine is bought from the Asian Food Court.

you refuse to pay more than $4 for fush and chups.

you start considering central heating, double glazing and insulation untenably extravagant luxuries.

you forget how you survived before you discovered The Warehouse.

you think there's no shame in losing the world's biggest boat race to a land locked nation.

Corrections and additions gratefully received.