You know you're in Germany when....

Well we have officially lived in Germany for almost 3 months and have gotten pretty adjusted to life over here. There are some major differences in the little things (many of them good). I received this list and thought it was cute (those of you who have lived in or visited Germany will especially get a kick out of it)

You know you're in Germany when....

*You can never get ice in your drink
*If you tell the waiter you want water to drink, you'll get the fizzy stuff (Seltzer water)
*You can't figure out how to flush the toilet
*You go into the men's restroom, thinking "Herren" means "women"
*Your neighbors threaten to call the Polizei on you because you're doing yard work on a Sunday
*You get a ticket for washing your car on a Sunday
*You're doing 100 mph on the autobahn, and there are still cars passing you
*You look out the window and the sun is shining so you throw on your shorts and favorite pair of sandals only to open the door and see that it's raining heavily, so you go put on pants, shoes, a jacket, and grab your umbrella and open the door again only to see the rain has stopped and the sun is shining again
*When you go to the grocery store and find that you yet again forgot your own bags and have to put things in your car trunk one by one (or pay a hefty amount for their shiny new shopping bag)
*When you are at the checkout, you realize you have to bag your own groceries and wonder why the clerk doesn't give you back your change (they place it on a little tray or mat in front of you or the coins come flying down a little ramp)
*You can't figure out how to leave a store if you aren't buying anything because of the Do Not Enter doors at the registers and entrances
*All life stops at 6 pm and doesn't start again until 9 or 10 am
*You can turn three times and still be on the priority road
*Kids can drink beer at 16 years old, but can't drive until 18 years.
*Even though a store sells expensive furniture or appliances, they don't accept credit cards
*On a major road, you get stuck behind a tractor or some kind of moped that can go a maximum speed of about 10 kph. There is also a trail of like 50 cars behind you, also stuck!
*The couple sitting next to you at a fancy restaurant has their dog under the table
*It costs more to telephone your neighbor than to call your family in the States
*When you try to go shopping at your favorite German store at 1 pm, only to find out they're closed for the afternoon
*The entire Country is a ghost town on Sundays, and you wonder where everyone went
*A value meal at McDonald's costs about 5 euro (8 dollars?!?)
*You see German kids wandering the streets at 1 pm on a weekday since they only go to school half a day
*They serve alcohol at all McDonald's
*It's legal to drive your four wheeler on the autobahn
*You must clean up after your dog but not your horse
*You have to pay to use a public restroom
*You drive 50 miles in the wrong direction because there are no north/south, east/west signs on the autobahn
*When using a public toilet you jump out of your skin because the toilet seat lifts up and rotates to clean itself after you've flushed
*You go to the local Schwimmbad (or local swimming hole) and see naked old men
*Your big American car or truck doesn't fit into any of the parking spaces
*You see that dogs and children are better trained than ours
*You have to pay to use a shopping cart (and you get the money back after you take the cart back to the store)