22. Would a guy take off his pants (literally undo his belt, unzip, and pull down) in the “corner” of the mall to re-tuck in his shirt.
23. Would stores not open until 1:30 pm but stay open until 1:30 am.
24. Would my roommate and I wake up to stray cats in our living room (twice).
25. Would a milkshake be considered a nesquick chocolate milk with ground peanuts.
26. Would we have to call our professor at a conference in London to clarify an exam question becaue the English doesn’t make any sense.
27. Would my best friend (you know who you are) mistake me for a veiled woman from a distance.
28. Would we be invited into a stranger’s house for coffee/breakfast because my roommate and I were walking down the street speaking English.
29. Would my roommate’s and my attitude towards seeing spiders change from “EOIHCNSLMWARHI AHHHHH SPIDER KILL IT!” to “oh, there’s a spider…whatever”.
30. Would walking through campus be the best way to study for the “neswanji” (womanizer) chapter for my midterm.
31. (and along the lines of #30) only in Jordan would there need to be a chapter on “neswanjis”.
32. Would we get an email on Halloween saying “wearing a Halloween costume in public could attract negative attention, stone-throwing, and even arrest if alcohol is involved.”
33. Would the coffee shop guy tell me to “cry about it” when I asked why they don’t serve chai tea lattes when it’s on the menu.
34. Would a pickup line be “I would leave my girlfriend for you” or “I wish I were a fish so I could swim in your magic eyes”.
35. Would a customs official threaten not to let me into the country until I gave him my phone number.
36. Would a guy not make me pay for my meal as a welcoming gesture and because “he is my brother”.
37. Would it be ok to smoke an ENTIRE pack of cigarettes at a white tablecloth restaurant.
1 Comment to "Only in Jordan (Cont’d)…"
With all due respect, is that the only point from study abroad? to learn how to generalize to state that “you” are better? Rather than it being a life changing experience. No country is Utopia believe me I know. But aren’t you going over the top here?