You know you are in Kirkuk When…..

[leroydb 0]

This has made it on a couple email rounds... but here ya go...

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You know you are in Kirkuk When…..

…a Cadillac is no longer something you drive.
…the water you drink is warmer than the water you shower with.
…Salsa dancing in PT gear is risqué.
…you have more AAFES pogs in your pocket than change.
…the only fashion statement you can make is changing the color of your reflective belt
…you have Predators checking your Six.
…it rains one hundredth of an inch and the place floods
…you can outrun traffic on foot.
…your Barber is the same guy that cleans your toilet.
10. …your clothes to the laundry “Large” and come back “Small”.
11. …the best pick-up line you’ve got is “I’ve got a vehicle”.
12. …you dry your hands with toilet paper before each meal.
13. …someone jumps out from behind a barrier with a flashlight and tells you to take your hands out of your pocket.
14. …you buy Italian gold from a Sri Lankan working in a Kuwaiti gold shop in the middle of Iraq.
15. …you check to see if your flood insurance covers you here.
16. …all your neighbors drive white pickup trucks.
17. …all your neighbors are truly “trailor trash”.
18. …your window opens to a picturesque scene of sandbags and barriers
19. …your 6 am wake up call is “Boom…Alarm Red, Alarm Red, Alarm Red!”
20. …you are more worried about your socks showing while in PT gear then getting hit by a mortar
21. …the grass is always greener, but you still wouldn’t want to be on the other side of the fence.
22. …you see a guy in full battle gear driving a humvee trying not to spill his latte.
23. …you are watching a “chick flick” with 300 guys with machine guns.
24. …you live in a gated community and your home is still a trailer.

Leroy


..I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw my bath toys were a toaster and a radio...

[freeflir29 0]

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…you dry your hands with toilet paper before each meal.

I always wondered why that damn chow hall couldn't have regular paper towels!

[leroydb 0]

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…you are more worried about your socks showing while in PT gear then getting hit by a mortar

I don't get this one....

Leroy


..I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw my bath toys were a toaster and a radio...

[freeflir29 0]

When that was written they probably didn't get much mortar fire. It's been a little differen't lately. I still don't get the socks showing thing either though.