Standard

In Europe, it is the standard:

-to see guys in Speedos on the beach;

-to pay $8 a gallon for petrol;

-to use plugs with two circular pins;

-to know at least one more language in addition to your mother tongue;

-to be exposed to a lot of nudity in the media;

-to smoke a packet of cigarettes a day;

-to pour wine into the glasses of your little kids;

-to own the place you live in;

-to go to church on a less than regular basis;

-to spend more time and money in convenient stores than in big supermarkets;