You Know You’re Living in Grand Cayman When . . .

Fourteen simple ways to recognize that yes, you are living in Grand Cayman.

#1 – Stingrays

You go out for a simple swim and end up kissing a very large stingray on a nice little patch of sand.

Flag Football

The sports section’s lead story is a full-page pictorial of the island flag football league.

#3 – Hey Bobo

You affectionately refer to friends as Bobo.

#4 – Nippy Weather

You reach for a fleece when the December temperatures dip into the upper 70’s.

#5 – Arrghh You Coming To Pirate Week?

You walk around downtown George Town dressed in pirate gear and it’s perfectly acceptable.

#6 – Move Over Chicken

Island traffic transforms your normal 12 minute drive home from work to 16 minutes. You subsequently complain about how bad the traffic is getting on the island.

#7 – Pull Out The Fat Pants This Sunday

Sunday brunch is characterized by a three-hour rolling buffet of food and Mimosas.

#8 – Cha-Ching

You have to take out a small loan to pay for groceries.

#9 – Real Downtown Traffic

With Carnival Cruise Lines fins looming over the downtown skyline, you avoid downtown between the hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

#10 – Island Diversity

You walk around Camana Bay and hear 5 different languages in 5 minutes.

#11 – Turtle Farm

You have been to the Turtle Farm often enough that you know the turtles by name.

#12 – Mount Trashmore

The highest point on island is a Mount Trashmore that randomly catches fire.

#13 – Chickens, Iguanas, and Banana Birds Oh My!

Gang warfare on island involves chickens and iguanas fighting for sidewalk space while banana birds watch from a safe distance.

#14 – East End

To get away from the hustle and bustle of island life, you take a Staycation out to the sparsely populated East End where you simply run into the same people from the West End.

Now folks that live in the Cayman Islands, what would you add to this list?