1. Your grandmother's furniture is covered in plastic even though it's older than you.
2. You always have a friend who 'owes you a favour'.
3. You HAVE to use your hands when you talk.
4. If you are not understood, you would rather speak louder than rephrase.
5. You pronounce "comfortable" con-fort-a-bull - (like convertible)
6. It is always a fashion show .
7. You always dress to impress – even for a quick run to the supermarket.
8. You wear more cologne than deodorant.
9. You are a die hard football fanatic.
10. You don’t understand why anyone would call football “soccer”
11. You put Olive Oil in and on EVERYTHING and brag about how healthy it is.
12. You think nobody eats as well as you do.
13. You cook a meal that lasts 3 days.
14. You can't have a meal without bread/rice/pasta.
15. You have fruit trees in your backyard and when they are in season you live on them.
16. If you have guests, you will serve them food.
17. You tend to cross the street, anywhere you please, whether the light is green or not.
18. You are most likely considered the 'exotic one' amongst your friends.
19. You fight over who's going to pay the bill - but in reality you hate to pay.
20. You smoke as if there is no tomorrow & think it is sexy to do so while dancing.
21. If you are a girl- you give the look of death to any girl that looks better than you.
22. It is normal to see two guys kiss each other on the cheek .
23. You are boastful about your great English, except when it comes to using it to communicate with a foreigner.
24. You teach foreigners to swear in your language.
25. Your mechanic, plumber, electrician, accountant and travel agent are all blood relatives.
26. If you are a traditional male, women can be a bit plumper than average...all the better.
27. Your relatives alone can populate a small city.
28. Your family is over at your house all the time.
29. There is no such thing as quiet time.
30. You are older than one of your uncles or aunts.
31. You gossip about your own family...with your own family.
32. At least 5 of your cousins live on your street.
33. All 5 of those cousins are named after your grandfather or great grandfather.
34. Getting married is the only way to escape your parents.
35. When you go on a date you start thinking of lousy places where nobody would go so you don’t bump into family or friends.
36. You end up in a lousy place and still bump into the relative/friend with the biggest mouth.
37. You measure things in meters, grams, and litres.
38. You are not a farmer, but chances are high that some of your ancestors were.
39. Being away from the beach kills you.
40. The image of your country is extremely important.
41. You brag about how your country is the cradle of all great civilizations.
42. ALL of your guests will eat and drink something, willfully or not.
43. You do not just feel the heat in your thermometer - it doesn't take a survey to prove you're the most hot-blooded.
44. Since you are the most hot-blooded, you are also the most hot-tempered...
45. You view all fast food chains that claim to cook "foreign food" as SACRILEGE!!
46. When you come back to your country, your tribe invades the airport to greet you.
47. When you get married, the whole village/town/city end up at your wedding.
48. Your crazy elders are never sent to the asylum but stay with you at home.
49. A five seat car can indeed seat 13.
50. pfff ... Driving lanes those are for tourists!
51. You probably have more hair per square centimeter than anyone else in the world....unibrows anyone??
52. EVERYTHING is a matter of pride.
53. YOU ARE ALWAYS RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!

Labels: Culture, Humour

Posted by Stephen @ 4:46 PM