nainsandeep
November 18th, 2002, 04:11 AM
hi.......
Yes you can say I am an Indian if................................................ .........
1. Everything you eat is savored In garlic, onion and tomatoes.
2. You try and reuse gift wrappers, gift boxes, and of course
aluminum foil.
3. You try to eject food particles from between your teeth by
pressing your tongue against them and making a peculiar noise
like, tshick, tshick, tschick, tschick.
4. You are standing next to the two largest size suitcases at the
Airport going to New York.
5. You arrive one or two hours late to a party - and think its normal.
6. You peel the stamps off letters that the Postal Service missed to
mark up.
7. You recycle Wedding Gifts.
8. You name your children in rhythms (example, Honey & Money,
Sita & Gita, Ram & Shyam, Ajanta & Ellora.)
9. All your children have pet names, which sound nowhere close
to their real names.
10. You take Indian snacks anywhere it says "No Food Allowed"
11. You talk for an hour at the front door when leaving someone's
house.
13. You use plastic to cover anything new in your house whether
it's the remote control, VCR, carpet or new couch.
14. Your parents tell you to not care what your friends
think but they won't let you do certain things because of what
the other "Uncles And Aunties" will think.
15. You buy and display crockery in your showcase, which is for
special occasions, which never happen.
16. You have a vinyl tablecloth on your kitchen table.
17. You use grocery bags to hold garbage.
18. You keep leftover food in your fridge in as many numbers of
bowls as possible.
19. Your kitchen shelf is full of jam jars, varieties of bowls and
plastic utensils (got free with some household items).
20. You carry a stash of your own food whenever you
travel (and travel mean any car ride longer than 15 minutes).
21. You own a rice cooker or a pressure cooker or milk boiler.
22. You fight over who pays the dinner bill.
23. You majored in engineering, medicine or law and
now........are after Software and only Software no matter which
field you belong to.
24. You live with your parents and you are 40 years old. (And they
prefer it that way).
25. You don't use measuring cups when cooking.
26. You feel like you've gotten a good deal if you didn't pay tax.
27. You never learnt how to stand in a queue.
28. You can only travel if there are 5 persons at least
to see you off or receive you whether you are traveling by bus,
train or plane.
29. If she is NOT your daughter, you always take interest
in knowing whose daughter has run with whose son and feel
proud to spread it at the velocity of more than the speed of
light.
30. You only make long distance calls after 11 p.m.
31. If you don't live at home, when your parents call,
they ask if you've eaten, even if it's midnight.
32. You call an older person you never met befor "uncle.",
like Uncle Advani
33. When your parents meet strangers and talk for a few
minutes, you discover you're talking to a distant cousin.
34. Your parents don't realise phone connections to foreign
countries have improved in the last two decades, and still
scream at the top of their lungs when making foreign calls.
35. You have bed sheets on your sofas so as to keep them
away from getting dirty .
36. When dining out, you think Rs 10 is enough of a tip.
37. It's embarrassing if your wedding has less than 600 people.
38. You list your daughter as "fair and slim" in the
matrimonial no matter what she looks like.
39. You treat the NRI persons (especially from America, like
Gulu/Goutam) as if they are the only persons living in this
world (including YOU).
40. You've seen the ground while inside the lavatory of a train.
41. All your tupperware is stained with food color.
42. You have drinking glasses made of steel.
43. You have mastered the art of bargaining in shopping.
44. You don't remove the plastic material from your new car
for 5-6 years
45. You bring home McDonald's ketchup/mustard satchets and napkins
46. You have double walled steel mugs to keep coffee hot.
47. You buy beer mugs so that 1 bottle fills 3 mugs
48. You have really enjoyed reading this mail.
well...its not true in all cases...but most of us have few of these qualities...what u say.....
Yes you can say I am an Indian if................................................ .........
1. Everything you eat is savored In garlic, onion and tomatoes.
2. You try and reuse gift wrappers, gift boxes, and of course
aluminum foil.
3. You try to eject food particles from between your teeth by
pressing your tongue against them and making a peculiar noise
like, tshick, tshick, tschick, tschick.
4. You are standing next to the two largest size suitcases at the
Airport going to New York.
5. You arrive one or two hours late to a party - and think its normal.
6. You peel the stamps off letters that the Postal Service missed to
mark up.
7. You recycle Wedding Gifts.
8. You name your children in rhythms (example, Honey & Money,
Sita & Gita, Ram & Shyam, Ajanta & Ellora.)
9. All your children have pet names, which sound nowhere close
to their real names.
10. You take Indian snacks anywhere it says "No Food Allowed"
11. You talk for an hour at the front door when leaving someone's
house.
13. You use plastic to cover anything new in your house whether
it's the remote control, VCR, carpet or new couch.
14. Your parents tell you to not care what your friends
think but they won't let you do certain things because of what
the other "Uncles And Aunties" will think.
15. You buy and display crockery in your showcase, which is for
special occasions, which never happen.
16. You have a vinyl tablecloth on your kitchen table.
17. You use grocery bags to hold garbage.
18. You keep leftover food in your fridge in as many numbers of
bowls as possible.
19. Your kitchen shelf is full of jam jars, varieties of bowls and
plastic utensils (got free with some household items).
20. You carry a stash of your own food whenever you
travel (and travel mean any car ride longer than 15 minutes).
21. You own a rice cooker or a pressure cooker or milk boiler.
22. You fight over who pays the dinner bill.
23. You majored in engineering, medicine or law and
now........are after Software and only Software no matter which
field you belong to.
24. You live with your parents and you are 40 years old. (And they
prefer it that way).
25. You don't use measuring cups when cooking.
26. You feel like you've gotten a good deal if you didn't pay tax.
27. You never learnt how to stand in a queue.
28. You can only travel if there are 5 persons at least
to see you off or receive you whether you are traveling by bus,
train or plane.
29. If she is NOT your daughter, you always take interest
in knowing whose daughter has run with whose son and feel
proud to spread it at the velocity of more than the speed of
light.
30. You only make long distance calls after 11 p.m.
31. If you don't live at home, when your parents call,
they ask if you've eaten, even if it's midnight.
32. You call an older person you never met befor "uncle.",
like Uncle Advani
33. When your parents meet strangers and talk for a few
minutes, you discover you're talking to a distant cousin.
34. Your parents don't realise phone connections to foreign
countries have improved in the last two decades, and still
scream at the top of their lungs when making foreign calls.
35. You have bed sheets on your sofas so as to keep them
away from getting dirty .
36. When dining out, you think Rs 10 is enough of a tip.
37. It's embarrassing if your wedding has less than 600 people.
38. You list your daughter as "fair and slim" in the
matrimonial no matter what she looks like.
39. You treat the NRI persons (especially from America, like
Gulu/Goutam) as if they are the only persons living in this
world (including YOU).
40. You've seen the ground while inside the lavatory of a train.
41. All your tupperware is stained with food color.
42. You have drinking glasses made of steel.
43. You have mastered the art of bargaining in shopping.
44. You don't remove the plastic material from your new car
for 5-6 years
45. You bring home McDonald's ketchup/mustard satchets and napkins
46. You have double walled steel mugs to keep coffee hot.
47. You buy beer mugs so that 1 bottle fills 3 mugs
48. You have really enjoyed reading this mail.
well...its not true in all cases...but most of us have few of these qualities...what u say.....