sdahiya
November 4th, 2003, 10:11 PM
You are Indian if.....
1. Everything you eat is flavored in garlic, onion and tomatoes.
(The best cuisine in the world is ours!)
2. You try and reuse gift wrappers, gift boxes, and of course
aluminum foil. (Lo! Who is saving money?)
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. (Got it!)
4. You are standing next to the two largest size suitcases at
the Airport. (Foren hammeshaa thode naa jaaten hain!)
5. You arrive one or two hours late to a party - and think its
normal. (Isn't it?)
6. You peel the stamps off letters that the Postal Service
missed to mark up. (Re-use baba!)
7. You recycle Wedding Gifts. (What's the use of keeping
something I will never use? Re-cycling.. recycling!!)
9. All your children have pet names, which sound nowhere close
to their real names. (haan, voh to hain!)
10. You take Indian snacks anywhere it says "No Food Allowed"
11. You talk for an hour at the front door then leaving someone's house.
12. You load up the family car with as many people as possible.
(for Maximum utility)
13. You use plastic to cover anything new in your house whether
it's the remote control, VCR, carpet or new couch. (Arre, kharaab nahin
hogaa?)
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. (Uncles & Aunts = more
important than any friends, okay?)
15. You buy and display crockery, which is for that special
occasions, which never happen. (GRIN!)
16. You have a vinyl tablecloth on your kitchen table. (Repeat exclamation
of number 13)
17. You use grocery bags to hold garbage. (At least I use them! Look at my
neighbour... she throws it out the window!)
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.. I only buy
things in the market that come with some container- shantainer...
kaam aataa hai.. dekhaa?).
20. You carry a stash of your own food whenever you travel (and
travel means any car ride longer than 15 minutes).
21. You own a rice cooker or a pressure cooker.
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 people 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. (coz, we care!)
30. You only make long distance calls after 11 p.m. (quarter rate.. hein??
You haven't heard of that?)
31. If you don't live at home, when your parents call, they ask if you've
eaten, even if it's midnight. (They care!)
32. You call an older person you never met before "uncle." (We learn to
respect people at a very young age!)
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 realize 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.
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>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) 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 and Red & Yellow are your favorite colors.
45. You have really enjoyed reading this topic.
No Hard feelings boss
1. Everything you eat is flavored in garlic, onion and tomatoes.
(The best cuisine in the world is ours!)
2. You try and reuse gift wrappers, gift boxes, and of course
aluminum foil. (Lo! Who is saving money?)
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. (Got it!)
4. You are standing next to the two largest size suitcases at
the Airport. (Foren hammeshaa thode naa jaaten hain!)
5. You arrive one or two hours late to a party - and think its
normal. (Isn't it?)
6. You peel the stamps off letters that the Postal Service
missed to mark up. (Re-use baba!)
7. You recycle Wedding Gifts. (What's the use of keeping
something I will never use? Re-cycling.. recycling!!)
9. All your children have pet names, which sound nowhere close
to their real names. (haan, voh to hain!)
10. You take Indian snacks anywhere it says "No Food Allowed"
11. You talk for an hour at the front door then leaving someone's house.
12. You load up the family car with as many people as possible.
(for Maximum utility)
13. You use plastic to cover anything new in your house whether
it's the remote control, VCR, carpet or new couch. (Arre, kharaab nahin
hogaa?)
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. (Uncles & Aunts = more
important than any friends, okay?)
15. You buy and display crockery, which is for that special
occasions, which never happen. (GRIN!)
16. You have a vinyl tablecloth on your kitchen table. (Repeat exclamation
of number 13)
17. You use grocery bags to hold garbage. (At least I use them! Look at my
neighbour... she throws it out the window!)
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.. I only buy
things in the market that come with some container- shantainer...
kaam aataa hai.. dekhaa?).
20. You carry a stash of your own food whenever you travel (and
travel means any car ride longer than 15 minutes).
21. You own a rice cooker or a pressure cooker.
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 people 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. (coz, we care!)
30. You only make long distance calls after 11 p.m. (quarter rate.. hein??
You haven't heard of that?)
31. If you don't live at home, when your parents call, they ask if you've
eaten, even if it's midnight. (They care!)
32. You call an older person you never met before "uncle." (We learn to
respect people at a very young age!)
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 realize 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) 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 and Red & Yellow are your favorite colors.
45. You have really enjoyed reading this topic.
No Hard feelings boss