a.. Everything you eat is savored in Garlic, Onion and Tomatoes
b.. You try and reuse gift wrappers, gift boxes, and of course
aluminium foil.
c.. 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.
d.. You are standing next to the two largest size suitcases at the
Airport
e.. You arrive one or two hours late to a party - and think it is norm.
f.. You peel the stamps off letters that the Postal Service missed to mark up.
g.. You stuff your pockets with napkins from the last restaurant you ate at.
h.. You recycle wedding gifts.
i.. You take desi snacks anywhere it says “No Food Allowed”
j.. You talk for an hour at the front door when leaving someone’s
house
k.. You load up the family car with as many people as possible.
l.. You use plastic to cover anything new in your house whether it
is the Remote Control, VCR, Carpet or New Couch.
m.. 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.
n.. Your wife searches for long hair on your shirt, coat, trousers,
jackets etc.
o.. When there is a sale on toilet paper, you buy 100 rolls and
store them in your closet or in the bedroom of an adult child who has moved out.
p..You have a vinyl table cloth on your kitchen table.
q.. You use grocery bags to hold garbage.
r.. You keep leftover food in your fridge in as many number of bowls as
possible.
s.. Your kitchen shelf is full of jam jars, pickles, ninety-nine varieties of bowls and Plastic Utensils (got free with some household items).
t.. You carry a stash of your own food whenever you travel (and
travel means any car ride longer than 15 minutes).
u.. You own a rice cooker or a pressure cooker.
v.. You fight over who pays the dinner bill.
w.. You majored in engineering, medicine or law and now…are after
Software and only Software no matter which field you belong to..
x.. You live with your parents and you are 30 years old. (And they
prefer it
that way).
y.. If you’re married and 30 years old, you live in the apartment
next door to your parents, or at least in the same neighborhood.
z.. You don’t use measuring cups.
aa.. You feel like you’ve gotten a good deal if you didn’t pay tax.
ab.. Your parents’ house is always cold.
ac.. You re-use tea bags after drying in the sun.
ad.. You only make long distance calls after 11pm or on weekends.
ae.. If you don’t live at home, when your parents call, they ask if
you’ve eaten, even if it’s midnight.
af.. You call an older person you never met before “uncle.”
ag.. When your parents meet strangers and talk for a few minutes,
you discover you’re talking to a distant cousin.
ah.. 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.
ai.. You have bedsheets on your sofas so as to keep them away from
getting dirty.
aj.. hen dining out, your parents think $1 is enough of a tip.
ak.. You know someone who owns a motel or a convenience store.
al.. It’s embarrassing if your wedding has less than 600 people.
am.. You list your daughter as “fair and slim” in the matrimonial
no matter what she looks like.
an.. You’ve seen the ground while inside the lavatory of a train.
ao.. All your Tupperware is stained with food color.
ap.. You have drinking glasses made of steel.
aq.. You have mastered the art of Bargaining in shopping
[This message has been edited by zaigum (edited May 03, 2001).]