1.you un-wrap all your gifts carefully, so that you can reuse the
wrapping.
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You call a person you’ve never met before as uncle or aunt.
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More than 90% of the music CD’s and cassettes in your home are
illegal copies -
Your garage is always full of stuff because you never throw
anything away, just in case you need it someday. (A gum boot
without a partner and the baby walker - baby’s now 12 and you
are 48) -
You have a collection of miniature shampoo bottle from your stays
at hotels. (Gocool, Sweet heart, MSWAHILI pride…) -
You have almost always carried overweight baggage when traveling
by plane. -
If a store has a limit on the quantity of a product, then each
member of the family will join separate queues to purchase the
maximum quantity possible. (Sugar, soap, rice, cooking fat etc
etc during old good days) -
All children have annoying nicknames.
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Nobody in your family informs you that they are coming over for
a visit. (Uncle, wife, sis-in-law, two nephews and a neighbor) have
camped at home -
You stuff your pockets with, mints and toothpicks at
restaurants. (Murray mints, wrappers, and salt shakers!) -
Your mother has a minor disagreement with her sister and does
not talk to her for 10 years. -
You only make telephone calls at a cheaper rate at night
(especially beepers). -
You never have less than 20 people to meet you at the airport
or see you off even if it is a local flight. -
When you are young, your parents buy you clothes and shoes at
least two sizes too big so that they would last longer.
