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Tuesday, April 17, 2007
HOW TO RECOGNIZE INDIANS (apart from the colour ofcourse - but colours also vary)comment is green.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 are Always standing next to the two largest size suitcases at the Airport4. You arrive one or two hours late to a party - and think it's normal we follow IST - indian stretchable time. originally known as indian standard time5. You peel the stamps off letters that the Postal Service missed to stamp6. You recycle Wedding Gifts , Birthday Gifts and Anniversary Gifts 7. You name your children in rhythms (example, Sita & Gita, >>Ram & Shyam, Kamini & Shamini.) 8. All your children have pet names, which sound nowhere close to their real names 9. You take Indian snacks anywhere it says "No Food Allowed" Coz its just tooo delicious. explains the pot bellies10. You talk for an hour at the front door when leaving someone's houseand then at the car door. and then from the car window. 11. You load up the family car with as many people as possibleutilisation of resources available 12. You use plastic to cover anything new in your house whether it's the remote control, VCR, carpet or new couch 13. Your parents tell you not to care what your friends think, but they won't let you do certain things because of what the other "Uncles and Aunties" will think HAHAHA apt summary of indian parents14. You buy and display crockery, which is never used , as it is for special occasions, which never happen 15. You have a vinyl tablecloth on your kitchen table 16. You use grocery bags to hold garbageAGAIN, full utilisation of resources available. moreover, plastic is bad. so, re-use. 17. You keep leftover food in your fridge in as many numbers of bowls as possible 18. Your kitchen shelf is full of jars, varieties of bowls and plastic utensils (got free with purchase of other stuff )huh? sure or not? 19. You carry a stash of your own food whenever you travel (and travel means any car ride longer than 15 minutes).20. You own a rice cooker or a pressure cooker....yeah coz many people eat rice? 21. You fight over who pays the dinner bill.22. You live with your parents and you are 40 years old. ( And they prefer it that way). 23. You don't use measuring cups when cookingawesome chefs already 24. You never learnt how to stand in a queuewhats a queue???25. 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. 26. 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. 27. You only make long distance calls after 11 p.m.coz its cheaper? everyone exploits this fact! 28. If you don't live at home, when your parents call, they ask if you've eaten, even if it's midnight. 29. You call an older person you never met before Uncle or Aunty." then call them what? -stratch head-30. When your parents meet strangers and talk for a few minutes, you discover you're talking to a distant cousin. 31. 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.omg. yeah like my grand grand grand parents -32. You have bed sheets on your sofas so as to keep them from getting dirty. oh please, NO.! hahaha. this is hilarious33. It's embarrassing if your wedding has less than 600 people. 34. All your Tupperware is stained with food color. 35. You have drinking glasses made of steel. strong and sturdy - steel glass. buy one today36. You have mastered the art of bargaining in shopping. helll yeahh 37. You have really enjoyed reading this mail - forward it to as many Indians as possiblesorry, is this supposed to be a trait of an indian? oops, i blogged abt it.
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