| > 1. There is a sale on any item, you buy 100 of them.
> 2.You make tea in a saucepan.
> 3.You never buy bin bags, but use your saved grocery bags for it.
> 4.You put your clothes in suitcases instead of wardrobes. 5.You have a
> 'Singer Brother' sewing machine at home. 6.Your mother has a minor
> disagreement with her sister and doesn't talk to her for ten years.
> 7.You call an older person you've never met before "uncle".
> 8.You hide everything from your parents.
> 9.Your mother does everything for you if you are male.
> 10.You do all the housework and cooking if you are female.
> 11.Your relatives alone could populate a small city.
> Everyone is a family friend.
> 12.Everyone always called you for help on homework.
> 13.You read law, medicine or engineering at university.
> 14.You were thick so you read computer science or business
> instead.
> 15.You know no one who has read music.
> 16.You went to a university as far away from home as possible.
> 17.You still came back home to live with your parents after you
> had finished.
> 18.Your best friend got married at the age of 16.
> 19.You only make telephone calls after 6pm.
> 20.You like the meat well done.
> 21.You eat onions with everything.
> 22.You use chilli sauce instead of tomato ketchup.
> 23.You fight over who pays the dinner bill.
> 24.You say you hate Indian films(/songs) but secretly watch(/hear)
> them with your parents.
> 25.You teach Westerners swearwords in your language.
> 26.You order Indian food in your own language to impress the
> people you're with but the waiters don't understand you.
> 27.You avoid public places when with a member of the opposite sex,
> especially if there is an acquaintance within a 250 miles radius.
> 28.You always say "open the light" instead of "turn the light on".
> 29.You secure your baggage with a rope.
> 30.You're walking out of customs with your trolley at the airport
> and you see all twenty-five members of your family who have come
> to pick you up.
> 31.You get very upset when airlines refuse to accept your luggage
> which is just80 lbs. overweight.
> 32.You go back to your parents' country and people treat you like
> a member of the royal family.
> 33.You ask your dad a simple question and he tells you story of
> how he had to walk miles barefoot just to get to school.
> 34.Your Dad drives a Nissan.
> 35.You're rich so he drives a Mercedes.
> 36.(For females) You're parents would freak out if you wore a crop
> top baring your midriff but wearing a sari is perfectly
> acceptable.
> 37.(For females) Your brother had no curfew while you had to be
> home at 11pm
> 38.You are ALWAYS taking off and putting on your shoes wherever
> you go
> 39.When you were little you always wondered why your American
> friend waited until after breakfast to brush theirteeth when you
> did it first thing in the morning.
> 40.Tongue scrapers are not a new fad to you
> 41.To your American friends, oil is used purely for cooking and
> not as a grooming aid.
> 42.When your Western friends cringe at the thought of their
> parents in bed, you wonder how odd it would be to see your parents
> get within one foot of each other.
> 43.Your parents have nicknames but only because people they work
> with just stop when trying to read their names.
> 44.You have annoying nicknames like Chotu or Chicku.
> 45.Your parents call all your friends "Beta" whether they are
> Indian or not.
> 46.If you aren't married and you turn 25, your parents start
> wringing their hands and proclaim that it's too late.
> 47.You have never met half of your extended family.
> 48.Either you really like Indians of the opposite sex or you can't
> stand them.
> 49.Your mother measures wealth in gold and diamonds.
> 50.A horoscope must decide your wedding date.
> 51.Your parents drink 6 cups of tea a day.
> 52.You are sick and tired of answering questions about "the dot".
> 53.Your friends could not explain your religion to someone if they
> tried
> 54.You could not explain your religion to someone if you tried.
> 55.In the smallest of subcompact cars, you still can't see over
> the wheel without a phone book. WITH the phone book, you can't
> reach the pedals.
> 56.You have cousins you have never met, whose names you don't
> know, but who insist they're related to you, even though they bear
> NO resemblance to anyone YOU know.
> 57.Your parents push the concept of an arranged marriage on you
> and try and demonstrate how well it works whenever they're not
> fighting.
> 58.Your parents compare you to all of their friends' kids.
> 59.You notice that whenever you go to another Indian's house, your
> parents always talk about businesses...especially if they're for
> sale.
> 60.The second you pull out of someone's driveway, your parents
> start talking about them.
> 61.At least once a week your mom says, "I want to go to India"
> 62.No one ever seems to call ahead of time to say they are coming
> over for a visit.
> 63.Your parents worry what other people will think if you're not
> going to be doctor/lawyer/engineer.
> 64.You're parent's always say, "It's cheaper in India"
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