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Originally Posted by RestlessSoul
this was one of the best threads from islamica before the crash. i'll start with what the first posting in that thread was (not originally thought of by me):
you know you're desi if you use plastic grocery bags in your trash cans instead of actual garbage bags.
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LOL!!! i was waiting till you would start this thread
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Originally Posted by TariqBinSleepin
- The smoke detector goes off whenever your are cooking dinner.
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that happened last night
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Originally Posted by TariqBinSleepin
You starts spelling your name to the operator like A as in Apple, B as in boy, T as in train ...well you get the idea
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everybody does that...no
ok..well some guy in my MSA emailed this list with 100 desi characteristics to our listserv about two years ago...here are some good ones:
you know you are desi when:
- you always leave your shoes at the door.
- you go to a dance party, there are a wall of guys surrounding the dance floor trying to look cool.
- You live with your parents and you are 30 years old. (And they prefer it that way)
- You don't use measuring cups.
- Your parents never go to the movies.
- You know someone who you think can get you a good deal on jewelry or electronics.
- Your parents are never happy with your grades.
- You keep used batteries.
- You call an older person you never met before "uncle."
- The first thing uncle asks you is "where are your parents from?"
- When your parents meet strangers and talk for a few minutes, you discover you're talking to a distant cousin.
- 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 our fathers get together, no matter what the topic is, each man is an expert.
- It's embarrassing if your wedding has less than 600 people.
- You list your daughter as "fair and slim" in the matrimonial no matter what she looks like.
- You use Vicks Vaporub.
- The video tapes you rent are 10th generation copies and have scrolling commercials in the middle of the movie.
- There's a pungent odor of spices as one enters your home.
- You've never had a tanning salon membership. (LMAO)
- You call fluorescent lights "tube lights" or a flashlight a "torch."
- You pronounce "wary" and "very" the same way.
- You have Tupperware in your fridge with three bites of rice or one leftover chicken wing.
yeah....there are more...