xander
Active member
You know you're Greek when ...
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you can distinguish between kefalotiri and kefalograviera
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you can spell kefalograviera
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you are an adult and are forced to be with your family at 12:00 midnight on New Years Eve
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upon meeting another Greek, one of your first questions is, "What church do you go to?"
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your grandmother/mother/aunt has a miracle cure for everything.
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you can name any or all of the gods on Mt. Olympus
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your mother or father still feels the need to tell you, "katse kala' in public
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you have ever been hit with a pandofla
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you can dance kalamatiano, tsamiko, zebekiko ... without music
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you go to church picnics pretending you're there for reasons other than to check out and/or gossip about other Greeks
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you or a family member has been photographed with a donkey
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you must name your children after all four in-laws
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you have at least five Maria's and 9 Dimitri's in your family as a result of the above
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you have ever heard the phrase, "Sto lew gia to kalo sou"
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you have one or more of those procelain figurines in your house
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you have ever broken one of those porcelain figurines and your mother still hasn't forgiven you
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your parents have ever made up the name of a street/store/tv show because they couldn't remember it or they couldn't pronounce it.
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you still get scared when you hear the name "Baboola"
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upon meeting another Greek you try to find out what village they're from
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you or a family member wears their Sunday best to go to the laundromat or grocery shopping
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you have ever been threatened by a Greek School teacher
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you still get threatened by a Greek School teacher even though you're 30 years old
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you have ever been spanked by your friend's parents because your parents gave them permission to do so
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you have ever been spanked by the whole neighborhood because your parents gave them permission to do so
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you go to a wedding or baptism and complain about the food ... but are the first one to ask for a "to go" plate
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you know someone who always feels the need to point out how much something they bought costs
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you have a bottle of OUZO in your house right now
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you know what a komboloi is
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you know how to work a komboloi
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you or a family member has ever been injured/killed by a komboloi
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you were younger and going on car trips, you always had to sit on someone's lap in the front or the back seat ... the famous GREEKMOBILE!
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someone in your family owns any type of restaurant
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your family inheritance includes olive trees
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you can't understand why McDonald's rejected your idea for the "McFeta" sandwich
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your entire house is a needlepoint warehouse
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you've gone to the Xorio and had to use an outhouse
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you recognize the smell of burning hair at church during Easter Services
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all your English speaking friends know all the Greek cursewords
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you still live with your parents at the age of 30+
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you hear a person in the mall screaming "Ma" or "Ba" when trying to find where their parents ran off to
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your dad becomes defensive on the phone about boys that call
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your parents have a double standard for you and your brother
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your parents dress you up in 'folk' clothing for the Greek Parelasi and stick you in the parade as if you were one of the honourable men who fought
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you eat such dishes as: okra with patates, kounoupidi with patates, melitsanes with patates, and patates on their own where there's nothing else to eat
*
you can distinguish between kefalotiri and kefalograviera
*
you can spell kefalograviera
*
you are an adult and are forced to be with your family at 12:00 midnight on New Years Eve
*
upon meeting another Greek, one of your first questions is, "What church do you go to?"
*
your grandmother/mother/aunt has a miracle cure for everything.
*
you can name any or all of the gods on Mt. Olympus
*
your mother or father still feels the need to tell you, "katse kala' in public
*
you have ever been hit with a pandofla
*
you can dance kalamatiano, tsamiko, zebekiko ... without music
*
you go to church picnics pretending you're there for reasons other than to check out and/or gossip about other Greeks
*
you or a family member has been photographed with a donkey
*
you must name your children after all four in-laws
*
you have at least five Maria's and 9 Dimitri's in your family as a result of the above
*
you have ever heard the phrase, "Sto lew gia to kalo sou"
*
you have one or more of those procelain figurines in your house
*
you have ever broken one of those porcelain figurines and your mother still hasn't forgiven you
*
your parents have ever made up the name of a street/store/tv show because they couldn't remember it or they couldn't pronounce it.
*
you still get scared when you hear the name "Baboola"
*
upon meeting another Greek you try to find out what village they're from
*
you or a family member wears their Sunday best to go to the laundromat or grocery shopping
*
you have ever been threatened by a Greek School teacher
*
you still get threatened by a Greek School teacher even though you're 30 years old
*
you have ever been spanked by your friend's parents because your parents gave them permission to do so
*
you have ever been spanked by the whole neighborhood because your parents gave them permission to do so
*
you go to a wedding or baptism and complain about the food ... but are the first one to ask for a "to go" plate
*
you know someone who always feels the need to point out how much something they bought costs
*
you have a bottle of OUZO in your house right now
*
you know what a komboloi is
*
you know how to work a komboloi
*
you or a family member has ever been injured/killed by a komboloi
*
you were younger and going on car trips, you always had to sit on someone's lap in the front or the back seat ... the famous GREEKMOBILE!
*
someone in your family owns any type of restaurant
*
your family inheritance includes olive trees
*
you can't understand why McDonald's rejected your idea for the "McFeta" sandwich
*
your entire house is a needlepoint warehouse
*
you've gone to the Xorio and had to use an outhouse
*
you recognize the smell of burning hair at church during Easter Services
*
all your English speaking friends know all the Greek cursewords
*
you still live with your parents at the age of 30+
*
you hear a person in the mall screaming "Ma" or "Ba" when trying to find where their parents ran off to
*
your dad becomes defensive on the phone about boys that call
*
your parents have a double standard for you and your brother
*
your parents dress you up in 'folk' clothing for the Greek Parelasi and stick you in the parade as if you were one of the honourable men who fought
*
you eat such dishes as: okra with patates, kounoupidi with patates, melitsanes with patates, and patates on their own where there's nothing else to eat