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<blockquote data-quote="chinthakapathir" data-source="post: 5143515" data-attributes="member: 39276">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; * Everything you eat is flavored with garlic, onion and&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Chilies.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; *You&nbsp; try&nbsp; and&nbsp; re-use&nbsp; gift&nbsp; wrappers&nbsp; ,&nbsp; gift boxes,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; aluminum foil&nbsp; and of course disposable cups &amp; plates.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; *You&nbsp; try to eject food particles from between your teeth&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; by&nbsp; pressing&nbsp; your&nbsp; tongue&nbsp; against&nbsp; them&nbsp; and&nbsp; making a&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; peculiar noise like, tshick, tshick!&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; * You are standing next to the two largest size suitcases&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; at the Airport.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; * You&nbsp; arrive&nbsp; one or two hours late to a party, and think&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; it's normal.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; * Your toilet has a plastic bowl next to the commode.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; * You&nbsp; name&nbsp; your&nbsp; children&nbsp; in&nbsp; rhythms (example, Honey &amp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Money, Sita &amp; Gita, thunga &amp; --singhe, Nimal &amp; Vimal)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; * All&nbsp; your&nbsp; children&nbsp; have pet names, which sound nowhere&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; close to their real names.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; * You&nbsp; take&nbsp; Sri&nbsp; Lankan&nbsp; snacks anywhere it says 'No Food&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Allowed'&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; * You&nbsp; talk&nbsp; for an hour at the front door when&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; leaving someone's house.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; * You&nbsp; load&nbsp; up&nbsp; the&nbsp; family&nbsp; car&nbsp; with&nbsp; as many people as&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; possible.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; * You&nbsp; use&nbsp; plastic&nbsp; to&nbsp; cover&nbsp; anything new in your house&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; whether&nbsp; it's&nbsp; the&nbsp; remote&nbsp; control,&nbsp; VCR, carpet or new&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; couch.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; * Your&nbsp; parents&nbsp; tell&nbsp; you&nbsp; to&nbsp; not&nbsp; care&nbsp; about what your&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; friends&nbsp; think, but they won't let you do certain things&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; because&nbsp; of&nbsp; what&nbsp; the&nbsp; other&nbsp; Uncles And Aunties' will&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; think.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; * You&nbsp; teach&nbsp; you&nbsp; kids&nbsp; to say uncle and auntie to anyone&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; older related or not.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; * Owning a rice cooker is a top priority.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; * Use&nbsp; the&nbsp; dishwasher&nbsp; to&nbsp; store dishes - use it only for&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; special occasions..&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; * Say&nbsp; 'NO'&nbsp; after&nbsp; every&nbsp; sentence. i.e . that's good NO,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; very expensive NO...etc&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; * Men use the word 'PUT' frequently i.e PUT a drink, PUT a&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Jump !&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; * You live with your parents even if you are 40 years old.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (And they like it&nbsp; that way).&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; * If she is NOT your daughter, you always take interest in&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; knowing whose daughter&nbsp; has run with whose son and feel it's your to spread the word.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; *&nbsp; If&nbsp; you don't live at home, when your parents call, they&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ask if you've eaten, even if it's midnight&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; *&nbsp; When&nbsp; your parents meets a Sri Lankan for the first time&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; and&nbsp; talk for a few&nbsp; minutes, you soon discover they are&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; your relatives..&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; * Your&nbsp; parents don't realize phone connections to foreign&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; countries&nbsp; have&nbsp; improved&nbsp; in&nbsp; the last two decades, and&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; still&nbsp; scream&nbsp; at&nbsp; the top of their lungs while talking.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; * You&nbsp; have&nbsp; bed&nbsp; sheets&nbsp; on your sofas so as to keep them&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; away&nbsp; from&nbsp; getting&nbsp; dirty but the sheet on your bed has&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; not seen water for months!&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; * It&nbsp; is&nbsp; embarrassing&nbsp; if&nbsp; your wedding has less than 500&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; people. (How abt ur wedding... hehe)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; * You&nbsp; list&nbsp; your&nbsp; daughter&nbsp; as&nbsp; 'fair&nbsp; and&nbsp; slim'&nbsp; in the&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; matrimonial&nbsp; &nbsp; no&nbsp; &nbsp; matter&nbsp; What&nbsp; she&nbsp; looks&nbsp; like.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; * You&nbsp; have a big cabinet in your hall to keep glass wares&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &amp; ceramic&nbsp; utensils&nbsp; (you&nbsp; have&nbsp; never&nbsp; used)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; * You&nbsp; have&nbsp; really&nbsp; enjoyed reading this mail because you&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; know some, or most of&nbsp; them apply to you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="chinthakapathir, post: 5143515, member: 39276"] [COLOR="Blue"][SIZE="4"] * Everything you eat is flavored with garlic, onion and Chilies. *You try and re-use gift wrappers , gift boxes, aluminum foil and of course disposable cups & plates. *You try to eject food particles from between your teeth by pressing your tongue against them and making a peculiar noise like, tshick, tshick! * You are standing next to the two largest size suitcases at the Airport. * You arrive one or two hours late to a party, and think it's normal. * Your toilet has a plastic bowl next to the commode. * You name your children in rhythms (example, Honey & Money, Sita & Gita, thunga & --singhe, Nimal & Vimal) * All your children have pet names, which sound nowhere close to their real names. * You take Sri Lankan snacks anywhere it says 'No Food Allowed' * You talk for an hour at the front door when leaving someone's house. * You load up the family car with as many people as possible. * You use plastic to cover anything new in your house whether it's the remote control, VCR, carpet or new couch. * Your parents tell you to not care about what your friends think, but they won't let you do certain things because of what the other Uncles And Aunties' will think. * You teach you kids to say uncle and auntie to anyone older related or not. * Owning a rice cooker is a top priority. * Use the dishwasher to store dishes - use it only for special occasions.. * Say 'NO' after every sentence. i.e . that's good NO, very expensive NO...etc * Men use the word 'PUT' frequently i.e PUT a drink, PUT a Jump ! * You live with your parents even if you are 40 years old. (And they like it that way). * If she is NOT your daughter, you always take interest in knowing whose daughter has run with whose son and feel it's your to spread the word. * If you don't live at home, when your parents call, they ask if you've eaten, even if it's midnight * When your parents meets a Sri Lankan for the first time and talk for a few minutes, you soon discover they are your relatives.. * 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 while talking. * You have bed sheets on your sofas so as to keep them away from getting dirty but the sheet on your bed has not seen water for months! * It is embarrassing if your wedding has less than 500 people. (How abt ur wedding... hehe) * You list your daughter as 'fair and slim' in the matrimonial no matter What she looks like. * You have a big cabinet in your hall to keep glass wares & ceramic utensils (you have never used) * You have really enjoyed reading this mail because you know some, or most of them apply to you. [/SIZE][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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