This is so true and so funny. You know that you are definitely a Sri
Lankan if:
* Everything you eat is flavored with garlic, onion and
chillies.
* You are standing next to the two largest size suitcases
at the Airport.
* Your toilet has a plastic bowl next to the commode.
* All your children have pet names, which sound nowhere
close to their real names.
* 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.
.
* 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 600
people. (How abt ur wedding... hehe)
* You have a big cabinet in your hall to keep glass wares
& ceramic utensils (you have never used)
* You have really enjoyed reading this because you
know some, or most of them apply to you.
Thank you for the reading.
Lankan if:
* Everything you eat is flavored with garlic, onion and
chillies.
* You are standing next to the two largest size suitcases
at the Airport.
* Your toilet has a plastic bowl next to the commode.
* All your children have pet names, which sound nowhere
close to their real names.
* 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.
.
* 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 600
people. (How abt ur wedding... hehe)
* You have a big cabinet in your hall to keep glass wares
& ceramic utensils (you have never used)
* You have really enjoyed reading this because you
know some, or most of them apply to you.
Thank you for the reading.
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but little exaggerated 
