*You know you are Sri Lankan when....*
1. You use banana leaves instead of plates, to eat rice and curry.
2. You mark any special occasion by boiling milk until it spills all over your stove.
3. You refer to friends by calling them "Machan".
4. You find that white people will choose death over trying to pronounce your name.
5. You eat string hoppers, coconut milk and a three- course curry meal for breakfast.
6. When Arrack is better than any French champagne.
7. You use Siddahlepa to solve your medical problems.
8. You have a Singer sewing machine at home.
9. You call an older person you've never met before, uncle or aunty.
10. You parents always say "on the light" instead of "turn the light on".
11. When "Aney".. Or "Aiiyooo" is a standard word in Everyday conversation.
12. 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.
13. Your parents drink 3 cups of tea a day.
14. When the car allows 7 people yet you seem to fit 15 in there..!!
15. Your parents compare you to all of their friends' kids.
16. When cursing the Government is the highlight of every dinner conversation.
17. No one ever seems to call ahead of time to say they are coming over
For a visit.
18. Your parents worry what other people will think if you're not going
To be a doctor/engineer.
19. At a function or party your parents or you say their leaving but
They take another hour saying goodbye or talking for longer.
20. When u tell ppl that ur from Sri Lanka and they say "oh the country that got hit by the tsunami" (apparently the tsunami finally put us on the map!)
21. Whenever something sad happens to anyone or any animal for that
Matter u automatically says "aney pouuuuuu..."
22. When something gross happens or talking about anything that is
Disgusting, bad, etc. you say "Chi Chi Chi..."
23. When you see guys in nugegoda walking comfortably on the street
Holding hands and wearing fluorescent shirts and yellow BATA slippers..n hey! no one looks at them twice!!
24. You salt and pepper your mangos, and every other fruit you eat.
25. Your parents leave folded plastic bags from expensive stores under
Their mattress so that they can be reused to make ghetto presents look really expensive.
1. You use banana leaves instead of plates, to eat rice and curry.
2. You mark any special occasion by boiling milk until it spills all over your stove.
3. You refer to friends by calling them "Machan".
4. You find that white people will choose death over trying to pronounce your name.
5. You eat string hoppers, coconut milk and a three- course curry meal for breakfast.
6. When Arrack is better than any French champagne.
7. You use Siddahlepa to solve your medical problems.
8. You have a Singer sewing machine at home.
9. You call an older person you've never met before, uncle or aunty.
10. You parents always say "on the light" instead of "turn the light on".
11. When "Aney".. Or "Aiiyooo" is a standard word in Everyday conversation.
12. 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.
13. Your parents drink 3 cups of tea a day.
14. When the car allows 7 people yet you seem to fit 15 in there..!!
15. Your parents compare you to all of their friends' kids.
16. When cursing the Government is the highlight of every dinner conversation.
17. No one ever seems to call ahead of time to say they are coming over
For a visit.
18. Your parents worry what other people will think if you're not going
To be a doctor/engineer.
19. At a function or party your parents or you say their leaving but
They take another hour saying goodbye or talking for longer.
20. When u tell ppl that ur from Sri Lanka and they say "oh the country that got hit by the tsunami" (apparently the tsunami finally put us on the map!)
21. Whenever something sad happens to anyone or any animal for that
Matter u automatically says "aney pouuuuuu..."
22. When something gross happens or talking about anything that is
Disgusting, bad, etc. you say "Chi Chi Chi..."
23. When you see guys in nugegoda walking comfortably on the street
Holding hands and wearing fluorescent shirts and yellow BATA slippers..n hey! no one looks at them twice!!
24. You salt and pepper your mangos, and every other fruit you eat.
25. Your parents leave folded plastic bags from expensive stores under
Their mattress so that they can be reused to make ghetto presents look really expensive.
