You Know your MACO when:  Your parents have a shot of Rakija for breakfast.
You Know your MACO when:  The minute church services are over you go straight for the bar and get smashed.
You Know your MACO when:  You only go out of town for Macedonian Tournaments and Dances.
You Know your MACO when:  Even if you're a girl, your parents (who can't remember your name) call you (and all of your siblings) "sine".
You Know your MACO when:  You are hopelessly trying to bring the Macedonian community together.
You Know your MACO when:  Your uncle makes his own wine that's stronger than 'rakija'.
You Know your MACO when:  Your mother insists that 'promaja' will kill you.
You Know your MACO when:  Your mother insists you must eat something with 'Sirenje' at least three times a week.
You Know your MACO when:  You base your whole life on the fortune in your coffee cup.
You Know your MACO when:  You use 'Rakija' to cure all illnesses, celebrate all occasions and as a massage lotion.
You Know your MACO when:  You celebrate Christmas, Easter and New Years two weeks after everyone else.
You Know your MACO when:  Everyone sings "EPPY BRZDAY TO YU!" at your Birthday
You Know your MACO when:  Your baba will not accept the fact that you're just not hungry.
You Know your MACO when:  Your parents constantly say you'll end up a nobody if you don't graduate from Uni.
You Know your MACO when:  You go to a restaurant and bring your own drinks.
You Know your MACO when:  You go to your baba's house, she offers you supa, sarma, piperki or Kolbasi and gets upset when you dont eat EVERYTHING.
You Know your MACO when:  You are at a zabava and the guys try picking u up by asking, 'Hey baby, what's your slava?'.
You Know your MACO when:  When you have four pairs of 'Vlecki'in your wardrobe.
You Know your MACO when:  All other action stops when you hear the music of 'Ogan da go gori' or 'Biser balanski'
You Know your MACO when:  Everyone is sure you are Greek or Italian.
You Know your MACO when:  You are a fan of whatever soccer team Darko Pancev plays for.
You Know your MACO when:  When your mum calls you 'stoka'.
You Know your MACO when:  You can always smell garlic on your parents' breath and they insist it kills all bacteria.
You Know your MACO when:  Your walls are crowded with icons of saints.
You Know your MACO when:  Your church has a fully loaded bar.
You Know your MACO when:  You have a Goce Delcev picture on the wall.
You Know your MACO when:  You live with your parents until you are married.
You Know your MACO when:  There's a slab of fat in your fridge called 'SLANINA'.
You Know your MACO when:  Your parents still prefer to buy tapes rather than CDs.
You Know your MACO when:  Your mum has a whole pharmacy in her medicine cabinet.
You Know your MACO when:  Your parents think everything is a conspiracy 
You Know your MACO when:  You have gone to at least 3 protests in the city. 
You Know your MACO when:  Your old man hits you more because you are still crying. 
You Know your MACO when:  Your parents tell you that Virginity (for girls only) is more important than your life. 
You Know your MACO when:  Your mum or Dad screams at you infront of the whole school on report night. 
You Know your MACO when:  You deinitely know your a Maco when 'Kisela Voda' from the village well is supposed to taste nicer than Evian spring water. 
You Know your MACO when:  You have at least a whole 'tengere' left over with food after the whole family has eaten. 
You Know your MACO when:  Geelong picnic is more important than seeing a dieing friend in hospital. 
You Know your MACO when:  if something goes wrong in the family, it definitely has something to do with 'Magia'. 
You Know your MACO when:  Every time a relative comes from overseas he brings you "OPINCI" (those maco sandles). 
You Know your MACO when:  Everyone asks you how much money you made on your wedding night. 
You Know your MACO when:  You constantly get asked how much money you make at work and how big your home loan is. 
You Know your MACO when:  The longer you live with your parents after you get married the better off you are because you can save up enough money to buy a $400,000 home in cash. 
You Know your MACO when:  Other people than the numko choose the name of your baby. 
You Know your MACO when:  Your wife has to make you food eveyday and if she doesn't she is not a 'domakinka'. 
You Know your MACO when:  If you are caught doing the vacuuming by your mum or dad, they say that you are under the thumb and your wife's parents are laughing at you 
You Know your MACO when:  You have atleast 20 grand cash in the roof. 
You Know your MACO when:  Your parents invite 500 people over to your house because you proposed to your girlfriend. 
You Know your MACO when:  If you dont go overseas for your honeymoon, people think that you are having financial problems. 
You Know your MACO when:  Your parents can eat 'luti piperki' like chocolate and not break out in a sweat. 
You Know your MACO when:  The house has to be vacummed atleast 10 times a week. 
You Know your MACO when:  After a late night out with your mates on a Friday night, your mum comes into your room at 8:00 in the morning and vacuums your room and tells you to get up because it's almost lunch time..and then she accidently sprays windex on your face because she is trying to also clean the bed head. 
You Know your MACO when:  If you are seen drunk at a 21st by an oldie, your parents find out the next day and call you a "piyanica". 
You Know your MACO when:  Your fridge always has more beer than food, just in case 'gosti' come over. 
You Know your MACO when:  You always bargain at the market and try to get discounts. 
You Know your MACO when:  You have an uncle that sticks his thumb up at someone instead of his middle finger and calls him a 'poofter eden' 



