| The Official Greek Handbook...How to be a Cool Greek | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Wear clothes of 2 colors, black and white. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2. Own a cell phone and use it in at inappropriate times- in church, restaurant, funeral, wedding etc. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3. Refer to anyone who is not Greek disparingly as "xeni" and pity them for not being as cultures and sophisticated as the Greeks. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. Have predominantly Greek friends, with a few token & "xeni" thrown in for diversity. talk Greek when "xeni" are around. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5. Dress as though you are headed for a club when you are actually going to work or class. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6. If you are a Greek woman, stare menacingly at the other women around you, especially if they are richer or more attractive than you. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7. If you are a Greek guy, be sure not to bathe to achieve an earthy scent, then try to mask it with a lot of cologne; the combination drives babes wild. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8. Smoke as if is your last day on earth and smoke only Marlboros. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 9. Travel only in droves of 10 or more, and be as loud as possible at all times. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 10. If you are single, go to all Greek intercollegiate parties and all GOYA conferences, even if you are 45 years old. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 11. If you are a single Greek over 30, tell everyone you are in your 20's, even if you are pushing 50. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 12. If you are a single Greek guy, tell women you are a successful businessman or that you own a successful business back in Greece even if you are an unemployed goat farmer. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 13. Dirty dance to Greek folk music. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 14. Wear only designer labels, even if you buy them off a cart on a sidewalk in Manhattan. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 15. Make sure "designer" labels are extremely visible, preferably embroided on the front of the apparel. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 16. If you are a Greek guy, walk 10 feet in front of your woman and call her only when you want sex, then go into a deep depression and lament "theft" of your woman when she dumps you for another guy. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 17. If you are a Greek guy, be indifferent and rude to any woman you are interested in dating, especially if she is Greek. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 18. If you are a Greek guy, date "xenes" that treat you badly but marry a Greek woman that can treat you badly. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 19. If you are a Greek woman, date "xeni" you can treat badly but marry a Greek guy that treats you badly. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 20. Wear a leather jacket at all times even in the summer. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 21. Tell American acquaintances that money is never an object, even if you only have 10 bucks to your name. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 22. Guys: if you have hair, get it cut every week and use at least 3 different styling products; if you are bald, develop a big ego to mask your insecurity. (applicable to short men) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 23. Make sure you install every possible option in your car, even if it is a Yugo. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 24. Own a sports car, even if it's junk. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 25. Claim to be a devout Orthodox Christian but know nothing about the religion other than the date of your name day. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 26. Use church as social ground to meet potential dates. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 27. If you are a Greek woman, dye your hair an obvious fake shade of blonde that is nonexistent in nature and swear that it's natural. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 28. If you are a Greek American, act like your father was royalty back in Greece but fell into hard times after the 1973 coup. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 29. Pump Greek music in the hood. | |||||||||||||||||||||