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| You Know You're Greek When...#5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. You say that you will never work for a Greek, but you end up working for one anyway. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2. You've had an older member of the Greek community say to you "Tha se fao" (I'm gonna eat you up) when you get out of line. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3. Your parents insist that Olympic airways are a first class airline. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. You believe that another Greek will lie for you in any situation. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5. Every wall in you parents house is off-white. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6. You know who Stathi Psaltis (Vulgar Greek actor) is. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7. Upon meeting an Italian, you point out the fact that "poutana" means the same thing in both Italian and Greek. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8. It's crossed your mind to get personalized license plates that say "MANGAS" (loosely translated to super-cool, sorta like the Fonz). | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 9. Just because you meet a new Greek person you think you should act like you've known each other for years. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 10. You feel you have to use a capital "G" every time you spell the word Greek. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 11. You've been told "tha fas xsilo" (Direct translation means "you're gonna eat wood - but it means you're about to get a severe beating). | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 12. When asked your favorite sexual position you reply with "apo piso" (must I translate this??? "From behind!" | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 13. You have more relatives than old classmates. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 14. Whenever someone brings up wealthy people like Bill Gates, you have to mention Onassis. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 15. Even if you were to come home before midnight on a Saturday, your mom would still ask "pou eisouna mehri tetia ora" (where were you out this late?). | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 16. Even though you had a bacon and egg breakfast on Sunday morning, you tell your mom that you didn't eat anything so she won't yell at you and say you can't take communion. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 17. You point out everytime you see a Greek last name on movie credits. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 18. Your mom constantly reverses the names of places or TV shows.� e.g. Hut Pizza or Fortune Wheel. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 19. Whenever talking about the Olympics with xsenous you have to point out that they originated in Greece. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 20. You find it odd when there's no open bar at a wedding. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 21. You have used the word "loukaniko" (sausage) to describe your poutso (dick). | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 22. You know that a bouzouki is not just a weird looking guitar. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 23. Your mom can hit you with a wooden pandofla (slipper) by throwing it from 50 yards away. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 24. The attendance at your wedding was or will be higher than the population of some small countries. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 25. You have been called "gaidare" or "gaidoura" (Ass) by your mom. | |||||||||||||||||||||