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| YOU KNOW YOU ARE GREEK WHEN: |
| Well I practically peed myself laughing when I read this culmination of "facts" that were sent to me. I was laughing because they are so true in most cases, from personal experience or from the grapevine and I think it's great that we can laugh about it now......years after therapy.....LOL.....you must have some knowledge of the language to understand.....or have spent time in a friend's greek household..... ENJOY |
| YOU KNOW WHEN YOU ARE GREEK WHEN: You're almost 30 and you still hide smoking from your parents. Your father gives you the beats with the belt or twig. your mother gives youthe beats with the wooden koutala or pandofla. (spoon or slipper) Your relatives bring you loukoumades from their trip to Greece. (divinity fudge) Upon meeting another Greek, one of your first questions is, "Where are you from in Greece" and "What church do you go to?" Your mother or father still feels the need to tell you, "katse kala" in public. (sit still) Can dance kalamatiano, tsamiko, zebekiko without music. (names to greek dances) You go to church picnics pretending you're there for reasons other than to pick up or gossip about other Greeks. You or a family member has been photographed with a donkey. You must name your children after your in-laws or parents. You have at least 5 Maria's and 9 Dimitri's in your family as a result of the above. You've heard the phrase, "Sto leo yia to kalo sou". (I'm telling you for your own good) You have more than one of those porcelain figurines in your house. You've broken one of those figurines and your mother still hasn't forgiven you. Your parents make up the names of a street/store/TV show, because they can't remember it or they couldn't pronounce it. You or a family member wears their Sunday best to go to the laundromat or grocery shopping. Your father mows the lawn in his dress pants. You've been threatened by a Greek School teacher even though you're 30 years old. You've been spanked by your friend's parents because your parents gave them permission to. You know someone who always feels the need to point out how much something they bought costs. You have a bottle of OUZO in your house. Know how to work a "komboloi". (kind of a greek rosary game) When you were younger and going on car trips, you always had to sit on someone's lap in the front or back seat. Someone in your family owns any type of restaurant. You can't understand why McDonald's rejected your idea for the "McFeta" sandwich. Your entire house is a needlepoint warehouse. Your Yiayia or Thea has a mole with a hair sticking out of it. (grandma or aunt) To your English friends, a backhand is in tennis......to you, FAPPA!!!! (what it's called across the face) |
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