Dani
Saad
Talha
Abdullah
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* Your house smells like fried onions.
* When you tell your parents you got 98% marks in an exam, and they ask you what happened to the other two percent.
* You make tea in a saucepan.
* You never buy bin bags, but use your saved grocery bags for it.
* You put your clothes in suitcases instead of wardrobes.
* You have a 'Singer' sewing machine at home.
* Your mother has a minor disagreement with her sister and doesn't talk to her for ten years.
* You call an older person you've never met before "uncle".
* You hide everything from your parents.
* Your mother does everything for you if you are male.
* You do all the housework and cooking if you are female.
* Your relatives alone could populate a small city.
* Everyone is a family friend.
* You were not that intelligent so you studied computer science or business instead.
* You know no one who has studied music.
* You went to a university as far away from home as possible.
* You still came back home to live with your parents after you had finished.
* You only make telephone calls after 6:30 PM.
* You like the meat well done.
* You eat onions with everything.
* You use chili sauce instead of tomato ketchup.
* You fight over who pays the dinner bill.
* You say you hate Indian films (/songs) but secretly watch (/hear) them with your parents.
* You teach Westerners swearwords in your language.
* You order Pakistani food in English language to impress the people you are with but the waiters don't understand you.
* You avoid public places when with a member of the opposite sex.
* You secure your baggage with a rope.
* You're walking out of customs with your trolley at the airport and you see all possible members of your family who have come to pick you up.
* You get very upset when airlines refuse to accept your luggage that is just 80 lbs. overweight.
* You go back to your parents' country and people treat you like a member of the royal family.
* You ask your dad a simple question and he tells you story of how he had to walk miles just to get to school.
* You are ALWAYS taking off and putting on your shoes wherever you go. * In addition to cooking, you also use oil as a grooming aid.
* You wonder how odd it would be to see your parents get within one foot of each other.
* You have annoying nicknames.
* Your parents call all your friends "Beta".
* Your mother measures wealth only in gold and diamonds.
* Your parents push the concept of an arranged marriage on you and try to demonstrate how well it works whenever they're not fighting.
* Your parents compare you to all of their friends' kids.
* If you are living abroad, at least once a week your mom says, "I want to go back to Pakistan"
* No one ever seems to call ahead of time to say they are coming over for a visit.
* Your parents worry what other people will think if you're not going to be a doctor or engineer.
* While living abroad, your parents always say, "It's cheaper in Pakistan"
An airplane was about to crash; there were 5 passengers on board but only 4 parachutes. The first passenger, said, I'm Kobe Bryant, The best NBA Basketball player,the Lakers need me, I can't afford to die." So he took the first pack and left the plane. The second passenger, Hillary, said, "I am the wife of the former President of the United States, I am the most ambitious woman in the world, I am also a New York Senator and a potential future President.She just took the second parachute and jumped out of the plane. The third passenger, George W Bush, said, "I'm President of the superpower state. Above all I'm the cleverest President in American history, American people won't let me die". So he put on the pack next to him an jumped out of the plane. The fourth passenger, Osama Bin Laden, says to the fifth passenger, a 10 year old school boy, "I am a Muslim and Allah will decide about my fate, so I'll let you have the last parachute. The boy said, "It's OK, there's a parachute left for you. The Americans cleverest President has taken my school backpack.
