You Know You're Italian AGAIN when ...

1. Your mechanic, plumber, electrician, accountant and travel agent are all blood relatives.

2. You're 5'4", can bench press 325 pounds, shave twice a day, but you still cry when your mother yells at you.

3. When you were growing up, you ate Sunday dinner at 2:00 p.m., and on Thanksgiving, your family’s first course was Ravioli.

4. You’ve been hit with a spoon, had a shoe thrown at you, and/or you’ve been hit by a nun.

5. You feel strangely comfortable when you sit on plastic-covered furniture.

6. No matter how long you've been married, your wife "just can't make homemade sauce like Mom did."

7. You've seen a guy sitting in the AC in shorts, perfect white Reebok classics (nosocks), a half zipped up Nike wind jacket showing off his chest hair -- gold
chains, fat gut, smoking half a cigar and thought he was the coolest guy
you've ever seen.

8. You've called someone a "mamaluke."

9. You have at least 5 cousins living in the same town or street. All five of those cousins are named after your grandfather or grandmother.

10. You only get one good shave from a disposable razor.


Soprano's/The Godfather/A Bronx Tale .. give a general idea of the Italian tradition but each concentrates on Mafia, giving the Italian race a "bad name"

You know your'e a Jew in Queens College when...

You know you're a Jew in Queens College When...

1. You tell the class that you were "studying abroad for the year."

2. You are practically the only girl in your class wearing long sleeves in June.

3. Half the class goes up to the teacher after class to tell the professor that they will all be missing class for a week.

4. You try to find the most hidden corner in the library to pray.

5. You can be found at the Kosher Caf during lunch.

Jack Delano

You know your a 5 Towns kid when

You only purchase juicy at regular price.
You have too many forehead wrinkles after giving people nasty looks
You think double parking is legal
You talk on the phone when in a restaurant
If you don't get your way just bat your eyes at daddy.

You Know Your Bukharian When...

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1. Your car costs more then your college education.

2. people asking you if you can get them a cheap deal on something, and you probably can.

3. You are somehow related to most of the people you know.

4. You sleep during the day and wake up at 11p.m. and go out.

5. You know more then 10 guys names "Alex", even if that is not their real name, but that iswhat they like to known as.

6. once in a while you attempt to go to the synagogue, but you never make it past the door because you meet so many people you have not seen for a long time.

7. You eat "Bachish" every shabbat.

8. You or someone you know has carps on their walls.

9. Your grandmother thinks a burger can be made by slapping a "cutletta" between "buchanka".

10. Your grandfather drives his Mercedesto pick up his food stamps.

11. Your grandparents drink tea ten times a day using only one tea bag.

12. Your grandfather, father, or uncle own at least one Puma or Adidas sweat.

13. When someone prominant comes and they put on velvet rob, just so to say "this is an important person".

Thes thing relate to my family and I. I remember in my old apartment my parents hung rugs, just for decorations. Its funny how true all of these things are and how they make me who I am now.

ITALIAN

You know you're Italian when:

1. You go to Olive Garden and know you could make all these dishes at home

2. You ask your Nonna about Uncle Tony in the mafia and you're always told to never talk about him

3. You tell people your favorite vegetable is broccoli rabe and they give you weird looks because they've never heard of that before

4. You get annoyed when people mispronounce "mozzarella"

5. You lose a tooth when you're little and your Mom gives you a paper towel to stop the blood in your mouth but the paper towel is drenched in wine

6. You laugh when places in America claim to have gelato

7. You talk with your hands

8. Many of your relatives live in a close proximity around you

9. Your Nonna's homemade lasagna and meatballs are the best!

10. Your last name ends in a vowel

11. Your relatives have either lived with you or moved in next to you one time in your life

12. Any of the big family gatherings are all centered around food

13. Your Grandpa had a wine cellar

14. You know how to pronounce ricotta

15. You have a fig tree in the backyard

16. You know Peppino the mouse and Dominic the donkey

17. Your Nonna and family will break out in singing old, Italian songs

18. You think dandelions make up a good salad while everyone else thinks they're weeds

The TV show, The Sopranos, became a very heated topic in that it was stereotyping Italians.  Some people agreed, some disagreed.  Maybe not every single Italian has a relative in the mafia or is part of organized crime.  But when it comes to spending time with extended family and eating good food, I can definitely relate to that.

you know you are greek when...

you know you are greek when....
someone in your family owns a restaurant..
you know you are greek when....
your grandmother has a cure for everything haha
you know you are greek when..
you are constantly asked about "MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING"
you know you are greek when..
your mechanic, plumber, accountant, etc are all related to you
you know you are greek when..
people ask you about why "we" break plates at weddings

most of the first generations of greeks that came to the united states opened up restaurants, therefore the first statement could be true.. or close to it.. i dont know about everyone else but my grandmother always has somekind of cure for everything..whether it be for burns or a cold lol.. im sorry but MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING is completely and totally an exaggeration! we are not that illmanered, ignorant, or that crazy! yes it is true that our mechanics, our plumbers, our accountants, and doctors are somehow related or atleast from the same town lol the breaking of the plates i have def witnessed and not just for weddings either!

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