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You are a Romanian, if…
September 3, 2006 |
You know you’re one of us if:
- everything you eat tastes like onion and garlic;
- you try to recycle flowers and gifts wrapping and aluminium foil;
- in an airport, you sit next to the two biggest suitcases;
- you get to a party one or two hours late and you think that it is normal;
- your kids have nicknames very different from their real names;
- when you visit someone, before you leave you stay one hour in front of the door talking… when you get to your house you call back to say you have arrived well and spend one more hour on the phone;
- your parents never throw anything, and if you succeed in throwing something it misteriously appears where it was before in less than 24 hours;
- you have lacy curtains;
- you have at least one macramé tablecloth and a doily on top of your TV;
- you have carpets that cover every centimetre of your house;
- you have or had carpets on your walls;
- your mother tells you you’re thin even if you have 110 kilos;
- you have blinds for at least one door;
- your mother recycles plastic glasses, cardboard plates and sandwich bags by washing them;
- you’ve got vinyl tablecloth in your kitchen;
- you use the shopping bags as rubbish bags;
- your parents use animal diminutives to call you when they are angry;
- you cannot leave on a trip unless at least 5 persons accompany you to the train, bus, airport, etc.
- your parents call you to ask you if you’ve eaten even if it’s midnight;
- you parents aren’t up-to-date with the latest technology advances so when they call abroad they shout;
- your son wears a cap and three sweaters in September even if the temperature is of 25 degrees;
- you wear a coat from September to May;
- if you see someone wearing short trousers in December you say he’s crazy even if the temperature is of 25 degrees;
- when your relatives from the coutryside visit you, you keep and eye on the TV (or cylinder);
- you think that if you drink milk and eat fruits (especially plums) you get to the toilet faster;
- you think that “urda”, “mamaliga” and “parizer” are international dishes;
- when you have guests from other countries you enjoy giving them “tuica” and when they finish the glass you give them more;
- when you have guests and you ask them if they want to drink something and they say NO you understand YES.
Funny but not completely true.
Source: Povestiri Haioase
Comments
4 Comments so far
It’s true! Ok, not all :P
I “suffered” a couple when I was in Romania or at work (I have a romanian boss). Anyway:
This happens everywhere!! In Spain we usually do the “siesta” thing, you don’t have to listen your relatives and you don’t have to keep an eye on the TV, just sleep. Much better :D
What that means is that you have to keep and eye on the TV or anything so they do not steal it :P
I loved the comments most of all!! and am sure that I am a romanian but I would love to know why bruno suffered so much! :D
Sim, you have to be more explicit about certain aspects :p
You forgot this: you will always have at least 4 people waiting for you at the ariport, so that you can then get squeezed in an already full car :)