You know u are nepali when ... - When you tell your parents you got 98%, and they ask you what happened to the other two percent.
- You always wait for any new cloth to come to their 80% off sale price.
- You make tea in a saucepan.
- You say u drink coffee to ur fren; but in the morning u drink tea.
- You or ur mom never buy bin bags, but use your saved grocery bags for it.
- You put your clothes in suitcases instead of wardrobes.
- Your mom has a sewing machine at home.
- Your mother has a minor disagreement with her sister and doesn't talk to her for years
- You call an older person you've never met before "uncle".
- You hide most of the things that goes in ur life from ur parents
- Your mother does almost 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.
- Everyone always called you for help on homework; and let them cheat in exam; but u get really mad when ur frens(black, white) dont let u copy their work.
- You are to study law, medicine or engineering at university.
- You were thick 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 like the meat well done.
- You eat onions with everything; and mix tomatoes in all of ur vegetables.
- You use chilli 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
- You avoid public places when with a member of the opposite sex, especially if there is an acquaintance within a 250 miles radius.
- You always say "open the light" instead of "turn the light on".
- You secure your baggage with a rope.
- You're walking out of customs with your trolley at the airport and you see all twenty-five members of your family who have come to pick you up.
- You get very upset when airlines refuse to accept your luggage which 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 barefoot just to get to school.
- You are ALWAYS taking off and putting on your shoes wherever you go
- When you were little you always wondered why your English friends waited until after breakfast to brush their teeth when you did it first thing in the morning
- To your English friends, oil is used purely for cooking and not as a grooming aid
- Your parents have nicknames but only because people they work with just stop when trying to read their names
- You have annoying nicknames like Chotu or Chicku; kancha, kanchi
- You hav a annnoying middle name like: bahadur, prasad
- Your parents call all your friends "chora" (son/daughter)
- If u are a only male in ur family, ur mom calls u "chorii"; and if u are only female with no brothers then ur mom calls u "chora"
- Your mother measures wealth in gold and diamonds
- Your parents drink 3 cups of tea a day
- Your parents compare you to all of their friends' kids.
- At least once a week your mom says, "I want to go to Nepal"
- In any conversation with nepali, u compare the proverty; job; and facilities in nepal. Still, in conclusion u talk about how u cant wait to go back next dashain; winter or summer.
- 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/ engineer.
- You're parent's always say while shopping abroad, It's cheaper in Nepal
And at last; you know u are nepali when u start to think that most of these following sentence really apply to u.
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