User:Inahet/Arab

You know you're an Arab when:

- Your mother yells at the top of her lungs to call you to dinner even if you're in the next room.

- You arrive one or two hours late to a party and think it's normal.

- You are standing next to the largest suitcases at the Airport.

- You talk for an hour at the front door when leaving someone's house.

- You say bye 17 times on the phone.

- Your parents still scream at the top of their lungs when making long distance calls.

- Your relatives alone could populate a small city.

- You always say "open the light" instead of "turn the light on".

- You've had a shoe thrown at you by your mother.

- When your parents meet strangers and talk for a few minutes, you discover they know one of your uncles back home.

- Your mother does everything for you if you are male.

- You do all the housework and cooking if you are female

- You refer to your dad's friends as Amoo.

- You still came back home to live with your parents after you graduate.

- You have an endless supply of pistachios, dates, and pumpkin seeds. ..

- Your parents say you're becoming westernized anytime you get into trouble.

- You curse at your teachers or strangers in Arabic.

- You have at least thirty cousins.

- You teach Westerners swearwords in your Arabic.

- Your parents want you to become a doctor or engineer.

- You use your forehead and eyebrows to point something out. ..

- Your parents drink 6 cups of tea a day.

- You can spot an Arab a mile away and they have spotted you because they keep staring.

- After a family meal, the women fight to the death over who should wash the dishes while the men sit on their behinds and discuss politics, waiting for their tea.

http://www.subzeroblue.com/archives/2006/05/you_know_youre_an_ar.html