How to Identify an Indian

How to Identify an Indian

1 You try and reuse gift wrappers, gift boxes, and of course aluminum foil.

2 You are always standing next to the two largest size suitcases at the Airport.

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

4 You peel the stamps off letters that the Postal Service missed to cancel.

5 You recycle Wedding Gifts, Birthday Gifts and Anniversary Gifts.

6 You name your children in rhythms (example - Sita & Gita, Ram & Shyam, Kamini & Shamini.)

7 All your children have pet names, which sound nowhere close to their real names.

 8 You take Indian snacks anywhere it says 'No Food Allowed'.

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

10 You load up the family car with as many people as possible.

11 You use plastic to cover anything new in your house whether it's the remote control, VCR, carpet, new suitcase or new couch.

12 Your parents tell you not to care what your friends think, but they won't let you do certain things because of what the other 'Uncles and Aunties' will think.

13 You buy and display crockery, which is never used, as it is for special occasions, which never happen.

 14 You have a vinyl tablecloth on your kitchen table.

15 You use grocery bags to hold garbage.

16 You keep leftover food in your fridge in as many numbers of bowls as possible.

17 Your kitchen shelf is full of jars, varieties of bowls and plastic utensils (got free with purchase of other stuff )

 18 You carry a stash of your own food whenever you travel (and travel means any car ride longer than 15 minutes).

19 You never learnt how to stand in a queue.

20 If she is NOT your daughter, you always take interest in knowing whose daughter has run with whose son and feel proud to spread it at the velocity of more than the speed of light.

21 You have bed sheets on your sofas so as to keep them from getting dirty.

22 All your Tupperware is stained with food colour.

23 You have mastered the art of 'Deal Hunting' and bargaining in shopping.

24 You consider use of dry toilet paper as unhygienic in toilet and believe in wetting it.

25 You will be owning HONDA or TOYOTA being economical in running.

26 Your fridge will have 'coupons' stuck with the magnetic holder for various bargains cut from the weekly booklets.