Here are some useful and thoughtful points that
help us tell we are arabs...To all those who live
outside Lebanon, In America especially:
``enjoy the STEREOTYPES``.
1. You say "bolice" and "bastor" for "police" and
"pastor."
2. You inherited or will inherit land in your home
country.
3. You brag about your kids even if they are bad.
4. Your spouse is also your first cousin.
5.
6. You own a grocery store, liquor store, or gas
station.
7. You're fat and blame it on the kids, or you're bald
and blame it on the stress.
8. Your aunt asks you when she can dance at your
wedding.
9. You smoke as if it were your last day on
earth...and you only smoke MARLBOROS.
10. You wear more cologne than deodorant.
11. You pronounce "comfortable" cun-fort-a-bull.
12. You say the letter "h" like "etch."
13. You put olive oil in and on everything and brag
about how healthy it is.
14. You gossip about your own family...with members of
your own family.
15. You have more then 4 kids.
16. You eat humus at least 4 times a week.
17. You cook a meal that lasts 3 days.
18. You talk crap about the abeed, but love them when
they buy from you.
19. At parties, you think it's cool to dance and smoke
at the same time.
20. You pity anyone who is not an Arab and think all
other cultures are morally corrupt.
21. You have fruit trees in your backyard and when
they are in season you live on them.
22. You don't use the word "tease" in English cause
you feelweird.
23. You watch the hell out of the Arabic channel and
talk crap about the rest.
24. Your father swears at you with words that effect
himself.
25. You have 500,000,000 cousins.
26. At weddings it takes the bride and groom 4 hours
to kiss all the guests.
27. You "get down" from the car instead of "getting
out" of it.
28. You act like you want to pay, but in reality you
hate to pay.
29. You have a gold necklace of your name written in
Arabic.
30. You own and/or play a ""tableh"
31. Your middle name is your father's first name.
32. If you are male, you're named after your
grandfather or great-grandfather.
33. You play cards till the break of dawn.
34. You never run out of bizzer.
35. You can't have a meal without bread.
36. You get offended when Americans call Arabic bread
"Pita bread,"
37.
38. You feel proud when someone famous or a celebrity
has any Arabic blood in them.
39. You teach your American friends Arabic words
mostly bad ones)and get happy when they use them in
normal conversations.
40. Your Mom has a creative nickname for you like
"Susu,"Natoosheh," or "Tuntooneh."
41. You have a difficult Arabic name so you come up
with an Americanized version of it like "Sam" or
"Mike."
42. You have someone tell you your fortune through
your coffee cup.
43. You love Um Kalthoom and if you don't, your dad
makes you listen to her and tries to translate the
words into English so you can appreciate her as much
as he does.
44. Three or more relatives live in your neighborhood.
45. If you're a single Arab guy, you tell women you're
a "successful businessman" or that you "own a
successful business back home" even if you're an
unemployed goat herder.
46. Your favorite food is warag anab, but you are
embarrassed to tell your friends that you eat leaves
for dinner.
47. You get really happy and call the whole family to
the room when there is a special or documentary on
Arabs or anything Arabic related on CNN or PBS.
48. You use church as a social ground to meet
potential wives/husbands
49. You have a uni-brow...and if you don't, you pluck
it.
50. You bump Arabic music at all times!
help us tell we are arabs...To all those who live
outside Lebanon, In America especially:
``enjoy the STEREOTYPES``.
1. You say "bolice" and "bastor" for "police" and
"pastor."
2. You inherited or will inherit land in your home
country.
3. You brag about your kids even if they are bad.
4. Your spouse is also your first cousin.
5.
6. You own a grocery store, liquor store, or gas
station.
7. You're fat and blame it on the kids, or you're bald
and blame it on the stress.
8. Your aunt asks you when she can dance at your
wedding.
9. You smoke as if it were your last day on
earth...and you only smoke MARLBOROS.
10. You wear more cologne than deodorant.
11. You pronounce "comfortable" cun-fort-a-bull.
12. You say the letter "h" like "etch."
13. You put olive oil in and on everything and brag
about how healthy it is.
14. You gossip about your own family...with members of
your own family.
15. You have more then 4 kids.
16. You eat humus at least 4 times a week.
17. You cook a meal that lasts 3 days.
18. You talk crap about the abeed, but love them when
they buy from you.
19. At parties, you think it's cool to dance and smoke
at the same time.
20. You pity anyone who is not an Arab and think all
other cultures are morally corrupt.
21. You have fruit trees in your backyard and when
they are in season you live on them.
22. You don't use the word "tease" in English cause
you feelweird.
23. You watch the hell out of the Arabic channel and
talk crap about the rest.
24. Your father swears at you with words that effect
himself.
25. You have 500,000,000 cousins.
26. At weddings it takes the bride and groom 4 hours
to kiss all the guests.
27. You "get down" from the car instead of "getting
out" of it.
28. You act like you want to pay, but in reality you
hate to pay.
29. You have a gold necklace of your name written in
Arabic.
30. You own and/or play a ""tableh"
31. Your middle name is your father's first name.
32. If you are male, you're named after your
grandfather or great-grandfather.
33. You play cards till the break of dawn.
34. You never run out of bizzer.
35. You can't have a meal without bread.
36. You get offended when Americans call Arabic bread
"Pita bread,"
37.
38. You feel proud when someone famous or a celebrity
has any Arabic blood in them.
39. You teach your American friends Arabic words
mostly bad ones)and get happy when they use them in
normal conversations.
40. Your Mom has a creative nickname for you like
"Susu,"Natoosheh," or "Tuntooneh."
41. You have a difficult Arabic name so you come up
with an Americanized version of it like "Sam" or
"Mike."
42. You have someone tell you your fortune through
your coffee cup.
43. You love Um Kalthoom and if you don't, your dad
makes you listen to her and tries to translate the
words into English so you can appreciate her as much
as he does.
44. Three or more relatives live in your neighborhood.
45. If you're a single Arab guy, you tell women you're
a "successful businessman" or that you "own a
successful business back home" even if you're an
unemployed goat herder.
46. Your favorite food is warag anab, but you are
embarrassed to tell your friends that you eat leaves
for dinner.
47. You get really happy and call the whole family to
the room when there is a special or documentary on
Arabs or anything Arabic related on CNN or PBS.
48. You use church as a social ground to meet
potential wives/husbands
49. You have a uni-brow...and if you don't, you pluck
it.
50. You bump Arabic music at all times!
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