Tuesday, November 28, 2006

You Might be an Anglo Indian if

You say we are White Washing the house for Christmas!!!!!!... White Washing???You say "Don't get a Kottu from me!!!!!!!"You say DONO (Don't Know)You have pepperwater, rice and pepper fry for lunch on SaturdaysOf all the dances in the world, you know what "Tiger dance" is!You ate "kanjee water & rice" when times were hard!By virtue of growing up around Tamilians, you think it's absolutely "OKAY" to dance in front of a dead body!You think the hottest Anglo tailor is 'Gani' and he left you waiting and hoping on Christmas Eve!You played "Miss Mary Mac", "Ice-cream soda" and "who stole the cookie from the cookie pot" during school breaks (ring a bell, Doveton girls??)On Christmas you wore a 'coat & skirt' made from 'Garden silk' and patent leather 'coat shoes'!You went to an Anglo dance, and if your band, when testing the sound system, spent 30 minutes of 1-2, mike testing, 1-2, mike testing, 1-2, mike testing, 1-2.You got the "FIJACKS" atleast once in your life. (got the frights/were moody)All the underwear in your family are called "Jocks", "Jungies" and "Flyingfoxes".You walk into a dance with a quarter bottle bulging in your suit pocket.You know exactly what species of ants "bully ants" is.You ran into one of the stalwarts of main road and they went "what macha -long time no see" or "Cousin got any change da, never ate from morning macha" you give them something and they are off...full swing, smile on their face to the grog shop.You've sung "Ging gang gooly..." at Sunday school or wherever!Your Sunday was longer than your Monday.Kalang Kol was a sport.You knew Mad Nora from PeramburYou know Sampath from Foxen StreetYou use the phrase How mad nah!!! And if u use "blimming and blinking" in every other sentence (still don't know what they mean - as swear words)You use the phrase "thatny" - for that onlyYou respond with a "Namind (never mind) Child"You walked in late to church and walked out early after communion.At Anglo weddings, nana says to pass more wedding cake so she can put some in her bag to take home.You played Ringa Ringa Roses, Ringing the duck, Dog Shots, Musical chairs, n sung Hotel California more than a dozen times.You are convinced that everyone else in India is a bloody pye dog , Pariah Bugger or Wog.You buy Jow and Bones along with the meat.You have witnessed the following - Aunty Dolly is laid out and between prayers Uncle Willie wails "How can you leave and go without telling us one word, chile".You and 10 other friends pooled in about 3 rupees each to buy a quarter bottle of boozeYour Aunties and Uncles get REALLY offended if you don't greet them with a 'Mornin', 'G'Afnoon', or 'D'Evenin'You refer to every guy as "bugger" in a conversation.You didn't own a tie and a suit but still wore one at the Christmas dance...Your mama prays to all the saints and every single version of Mother Mary ever known to human kind...You willingly go to the market to make some extra pais (paise).You smoke half a buggie (beedi) now and keep the other half for after lunch.You asked your mum where something was that you misplaced and she answers. "On my head"You walked in your short pants and T-shirt to the natta shop down the road or drove around on your bike to your friend's place like that.You're at British or Lala's and thinking "look at these pies how they 'beep' up the place".You've been for one of the dances organised by PassangeYour mama told you, "I'll slipper you, mind!"If I said 'Who' and you replied Mother Boo!You have a fight or watch a fight on: a) Christmas Danceb) New Years Dancec) A weddingSomebody calls you "dorai" or "missi amma"You sing "She'll be coming down the mountain..." to & fro from a picnic.......You have coconut rice, ball curry and devil chutney for lunch on special days.If Ginger wine and Kul Kuls are a 'must have' at Christmas time.You stuck a pin in the bottom of your rubber slipper strap to save yourself from buying a new strap.You think 'She wears my ring' and 'Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone' are still the two hottest songs in the world
You and your family go to Mass with everyone wearing the same material, Father and Son have the same material shirt, mom and sis have the same material skirts, and when you go back home the same material is used for your curtains and the sofa covers.

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