---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: p.v. narayanan <[email protected]> Date: 6 August 2012 10:28 Subject: Re: Only if You are a TamBrahm mama/mami .... To:
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 8:02 AM, Thyagarajan Paramasivan > > > > > *Only if you are TamBrahm mama/mami... > * > * * > *Be a sport pals.. this is only a hilarious take*, plz.. > > > 1. You arrive one hour late to a party with guilt and find out you are the > first one to arrive. > > 2. You think it's perfectly normal to call someone who's 30 years younger > than you 'Anna' just because he's behind a counter. > > 3. You wear a suit to a wedding... And you are only 3 years old. > > 4. The wedding takes an 2 hours and the group pictures take five hours. > > 5. Your mom and sister together own more jewels than a Chinese jewelers > store. > > 6. Your parents' idea of a vacation is to visit the temples in India . > > 7. You talk for an hour at the front door when leaving someone's house. > > 8. The minute your guests leave the house, your parents start talking > about them. > > 9. You rent a cassette from the grocery store, it's been dubbed 6 times... > And you return it 3 months later. > > 10. You go to a Tamil Cultural program only to find one Bharathanatyam and > six hip hop shows. > > 11. You are somehow related to every new friend you meet. > > 12. Your remote control is still in its plastic packet. > > 13. You get a 95% on a test and your parents ask What happened to the > other 5%?!' > > 14.When away from Tamil Nadu, you stare at Tamil people when they walk by. > > 15. You see married couples kissing on TV but have never seen your Mom & > Dad get within 3 feet of each another. > > 16. Your parents never address each other by name. > > 17. When you get your first pay, your parents expect you to give them > half.. > > 18. Your mother has a minor dispute with her sister-in law and doesn't > talk to her for 10 years. > > 19. Your parents say Swiss instead of Switzerland, Germany is German and > England is London . > > 20. You go to a party and your aunt comments on how your skin color has > changed. > > 21. You watch a Tamil wedding tape and all the songs from Roja are dubbed > into it. > > 22. When the teacher took attendance and there was a sudden pause, you put > your hand up and said 'here.' > > 23. You shortened your name to make it sound Anglo-Indian. > > 24. You have dinner at 9pm & watch TV news. > > 25. When your parents say 'BBC' they don't mean the news station but your > uncle Nathan or aunty Kamala. > > 26. It's normal for all the relatives to bathe the groom on his wedding > day. > > 27. You KNOW that your promiscuous second cousin from your father's side > is pregnant even before she does. > > 28. Your aunties tease you about a particularly eligible cousin... And you > like it!!! > > 29. You serve all your guests tea/kapi with milk and 5 spoons of sugar. > > 30. You only stop putting more rice on your guests dinner plate 7 times > after they tell you to stop. > > 31. Anytime you speak back to your parents, you get: 'I toiled my life for > you, and this is how you repay me?!' > - 'Naanga eppadi khasta pattathukku nee ithuvum solluvae ithukku melayum > solluvae!' > > 32. If you are a girl, you are expected to come home before dark - however > if it's a son, 'OK raja, jaakirathaa poitu vaa...' > > 33. Halfway through your shower you realize that your Head and Shoulders > shampoo is gone and has been replaced by Siyakkai shampoo > > 34. You walk in to another Tamil family's house and they have the same > furniture and dining set as yours. > > 35. Bath towels "Thundu" are forever with torn holes !! > > > > <http://in.docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> > > . > > __,_._,___ > > > > > > > > -- > so little done-so much to do > > > > -- > > T. PARAMASIVAN > > > > -- P.V.NARAYANAN
