You may be Ukrainian if...

May 06, 2006 08:20

When you got your license ...you became your parents'(or other relatives) designated driver.

You had to share a room until you were 21.

A 2-Bed, Non-Smoking hotel room translates to 10 people and a wet towel over a fire alarm.

You think the power of the Internet is nothing compared to the power of the BBC (Baba Babi Ckazala).

You're 20 years old and your parents are trying to send you to the homeland to get you married because you're old.

"Chut'-chut'" and "Na smak" are acceptable standards of measurement.

You've seen the blank expression on someone's face after you've spent the last hour and a half trying to explain what a zabava is.

You reason: "It's not alcoholism, it's tradition!"

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

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

You don't whistle in the house, sit on the corner of a table (if single), and spit over our left shoulder if you are jinxing yourself.

You can incorporate fried onions into every meal.

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

You can't imagine life without sour cream.

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

Your mom and grandmother tell you you're too skinny even though you're 30 pounds overweight.

Girls can't have boyfriends when they are 17 but they have to be married at 18.

You know someone that married his girlfriend of 2 months.

Your house is full of Ukrainian medicine that is probably illegal here.

Your family recycles plastic cups and paper plates, and sandwich bags by washing them.

You have a vinyl tablecloth on your kitchen table.

You use grocery bags to hold garbage.

You keep leftover food in your fridge in as many plates and bowls as possible.

Your kitchen shelf is full of jam jars, variety of bowls and plastic utensils (that were obtained for free).

Your mom ever chased you with a broom or another item telling you to stop so that she could hit you.

Your dad ever told you to smack yourself over the mouth for being disrespectful.

You've ever being hitting someone with a branch of pussy willow in a fit of a religious fervor.

You can only travel if there are at least 5 people to see you off or meet you whether you are traveling by bus, train or plane.

You can understand Russian, Polish, and Belarusian but they can rarely understand your language.

When your parents meet strangers and talk for a few minutes, you discover you're talking to a distant cousin.

Your mother forbid you to sit on stone when you were a child because of some old Victorian tale.

You use the statement "My babtsya's varenyky are better than your babtsya's varenyky!" as a serious form of offence.

Salo (or pig's fat) is always a part of your "diet"

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

You think It's "normal" if your wedding has 600 people.

You don't know half the people at your wedding because your parents invited them.

You know you're Ukrainian when you're going through all the stuff you got in your house (including things you just got for Christmas) searching for a gift for your cousin's wedding :)

You know you're Ukrainian if you've ever wanted to beat someone up for calling you Russian. LOL
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