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| jannah |
| 03/12/01 at 01:15:43 |
| a forward from our very own seebs... salams everyone i found this very funny..especially since all the airport ones ive actually seen happen..hah enjoy wasalams ----- Original Message ----- Out of control and WAY accurate!!! You know you are a desi when.... * Your house smells like fried onions. * When you tell your parents you got 98% marks in an exam, and they ask you what happened to the other two percent. * You make tea in a saucepan. * You never buy bin bags, but use your saved grocery bags for it. * You put your clothes in suitcases instead of wardrobes. * You have a 'Singer' sewing machine at home. * Your mother has a minor disagreement with her sister and doesn't talk to her for ten years. * You call an older person you've never met before "uncle". * You hide everything from your parents. * Your mother does everything for you if you are male. * You do all the housework and cooking if you are female. * Your relatives alone could populate a small city. * Everyone is a family friend. * You know no one who has studied music. * You went to a university far away from home but still came back home to live with your parents after you had finished. * You only make telephone calls after 6:30 PM. (For people who do not understand it: in 80s and early 90s a call back home was $2.25-$2.50 per minute, but half price after 6:30 PM). * You eat onions with everything. * You fight over who pays the dinner bill. * You teach Westerners swearwords in your language. * You order desi food in desi language to impress the people you're with but the waiters don't understand you. * You avoid public places when with a member of the opposite sex. * You secure your baggage with a rope. * You're walking out of customs with your trolley at the airport and you see all possible members of your family who have come to pick you up. * You get very upset when airlines refuse to accept your luggage which is just 80 lbs. overweight. * You go back to your parents' country and people treat you like a member of the royal family. * You ask your dad a simple question and he tells you story of how he had to walk miles just to get to school. * You are ALWAYS taking off and putting on your shoes wherever you go. * In addition to cooking, you also use oil as a grooming aid. * Your parents call all your friends "Beta" * Your mother measures wealth only in gold and diamonds. * Your parents push the concept of an arranged marriage on you and try to demonstrate how well it works whenever they're not fighting. * Your parents compare you to all of their friends' kids. * If you are living abroad, at least once a week your mom says, "I want to go back" * No one ever seems to call ahead of time to say they are coming over for a visit. * Your parents worry what other people will think if you're not going to be a DOCTOR or ENGINEER. * While living abroad, your parents always say, "It's cheaper back there.' |
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| BrKhalid |
| 03/12/01 at 02:50:43 |
| Asalaamu Alaikum ;-) [quote]Your mother does everything for you if you are male[/quote] I think this one is pretty much universal ;-) |
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| Arsalan |
| 03/12/01 at 02:58:57 |
| [slm] I read the first few lines of this thing and, finding it amusing enough, I called my sister to the screen to read along. Then I reached these two: [quote] * Your mother does everything for you if you are male. * You do all the housework and cooking if you are female. [/quote]Big mistake! |
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| AbdulBasir |
| 03/12/01 at 07:39:55 |
| hmm going back to the airport thing...it reminds me of a story of a someone I know...real mama's boy (if he's reading this, hey it's true, but your secret is safe with me) anyways he went abroad to the States for high school...when he had vacation, upon arriving in India with two of his classmates, at the airport he saw his mother far away. Their eyes locked, and as if straight out of a desi movie, they ran towards each other. (cue joyous hindi music) Now you know those luggage trolleys? And you know how the guys working there push these real LONG chains of them?Well just as they were to reach each other and embrace, a chain of trolleys came through and blocked them. (cue tragic hindi music) The mother began to cry as they looked at one another, helpless, waiting and waiting for that long trolley chain to pass by. You know you're desi when that happens... |
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| gift |
| 03/12/01 at 08:52:54 |
| slm * Your relatives alone could populate a small city. hahahahahahahaha!!! far too close to home ;-D wa'as salaam |
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| abc |
| 03/12/01 at 10:02:00 |
| hahhahahahah...those were so funny..and so true..especially the airport ones, ...actually i shouldnt be lauging on one of them considering that once upon a time we used to tie our suitcase with ropes...those colourful green and orange ones :D..aaaahhhh those were the days..when we'd go to India during the long summer vacations. [quote] If you are living abroad, at least once a week your mom says, "I want to go back [/quote] i think this is especially true of ppl living in the gulf |
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| jannah |
| 03/12/01 at 10:57:34 |
[quote]Their eyes locked, and as if straight out of a desi movie, they ran towards each other. (cue joyous hindi music) [/quote] ahahah that's hysterical abdulbasir!! if that's who i think it is he's never living it down now!!!! |
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| AbdulBasir |
| 03/12/01 at 11:08:15 |
| no jannah it's not who I think you think it is...he was an observer to the incident though... |
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| Khathija |
| 03/13/01 at 17:46:08 |
| [slm] hey jannah did you base these on my family? :) |
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| Moe |
| 03/13/01 at 22:31:55 |
| LOL Jannah these are so tru |
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| jannah |
| 03/13/01 at 22:35:36 |
[quote] hey jannah did you base these on my family? :) [/quote] khathija haha i totally thought of your family for the airport one when br mokhtar was leaving ;) |
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| jaihoon |
| 03/14/01 at 05:53:06 |
| ... despite all these I still feel a proud to be a desi from the land of paddy fields living in the land of sand dunes :) The joint family, the tears, the customs and traditions ... for all these comes from the 'Gulistan' of the world. :) |
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| AbdulBasir |
| 03/14/01 at 06:43:47 |
| [quote]... despite all these I still feel a proud to be a desi from the land of paddy fields living in the land of sand dunes :)[/quote] sorry desis, I for one am glad people think I'm yemeni now ;-D |
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| Tarar |
| 03/14/01 at 14:45:05 |
| [slm] [/quote] * When you tell your parents you got 98% marks in an exam, and they ask you what happened to the other two percent. * You put your clothes in suitcases instead of wardrobes * You teach Westerners swearwords in your language. * You secure your baggage with a rope. * You go back to your parents' country and people treat you like a member of the royal family. * You ask your dad a simple question and he tells you story of how he had to walk miles just to get to school. * Your parents call all your friends "Beta" * While living abroad, your parents always say, "It's cheaper back there.' [/quote] LOL :) :) ;) well some of these are my personal experiences. [wlm] Tarar |
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| muhannad |
| 03/14/01 at 18:06:44 |
| sorry what's a desi ?! |
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| halwa |
| 03/15/01 at 10:22:41 |
| salam everyone i knew u would luv this jannah..hah..and like i said before.. (i am not desi)..but i ve seen the airport ones happen. like once we were flyng out of montreal airport, and there was a desi family infront of us. SO ofcourse they weigh the luggage and ofcourse its Over the weight limit. So they had to open all their luggage (ofcourse after taking off the tape and the rope on teh outside) and rearrange thier luggage right there in the middle of hte airport, so that it could all fit within the weight limit. IT was soo funny..but it was kinda sad cause we had to watch them panacking (sp?) real bad..hah..but it was an experience..hah wasalams seeba |
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| Khathija |
| 03/15/01 at 16:27:45 |
[quote] hey jannah did you base these on my family? :) khathija haha i totally thought of your family for the airport one when br mokhtar was leaving ;) [/quote] that was nothin, you should have seen my family when all 14, yes 14, of us went to india together this summer. there were 28 suitcases. we had a uhual truck and ppl thought we were leaving the country for good.:) |
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| Khathija |
| 03/15/01 at 16:28:44 |
[quote]salam everyone i knew u would luv this jannah..hah..and like i said before.. (i am not desi)..but i ve seen the airport ones happen. like once we were flyng out of montreal airport, and there was a desi family infront of us. SO ofcourse they weigh the luggage and ofcourse its Over the weight limit. So they had to open all their luggage (ofcourse after taking off the tape and the rope on teh outside) and rearrange thier luggage right there in the middle of hte airport, so that it could all fit within the weight limit. IT was soo funny..but it was kinda sad cause we had to watch them panacking (sp?) real bad..hah..but it was an experience..hah wasalams seeba[/quote] seebs you sure that wasn't my family :) |
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| JustMe |
| 03/17/01 at 06:31:24 |
| also (some of this is really cheesy): *When your mother tells you not to eat spaghetti with your dress shirt because you'll stain them. *When your family breaks out into a fight before every eid. *When you're resting your feet on your airplane seat. *When you pronounce v with a we ? *When a vacation means visiting your relatives out of state for the nth time. *When you're screaming on the phone when making long-distance calls to the mother country. *When you associate yourself as being a wise consumer! hmmm *When you make an ambitious attempt to get rid of the phlegm in your mouth and splish-splash when making wudu. Okay I think I'll stop there. [for modern desis and muslims alike like us]: (as my brother the optometrist would say:) *when wearing colored contacts to match the hijab. *when in adolescence we're totally confused growing up listening to a billion speeches and knowing only one thing....your hormones. *when you talk about getting married but never do. *when you get frustrated with the politics in your neighborhood mosque. *when we have personal problems which are so petty compared to the problems in other countries. *when your kids have mixed their language with english at an early age. *when you see someone your only topic of discussion is how's work or how's school? *when you watch sports and t.v. pretending the beer commercials and barenaked women don't exist. *when sophistication, expressiveness, and being articulate is the bread and butter one's self-esteem. *when you've been spoiled by the creature comforts your parents brought to you from their hard work. Okay that's all i can think of for now maybe someone might wanna continue the list if desirable Hope you've enjoyed it. ma salama |
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| JustMe |
| 03/17/01 at 06:43:13 |
| if i have offended anyone i apologize. i don't mean to be offensive dear brothers and sisters in islam. especially as i thought of these without anyone else's opijion on it before i posted them. Salaaams!! |
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| jehad |
| 05/31/01 at 11:43:29 |
| asalm walakum WHAT IS A DESI????????????????????????????????????????????? |
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| kiwi25 |
| 05/31/01 at 12:00:42 |
| salaam, a desi is someone from the origin of like india pakiland, bengali land, people who are browm colored, but hehehe some of those things mentioned are true in my family and im arab so i guess there are arab desi people. hahahaha khathija , when i read the one about the big family i thought of u and dhikr first thing, actually i thought of u and dhikr when i read " u noe ur desi when..." ;) wasalam nouha:) |
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| jehad |
| 05/31/01 at 12:07:16 |
| hay how did them faces come up,, i didnt put them up???????????????????? any way, i know a man with that surname. what does dasi mean? is it a tribe? or a family? like some one is surti? if he is from suret. is every one from indian subcontinant desi?????????????????????????????? |
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| meraj |
| 05/31/01 at 13:27:29 |
| slm, in urdu, the word 'des' means homeland... so a 'desi' is a person *from* the homeland... now that could be anywhere... however, since the term has been used by people from the subcontinent, it has generally become a generic term for people from this area so indians and pakistanis call eachother desis, though technically it can be used by anyone to refer to someone of their own nationality :) |
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| nehar |
| 05/31/01 at 17:17:07 |
| [slm] man, that was hysterical [quote]* When you tell your parents you got 98% marks in an exam, and they ask you what happened to the other two percent[/quote] that is exactly what my parents do. I remeber this one time i got 93% for a test and my dad sed i hope u work harder next time and have ur breakfast b4 u go 2. [wlm] Nehar |
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| BroHanif |
| 05/31/01 at 19:20:27 |
| you know you're desi when... * When you take bottled tap water to theme parks * When you have potatao fry or samosas in a park and insist on eating home fried cooked food instead of having something light from the shop. * You insit on driving foreign cars (Toyotas, Nissans and Hondas) for fuel consumption * When you feel the lower the price the better it is, the more you save. No offencne to anyone :) |
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| taueeya |
| 06/02/01 at 05:45:07 |
| Assalam-O-Alaikum, Your mother does everything for you if you are male. * You do all the housework and cooking if you are female. This desi stuff is really good and enjoyable but I do not agree with these 2 points! Wassalam. |
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| jehad |
| 06/04/01 at 15:13:05 |
" Your mother does everything for you if you are male. * You do all the housework and cooking if you are female." being a desi sounds great,, how do i become one,,,, |
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| chachi |
| 06/04/01 at 18:49:15 |
jehad you WANT to be a desi... the only thing good id the food like when we were at a dinner and friend turned to me and whispered after looking at the boiled potato's on the menu as the highlight...god i'm glad i'm a pakistani.. :) |
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| jannah |
| 06/04/01 at 18:53:28 |
| jehad do you WANT a militia of black niqabid sisters coming after you with baseball bats? cuz ur seriously asking for it |
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| se7en |
| 06/04/01 at 18:58:16 |
hahahahahhahahahhahahahahhahaha... jannah breathe.. |
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| chachi |
| 06/04/01 at 19:03:58 |
hey how many desi's still have a dustbin full of flour... or a clock lying on the tv? |
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| Spring |
| 06/05/01 at 08:33:57 |
| [slm] We've got the dustbin full of flour. He he. Its never seemed strange before!! |
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| meraj |
| 06/05/01 at 15:19:29 |
| slm, [quote]jehad do you WANT a militia of black niqabid sisters coming after you with baseball bats? cuz ur seriously asking for it[/quote] HAHAHAHAHA.. omg thats hilarious ;-D good one jannah ;-D ;-D ;-D |
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| jehad |
| 06/05/01 at 15:32:47 |
| slm jannah [quote]jehad do you WANT a militia of black niqabid sisters coming after you with baseball bats? cuz ur seriously asking for it[/quote] cool,,,,, presents..... i don't know how to play base ball though, just ask them to come with lodes of nice desi cooking.. any way, what kind of food do black nikabed desi sisters make. hope its nice. |
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| chachi |
| 06/05/01 at 16:56:02 |
most of the sisters born in the west are rotten cooks...heh heh chachi goes into hiding... |
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| Arsalan |
| 06/05/01 at 17:02:42 |
| Man, diss! :) There's a converted sister in our town who, masha Allah, makes the most awesome food. Not only American food, but Arab food, Pakistani food, even Turkish sweets. It's amazing! |
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| Kathy |
| 06/06/01 at 10:34:40 |
| [quote]most of the sisters born in the west are rotten cooks...heh heh [/quote] Nice save using the word "most." Jehad- I am a Sister who grew up knowing how to swing a baseball bat... even got a trophy or two to prove it.... |
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| jannah |
| 06/06/01 at 11:09:42 |
| Since chachi and jehad are both in england maybe we could all 'swing' by (with our bats ;)) |
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| Kathy |
| 06/06/01 at 20:01:23 |
| phew- I am so grateful that they are not here.... |
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| chachi |
| 06/06/01 at 20:19:26 |
| Kathy i have to use the word 'most' ..i'm a lawyer remember ..god knows what my american cousins would do to my food if they came to visit... :) i thought men played rounders (baseball i believe you call it ) in america... :) :) and why do you call it the world series even though you never allow anybody else to play? and why do americans wear armour and play rugby? and why do you call it football when you use your hands? sorry things that have always puzzled me about amrika |
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| Kathy |
| 06/06/01 at 20:30:49 |
| [quote] god knows what my american cousins would do to my food if they came to visit... [/quote] You would never forget it... [quote] i thought men played rounders (baseball i believe you call it )in america... [/quote] You sound like Jehad, now. [quote]and why do you call it the world series even though you never allow anybody else to play?[/quote] Sometimes we slum it and let the Canadians play. [quote]and why do americans wear armour and play rugby? [/quote] I think that was what happened to you and Jehad- you weren't wearing your helmet... |
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| chachi |
| 06/06/01 at 20:34:09 |
when you have to take letters and tapes and stuff from people in the uk to people in pakistan when all it costs is a stamp! :) :) :) |
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| Arsalan |
| 06/07/01 at 01:30:17 |
| [slm] Kathy!!! :) :) :) LOL! That was hilarios :D |
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| abc |
| 06/07/01 at 01:47:12 |
| [quote] and why do you call it the world series even though you never allow anybody else to play? [/quote] coz for the americans the US is the whole world :D |
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| codliveroil |
| 06/07/01 at 11:53:56 |
| getting back to the topic, "you know when your a dasi when thats your name". The man who teaches my little causans quran and hifzs is a desi. i know this cause that his surname. you know that number system that they use in america, the one that no one understands. why do they call it "the english system" when people here dumped it along time ago and have now gone metric? any why about the nikabi sisters with baseball bats that jannah mentioned, are they married? |
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| Anonymous |
| 06/07/01 at 12:09:25 |
| salam how about you know you're a desi or an arab when you own a freezer (other than the one part of the fridge) I got mine as a "brezent" when i got married! now, I buy mad celantro when cheap, chop and freeze, dice tomatoes and freeze, lemons half price going bad, cut off bad parts squeeze and freeze, mushrooms half fry and freeze. anything and everything.I am my mother! |
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| meraj |
| 06/07/01 at 16:28:57 |
| slm, we have 2 large chest freezers in our garage.. holds all kinds 'o stuff ;-D |
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| Fatoosh |
| 06/07/01 at 19:30:25 |
| We have a freezer in our garage too... I would have been too embaressed to say it before :) Btw, Meraj, I met your baji over memorial day, she came to our MSA bbq... she was visiting with my friend bree, and I thought to myslef, I only know two people from Alabama and so I asked her about Nazia and she knew her, and then I asked her about you, and she said he's my brother. It was really shocking! |
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| meraj |
| 06/07/01 at 19:31:41 |
| slm, haha.. yeah she told me about it :) |
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