Canned pepper and ajvar with EVERY meal?
Why I do believe our tatas would get along more than well B|
Andgoodgawdwhydosomanyoftheseapplyonmyend;
-You must wear papucas (slippers) at all times so you don't catch cold
-You know your Serbian when your parents....relatives...... and most of all Grandparents incourage you to drink.... and if you back away they make fun of you.
-Deda drinks rakija to "clear his throat" in the morning {both of my didas did this :B]
-Your relatives are constantly trying to hook you up with some Balkan person they know {All. The. Time.}
-Salata is eaten with the meal, not before
-Mama knocks on wood when saying "Hvala Bogu"
-Tata and brat drive 75 mph with one finger on the wheel and no seat belt while smoking and telling a story {My tata drives faster than this B| }
-You tell Americans where you are from and you end up explaining the entire history of Yugoslavia
-Not only do you eat bread with every meal, but then you use the left-over bread to wipe your plate clean
-When people at weddings shout like mad people
-Your baba and deda are born in Croatia {HURR HURR, NO SHIT SHERLOCK /KILLED}
-When you have a stomach ache and your mom says "Skupi se"
-There are enough canned goods in your Baba and Djedos cellar to stay underground through the next millennium
-You believe drinking the juice from the kupus barrel is as good as a flu shot. {Mama always tells me this. Always}
-When your tata, ujko, stric, tetak, or deda cross their legs like a woman
-You know you're a Serb when your parents yell "kakva je ta skola" when you cannot complete their tax returns while you're in the third grade {They will forver complain about Canadian schools. FOREVER”
-You are named after your ujko, stric, tata or deda {The only one of us three kids who isn’t named after a relative is my sister P: }
-When you call Santa "Deda Mraze" {It’s ‘Dida Mraz’ for me}
-When you put ground potatoes in your socks to cure a fever {They used to cut up potatoes and wrap them to me whenever I had a really bad fever}
- When she is mad your mama tells you that she will send you back to where you came from
-Baba says "palachinki" and everyone heads for the table
-You have a good husband if he works and doesn't beat you {FUUUUUUUUUUUU, thisistrue}
-When your Deda always says "Dodji Dedi"
-When your Tata always says "Dodji Tati"
-You're 14 and some 50 year old guy is trying to pick up on you at the hall { ._ .}
-Your easter eggs are coloured brown
-You know you are a Serb when you're mom is running after you to put on a "podkusulja"
-..if you sit too close to the T.V., you'll get cancer
-Your parents buy peppers by the bushels
-When you've been called djubre at least once in your life
-A week after Slava, Bozic, and Easter you are still eating sarma {All sarma, all the time}
-Your majka is fond of saying "Tanks God"
-Cevapcici on the grill are better than steak any day
-All Middle Easterners are "Turci" {Just like anyone from Asia is a “Kinez}
-The word "Sramota!" will deter you from anything
-You cut up some onions and garlic and then decide what you will make for dinner.
-When you step on poop and your mom tells you that it's a sign of luck or money
-Drinking a cold glass of water will get you sick
-When your father threatens you with a papuca {/SOB}
-When your parents will only go to the doctor if they are passed out on the floor or have severed a limb
-When your parents tell you that the laws pertain only to North Amaericans and not them
-When you open gifts not to tear the wrapping so your baba can reuse the paper and bows
-Your parents always complain about how the "matematika" you're doing in school is too easy for kids your age
-Thinking there's no such thing as Santa Claus but believing St Nicholas will come to your house
-When your parents call you "sine" no matter if your a boy or a girl.
-When at least 3 of your cousins are Cro {HURR HURR, AGAIN, NO SHIT SHERLOCK /KILLED}
-When you are a eating at the kitchen table with your family and you get in trouble for talking.
-When you hang your clothes in the backyard on a clothes line even though you have a dryer...
-When your mama gives you vodka when your teething...
-When your tata is talking to you and every other word he calls you is budala...
-You go to church 2 times a year... Bozic and Uskrs
-Your Dad tells you "kad sam ja bio u tvoje godine...."
-When all guys balk at the idea of meeting you family, especially the male relatives
-When the baba grapevine travels faster than the national emergency alert system
-When your mum calls you "stoka
-You know you're Serbian when your mom has a whole pharmacy in the medicine cabinet.
-"No one has ever pronounced your last name right, and every kid on the block has a nickname for it" {OH GAWD THIS, THIIIIS}
-You know you are a Serb when you can hear your parents talking, and you are across the street.
-You hear the word "BATINE" and you cringe or go into convulsions
-You took a bath in a lavor when you were a kid.
-When you are told that you'll grow a tail if you drink coffee at a young age
-When your grandma says that farting is healthy.
-Whenever you went by Baba's house, she offered you supa, sarma, pecenje or kolace and got mad if you didn't eat EVERYTHING.
-When your parents constantly say you'll end up a nobody if you don't graduate from University
-You have a vegetable garden in your backyard consisting of a variety of peppers, onions and tomatoes.
-Your Tata complains da ga ledja BOLE!!!
-When your baba will not accept the fact that you're not hungry
-At your birthdays everyone is singing "Happy brzday tu u"
-Rakija is used to cure all illnesses, celebrate all occasions and as a massage lotion
-There's a slab of fat in your fridge called "slanina"
-On your birthday, your parents make you take a picture cutting the cake with a huge knife
-Your mom tells you not to sit on concrete or your ovaries are going to freeze
-You eat canned peppers and ajvar with every meal
-Your mother insists that you must eat something with "kasika" at least several times a week
-Your dad thinks that the phone is bugged
-Your uncle makes his own wine that is stronger than rakija
-If you are female, you first name ends in "A"
-You started to drink at the age of 12 {Pfffff, 12? YOUNGER. MUCH YOUNGER}
-A loaf of bread is eaten for lunch.
-The main menu for lunch is cabbage and beans.
-One of your relatives is a construction worker / painter
-When you make jokes based on your own tragedy
-You had to break off a tree branch from your back yard, so your dad could whoop your ass with it.
-You have the biggest sandwiches at school, always consisting of "prsut Or salami".
-Your mum makes her own bread and slices it with a BIG kitchen knife to a thickness of 5cm per slice.
-Both your parents had to walk to school barefoot in the snow, 5km uphill both ways. And over rocks.
-Before school every morning your parents had to look after the sheep, milk the cows, gather all hay, feed the animals etc.. {Pfffff, only mom. Dad was lazy.}
-You are prohibited from speaking English in you own home.
-You hear birds chirping and see the sun rise every time you come home from the bar {Every time I come home from near anywhere :I }
-There is more alcohol in your liquor cabinet than at the local bar
-There is a 120-gallon barrel of wine and Cabbage in your garage.
-You own a leather jacket. {I own MULTIPLE leather jackets B)}
-A cold shiver runs down your spine when your mom threatens by using the word "tata" in a sentence.
-Your father expects you to study or "hit da books" every waking hour that he's home, and he expects nothing less than an "A".
-Your dad never told you about the birds and the bees
-Your mom uses lard instead of Crisco to fry eggs.
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