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Offline Lovely_Huda

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Hi everyone, Enjoy
« on: April 23, 2008, 10:11:17 PM »



...YOU KNOW YOU'RE ARAB WHEN



You fight over who's going to pay the bill



You act like you want to pay, but in reality you hate to pay



You would never call it Pita Bread



"You say "bolice" and "bastor" for "police" and "pastor



You smoke as if it were your last day on earth…and you only smoke Marlboro



You cook a meal that lasts 3 days



Your father swears at you with words that effect himself like Ibnil Kalb or Bitl Kalb



You have 500,000,000 cousins



Your relatives alone could populate a small city



At weddings it takes the bride and groom 4 hours to kiss all the guests



Your middle name is your father's first name



If you are male, you're named after your grandfather or great-grandfather
 


You can't have a meal without bread



(You never run out of bizzer (sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, etc



You teach your American friends Arabic words (mostly bad ones) and get happy when they use them in normal conversations
 


Your Mom has a creative nickname for you



You get really happy and call the whole family to the room when there is a special show on Arabs or anything Arabic related on CNN or PBS



"Your dad eats thireed with his hands and forces his son to "join the men



You watch Arabic Satellite all the time



Your favorite food is grape leaves, but you are embarrassed to tell your friends that you ate leaves for dinner



You still have stored suitcases of clothes that you used to wear when you
were five



If you are 25 and unmarried, your parents make you feel that you are getting
old
 


You ask your dad a simple question, and he answers by telling the story of how he used to walk miles just to get to school



You hug and kiss relatives you have never seen before in your life
 


You have to constantly remind your American friends to take off their shoes
when they enter your house



You can spot an Arab a mile away and they have spotted at you because they keep staring



After a family meal, the women fight to the death over who should wash the dishes while the men sit on their behinds and discuss politics, waiting for their tea



Your mother yells at the top of her lungs to call you to dinner even if you're in the next room



You are standing next to the largest suitcases at the Airport
 


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



You say bye 17 times on the phone



You're walking out of customs with your trolley at the airport and you see at least twenty-five members of your family who have come to pick you up



You go back to your parents' country and people treat you like a member of the royal family



Your parents drink 6 cups of tea a day



You've had a shoe thrown at you by your mother



You have a persian rug in every room



You actually like yogurt drinks



Your parents say you're becoming Americanized anytime you get into trouble



You gossip about your own family...with members of your own family



Your parents want you to be a doctor or engineer




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Re: Hi everyone, enjoy
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2008, 11:05:56 PM »
suxana alaah arab ppl and somali ppl have the same culture
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You say bye 17 times on the phone



You're walking out of customs with your trolley at the airport and you see at least twenty-five members of your family who have come to pick you up



You go back to your parents' country and people treat you like a member of the royal family



Your parents drink 6 cups of tea a day
الأسوار التي تحيط بنا عالية، وعلى من لا يستطيع أن يهدمها أو يقذفها أو يتسلق عليها... عليه أن لا يزين للباقين الجلوس خلفها.

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You Know, You are Somali if:
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2008, 03:52:25 PM »
Thanks Sister Lovely Huda.
This is similar Joke about Somalis

YOU ARE SOMALI IF:

If you argue about the little things in life that doesn’t even make sense
when you walk together in groups and you guys are the loudest in the halls of schools and college, etc
If you argue about talk about Qabils or clan/tribes at least 5 times a day, and you act like you know everything about everyone.
[for guys] If your watch comes all the way down to your elbow.
If the only way you can memorize is by getting 10 lashes to the body.
If your teeth describe the part of Somalia you're from.
If the computer you're now reading this on, is NOT yours.
If you can't have a meal without a Banana.
If Belts, hangers, and telephone wires traumatize you.
If you see your-self on CNN, CBS, and BBC.
[for guys] If you have more scars on your legs than a Vietnam War vet.
If you re-use cooking oil.
If you place your gum in the fridge for later use.(don't hide, I know ya'll do it).  ;D
If you spit when you talk.
If the batteries on your remote control are held together by a piece of tape.
If you think freezing batteries recharges it.
If you've ever dropped food and kissed it up to Allah before you ate it.
[for elders] If you talk loud on the phone just because it's long distance.
If you eat cough drops like it’s candy.
If you go to a wedding just for the free bariis.
[for moms]If you chew your baby's food, then feed it to them.
If your kids go to school smelling like rice and Bananas with a little bit of Goat milk.
[for moms]If you pinch your baby's nose so he won’t have a Jamaican nose. (US & UK)
If you iron dirty clothes.
[for guys] If you win at dodge ball cuz of constant ducking of flying objects thrown by your mom (i.e., Vaseline bottles, cups, plates, remote controls).
If you brush your teeth with a tree branch claiming it has vitamins.
If you think every teacher is racist.
If you blow your nose in the middle of the street.... with your hands :D
If you feel happy whenever you see another Somali in a strange country or on a street
When a Somali is successful and rises up against all odds, even if you do not know him, if he comes up in conversation you will feel proud to say he comes from your people
If you say “baber�? instead of “Paper�? basically you use “b�? instead of “P�?
If your Mom hits u with anything that is near her, anything from a shoe to a bowl
If your parents or family relative owns a store at the Somali Malls
If your aunts and uncles have more than 7 kids
If you have billions of cousins
If you act like you want to pay, but in reality you hate to pay
If your middle name is your father's first name
If you teach your American friends some Somali words (mostly bad ones) and get happy when they use them in normal conversations
[for guys] If you always have a toothpick in your pockets even for breakfast
If your cloth smell like the food you just ate
If your whole family birth date is January, 1 ;D ;D
If your on the bus and you are the loudest people talking
If you have about 30 kutabz at home but never use it
If tea is made 5 times a day
If your mom says "you can memorize music, but u cant memorize Quran"
If you buy a computer and your parents ask for BBC Somali radio 24/7
If there are buttons missing on your TV, so you use fork to change the channels. ???
if you have a printer, but it doesn't WORK
If your dad swears he was a superstar soccer player
If your mom wears a dirac to the supermarket
If you have the same drapes or long curtains as at least 5 of your other neighbors.
If you have a cell phone all day, but you turn it on at 6
If you repeat Wallahi 10 times in a sentence
If you send at least 2 times a month money back home… not including Ramadan and Eids.
If you or your family has a Honda or Toyota… maybe Nissan or Mazda. lol… my family has Toyota and Honda.
If your favorite food is Sanbusa during Ramadan.
If you go to the Somali Malls at least once or twice a month.
If you are qoxotie (refugee) u know I’m talking bout you.
If you think every woman who smiles for you...wants you.
If you were told the wedding starts @ 9 pm but the guests and bride show up at 12 am.
If your hair line starts at ur ears  ;D
If your hair is soft and u look mixed but ur lil brother looks like he's from kenya ;)
If you stare at other somalis in the car in the stop light for no reason
If the law does not apply to you and you'll never be scared of taking any risk (e.g.. driving without a licence or insurance in the car)
If you try to guess what part of Somalia people are from or their "QABIL" by listening to their accent.
If u think u gonna be the President of Somalia becuase ur Clan/Qabil has 10 worlords
If U think your tribe has the biggest Popluation in Somalia
If you had dreams that someday you will be the President of Somalia... Not a doctor or Engineer... or even a mathematicians
If your height is above 6-5 and you can't dunk..
If you finger your nose in public.
If your friend gets jumped and you won't help.
If you act hard around your people.
If you take EBT and work.
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Re: Hi everyone, enjoy
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2008, 07:38:16 PM »
hahaha pahrmacist,tht was hilarious!really enjoyed it.most of it is true,esp the one abt if ur hair starts frm ur ears lol.tht cudnt be more true.most somalis hv huge foreheads n we call them in my family 'goroonka daqsiga' lol.
but i don agree wid the one abt if ur friend gets jumped u don help,one of the few things thts good abt somalis is they hv blood(dhiig).we never ever watch one of ours being hurt.atleats thts wwat ive always known.dono if ppl abroad hv changed

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Re: Hi everyone, Enjoy
« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2008, 01:51:10 AM »
Its Friday afternoon for me, felt like this week was long...... but I couldn't stop laughing at your jokes, ahhaha
Joker!! i might switch your career to be a comedian, almost everything if not all is true about Somalis.. but guess what ...I don't eat my food with banana!!! take care people..adios.

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Re: Hi everyone, Enjoy
« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2008, 10:20:08 PM »
hhhh thanks Pharmacist Nukat qosol badan dabcan qofka so diyariyay thakhasus fican ayu somalida ku haystaa  ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Hi everyone, Enjoy
« Reply #6 on: April 29, 2008, 11:50:21 PM »
thanks pharmacist most of it is right about somali people...
"If you re-use cooking oil" dhaqaale.com ha u bixin lol especially when baking sanbusa lool
mid kalana waa jirtaa oo soomalida u badanyihiin inay sameeyaan "sigsaan inta la isku duuduubo oo banooni laga dhigto"

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Re: Hi everyone, Enjoy
« Reply #7 on: June 10, 2008, 10:49:05 PM »
looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool this is soo funny!!
and yeah arabs and somalies are almost the same....
THe banana thing is true! i never eat food without banana specially lunch!
and the banooni thing LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
so true wallahi!!! lol
this is so cool
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Re: Hi everyone, Enjoy
« Reply #8 on: June 11, 2008, 09:56:02 PM »
 ;D ;D ;D Sigsanta ama iskashada ama shurabadka qofba sida uu u yaqano marka la isku duubo oo banoni laga dhigo waxa la Dhahaa BUGLE wa ciyaar qatar ah oona iqtisaadi ah bas almadluub in ad so aroorsatid aktar cadad o sigsaan  oo la nacay (DULUF) ah. :D :D :D loool
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Re: Hi everyone, Enjoy
« Reply #9 on: June 11, 2008, 10:22:02 PM »
loooooool ur telling me!!
lol me and my bro used to play with it all the time walahi
i miss old days!!
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