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家园 【文摘】英文完全版, part 1

我觉得这个英语很纯正!

You eat rice for breakfast.

Your friends and everybody else assume you know Kung Fu.

You remember or still use "the bowl" for haircuts.

Your folk's kitchen have a constant lingering aroma.

You notice the main topic at family get-togethers is food.

Your parent's lifelong ambition is to go to Las Vegas.

You never ever sat down on Popo's warm chair after she got up.

You seldom ever owned new clothes if you were a second child.

Your folks never speak under 10 decibels at family gatherings.

You never made the school football or basketball team.

You have two middle initials instead of one.

You have an inherent "fear" for bamboo feather dusters.

Your "hot" date is going to your parent's house to have "jook".

Your living room sofas have covers on them.

You laugh at Kan Tong and Chung King commercials.

You inform the ticket clerk that your 13 year old is 12 to avoid paying adult fare.

You sneak in snacks at the movie theater.

Your grandmother smell like mothballs.

You'd bring home a Caucasian friend and "popo" would be cooking something that smelled like it had died a week ago.

You were told you all look alike.

You know how to pinch someone with your toes.

You graduated from UCI or knows of someone who did.

You would drive around the block 10 times rather than pay for parking.

You have a hard time pronouncing "aluminum" and "lobster claw".

You truly believe that your neighbor could use that old sweater rather than throwing it away.

You would take that sweater if you were your neighbor.

You would stand in line for hours and hours for a free gift whether you needed it or not.

You have clothes in your closet that is coming back in style.

You've seen every Bruce Lee movie.

You still have your old slide rule.

You never order chop suey or egg foo young.

You have a relative or friend who works as a waiter or cook.

You prefer your chicken and shrimp served with heads and feet still attached.

You have a vinyl tablecloth on your kitchen table.

You spit bones and other food scraps on the table (that's why you need a vinyl tablecloth).

Your parents know how to launch nasal projectiles.

You buy on sale 100 rolls of toilet paper and store them in a closet or in a vacant room when your adult child moves out.

You only buy Christmas cards after Christmas when its 50% off.

Your kitchen has a sticky film of grease over it.

Your stove is covered with tin foil.

You have stuff in your freezer since the beginning of time.

You have never used your dishwasher.

You use your dishwasher as a dish rack.

You boil water and put it in the refrigerator.

You keep a thermos of hot water available at all times.

You save grocery bags, tin foil, and tin containers.

You use grocery bags to hold garbage.

You eat all meals in the kitchen.

You bring oranges or other produce with you as a gift when you visit peoples homes.

You have a collection of miniature shampoo bottles that you take every time you stay in a hotel.

You unwrap Christmas gifts very carefully to save and reuse wrappings and bows.

You feel like you've won the lottery if you didn't have to pay tax for an item.

You starve yourself all day before going to an all you can eat buffet.

You stop dialing 411 information when they started to charge for each call.

You only call long distance after 11 PM.

You suck on salty preserved seeds for a sore throat.

You keep a stash of Li Hing Mui at home.

Your eyes resemble dime slots when you laugh.

You know what the term "FOB" and "ABC" means.

You laugh at Martin Yan's jokes not because he's funny.

Your parents have a glass jar of preserved limes aging on top of the roof.

You own a wok.

You know what a "bow" is'and it doesn't mean to bend over.

You never eat fried foods when you're sick (it creates phlegm and hot air).

You would prefer your fish entree staring at you on the dinner table.

You never discuss your love life with your parents.

Your parents still use a clothes line.

You save your old coke bottle glasses even though you're never going to use them again.

You keep most of your money in a savings account.

You own your own meat cleaver and sharpen it.

You've joined a CD club at least once.

You keep used batteries.

You know someone who can get you a good deal on jewelry or electronics.

You're always late.

You eat every last grain of rice in your bowl, but don't eat the last piece of food on the table.

You fight over who pays the dinner bill.

Your dad thinks he can fix anything.

You live with your parents and over 30 years old (and they like it that way). And if you're married, you live in the apartment next to your parents, or in the same neighborhood.

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