Please take few moments to determine whether you are from Nepal or not. If you relate to most of these statements, you ancestors are probably from Nepal. If not, you are in denial.
?You unwrap Christmas gifts very carefully, so you can save and reuse the wrapping next year.
?You only buy Christmas cards after Christmas, when they are 50 % off.
?When there is a sale on toilet paper, you buy 100 rolls and store them in your closet or in the bedroom of an adult child who has moved out.
?Your stove is covered with aluminum foil.
?Your kitchen has a sticky film of grease over it.
?You use the dishwasher as a dish rack.
?You have never used your dishwasher.
?You eat all meals in the kitchen.
?You save grocery bags, tin foil, and tin containers.
?You use grocery bags to hold garbage.
?You always leave your shoes at the door.
?You hate to waste food.
?Even if you're totally full, if someone says they're going to throw away the leftovers on the table, you'll finish them.
?You have tupperware in your fridge with three bites of rice or one leftover chicken wing.
?You have a collection of miniature shampoo bottles that you take every time you stay in a hotel.
?You never order room service.
?You carry a stash of your own food whenever you travel (and travel means any car ride longer than 15 minutes).
?You own a rice cooker or a pressure cooker.
?You wash your rice at least 2-3 times before cooking it.
?You fight over who pays the dinner bill.
?When you go to a dance party, there is a wall of guys surrounding the dance floor trying to look cool.
?You feel like you've gotten a good deal if you didn't pay tax.
?You reuse teabags.
?You have a drawer full of old pens, most of which don't write anymore.
?You always look phone numbers up in the phone book, since calling information costs 50 cents.
?You only make long distance calls after 11p.m.
?You have acquired a taste for bitter gourd.
?Your parents never go to the movies.
?You know someone who you think can get you a good deal on car.
?You never discuss your love life or sex with your parents.
?Your parents are never happy with your grades.
?You save your old coke bottle glasses even though you're never going to use them again.
?You keep used batteries.
?You keep most of your money in a savings account.
?You call an older person you never met before "uncle."
?No one you're related to is music major.
?You avoid motels, especially if there is an aquaintance within a 250 mile radius of your destination??You sleep on their floor.
?When you type, you put a space between the last word in a sentence and the terminating punctuation mark !
?Your parents don't realize phone connections to foreign countries have improved in the last two decades, and still scream at the top of their lungs.
?You have a box of tissue or a towel in your car.
?You grow your own vegetables.
?You can't park your car in the garage, because you never throw anything away and keep it there (just in case you need it).
?You trust only foreign cars (accord or camry) and not the Americans.
?You cook in bulk.
?You have bedsheets on your sofas.
?When dining out, your parents think $1 is enough of a tip.
?You recycle Birthday gifts.
?You head to the clearance rack as soon as you walk into a store.
?You buy clothes from K-mart and put it in a recycled gift box from Macy's before giving it.
?You frequently get honked at by those stupid American drivers who think they know how to drive.
?You know someone who owns a motel or a convenience store.
?Your dad thinks it's perfectly OK to hawk and spit out a loogey on the sidewalk.
?You use Vicks Vaporub.
?The videotapes you rent are 10th generation copies and have scrolling commercials in the middle of the movie.
?You've been in a bus where half the people riding are outside the bus.
?You have drinking glasses made of steel, the rim of which can cut your mouth if you're not careful.
?You tape Christmas or birthday cards on your wall.
?There's a pungent odor of spices as one enters your home.
?You've never had a tanning salon membership.
?You call fluorescent lights "tube lights" or a flashlight a "torch."
?You pronounce "wary" and "very" the same way.
?You pack a suitcase full of toilet paper when visiting Nepal.
?You've tied up your luggage with rope to keep it from falling apart.
?You have a bought a video camera just before a Niagara trip and returned it after the trip.
?You keep switching your Internet service provider because the first month is free.
?You keep comparing prices at circuit city for the phone you bought six months ago.
?You bought a Toyota or Honda car only because it has better resale value.
?You go back to your apartment for lunch.
?You know all the $1.50 theaters in your city.
?You ask for a small drink at fast food restaurant because the refill is free.
?You spent 2 days cleaning your apartment before leaving so you can get full security refund from your landlord.
?You don't know any American outside your work.
?You try to ignore all other unknown Nepalese around you.
?You frequent to yard sales every week.
?Your dinner involves spreading newspaper on the living room floor.
?You are compelled to visit ever-major city in US, just so as to say that "Yes I have been there"
?You have a bucket in your bathtub.
?Your smoke detector goes off whenever you are cooking dinner.
?You don't want to buy a printer because you can always use the office printer.
?You decide to marry a girl/guy that your parents fixed you up with.
?You smell like a curry.
?You have detergent soap cake in your bathroom.
?You have taken pictures of your car and mailed to your folks back home.
?You know all of your friends? salary.
?There are more than 4 guys living in a 2-bedroom apartment.
?You have cooking schedule in your kitchen cabinet.
?You spend at least 2 evenings in a week at Kmart.
