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I'm Not Italian - But everyone else was

OldDog/NewTricks

Well-known member
If you're not Italian some of these things may seem a little strange.
BUT if you are this is a nice reflection back to the way things used to be...

Per tutta la famiglia mia e gli amici, ti amo oggi, domani e sempre

To all my family and friends I love you today, tomorrow and always

42 Things In The Life
Of An Italian Child



01. You have at least one relative who wore a black dress
every day for an entire year after a funeral

02. You spent your entire childhood thinking
what you ate for lunch was pronounced
"sangwich."

03. Your family dog understood Italian.

04. Every Sunday afternoon of your childhood was spent
visiting your grandparents and extended family.



05. You've experienced the phenomena of 150 people fitting
into 50 square feet of yard during a family cookout.

06. You were surprised to discover the FDA
recommends you eat three meals a day, not seven.

07. You thought killing the pig each year and having salami,
capacollo, pancetta and prosciutto hanging out to dry from your
shed ceiling was absolutely normal. (Wow, that's really Italian!)

08. You ate pasta for dinner at least three times a week,
and every Sunday, and laughed at the commercial
for Wednesday is Prince Spaghetti day.

09. You grew up thinking no fruit or vegetable had a fixed price
and that the price of everything was negotiable through
haggling.

10. You were as tall as your grandmother by the age of seven.

11. You thought everyone's last name ended in a vowel.

12. You thought nylons were supposed to be worn rolled to the ankles.


13. Your mom's main hobby is cleaning.

14... You were surprised to find out that wine was
actually sold in stores.

15. You thought that everyone made their own tomato sauce.

16. You never ate meat on Christmas Eve or any Friday for that matter.....



17. You ate your salad after the main course.

18. You thought Catholic was the only religion in the world.

19.... You were beaten at least once with a woodenspoon or broom.

20. You thought every meal had to be eaten with a hunk of bread in your hand




21. You can understand Italian but you can't speak it....

22. You have at least one relative who came over on the boat.

23. All of your uncles fought in a World War.

24. You have at least six male relatives named
Tony, Frank, Joe, Gino, Guiseppe or Louie.

25. You have relatives who aren't really your relatives.

26. You have relatives you don't speak to.
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

27. You drank wine before you were a teenager. (With Water)

28. You relate on some level, admit it, to the Godfather and the Sopranos.
I maka a meata ball you can't refuse! .
Forrgetttabbboutit! Badda bing!

29. You grew up in a house with a yard that didn't have one patch of dirt
that didn't have a flower or a vegetable growing out of it.

30. Your grandparent's furniture was as comfortable as sitting on plastic.
Wait!!!! You were sitting on plastic.

31. You thought that talking loud was normal.

32. You thought sugared almonds and the Tarantella
were common at all weddings.

33. You thought everyone got pinched on the cheeks and money
stuffed in their pockets by their relatives.

34. Your mother is overly protective of the males
in the family no matter what their age.

35. There was a crucifix in every room of the house.

36. Wakes would be held in someone's living room.

37. You couldn't date a boy without getting approval
from your father. (Oh, and he had to be Italian)

38. You called pasta "macaroni".

39. You dreaded taking out your lunch at school

40. Going out for a cup of coffee usually meant going
out for a cup of coffee over Zia's house.

41. Every condition, ailment, misfortune, memory loss and accident
was attributed to the fact that you didn't eat something....

42. You still cannot believe that a thoroughbred from
'The Ward' - Joe {Guiseppe} Tersigni would marry a
-Mary Elizabeth Murphy -what is this world coming to?

43. Those of you who get this . . .
YOU KNOW who to pass it on to!
 

OldDog/NewTricks

Well-known member
Italian and Portagese

I miss Wine Tastings in that Old Tank-house:
going from Tank-house to Tank-house for Wine Tasting... and judging - who's uncle made the best wine...
 
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