Well, sounds like Indian kids as well, replace Armenian with Indian and the diet bits and you are there!
American Kids: Move out when they're 18, with the full support of their parents.
Armenian Kids: Move out when they're 28, having saved enough money for a house, and are two weeks away from getting married.. unless there's room in the basement for the newlyweds!
American Kids: When their Mom visits them, she brings a Bundt cake, and you sip coffee and chat for an hour.
Armenian Kids: When their Mom visits them, she brings 3 days worth of food, tidies up the house, does the laundry and rearranges the furniture.
American Kids: Their Dads always call before they come over to visit them,and it's usually only on special occasions.
Armenian Kids: Are not at all fazed when their Dads show up, unannounced, on a Saturday morning at 8:00, and starts pruning the fruit trees. If there are no fruit trees, he'll plant some.
American Kids: Always pay retail, and look in the Yellow Pages or on line when they need to have something done.
Armenian Kids: Call their Dad or Uncle, and ask for another Dad's or Uncle's phone number to get it done. Cash deal.. Know what I mean?
American Kids: Will come over for cake and coffee, and get only cake and coffee. Nothing more.
Armenian Kids: Will come over for cake and coffee, and instead get hummus, tabouli, olives, some wine, a choice of two meats, salad, pilaf, hatz, pakhlava, soorj, some fruit and a few after dinner drinks.
American Kids: Will greet you with 'Hello' or 'Hi'.
Armenian Kids: Will give you a big hug, a kiss on your cheek, and a pat on your back.
American Kids: Call your parents Mr. and Mrs.
Armenian Kids: Call your parents Mom and Dad.
American Kids: Call your closest friends by their first names.
Armenian Kids: Call your closest friends Auntie and Uncle.
American Kids: Have never seen you cry.
Armenian Kids: Cry with you.
American Kids: Think God and going to Church is a senseless waste of time.
Armenian Kids: Believe God and going to Church sets the values they live their lives by.
American Kids: Borrow your stuff for a few days and then return it.
Armenian Kids: Keep your stuff so long, they forget it's yours.
American Kids: Will eat at your dinner table and leave.
Armenian Kids: Will spend hours there, talking, laughing, and just being together.
American Kids: Know few things about you.
Armenian Kids: Could write a book, with direct quotes from you.
American Kids: Eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on soft, mushy white bread.
Armenian Kids: Eat chicken kebab sandwiches, rolled up in fresh Syrian bread with lettuce and tomatoes picked from the yard.
American Kids: Like Justin Timberlake and Beyonce.
Armenian Kids: Cherish having musical treasures like Onnik Dinkjian.
American Kids: Are for a while.
Armenian Kids: Are for life.
American Kids: Will ignore this e-mail.
Armenian Kids: Will forward it.
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