You Know You're Italian When...
1- Your backyard consists of 1/8 grass and 7/8 tomatoes and radicchio.
2- You have more pictures of Jesus' Mother Mary on your walls than family members.
3- Baptisms and engagement parties are twice or three times as big as American weddings.
4- You shave your face, and you're a GIRL!
5- You wear heels just to go to Shopper's Drug Mart.
6- You don't know any other southern vacation destination other than Acapulco.
7- Everyone over the age of 55 in your family is short, fat, and wears nothing but black.
8- The words "cinta" and "scopa" cause you to pee your pants in fear.
9- You have 4 Antonietta's, 5 Giuseppe's, and 8 Antonio's in your family.
10- Absolutely every one of your ancestors is referred to by nicknames: fat Pauly, short Sally,...
11- You're willing to miss the birth of your child during a World Cup soccer game.
12- You're 16 and you're seen with a guy by anyone in your family, they ask if you're going to get married anytime soon.
13- You've ever had crevices and indentations in your feet as a child, from your mother forcing you to wear stiff crocheted socks with tight pointy shoes.
14- You don't even know the names of any of your EIGHTEEN bridesmaids.
15- You're 35 years old, still live at home, still have your mom cook and clean for you, and you STILL have the guts to complain about having to eat "pasta fazool" for dinner again.
1- Your backyard consists of 1/8 grass and 7/8 tomatoes and radicchio.
2- You have more pictures of Jesus' Mother Mary on your walls than family members.
3- Baptisms and engagement parties are twice or three times as big as American weddings.
4- You shave your face, and you're a GIRL!
5- You wear heels just to go to Shopper's Drug Mart.
6- You don't know any other southern vacation destination other than Acapulco.
7- Everyone over the age of 55 in your family is short, fat, and wears nothing but black.
8- The words "cinta" and "scopa" cause you to pee your pants in fear.
9- You have 4 Antonietta's, 5 Giuseppe's, and 8 Antonio's in your family.
10- Absolutely every one of your ancestors is referred to by nicknames: fat Pauly, short Sally,...
11- You're willing to miss the birth of your child during a World Cup soccer game.
12- You're 16 and you're seen with a guy by anyone in your family, they ask if you're going to get married anytime soon.
13- You've ever had crevices and indentations in your feet as a child, from your mother forcing you to wear stiff crocheted socks with tight pointy shoes.
14- You don't even know the names of any of your EIGHTEEN bridesmaids.
15- You're 35 years old, still live at home, still have your mom cook and clean for you, and you STILL have the guts to complain about having to eat "pasta fazool" for dinner again.
