| 2/1/2008 8:44:51 PM |
You know when your Italian when................ |
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reenie4
Milwaukee, WI
age: 50
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You spent your entire childhood thinking what you ate for lunch was pronounced "sangwich."
Your family dog understood Italian.
Every Sunday afternoon of your childhood was spent visiting your grandparents and extended family.
You've experienced the phenomena of 150 people fitting into 50 square feet of yard during a family cookout.
You were surprised to discover the FDA recommends you eat three meals a day, not seven.
You ate pasta for dinner at least three times a week, and every Sunday.
You grew up thinking no fruit or vegetable had a fixed price and that the price of everything was negotiable through haggling.
You watched Lawrence Welk and Ed Sullivan every Sunday night.
You were as tall as your grandmother by the age of seven.
You thought everyone's last name ended in a vowel.
You thought nylons were supposed to be worn rolled to the ankles.
You were surprised to find out that wine was actually sold in stores.
You never ate meat on Christmas Eve or any Friday for that matter.
You ate your salad after the main course.
You thought Catholic was the only religion in the world.
You were hit at least once with a wooden spoon.
You thought every meal had to be eaten with a hunk of bread in your left hand.
You learned to play bocce before you went to school.
You can understand Italian but you can't speak it.
You have at least one relative who came over on the boat.
You grew up calling the bathroom the baccausa. And you only had one.
You were surprised to learn most kitchen utensils had another name which didn't end in a vowel.
All of your uncles fought in a World War.
You have at least one relative who wore a black dress every day for an entire year after a funeral.
You have relatives who aren't really your relatives.
You have relatives you don't speak to.
You drank wine before you were a teenager.
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.
Your grandparent's furniture was as comfortable as sitting on plastic.
What!!!! You WERE sitting on plastic.
You thought that talking loud was normal.
You thought cookies and the Tarantella were common at all weddings.
You thought everyone got pinched on the cheeks and had money stuffed in their pockets by their relatives.
Your mother is overly protective of the males in the family, no matter what their age.
Every luncheon meat you ate ended in a vowel.
There was a crucifix in every room of the house, including the cellar.
There was a saint somewhere in the yard.
Boys didn't do house work because it was women's work.
You couldn't date a boy without getting approval from your father.
You know what lemon ice is.
You called pasta "macaroni."
You have at least one irrational fear or phobia that can be attributed to your mother.
To all my ITALIAN GUMBAS! POTETE AMARE IL RITROVAMENTO PRIMA CHE ANDIATE FUORI DELL'ESTREMITÀ PROFONDA !!!!  
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| 2/1/2008 8:48:33 PM |
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chopperbabe
Selah, WA
age: 47
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Okay, I'm only 1/2 Italian so I only do 1/2 of that
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| 2/1/2008 8:50:17 PM |
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smileingheart
Bellingham, WA
age: 41
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Yeah i`m 1/2 italian also
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| 2/1/2008 8:51:31 PM |
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reenie4
Milwaukee, WI
age: 50
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OK... I KNEW IT... the awesome shexxxxxxxxxxxxxxy women have the ITALIAN BLOOD IN EM.. SALUTE LADIES!!!!!!!!!! 
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| 2/1/2008 8:54:39 PM |
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smileingheart
Bellingham, WA
age: 41
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Salute Reenie
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| 2/1/2008 8:55:39 PM |
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reenie4
Milwaukee, WI
age: 50
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SALUTE GF!
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| 2/1/2008 8:57:40 PM |
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reenie4
Milwaukee, WI
age: 50
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| 2/1/2008 9:00:38 PM |
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bubbadt
Kennedy, NY
age: 65
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This brought back many many memories.
I guess you grew up beside me, lady
everything you listed was MY life
growing up. I am stunned, how anyone
could have listed this and not lived it.
Your wonderful.
The rolled down stockings? Grandmother
black dress everyday? grandmother until the day she passed.
the food traits everything is exact.
You missed this one A fight between relatives at every reunion.
Feeling grown up to call cum mangati at dinner time.
The wonderful smell of home made bread EVERYDAY.
I could go on and on.
Thank you, you made my night
Im not cryin, just my allergies actin up.
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| 2/1/2008 9:06:14 PM |
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rodbender
Pekin, IL
age: 49
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Waaaaayyyyy tooo funny! I can relate to almost all of them! What do you call a one armed italian? speech impediment.
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| 2/1/2008 9:07:43 PM |
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chopperbabe
Selah, WA
age: 47
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I can sure relate to the hands moving when talking. All one needs to do is hold both my hands (yes, at the same time) and I just can't talk 
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| 2/1/2008 9:11:28 PM |
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italianlady05
Omaha, NE
age: 53
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Hi everyone!!!
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| 2/1/2008 9:14:38 PM |
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1pinkstar
Omaha, NE
age: 55 online now!
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I am not italian, but my best friends were.
What about making the sign of the cross when you pass by a church?
Not wearing purple since it is considered bad luck?
Always having something cooking on the stove.
Advising women not to date italian men, because they cheat on you...no chance of an exception. (and they can do that since they are so good looking!)
Having at least one cousin in jail on gambling or racketeering charges.
You feed your french poodle pizza.
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| 2/1/2008 9:18:55 PM |
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bertdcaveman
Reno, NV
age: 40
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You cry watching the Disney Movie Classic "Lady and the Tramp" spaghetti scene. I guess I'm not Italian. I better run back to my cave now 
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| 2/1/2008 9:32:19 PM |
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reenie4
Milwaukee, WI
age: 50
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So happy you all enjoy the humor of our heritage! It ROCKS! .. gotta tell you, I love cooking and feel it a LOST ART.."authentic" ~TAKE A BOW to my nonna...(interested as a child and knows exactly the measurement of what a "pinch is".... I should start a book. LOL... I belong to the "Italian Community those gals want to revive it, God Bless!! A lost ART!!! (referring to cooking) I go every year..check it out....http://www.festaitaliana.com/ I am a member of the ICC, nailed the contract for this year's entertainers.( I am a hotel person) ~wink~ BTW... my specialty is old world Italian cookin', what a lost art huh?... Arincini anyone???? Reenie's in da HOUSE!!!! I am keepin' it ALIVE GUYS AND GALS!!! Thank you Nonna! I appreciate your patience.... Reenie is keeping it alive, and passing on your knowlege!!! Love YOU!!! OK Nonna... it's as close to a zucchini as I can get 
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| 2/1/2008 9:34:20 PM |
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italianlady05
Omaha, NE
age: 53
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Reenie..you rock girlfriend!!
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