1.You own a copy of Kuch Kuch Hota Hai on video, cd, and cassette

2.You think Limachol and Vicks is the cure for every sickness.

3.All of your Jewelry is strictly from Liberty Ave or Jackson Heights

4.When something is $1.29, you fight to pay $1

5.You say "bugga king" instead of Burger King

6.You call a rolling pin a "belna"

7.You say "tree" instead of three

8.You call asian people "chynee "

9.You close your doors so your clothes dont smell like curry

10.You send barrels back home with canned foods and clothes

11.You get "licks"

12.Your wedding cake is either rum cake or black cake and when u go to weddings u take di biggest piece, then take some home to eat later, when u really plan to eat it in the car on the way home .

13.When you are at a party, you request the Dj to play "lotala", "chutney bacchanal" or "the frog remix song"(mere khabowmein jo aiye)

14.Your grandparents have gold teeth

15.You call Holi "phagwah"

16.You dont wash yuh skin out, but yuh "RENSE" yuh skin

17.You use the phrase "oh scunt" to describe when you are vexed, upset, happy, surprised, dissapointed, and basically whenever else it needs to be said cause it's an all purpose phrase

18.You laugh till you in pain when you see a add for POKEMAN

19.You think Teefin is ah skill

20.When old indian music come on your parents yell, "yah hear chune! Da rass is chune! Na wha all yuh deez does listen to!"

21.You dont attend wedding ceremonies, you party at de reception and when you do attend wedding ceremonies, yuh rass ah sit down quiet and nah mek naise, before the pundit halla pan you an' yuh mudda have to "box yuh rass", and den when nite time come, yuh bruk out paan di reception hall dance floor, and yuh mudda...... di same lady wah beena halla paan you fi keep quiet, is the one winin' up right next to you at di reception!!!

22.you "chew up" your chicken bones n suck out the marrow ... in public

23.your idea of "just now" ranges from 5 minutes to 5 hours

24.yuh know to suck your teeth at least 10 different ways

25.when your leavin your home you always ensure yuh "wearing a clean buckta or pantee" and that "yuh skin oil" in case yuh get "knock down"

26.the words "fire, fire, bun meh hand" used to drive the fear of the devil thru yuh young heart

27.you got read nancy stories as a child for bedtime

28.you sniff Vicks when you get a cold

29.you on 'guyanese time' n yuh alway late

30.you got licks for doing absolutely nothin n they beat you wit whatever thing is closest, weither that be a shoe or a broomstick, n yuh backside would be sore for a week!

31.yuh get licks in syllables too

32.when you does get "bad eye" and you does gat fi get "jar-ray" wid peppah, 5 piece a painta broom stick, onion skin, garlic skin, and salt. LMAO

33.When you have or know someone that has an air freshener with the crown cover and the matching crown thing for your tissue box in your car

34.when your parentz cut down ur name to short form and put an "O" and the end.. for example Marcus, they would say marco

35.you're coming back from guyana, and in your suitcase in each leg of pairs and pairs of pants have a different bottle of alcohol inside. normally el dorado 5, 10, 15 and 25 year old, only because they dont want to pay the extra tax for importing alcohol

36.Someone in your family drives an outdated maxima

37.its not married "its MAR-red"

38.When you call a flash light "TARCHLIGHT"

39.Yu know what it is like to be "sent for de belt"!!

40.Yu believe that children need discipline.

41.Yu walk wit yuh own pepper sauce!!

42.Sorrel is a Christmas drink, not eggnog.

43.Yu have a freezer in yuh basement or kitchen.

44.Shadow is not a ghost...But a jumbie or duppy might be!!

45.No matter how old yuh are, yuh call yuh parents mummy and daddy.

46.Yu know the meaning of "dahl", "channa", " and
"buss-up-shot".

47.Yu can call yuh fellow country man by an ethnic name and it would be : darkie, reds, chinee-man, yellow, Creole, red-man,White-boy, Boss, Niggah

48."You betta study yuh book" is what yuh hear when yuh get 98 out of 100 on a test..

49.Cod liver oil is good for you, but it still taste likk shit.

50.Yu have a wall unit in yuhr dining room filled with the "good dishes"!!

51.when you does "boonjay" masala or any kind of curry


When you go to International Pancake House and ask fuh Dhal & Roti.

When the only word to describe somebody that can't dance is "Pagaley".

When you spit in a tin can full of carbon, and shake it good before Lighting it up. And set fire to some kerosene soaked steel wool on clothes hanger for your home made fireworks.

When you know what black sage is.

When you invite your girl friend for a date at the cinema, and she bring the whole family.

When you ask the shopkeeper to sell you 2 cigarettes instead of the whole pack.

When you go to school with green mangoes and salt and pepper in your pocket.

When you cover up the mirror when lighting flashing.

When yuh best fren is yuh galfren bruther.

when you know it's time to get up because you hear the first fowl cock in the morning...

When you turn up at a wedding, uninvited, eat up dem food, and drink up dem rum.

WHEN.... children want to be read a "nancy story" before they go to sleep.

When you spout terms like last lick, anti man, mota bike, sweetie,
patacake, buddy.

When you go to the cake shop and buy salara.

When you refer to all chewing gum as "Chico".

When ya pick up ya date and put she pon the wood bar on ya three speed bicycle and ya all gon to brown Bettie for ice cream.

When you remember Good Friday as being quiet and the only thing you are allowed to wear is black, white or purple and eat only
fish .

You used to know at least one banna named Reds, or Coolie boy, or Dougla or Fat Boy, or Buck Boy, or Chinee.

When you know what "gimme lil ting" mean.

When you know when not to touch the radio, because ya mother want to hear death announcements.

When you know the difference between a "ginip" and a "jamoon".

When you know a "cashew" to be a fruit and not a nut.

When you spend Easter Monday flying your kite at the seawall .

Yuh used to run after school fuh buy flutie cone crush, and snow cone with condensed milk .

Yuh went to school wid at least one girl that had a big batty.

When you ask for a buckta instead of underwear.

When..your Air Jordan is a yattinboots...

When ya see a drunk man ride he bicycle all the way home from the rumshop and fall as soon as he reach home.

When you ask for directions and you're told to "go daside and tun lef, den go pass de coconut tree and jump ovah de trench and yuh reach


If you grew up thinking filaria only happened to fat ladies in the market.

If you understand that an offer to "go an' knock/lash a chinee " might not be as much fun if you don't find at least one roach in your rice.

If you know that"bakin' pon"' and "gettin a no ball" has nothing to do with an oven and cricket respectively.

If you fgured out that catching crabs was easy if you could avoid the "tengle- leh".

If you endured "Mass" Games and learned nothing about God.

If you have ever been' vatored' or' vice', had a'buss-head' or a'boongie'.

If, having seen Pancho on TV, you have decided that GT was better off without it.

If you knew that Colonel Ferdinand was never in the GDF.........just GBC.

If you know that neither "eye pass" nor "fat eye" relate to optometry.

If your BeeTee winks when you hear that the Bongo Squad had you shortlisted for an imminent interview......and you can still read this list.

If you call anyone who studies harder than you a 'Book Worm'.,

If you (personally) know at least one 'catchar' who has 'cut up yuh runnings'.

If you have "put two bob pon yuh ticket'.

If you grew up knowing that 'Luckhoo's' was a pool and 'Merriman's' was not.

If 'having no dunzai' was a temporary drawback because either
(a) 'Yuh always know a banna at de gate'; or
(b) 'Yuh could always mole up at de freeco round de corner'. or
(c)Yuh know yuh cud jump de fence...or 'scale de palin'. NB Even if yuh had dunzai...yuh still used to try fuh jump de fence as you believe that not payin is a God given right.

If very early on in your dating life you relalized that he who walks....walks alone.
If you know that 'Number 63' is a beach.

If you know dat 'Lot 12' is not a place to visit or be living.

If you considered the very concept of growing old in Uncle Eddie's or 'The Palms'or 'The Dharam Sala' to be an oxymoron.

If you know that 'Rice- Eater' is a species of dog.