PROUD TO BE AN ISLANDER..LOL..SOMETIMES

YOU KNOW YOU'RE AN ISLANDER WHEN....

* There is an accident and you are the only one laughing.

* Your Mother says that at 25, you're too young to have a boyfriend.

* You ask for a dust-pan and you get handed a magazine or a newspaper.

* You run into Grandma at the Shopping Centre wearing one white and one
red sock...with jandals.

* Being whacked with a leather belt is considered discipline not child
abuse.

* At any major function, instead of a plate, your food comes in a box
that used to hold a 24-pack soft drink.

* You run into a mountain of shoes blocking the front door to the house.

* You've always been given a hiding with a rubber jandal but had to go
fetch it first.

* You ask for some gel to put in your hair before you go out and your
Mum throws you a bottle of Baby Oil instead.

* You can sprint barefoot on sharp stones and rocks.

* You have an Aunty with a fully grown moustache.

* You go to an Island Social and the band members are wearing dark
shades even though it's late in the evening.

* You have an Uncle who is always drunk and starts fights at family
weddings and at anybody elses.

* You call a computer - gomputa, Coke- Goke and drugs - trucks.

* You've been given a hiding by your Father that lasted more than half
and hour.

* Your sister has more muscular legs than your Father.

* You have sat in a 4-seater car with up to 8 other people.

* All cereals are called 'Gorn Flakes'

* You're getting a hiding and your parents ask, "What are you crying
for?"

* You've had your hair pulled by your Mother in front of schoolmates at
the Supermarket

* You think you're a pro at volleyball

* You have a huge banquet on Sunday and live on cocoa-rice for the rest
of the week...

* You bring your palagi friends over to watch "FRIENDS" and just as it
starts, your Mum turns the TV off and says, "time for our family
prayer.."

* You've had an afro at some stage in your liffe (boys AND
gurls) and thought you looked cool.

* You almost drown at the beach and when the lifeguards return you to
your parents, they kindly thank them, then wait till they've left before
they both give you a hiding.

* You go to the islands rich and come back poor....

* You have a big velvet picture of The Last Supper in your living room

* You need a sleep after every meal

* A relation of yours drives a taxi


and the last but not least


* You know the difference between all the different types of corned beef