Eye - Talian TOO FUNNY!

(deactivated member)
on 9/5/08 6:24 am - FL

To all my Italian friends and family, and a few who are not - enjoy! ...and if you're from da Bronks, Brooklyn , New Jursey, or Long Eyeland, you'll really appreciate this!


Eye -Talian


Why do Italia ns hate Jehovah's Witnesses?
Because Italians hate all witnesses.

Do you know why most men from Italy are named Tony?
On the boat over to America they put a sticker on them that said

TO NY


You know you're Italian when . . . . You can bench press 325 pounds, shave twice a day and still cry when your mother yells at you.


You carry your lunch in a produce bag because you can't fit
two cappicola sandwiches, 4 oranges, 2 bananas and pizzelles
into a regular lunch bag.


Your mechanic, plumber, electrician, accountant,
travel agent and lawyer are all your cousins.


You have at least 5 cousins living in the same town or on the same block.  All five of those cousins are named a fter your
grandfather or grandmother.


You are on a first name basis with at least 8 banquet hall owners


You only get one good shave from a disposable razor.


If someone in your family grows beyond 5' 9' - it is
presumed his mother had an affair.


There were more than 28 people in your bridal party.


You netted more than $50,000 on your first communion.

And you REALLY, REALLY know you're Italian when . . . .

Your grandfather had a fig tree.

You eat Sunday dinner at 2:00 (at the latest).

Christmas Eve . . . only fish.

Your mom's meatballs are the best.

You've been hit with a wooden spoon or had a shoe thrown at you, or worse yet - you've experienced BOTH.

Clear plastic covers on all the furniture.

You know how to pronounce 'manicotti' (MAN-EH-GOT) and 'mozzarella'  (MOO - ZAHR - ELL)
[vowels are silent at the end of words]

You fight over whether it's called 'sauce' or 'gravy'
(SAUCE comes from a fruit - gravy comes from meat drippings)

You've called someone a Mamaluke.'

And you understand 'bada bing'.

 

THERESAMARIE
on 9/5/08 7:25 am, edited 9/5/08 7:26 am
ROFLMAO- I needed this!!  I relate to so many of them!!!


Taking the Journey One Day at a Time!Terri

        
(deactivated member)
on 9/5/08 8:44 am - FL
OMG the wooden spoon!
Teresa F.
on 9/5/08 7:34 am - Waldorf, MD
Growing up with two parents born in Italy, your story hit the nail right on the head.  Especially about everyone being named after a grandfather.  In our family it is Frank, and my Mom's meatballs were the best!
Terri F.

"The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you"

(deactivated member)
on 9/5/08 8:45 am - FL
I can't tell you how many Tony's we have it is nuts!
Heather M.
on 9/5/08 1:04 pm - Rosedale, MD
Mmmmm, meatballs!!!  Beef/Pork/Veal in your mom's???  I use the same recipe for my pizza meatloaf as I do for my meatballs and they are SO tender and moist - goes down nice and easy whereas plain beef doesn't!

Revised to VSG (6/11/09) weighing 253...
  

 

 

Heather M.
on 9/5/08 12:56 pm - Rosedale, MD
OMG Kristen! My Mom BROKE a wooden spoon on me! lol  That sucker HURT!

You've been hit with a wooden spoon or had a shoe thrown at you, or worse yet - you've experienced BOTH.

Revised to VSG (6/11/09) weighing 253...
  

 

 

(deactivated member)
on 9/5/08 9:56 pm - FL
Heather I have no doubt that Italian woman has tough ass for a reason, I thought is was a syndrome but it was that spoon and other objects. LOL

I am sorry to hear about your mom, I hope she is well soon.
Hug Kristen
Heather M.
on 9/6/08 1:04 am - Rosedale, MD
Thanks, she's feeling a lot better already.  I know this because she's driving Dad NUTS! lol  This is the third time she's gone through this surgery since having her GB out 21 years ago. 

Revised to VSG (6/11/09) weighing 253...
  

 

 

(deactivated member)
on 9/6/08 6:10 pm - MD
I LOL at the one about TO NY!!!  LOL!  My Dad if half Italian Half german, so only a few of these apply to him.  The one about the meatballs is totally about my Dad and my Gram.  She actually makes them and freezes them and has us bring them to him by plane when we go and visit now that he's not living in MD. LOL!!  People sniff us and go Hmm, since even though they are shrink wrapped and frozen and in an insulated carrier, the aroma still wafts through the air.   Those meatballs are the bomb! 
Most Active
Recent Topics
Therapist Recommendations?
marshmallowstar · 0 replies · 2028 views
Revisions
sauniee · 0 replies · 2976 views
Support
Lalaredd · 3 replies · 4158 views
×