Romanian style

This post is for the amusement of my Romanian friends. Americans will probably find the following bizarre/freakish/off-the-wall/crazy, you name it.

You know you're Romanian when..

• You grew up on liver pate sandwiches.... and thought that it was normal.
• You make your own noodles.
• You had to share a room until you were 21.
• You eat everything with sour cream.
• You try and reuse gift wrappers, gift boxes, and of course aluminum foil.
• You are standing next to the two largest suitcases at the airport.
• You arrive one or two hours late to a party - and think its normal.
• All your children have nick names, which sound nowhere close to their real names.
• You talk for an hour at the front door when leaving someone's house.
• You know what a Dacia is.
• Your parents never throw anything away and if you by some chance manage to get something to make it to the garbage can... it mysteriously appears back where it was again.
• You have lace tablecloths.You have lace curtains.
• You have lace curtains hanging across doorways.
• You have rugs covering every inch of your house.
• You have or ever had rugs on your walls.
• Your mom tells you you're too skinny even though your 30 pounds overweight.
• You ever heard of 'stomach stew'.
• Your mom tells you you're too skinny even though your 30 pounds overweight.
• You ever said, "Nu pot right now ca sunt busy!" or any other sentence in a similar bilingual format.
• Your house is full of Romanian medicine that is probably illegal here.
• You ever had to hide your little tv from your parents.
• You and your friends have ever been kicked out of a restaurant or recreational park for being too loud or rowdy.
• Your mom recycles plastic cups and paper plates, and sandwich bags by washing them.
• You have a vinyl tablecloth on your kitchen table.
• You use grocery bags to hold garbage.
• Your dad ever butchered a pig or lamb.
• You ever ate pig skin.
• You keep leftover food in your fridge in as many numbers of bowls as possible.
• Your kitchen shelf is full of jam jars, varieties of bowls and plastic utensils (Got free with some household items).
• Your mom ever chased you with a rolling pin or a broom telling you to stop so that she could hit you.
• Your dad ever threatened to smack you across the mouth for being disrespectful.
• Asking if you can get a discount at a discount store on clearance items is normal and not embarrassing for your parents.
• You don't use measuring cups when cooking.
• You feel like you've gotten a good deal if you didn't pay tax.
• You can only travel if there are 5 persons at least to see you off or receive you whether you are traveling by bus, train or plane.
• You only make long distance calls after 11 p.m.
• If you don't live at home, when your parents call, they ask if you've eaten, even if it's midnight.When your parents meet strangers and talk for a few minutes, you discover you're talking to a distant cousin.
• You have bed sheets on your sofas so as to keep them away from getting dirty.
• It's "normal" if your wedding has 600 people.
• You dont know half the people at your wedding cuz your parents invited them.
• You've seen the ground while inside the lavatory of a train.
• You have mastered the art of bargaining in grocery shopping.
• You walk out of the grocery store with no less then two packed shopping carts weekly.
• You have really enjoyed reading this :)
  

How do my fellow Romanians feel about the list above? Which of those is typical for a Romanian?
Americans, which one do you find to be the most outrageous?

Later Edit (LE):
You sat down to watch Borat and realized it was actually filmed in a ghetto Romanian village and were too embarrassed to tell your friends it wasn't really Kazakhstan

Unfortunately, it is true. It was filmed in a Romanian village.

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