You Know You're Spanish When....
> You put your clean pots in the oven for storage
> Your mother keeps a can full of recycled cooking oil on or near the stove
> Your relatives take photos and videos at a wake.
> You have to say " Bendicion " to your grandmother / mother / aunts when you come in and before you leave
> Your grandma's couch is covered in plastic even though it's older than you
> You call ALL cereal "con flay"
> You call any sneaker "tenis"
> You can't leave a party without taking home a plate of food
> Your grandma makes you put on slippers because walking around barefooted will make you get sick
> You need that piece of cake before you leave the party
> You found out about a Saturday party on Wednesday
> "La Correa" (belt) or "La Chancla" (slipper) were used to discipline you
> You have those huge wooden spoons on the wall
> The biggest pot in the house is burned from all the rice cooked in it
> You blast the music at 8am to clean the house on a Saturday
> The whole family gathers around and stands still in front of the video camera at a wedding, baptism, or birthday party and just smiles like its a regular camera.
> You set up a "hamaca" (hammock) whenever your family goes to the park
> You are older than one of your uncles or aunts
> Your Mom has two sets of dishes and bed sheets: One for everyday use and the other for "cuando llege visita (for visitors)
> Your mother keeps the rice in a big green soda-cracker can and instead of a scoop inside, its a tea cup with a broken handle
> You go to a birthday party and your friends that couldn't go are asking you to bring them back some food
> Your mom / tia (aunt) / abuelita (grandma) has a ceramic elephant on the living room table
> Your favorite dish is pegao (crunchy rice)
> You have an aunt who sells pasteles on the side
> It could be 100 degrees outside and your mom is cooking pernil inside in the oven.
If you're proud to be Spanish - and you pass these jokes on to all your Spanish friends!
> You put your clean pots in the oven for storage
> Your mother keeps a can full of recycled cooking oil on or near the stove
> Your relatives take photos and videos at a wake.
> You have to say " Bendicion " to your grandmother / mother / aunts when you come in and before you leave
> Your grandma's couch is covered in plastic even though it's older than you
> You call ALL cereal "con flay"
> You call any sneaker "tenis"
> You can't leave a party without taking home a plate of food
> Your grandma makes you put on slippers because walking around barefooted will make you get sick
> You need that piece of cake before you leave the party
> You found out about a Saturday party on Wednesday
> "La Correa" (belt) or "La Chancla" (slipper) were used to discipline you
> You have those huge wooden spoons on the wall
> The biggest pot in the house is burned from all the rice cooked in it
> You blast the music at 8am to clean the house on a Saturday
> The whole family gathers around and stands still in front of the video camera at a wedding, baptism, or birthday party and just smiles like its a regular camera.
> You set up a "hamaca" (hammock) whenever your family goes to the park
> You are older than one of your uncles or aunts
> Your Mom has two sets of dishes and bed sheets: One for everyday use and the other for "cuando llege visita (for visitors)
> Your mother keeps the rice in a big green soda-cracker can and instead of a scoop inside, its a tea cup with a broken handle
> You go to a birthday party and your friends that couldn't go are asking you to bring them back some food
> Your mom / tia (aunt) / abuelita (grandma) has a ceramic elephant on the living room table
> Your favorite dish is pegao (crunchy rice)
> You have an aunt who sells pasteles on the side
> It could be 100 degrees outside and your mom is cooking pernil inside in the oven.
If you're proud to be Spanish - and you pass these jokes on to all your Spanish friends!
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