Something humorous (lol)

[Henia 11]

Hello Everyone....

I found this a message board...and I thought it was soooo funny... I am not Tunisien, neither is my man...but many of these things below are also in the Algerian culture too...

And declaimer to anyone thinking I am making fun of anyone's culture...IM NOT...so plz dont send any replies saying that....

Anyway everyone enjoy......

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You are TUNISIAN (or married to a Tunisian) if you...

1. If you spend half the day in the café, smoking shisha, and playing "Rami"

2. If you've gone through this situation at least once: You go to any public/government office to ask for an important paper, and they tell you Arja3 godwa!!! [ "Come back tomorrow!" ]

3. For the guys: If you tease every hot girl you see in the street.

4. If cursing is like breathing for you. You cant stop it.

5. If you give a beep [ usually called an "appelle" ] to the person you wanna talk to, and then wait for him to call you back.

6. If "sa7fa lablabi wi sandwich kafteji" are your favorite fast foods.

7. If you say "Ya7 bani" when youre surprised. In English that means, "Holy f***!!"

8. You cant have a meal without "khobz" [ bread ]

9. You congratulate someone [ Mabrouk!!! ] if he or she got a visa for Europe or the States.

10. Use the term "donkey" to insult people: "Ya Bhim" or "Ya Hmar"

11. Say "inshaAllah" as a nice way of saying no. [ HAHA! ]

12. Traffic lights and signs make colorful decorations for street.

13. Your relatives alone could populate a small city.

14. When you are talking to your parents on your cell phone and your non-Arab friends are around, they always think your arguing, when in reality you are having a nice conversation.

15. You put olive oil in and on everything you eat.

16. Your grandma always asks you when she can dance at your wedding. "Waktech nafr7ou bik?" [ "When will we celebrate you?" ]

17. If you say "Y3aychek" to say Thanks [ it literally means "May God make you live longer" ]

18. If you wanna go to a place which is not significantly far, and you stop a taxi, the taxi driver's response is most likely to be something like, "Mechi nochrob 9ahwti... same7ni!" [ "I'm off to drink some coffee now, sorry!" ]

19. The yellow bus, "el car essafra" is a very convenient place for flirting and hooking up.

20. Weddings usually last a week or more "Sab3a yem wou sab3a lyeli," as we put it. [ Henna el kbira, Henna essghira, katben ezdek, soulamiya, el Hammam]

21. If you're girl and your mother is having constant visits from a friend of hers whom you don't really know, they're most likely hooking you up with someone. [ AHAHA ]

22. Youd better have 5 or 10 bucks in your pocket in case you have to get going when you get pulled over. No time to discuss with the "boulis!"

23. People are never happy with what you've achieved: if you graduated from high school [ el bac ] they'll tell you, "El 3oqba lil maitrise" [ We can't wait for the Bachelor's degree ], and when you get that, they say, "El 3oqba lil doctorat" [ Can't wait for the Doctorate's degree ], and when you get that, they say, "3oqba lil 3ars" [ Marriage ], and when you get married "Inchallah kima nchoufou a3ndek" [ Hopefully all your kids are like you ] etc..

24. If you start talking to a Tunisian friend about your friends you will definitely find a mutual friend [ Eh oui! Tunis sghira! ]

25. Your other Arab friends make fun of your dialect and say that your language is not Arabic since you use [ lets say ] 20f your words in French.

26. If HARISSA is present in all your meals!!

[lostinlove228 0]

Well this is definetly the Arabic Culture in General. The day I got engaged, I started being bugged about children.

This is hilarious. I would have to agree with number 25. I could not read a single one of the Tunisan words.

[~Jess~ 0]

ohhh goodness, the children begging........yikes. yep since the day we landed here they been hassling me......but since his sister found out we were living together she been asking 'wheres the baby, when ya gonna have a baby' and that was like 6mths before we got married!!

[iceyspots 0]

lol....... speaking of that Jess... yesterday Yacine's grandmother asked me ... "So why arent you pregnant yet!!!!!!" lol..... scary!

[amal 4]

hillarious and oh so true in arabic culture in general!! You got me laughing!! thanks, i needed that!!

amal

[samir_shannon 0]

HAHAHA MY FIANCE IS ALGERIAN HAHAHAHAHAHAHA TOO FUNNY

[spokaneblueyes 0]

THANKS FOR THE LAUGH. I AM MARRIED TO TUNISIAN AND THIS JOKE IS ALL TRUE.

[Anna and Ali 13]

number 14 is so true! I used to be like Ali, why are you yelling at Mahmoud, he just called to say hello. And Ali is always oblivious and says we were just "discussing" something. His discussions are LOUD! I'm afraid he'll scare people on public transit with his "chit chat"! haha