• When there is a sale on toilet papers, you buy 100 rolls
• You use dishwasher as a dish rack
• You save grocery bags, mostly to hold garbage
• You fight over who pays the dinner bill
• You majored in Engineering, Computer Science, or Medicine
• No one you're related to is a music major
• When you go to a dance party, you stand close to the wall surrounding the dance floor trying to look cool
• You feel like you got a good deal if you didn't pay tax
• You look up phone numbers in the Yellow/White pages rather than making a *69 call
• You only make long distance calls after 9 pm
• You like the meat well done
• You've joined a CD club at least once
• You avoid motels especially if there is an acquaintance within 250-mile radius of your destination
• You have a box of tissue or a towel in your car
• The car you own is most likely a Camry or Accord
• When you dine out (very rarely) you think that $1 is a good tip
• You head towards the clearance section as soon as you walk  into a store
• Your favorite brand name is "IRREGULAR"
• A pungent odor of spices hits as soon as someone enters your home
• You call fluorescent lights "tube lights" and a flashlight a "torch"
• When you travel to your country you tie up your luggage with a rope to keep it from opening apart
• You get very upset when the airline agent refuse to accept your luggage which is just 60 pounds overweight
• You ask your dad a simple question and he tells you a story of how he had to walk two miles barefoot just to get to school
• You call an older person you never met before "uncle"
• When your parents meet a stranger and talk for a few minutes, you discover he is your distant cousin
• You ask for small drink at fast food restaurant because the refill is free
• You know more than one plan offered by long distance companies
• You take plain water instead of Coke for lunch
• Before eating any meat, you ask: "Is this beef?"
• You try to ignore all other unknown Indians around you
• You tell your friends about this wonderful opportunity, and invite them to an Amway meeting
• You know all the facilities available at public library
• You talk to Americans/Canadians as if you represent your whole country
• The stove top in your apartment is covered with aluminum foil
• You frequent to garage sales every week
• You find taco bell sauce packets in your kitchen drawer
• Your dinner involves spreading newspaper on living room floor
• You take off your shoes before stepping foot in your living room
• You like onion rings at Burger King
• You shop around for dual voltage appliances
• The phrase "When are you going to India" comes into your conversation at least once a day
• You bought Toyota or Honda car only because it has better resale value
• The number of long distance calls you make is more than domestic calls
• You keep switching your internet service provider because first month is free.
• You go back to your apartment for lunch
• Your full name contains more than 15 characters
• You know all the $2.00 theaters in your city
• The only reason you go to a temple on festivals is because there of the free food
• You have spent nights in the car while traveling because you wanted to save money spent on cheap motel
• You don't know any American/Canadian outside your work
• You have at least one India made pressure cooker in your kitchen
• You run to the Laundromat in your lungi
• You put lots of oil in your hair
• You keep comparing prices at Future Shop for the phone you bought six months ago
• The lawyer handling your green card is in your speed dial
• You are compelled to visit ever major city in US, just so as to say that "Yes I have been there "
• You have been to Mexico or Canada for multiple entry H1 Visa.
• You pay your bills the day they come in the mail
• You spend 2 days cleaning your apartment before leaving so you can get full security refund from landlord
• You have a bucket in your bath tub
• You  borrow unused luggage from friends when visiting India
• The smoke detector goes off whenever you are cooking dinner
• You know which grocery store has the freshest coriander
• You buy milk before you run out of it
• You buy rice in the 20 pound bags or more
• Office supplies mysteriously find their way in your house
• You don't want to buy a printer because you can always use the office printer
• You have postponed buying answering machine because the computer you are planning to buy six months later has in built answering machine
• You start spelling your name to the operator like R as in Rainbow, A as in apple , M as in monkey ...well you get the idea
• You ask another Indian if he/she ever got a traffic ticket
• Your medicine cabinet contains medicine like Iodex and Vicks from India
• You know the current differential in gold prices between India and US
• You have a bought a video camera just before Niagara trip and returned it after the trip
• You wear VIP/Indian brand underwear and undershirts.
• You always wear a "Banyan"
• You have Rin (detergent soap cake) in your bathroom
• You have taken pictures of you and your car and mailed to your folks back home
• You use the credit card with maximum cash back
• You have collected enough frequent flier miles for a international trip
• You are saving more that 30 % of your salary
• You've book marked immigration web pages in your web browser.
• You know your friends salaries
• You tried to talk in a phony American accent to impress other Indians
• You spend at least 2 evenings in a week at Kmart/Wal Mart
• You split even the tax out of your common grocery bill
• You complain about Indian international airports on your first vacation to India
• You take 4 week long vacation
• You are the first to know about any on campus job openings at the school library/cafeteria/computer center
• When you tell your parents you got 98%, and they ask you what happened to the other two percent
• Your parents worry what other people will think if you're not going to be a doctor/lawyer/engineer
• When you go back to India, people treat you like a member of the royal family
• You're walking out of customs with your trolley at the airport in India and you see that all twenty-five members of your family who have come to pick you up
• You teach Americans/Canadians swear words in your language
• You put your clothes in suitcases instead of wardrobes
• Your parents measure wealth in gold and diamonds
• You say you hate Indian films and songs but secretly watch or hear them with your parents
• You prefer using chili sauce instead of tomato ketchup
• Your parents always say, "It's cheaper in India."
• Trying to assimilate into the American or Canadian society, you've changed your name from Ramandeep Jitinder Sandhu Akash to LeRoy Jenkins
• You play Antakshari

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