Another hilarious conversation. Too familiar for comfort.
You know you are habesha when....
I LOLed. It's soooo true!! :lol:
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I saw my parents in front of me, I couldn't even finish the clip. :lol:Another hilarious conversation. Too familiar for comfort.
The first guy is hilarious, check out the other videos he has done, he's a fool!
LOL. Gotta love the first one. SMH...that's my pops right there....AND my mama for that matter.
..can't say I identify with the girls tho..
The last dude,...he stole my comedy routine. lol Altho, I wouldn't use self reference to make the point.
..can't say I identify with the girls tho..
The last dude,...he stole my comedy routine. lol Altho, I wouldn't use self reference to make the point.
^^ The part from the girls that killed me was the:
- I'll send you home if you misbehave
- Why a B+; we are African!
- I walked 20 miles to go to school
- Why a boyfriend? I met your dad when I was much older
- Marijuana = Mary jewana :lol:
I heard all of them at some point or other
- I'll send you home if you misbehave
- Why a B+; we are African!
- I walked 20 miles to go to school
- Why a boyfriend? I met your dad when I was much older
- Marijuana = Mary jewana :lol:
I heard all of them at some point or other
^^
Wow, that's so funny. I hope desert watches this part so he won't mess with u again.:lol:
Wow, that's so funny. I hope desert watches this part so he won't mess with u again.:lol:
^^ :lol: That actor is so funny, just watching him makes me laugh.
^^
The first date is never easy. The father looked serious.
Back home, is dating a normal thing or it's done in different ways?
The first date is never easy. The father looked serious.
Back home, is dating a normal thing or it's done in different ways?
Hersh, have you watched this one by the same comedian. I laugh so much when I watch this. It reminds me so much of habesha grannies. The second one is funny too. Anyone who's lived in the DC area can understand.
In traditional Ethiopian culture, dating is not acceptable.^^
The first date is never easy. The father looked serious.
Back home, is dating a normal thing or it's done in different ways?
However, in recent years, it's becoming much more common and ok. With that said, NEVER in high school (which is what that clip was portraying). If you date in high school, you make sure your parents never hear of it or they'll kill you (figuratively of course).
If a guy had come to my house in high school, he would have gotten the **** beaten out of him by my dad AND I'd get in a boatload of trouble too. That's why I thought this was sooo funny. That's exactly how it would go down in 99% of families in Ethiopia.
College and beyond is when it's more or less ok. But even then, people tend to keep it away from family until the relationship is really serious and long-term.
Most of my family never introduce girlfriends/boyfriends to the family until they've decided to get married. It's still uncomfortable. I know my parents would be ok with it, but I don't feel comfortable doing it.
:rofl:
Kibebew geda is too funny. He had a show recently in DC, it was hilarious.
:lol: I was expecting the last scene as soon Mr.Ayenew opened the door!
"We like to eat dinner too!" :lol:
Remember this?
You know you are habesha if:
-You have at least one extended family member living in your house.
-Toothpaste and perfume is considered a home remedy for burns and cuts.
-You have at least 10 relatives in D.C.
-Your parents talk HELLA loud into the phone
-At least three people in your family work at a parking garage, three drive a taxi, two work at a gas station, and one works at Dunkin Donuts.
-You make eye contact and nod your head if you see another habesha on the street
-You can spot an habesha from a mile away
-You parents own or owned a Toyota Corolla or Camry
-You're at a birthday party and you hear: "Ha-py Berezday to You!"
-The letter Z is pronounced "Zed"
-Your mom is in the kitchen for 10 hours & still is not done cooking
-Your freezer is stuffed with kebay, berbere, and injera
-You ask "Are you habesha?", even though you know they are.
-You, your father, and your mother have three different last names
-You brush your teeth with a tree branch
-Every habesha is your "cousin"
-You make sure everybody you know knows you are habesha
-You point out all the habeshas you see on the street to your friends
-You are familiar with the expression "Waaa" and its various functions, which can be used to express a warning, excitement, anger, sadness etc.
-Your mother and her friends gossip over buna/bun.
-Your parents always make you take pictures by flowers or greenery. :rofl:
-When you enter someone's house you spend the first 10 minutes going around and kissing everybody 3 times
-Your parents are positively sure you will marry habesha, and will have it no other way
-Your parents want to call your name but they call all your siblings first before they finally get it right
-You end up with money stuck to your forehead at parties
-You suck your teeth to express that you are sad
-A party starts at 6 and you show up at 10
-Whenever you or parents see something disturbing you mumble "Ayyyyyeee America..."
-You have kissed an elder's knee plenty of times
-Your parents have threatened to send you back home when you misbehave
-You pronounce your last name 20 times for people and they still dont get it right
-"Congra" is short for Congratulations!
-Your parents tell you that the only REAL majors are engineering, or pre-med
-You recognize a simple family gathering to be more than 50 people
-You know at least 7 people who drive a taxi
-Kibae is essential for both your hair and food
-Your t-shirts, jewelry, and car decorations all have green, blue/yellow and red somewhere on it
-You have at least 1 relative living in america
illegally
-You show up to school and work, smellin like wot/tsebhi
-You say things like "what did he said" or "what did he did"
-If your parents say: "shat ap your mouz"
-If you or parents pronounce "the world" as " ze worlid"
-You think the harlem shake and MC Hammer (the running man) was stolen from your
culture
-You have never heard your parents say "I love you" to each other or seen them kiss
-Your parents drink areqi
-You use expressions such as besma'am, ere, oooweeeee, ayyyyyeeee.
-You are forced to eat more injera even though you have already had 2 plates
-Your freezer is stuffed with berbere, and injera
-You are all too familiar with Johnnie Walker Red Label
-You have been beaten with a belt, wooden spoon, shoe, telephone wire, or hanger
-Your parents give you give the evil eye and say "Coyyyyyy"
-Its forbidden to get anything lower than A on your report card, maybe a B, but a C is out of the question
-You always try to get a discount at a store even if the item is on sale
-Your parents get very excited when they hear the word "FREE"
-Your parents tell you how everything is better back home than it is here i.e. manners, water, food,
-Your mom goes shopping w/ rollers in her head
-Your house smells like shinkurt (onions)
-You go to somebody's apt to borrow a dist (a pot where u make wot)
-Your mom used to cut your hair(trim it)
-Your papers say your 5 years younger than you actually are
-You dont have any papers at all
-You listen to the same tigringya, amaringya, oromingya, tape everyday for 6 months straight but you cry when you find out the singer died
-The shortest song is 7 minutes long
-Your family fights over who GETS to pay the bill, who HAS to sit in the front seat, GETS to wash the dishes, etc.
-If at every wedding it looks like all the mothers have robbed a jewlery store
-Everybody back home thinks that you are rich
-Your parents have an old black and white portrait hanging on the wall in which they do not look directly at the camera :hilarious
-Bob Marley is pronounced Bom Barley
-You are at a party and you hear: elelelelelelelelelelelele
-Your parents never let you spend the night at your friends house
-You pronounce "brother" as "brazer"
-You or your parents say you're going back home every year and never go
-Anytime you see someone you know, you kiss them 3 times
-You have family who've been in the states since the 70s, and they still have an accent.
-The men are always in the living room talking politics, and the women are in the kitchen talking about something that happened to someone
-You are laughing right now
You know you are habesha if:
-You have at least one extended family member living in your house.
-Toothpaste and perfume is considered a home remedy for burns and cuts.
-You have at least 10 relatives in D.C.
-Your parents talk HELLA loud into the phone
-At least three people in your family work at a parking garage, three drive a taxi, two work at a gas station, and one works at Dunkin Donuts.
-You make eye contact and nod your head if you see another habesha on the street
-You can spot an habesha from a mile away
-You parents own or owned a Toyota Corolla or Camry
-You're at a birthday party and you hear: "Ha-py Berezday to You!"
-The letter Z is pronounced "Zed"
-Your mom is in the kitchen for 10 hours & still is not done cooking
-Your freezer is stuffed with kebay, berbere, and injera
-You ask "Are you habesha?", even though you know they are.
-You, your father, and your mother have three different last names
-You brush your teeth with a tree branch
-Every habesha is your "cousin"
-You make sure everybody you know knows you are habesha
-You point out all the habeshas you see on the street to your friends
-You are familiar with the expression "Waaa" and its various functions, which can be used to express a warning, excitement, anger, sadness etc.
-Your mother and her friends gossip over buna/bun.
-Your parents always make you take pictures by flowers or greenery. :rofl:
-When you enter someone's house you spend the first 10 minutes going around and kissing everybody 3 times
-Your parents are positively sure you will marry habesha, and will have it no other way
-Your parents want to call your name but they call all your siblings first before they finally get it right
-You end up with money stuck to your forehead at parties
-You suck your teeth to express that you are sad
-A party starts at 6 and you show up at 10
-Whenever you or parents see something disturbing you mumble "Ayyyyyeee America..."
-You have kissed an elder's knee plenty of times
-Your parents have threatened to send you back home when you misbehave
-You pronounce your last name 20 times for people and they still dont get it right
-"Congra" is short for Congratulations!
-Your parents tell you that the only REAL majors are engineering, or pre-med
-You recognize a simple family gathering to be more than 50 people
-You know at least 7 people who drive a taxi
-Kibae is essential for both your hair and food
-Your t-shirts, jewelry, and car decorations all have green, blue/yellow and red somewhere on it
-You have at least 1 relative living in america
illegally
-You show up to school and work, smellin like wot/tsebhi
-You say things like "what did he said" or "what did he did"
-If your parents say: "shat ap your mouz"
-If you or parents pronounce "the world" as " ze worlid"
-You think the harlem shake and MC Hammer (the running man) was stolen from your
culture
-You have never heard your parents say "I love you" to each other or seen them kiss
-Your parents drink areqi
-You use expressions such as besma'am, ere, oooweeeee, ayyyyyeeee.
-You are forced to eat more injera even though you have already had 2 plates
-Your freezer is stuffed with berbere, and injera
-You are all too familiar with Johnnie Walker Red Label
-You have been beaten with a belt, wooden spoon, shoe, telephone wire, or hanger
-Your parents give you give the evil eye and say "Coyyyyyy"
-Its forbidden to get anything lower than A on your report card, maybe a B, but a C is out of the question
-You always try to get a discount at a store even if the item is on sale
-Your parents get very excited when they hear the word "FREE"
-Your parents tell you how everything is better back home than it is here i.e. manners, water, food,
-Your mom goes shopping w/ rollers in her head
-Your house smells like shinkurt (onions)
-You go to somebody's apt to borrow a dist (a pot where u make wot)
-Your mom used to cut your hair(trim it)
-Your papers say your 5 years younger than you actually are
-You dont have any papers at all
-You listen to the same tigringya, amaringya, oromingya, tape everyday for 6 months straight but you cry when you find out the singer died
-The shortest song is 7 minutes long
-Your family fights over who GETS to pay the bill, who HAS to sit in the front seat, GETS to wash the dishes, etc.
-If at every wedding it looks like all the mothers have robbed a jewlery store
-Everybody back home thinks that you are rich
-Your parents have an old black and white portrait hanging on the wall in which they do not look directly at the camera :hilarious
-Bob Marley is pronounced Bom Barley
-You are at a party and you hear: elelelelelelelelelelelele
-Your parents never let you spend the night at your friends house
-You pronounce "brother" as "brazer"
-You or your parents say you're going back home every year and never go
-Anytime you see someone you know, you kiss them 3 times
-You have family who've been in the states since the 70s, and they still have an accent.
-The men are always in the living room talking politics, and the women are in the kitchen talking about something that happened to someone
-You are laughing right now
^^ Make a few edits and additions, and probably 95% of that stuff applies to Somalis as well. I can relate to many things on that list.
We really are closer than we would perceive each other to be. :cheers:
We really are closer than we would perceive each other to be. :cheers:
AMEN!Remember this?
You know you are habesha if:
-You have at least 10 relatives in D.C.
-You make eye contact and nod your head if you see another habesha on the street
-You can spot an habesha from a mile away
-Your mom is in the kitchen for 10 hours & still is not done cooking
-Your freezer is stuffed with kebay, berbere, and injera
-You ask "Are you habesha?", even though you know they are.
-Every habesha is your "cousin"
-You make sure everybody you know knows you are habesha
-You point out all the habeshas you see on the street to your friends
-When you enter someone's house you spend the first 10 minutes going around and kissing everybody 3 times
-A party starts at 6 and you show up at 10
-You pronounce your last name 20 times for people and they still dont get it right
-You recognize a simple family gathering to be more than 50 people
-You think the harlem shake and MC Hammer (the running man) was stolen from your
culture
-You use expressions such as besma'am, ere, oooweeeee, ayyyyyeeee.
-You have been beaten with a belt, wooden spoon, shoe, telephone wire, or hanger
-Its forbidden to get anything lower than A on your report card, maybe a B, but a C is out of the question
-You always try to get a discount at a store even if the item is on sale
-Your parents get very excited when they hear the word "FREE"
-Your parents tell you how everything is better back home than it is here i.e. manners, water, food,
-You listen to the same tigringya, amaringya, oromingya, tape everyday for 6 months straight but you cry when you find out the singer died
-The shortest song is 7 minutes long
-Your family fights over who GETS to pay the bill, who HAS to sit in the front seat, GETS to wash the dishes, etc.
-Your parents never let you spend the night at your friends house
-You or your parents say you're going back home every year and never go
-Anytime you see someone you know, you kiss them 3 times
-You have family who've been in the states since the 70s, and they still have an accent.
-You are laughing right now
:lol: That list is so true, it's not even funny, it's almost scary!
:rofl: the bolded one had me dyin. that's my mom....and "mannew" between every other name.-You can spot an habesha from a mile away
-You parents own or owned a Toyota Corolla or Camry
-Your parents want to call your name but they call all your siblings first before they finally get it right
-Whenever you or parents see something disturbing you mumble "Ayyyyyeee America..."
-You have never heard your parents say "I love you" to each other or seen them kiss
-You have been beaten with a belt, wooden spoon, shoe, telephone wire, or hanger
-Your parents give you give the evil eye and say "Coyyyyyy"
-You listen to the same tigringya, amaringya, oromingya, tape everyday for 6 months straight but you cry when you find out the singer died
-The shortest song is 7 minutes long
-Your parents have an old black and white portrait hanging on the wall in which they do not look directly at the camera
-The men are always in the living room talking politics, and the women are in the kitchen talking about something that happened to someone
-You are laughing right now
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