You might be a Desi if.....

• You ask for small drink at fast food restaurant because the refill is free.

• You know more than one plans offered by long distance companies.

• You take plain water instead of Coke for lunch.

• You take any drink with no ice because you can't drink ice.

• You ask before eating any meat "Is this beef?".

• You try to ignore all other unknown desi's around you.

• You know all the facilities available at public library.

• You talk to americans as if you represent your whole country.

• Stove top in your apartment is covered with aluminum foil.

• Your frequent visit to yard 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.

• If you like onion rings at Burger King.

• You are looking for dual voltage appliances.

• The phrase "When are you going to India" comes into your conversation at least once a day.

• If you bought Toyota or Honda car only because it has better resale value.

• The number of long distance calls 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.

• If your full name contains more than 15 characters.

• You know all the $1.50 theaters in your city.

• The only reason you go to a temple on festivals is because there is 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 outside your work.

• You tried to flirt with the Hindi speaking operator at AT&T.

• You have at least one India made pressure cooker in your kitchen.

• You know how much a 7 layer burrito costs at Taco Bell.

• You run to Laundromat in your lungi.

• Put oil in your hair.

• You have a picture of Indian deity on the dashboard of your car.

• If this thought comes to you "Oh shit I just saw another desi" when you are window shopping at a local mall.

• If you keep comparing prices at circuit city 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 are comfortable with an American than an ABCD.

• You have been to Mexico or Canada for multiple entry H1 Visa.

• You pay your bills the day they come in mail.

• Spent 2 days cleaning your apartment before leaving so you can get full security refund from landlord.

• Have a bucket in your bath tub.

• You have to borrow luggage from friends for India visit.

• The smoke detector goes off whenever your are cooking dinner.

• You know which grocery store keeps coriander.

• You buy butter milk before you run out of it.

• You use grocery bags as garbage bags.

• You say "Damn I have already seen this show" when ever you are watching Married With Children.

• You buy rice in the 20 pound bags.

• 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.

• Your idea of fun involves bowling.

• You starts spelling your name to the operator like A as in Apple, B as in boy, T as in train ...well you get the idea.

• You ask another desi if he /she ever got a traffic ticket.

• You haven't had a single female in your apartment besides your friends wife.

• You bring over the counter medicines like iodex and Vicks from India.

• Decide to marry a girl, your parents fixed without even meeting her.

• You know the current differential in gold prices between India and US.

• If you smell like a curry.

• You go to a temple to pick up a women.

• You have worked illegally in a Guju's motel.

• You mark your forehead with scared ash.

• You have a bought a video camera just before Niagara trip and returned it after the trip.

• Wear VIP / Indian brand underwear and undershirts.

• You have Rin (detergent soap cake) in your bathroom.

• You have taken pictures of your car and mailed to your folks back home.

• 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.

• Talk about the sexual escapades of your friend.

• You have never asked a girl out.

• Have bookmarked immigration web pages in your browser.

• You know all of your friends salary.

• Tried to talk in a phony accent with the freshie in the school.

• You have asked a PhD student for a ride to grocery store.

• There are more that 4 guys living in a 2 bedroom apartment.

• You have cooking schedule in your kitchen cabinet.

• You spend at least 2 evenings in a week at Kmart.

• You split even tax from your common grocery bill.

• 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.

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