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U know u r a Russian when...

Your car costs more than your college education

Your blood has a permanent vodka content level, no matter you have been drinking or not

Your idea of a normal Friday or Saturday night is spending it raving with 200-300 of your closest friends

You know the new line of Nokia's 3 months before they come out on the market

You can't go to the movies on Sunday night without having to save 20 seats for your late friends

You are somehow related to most of the people you know

Your uncle is a former employee of the KGB

You can be identified as "Russian" by your scent (D&G or Aqua de Gio cologne)

You have a personalized license plate

Typical Friday/Saturday night phone call to your friends starts with "So what are we doing tonight?"

Some English words like "use, shop, apply, and etc." permanently become a part of your conversational

You are standing next to the two largest suitcases at the airport

You arrive one or two hours late to a party - and think it s normal

All your children have nicknames, which sound nowhere close to their real names

You know someone with 20 kids

You can fit 10 people into a mini couper

Girls can't have boyfriends when they are 17 but they have to be married at 18

Your parents tell you not to care what your friends think but they won't let you do certain things because of what other brothers and sisters will think

Your car windows are tinted twice the legal limit

Going over 100 mph is routine

You're driving on 2 tickets and don't remember what your license looks

You say "lets meet at 9″, you actually mean "I'll wake up at 9, take a shower, eat, watch tv and meet you at 12″.

At least 5 of your relatives are named Volodia, Yura, Olya, Oksana, Nataliya or Tanya

You can make pancakes in 18 different flavors

You sing at every party you go to

You don t know how to use a dishwasher

You use grocery bags to hold garbage

Your kitchen shelf is full of jam jars, varieties of bowls and plastic utensils

You eat bread with everything

You don't think things are that bad right now

You answer the phone by saying 'allo, allo, allo' before giving the caller a chance to respond

When crossing the street, you sprint

You let the telephone ring at least 4 times before you pick it up because it is probably a misconnection or electrical fault

You hear the radio say it is zero degrees outside and you think it is a nice day for a change

You're not sure what to do when the GAI (traffic cop) only asks you to pay the official fine

You plan your vacation around those times of the year when the hot water is turned off in your hometown

You ask for no ice in your drink

You know what Dostoyevsky's favourite colour was

You know seven people whose favorite novel is 'The Master and Margarita'

You change into slippers and wash your hands as soon as you walk into your apartment

You can read barcodes, and you start shopping for products by their country of production

You are rude to people at the airport for no reason

You have to check your passport for an arrival-in-Russia date

You changed apartments 6 times in 6 months

You remember how many kilos you weigh - but forget how many pounds

You see a car behind you with flashing lights and think it's some politician

You don't feel guilty about not paying on the trolleybus

You know the Moscow Metro better than you know the subway system where you live now

You sit in silence with your eyes shut for a few moments before leaving on any long journey

You look in the mirror to turn away bad luck if you have to return home to pick up something you've forgotten

You go back to Scotland and notice how frosty, unemotional, unsentimental and cold the Brits are and long to return to the warm rush of the Russian soul

You are afraid of offending someone by asking him or her what they do for a living

You dress up in your best outfits for work and ride the metro

When the word 'salad' ceases for you to have anything to do with lettuce

When mayonnaise becomes your dressing of choice

When you begin paying attention to peoples' floors and can distinguish the quality of linoleum and/or parquet, and thus determine social status, taste, and income e.g. embezzled, earned, pension, unpaid, etc.)

You can spark a debate by asking for a decent Mexican restaurant

When pulled over by a policeman, you pretend not to speak Russian

When a streetcab tries to over-charge you, you turn the incident in to an example of how Russia is loosing its dignity in the eyes of the world

You are no longer surprised when your taxi driver tells you that before Perestroika he worked as a rocket scientist

You continue to 'cross' the number 7 back at home

You think it's cold , no matter what season you return home

You specify 'no gas' when asking for mineral water

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