There comes a point in an argument between all Desis and their ABCD children when the Desi parent will inevitably invoke the ‘only $8.00 in my pocket’ story. The point usually comes about 26 seconds after the ungrateful ABCD child has requested an iPod, a car, or $8 to go to the movies.
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Archive for March, 2008
5. Desis Love Telling You about Having $8.00 in Their Pocket
Posted in ABCD, Desis, Money, tagged ABCD, Desis, Immigration, Money on March 27, 2008 | 10 Comments »
4. Desi Women Love Pulling Stuff out of Their Cleavage
Posted in Desis, Women, tagged Cleavage, Desis, Sari, Women on March 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »
It is a fact well known that the cleavage of a Desi woman is safer than Fort Knox and just as filled with treasures. This long-honored option began as a response to the storage limitations of the sari (lots of fabric, no pockets). After the first Desi woman who discovered that she had [...]
3. Desis Love Talking about Their Digestive Tract
Posted in Desis, Food, Health on March 16, 2008 | 4 Comments »
When sitting down to a meal with Desis, one will often be asked earnestly and directly about the cut, color and clarity of one’s last bowel movement. Such questions are particularly common at the breakfast table as a means of gaging the dietary dos and don’ts for the coming day.
After an initial assessment, a [...]
2. The Desis Loving to Be Using the Funny Grammar
Posted in Language on March 15, 2008 | 4 Comments »
It is common to hear Desis talk about actions both past and present in the progressive tense. Their belief in reincarnation infuses their sense of the present and past into a continuous, recurring activity. Therefore when communicating with Desis, it is useful to modify sentences to fit the Desi world view as expressed in grammar. [...]
1. Desis Love to Bargain
Posted in Money on March 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Do not confuse the title with ‘Desis Love a Bargain’. No doubt, they love that too, (and we’ll get to that) but the bargain is so much sweeter as a noun once they’ve had to employ the verb to get it. Desis especially love to bargain in places where the price is supposedly fixed. Desis, [...]
