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Humor
You Know You From Hawaii If...
You don’t get why anyone would buy < a 20 lb bag of rice...
You would serve spam as a meat for dinner...
You can taste the difference between teriyaki and kal-bi
You know what a plumeria is and which color would die first
You know why there’s shoes & slippers outside the house
You know what lei day is...
You know what is the "stink eye"; and how to give it...
You can correctly pronouce kalanianaole, kalakaua and aiea
You know what is in the big breakfast at mcdonald’s
You know what a "huli huli chicken" is...
You have one family member whose name is "boy" or "tita"
You say "wat, owe you money?"; "karang your alas"; "da kine"
You know the difference between being hapa and being hapai
You give directions using mauka and makai...
You know what is "hawaii pono’i"...
You know what it takes to get into kamehameha school...
You know how to correctly pronounce "Likelike"...
Someone says "UKU" and your head starts itching. eeww...
You raise your chin to say "wassup" instead of nodding.
When making "Shaka" the back of your hand is facing out.
You say, "Nori" not seaweed paper...
You say "Brah"
You despise the movie "North Shore"...
When your jokes are ‘bout Portugese
If you get one pair of "tata" slippers...
When you e-mail mail people in pidgin...
When it’s 70 degrees and it’s freezing to you.
You use "tako" for bait...
You got lickins’ with "da rubbah slippah"...
You know that "Kukui nut" is not some mental person...
You call it "saimin" not "Top Ramen"...
"Dressing up" means shorts and a aloha shirt.
You say "shave ice", not snow cone...
You know pineapples don’t grow in trees.
Your mouth waters when you hear the words li-hing mui.
You have a permanent rubbah slippah tan line.
You actually like poi.
Your favorite breakfast is Loco Moco or Spam Musubi.
You know you in big trouble when someone says "Like beef?" .
Anything less than 40 percent humidity and you can't breathe.
You Know Someone Is From Hawaii If...
They measure the water for the rice with their finger.
They handle shoyu with green mango, li hing mui gummy bears, raw egg on hot rice.
The condiments shoyu, ketchup, chili peppah watah, kimchee and Hawaiian salt
They go to Maui and their luggage home includes potato chips, manju, cream puffs, and guri guri for omiyage.
They think the four food groups are rice, Spam, fried food, and fruit punch.
A balanced meal has three starches: rice, macaroni, and bread.
They know 101 ways to fix their rubber slippers -- 50 using tape, 50 using glue, and one using a stick to poke the strap back in.
They sometimes use their open car door for a dressing room.
They wear two different color slippers together and they don't mind.
Nice clothes means a T-shirt without puka.
They are barefoot in most of their elementary school pictures.
They have a slipper tan.
Their only suit is a bathing suit.
They drive barefoot.
They have at least five Hawaiian bracelets.
They understand every word Bu Lai'a says & know what his name means.
They still chant "Hanaokolele" when a friend or co-worker goofs up.
They say "Da Kine" and the other person says "Da Kine" and they both know what is "Da Kine."
The "Shaka" and the "Stink Eye" are worth a thousand words.
They feel guilty leaving a get-together without helping clean up.
The idea of taking something from a heiau is unthinkable.
They call everyone older than themselves "Aunty" or "Uncle" and they kiss everyone in greeting and farewell.
They let other cars ahead of them on the freeway and they give shaka to everyone who lets them in. (And get mad if someone they let in doesn't say thanks.)
Their philosophy is "Bumbai."
The only time they honk their horn is once a year during the safety check.
If a child needs a home, they give him one. She/He becomes "Hanai."
Does not understand the concept of North, South, East, and West, but instead gives directions as Mauka, Makai, Diamond Head, Ewa, and uses landmarks instead of street names.
The first thing they look for in the Sunday paper is the Long's ad.
They take off their slippahs before going into the house.
You ask what year they grad and where they grad from, and then you say "eh you know so and so..."
When it's done, they say "pau!"
You can understand and speak PIDGIN english.
You go to dinner and "make one plate" with all the extra food leftover.
You automatically take off your shoes in people's homes.
You wear rubber slippers to the beach.
You eat rice every single day.
When you know NEVER to turn your back facing the ocean.
You've been to almost all of the other islands.
When someone says to "dress up" it means one nice aloha shirt and jeans.
You eat coconuts straight from the shell - and drink the juice.
You know you aren't supposed to whistle at night time, cross your chopsticks, or stick your fork straight out of your rice.
You have highlighted hair.
You eat Arare.
You know what "tutu" means.
You learned to play the ukulele in elementary school.
It's SHOYU, not soy sauce.
To you, sushi means sushi, not RAW FISH!
You eat malasadas
You have a billion pairs of slippers in front your door when your family gets together
You eat portuguese sausage, eggs, and rice for breakfast.
You buy large quantities of toilet paper in case there’s a longshoreman strike.
You call public transportation "da BUS"
You like ume, daikon, and kim chee better than pickles.
You never understood why adding pineapple and ham to a pizza made it Hawaiian to the rest of the world
Your cousin is Japanese-Chinese-French-Filipino-Korean-Scottish-Portuguese-Hawaiian, plus some stuff too manini to mention
The best cooks all use lots of mayonnaise
"You like beef" has nothing to do with what's for dinner
You actually get these jokes and pass 'em on.
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