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You are Polish if... [433]
-you have relatives who aren't really your relatives
-you know how to sing Sto Lat and sing it on all holidays/special occasions
-you love soccer
-you know very well Pope John Paul II was Polish and his name was Karol, not Carol.
-you go to Midnight Mass every Christmas Eve and keep your Christmas tree up till February.
-you know it’s wodka. not vodka.
-you open your presents on Christmas Eve.
-you don't feel the need to add an "s" to Pierogi because you already know the word is plural and it annoys you when others do.
-you see a girl/guy and the first thing you check out are her eyes
-you sometimes slip up when speaking English and add an ‘y’ to already plural English words.
-you love electronica, dance, and European techno in general
-your parents make you listen to polish disco
-you can spot Polish people like Asians can spot each other
-your grandparents hardly (if at all) speak English
-when you're at a stranger's house, you expect their garbage can to be under the sink
-you always take off your shoes as soon as you step into someone else's house, even when they say you don’t have to.
-you still think that American weddings should last days, not hours.
-you know Chopin was born in Poland and not in France
-your grandma understands you better than you understand yourself
-you were speaking Polish before you were English
-you have never eaten meat on Good Friday
-you dash your sevens and hat your ones
-your parents have no idea how to use a computer except for solitaire.
-your grandmother has a picture framed of Pope John Paul II, right beside your family photo
-your family considers mushroom/berry picking as 'having a good time"
-your grandma insists you wear slippers because the floor is chilly and you'll get a cold.
-you have paper towels in the house but they're just for show, because everyone knows -you're supposed to use a cloth.
-all your friends wished they were Polish because of Śmingus Dingus
-you couldn't say a bad word, even butt, around your mother without getting smacked.
-you would fail a blood/drug test because you've eaten so much poppy seed cake
-you, or your family/Polish friends talk in English, you occasionally slip in Polish words, and it's ok because you all know what each other are saying.
-your grandma can tell if you like a girl/guy just by looking at you
-you often doodle the polish eagle during class
-someone in your family owns a car with a Polish sticker on the back
-there are curtains on all of the windows in your house, even in the bathroom.
-you celebrate your birthday and your name day.
