You Know You Have Lived in Turkey Toooo Long When
- You see a busy street full of traffic and fearlessly cross
- You are jaywalking and a car nearly hits you, and you swear at them and make hand gestures
- You yell siktur git at guys trying to help you
- You throw your regular toilet paper in the garbage
- You are afraid of regular kindness from men
- You have a million scarves
- You wonder why you haven't heard the call to prayer yet
- Call to prayer is like your alarm clock
- You look forward to free tea, and are confused when it doesnt come
- You go to the convenience store craving ayran
- You greet people by kissing them on each cheek
- You dont dry your clothes
- You eat way too much bread
- You crave cig kofte
- You are so happy it is a "real toilet"
- You expect to pay to use the bathroom
- Your local bread man is your facebook friend
- You pick up your phone when you are thirsty (to call the water man)
- You say allahallah
- You make hand gestures when you are mad
- You start dancing when you hear arabesque
- You have Ataturk swag
- You take off shoes when you go in the house (did that already)
- You have so many nazar ("evil eyes," literally amulets against evil) you can't count
- You start to like the taste of raki
- You try to bargain at every shop
- You think in lira
- You know about bayram traffic and chaos
- You rush home before ramazan traffic
- You crave Mado, and you know where all the Mados are
- You know where the best and cheapest doner shops are
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