Just as I'm called a "banana", you must fit the "egg" nickname?

Bieg, it's one thing to make fun of another race. I'm just having fun with myself here and it would seem that others like me can have a good chuckle about it too. These 88 things are not derogatory IMO, but rather, a commentary about some of the "odd" idiosyncracies of our heritage.

A couple more "curious" items that could have been added to the list:

You have a box of Kleenex on your car's rear window sill.

You make your wife sit in the back seat to keep the kids company.

Somewhere in your fleet of vehicles is a Toyota Camry.

Even though you can just barely afford it, you also have a Mercedes.

If nothing else, you wash your feet before going to bed.

You never go to bed with wet hair.

You never sit on a surface that is still warm from someone else having sat there.

 

And you have doilies on the head rests.

 

LOL

Let's see:

You have a box of Kleenex on your car's rear window sill - it's actually on the floor of the rear passenger compartment so I can reach it.

You make your wife sit in the back seat to keep the kids company - hey, babies need entertainment, they have a hard time entertaining themselves! Putting their feet in their mouths can get old

Somewhere in your fleet of vehicles is a Toyota Camry - hehehe, or a Honda Accord!

Even though you can just barely afford it, you also have a Mercedes - buwahahaha, so true!

If nothing else, you wash your feet before going to bed - my face, and of course I brush my teeth.

You never go to bed with wet hair - my wife let's it dry out naturally first.

You never sit on a surface that is still warm from someone else having sat there - hmm...never considered that one, but a cool seating surface is always more welcome in the summer.

How about:

- Can't go without rice for more than 48 hours?

 

That's not the case for me. I wasn't offended because, as far as I was concerned, this message was posted in good humor, and there's nothing in the list that I find particularly offensive/derogatory. (I suppose some would say, "collecting coupons," "driving around for cheap gas" etc borderline offensive...).

I didn't know xviper is Chinese until further down the thread when he said so, and I wasn't in any way offended even before that.

Also, one of my pet peeve is when some one says derogatory stuff about their own people, and thinks it's ok, because I personally think it's not...

Oh, and here's another for the list (applies to us South East Asian Chinese, dunno about everyone else)):
The pig and it's various internals are part of your everyday diet.

 

Ming, I think this is for health reasons. Certain diseases can be contracted from sitting in the same seat someone just sat in (if he/she has the disease, not sure which one exactly).

I managed that in college.
NEVER AGAIN!

 

hey man, don't be knockin' on pig ears, intestines, and pig blood! they're great foods!

i guess that's the Taiwanese in me talking

 

blood and intestines... mmmm...

have you had this spicy Sze Chuan dish called, "wu3 geng4 chang2 wang4"?

 

I just realized I called you Ming...
I have a friend by that name, so I guess I'm just used to typing that

 

Deep fried pig large intestine =

 

Ooooh.... you just made my mouth water...
You're talking about the stuff that's fried till it's red on the outside right?