VIII. Comunidades portuguesas dos Estados Unidos

VIII COMUNIDADES PORTUGUESAS NOS ESTADOS UNIDOS...
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You have grape vines in your backyard.
You earned over $10,000 for your first communion.
To hell with the Turkey and Roast Beef! X-mas dinner was bacalhau au braz,
baby!
A barbeque does not consist of burgers on the grill... Hello! Can you say
sardinhas?
You’ve had your license for a month, but your $20,000 car has been «hooked
up» for a year. I’m talking rims, tints, a system...
A wooden spoon equals discipline, or if you ever had to duck so you wouldn’t
get hit with flying shoes.
Your parents anticipate that you’ll marry your first long-term boyfriend/girl-
-friend.
When you hear the word «Sagres» you think Beer, not historical marine
school.
Nothing beats a buttered papo-seco.
You think that 2am is too early to go to bed and that 11am is to early to get
out of bed.
Your grandmother tells you look sick because you are too thin.
Your parents make you eat 3 servings of dinner at each sitting otherwise they
think you don’t like the cooking. You’re proud to be Portuguese – and you
pass these jokes on to all your Portuguese friends! 77
Ainda outra versão:
You know you are Portuguese when:
1) If you have ever been hit by a «Chinela» or «Fivela» or wooden spoon.