-If you are good in playing backgammon and chess but can't do your taxes ( i don't get this)
-If you pronounce "gas station", "gas esstation".
-If you carry 3 pagers and 2 cellular phone and no one ever calls you.
-If you claim your dad was a very good friend of SHAH. *
-If you don't own a house and have no job, but still can afford a BMW.
-If you have to shave more than once a day.
-If your in-laws come to visit and they never leave. ( I hope to God that never happens to me!)
-Your parents pronounce their w's as v's-vhat, vhere, vhen, vhy
-Your parents forget the 'h' in 'th' and pronounce their 'th's' as 'd's' -dhat, dheir, dhen
-When Andre Aghassi comes up you immediately pronounce it "aghassi" instead of "agasi" then you start about how his dad was a famous iranian boxer. *
-When you see a farsi/Iranian license plate on the road like "Shaytoon" or "Alis Beemr" you immediately cut through 3 lanes of traffic and try to speed up to see whose in the car. *
-You get excited when a cashier is persian. * ( I think we get excited just to see a Persian/Iranian, for some reason there are very little in my area)
-You walk down Wilshire Blvd in LA and you are trying to eavesdrop on others' Farsi conversations. * (In London!)
-Your parents tell of how they knew/saw Googoosh at parties when she was a little child back in Iran.
-You drink tea at the end of the night to sober up.
-Within five minutes after you leave a party your parents are talking %%%%%%%% about all the people who they were just "ruboosy"ing while you are listening idly in the back seat of the car. *(lol)
-You parents want you to become a doctor or a computer programmer. *
-Your dad tells you daily, "Donyayeh ayandeh, donya yeh computereh"
-You started college as a biology major wanting to go to med school, then you figured you'd become a dentist because its easier, then you tried computer programming, then you switched to become a lawyer, and you finally have ended up as a real estate agent. ( I hope that doesn't happen to me, but its going that way!)
-You use the phrase "Ghorbooneh Shoma" or "Ghorbonat" or "Ghorboonet" at least 30 times a day.
-You start every sentence with "Bebeen"
-You walk down the street with your cell phone in your hand, whereas you could stick it in your pocket or belt clip.