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Posted: **Wed Dec 26, 2007 1:25 pm**

Remember Jeff Foxworthy's "You might be a redneck" jokes

Along the same lines I have come up with "You might R2I". But this is no joke just facts. The intention is not to discourage anybody from R2I but to provide with ground realities after you R2I. You are more than welcome to add to this list.

Every line preceds with IYAHNP (If you absolutely have no problem). So here it goes.

IYAHNP.....

fighting with Doodh (Milk), Paper, Ricshaw, CableWallah, etc on a daily basis.....
Then you might R2I....

when milk comes at 8 and news paper comes after you've left. Or else they might not come at all...
Then you might R2I....

seeing trash on the roads....
Then you might R2I....

passing Mamool to get your job done faster.....
Then you might R2I....

waiting for couple of hours for a person who said he would show up in a few mins.....
Then you might R2I....

handling Unprofessionalism, Politics, Nepotism & Burecracy at the Office....
Then you might R2I....

Wasting time at the office just because others (maybe your Boss) are (pretending to be) working late .
Then you might R2I....

When your domestic help (Maid/Driver) doesn't show up without informing.....
Then you might R2I....

When you know that all your hard earned $$$'s cannot buy you a decent house/Apt of your choice...
Then you might R2I....

When you don't find A/c in places like Movie Theatres, Big Malls, etc...
Then you might R2I....

Driving with other unruly drivers on the road....
Then you might R2I....

Finding the best spot and letting your kid attend to Nature's Call.....When they yell toilet while driving on the countryside
Then you might R2I....

Getting your kid admitted to a good school couple of months prior to the actual start date.
Then you might R2I....

Handling close Family/Friends when they ask for loans (small amount) when they talk in Big amount (usually in Crores)....
Then you might R2I....

Handling close Family/Friends when they ask why you came back in the first place....
Then you might R2I....

when your close Family/Friends lie for simple Tom/Dick & Harry reasons.
Then you might R2I....

when your close Family/Friends show up at your place without informing....
Then you might R2I....

when your spouse wants to go her Parents everytime He/She gets an opportunity....
Then you might R2I....

Posted: **Wed Dec 26, 2007 1:41 pm**

pdev11;67252Remember Jeff Foxworthy's "You might be a redneck" jokes

Along the same lines I have come up with "You might R2I". But this is no joke just facts. The intention is not to discourage anybody from R2I but to provide with ground realities after you R2I. You are more than welcome to add to this list.

Every line preceds with IYAHNP (If you absolutely have no problem). So here it goes.

IYAHNP.....
.[/quote]

IYAHNP...
with your new imported car being scratched by a cycle wala
you might R2I

with hurrying up and waiting for nothing to really happen
you might R2I

Posted: **Wed Dec 26, 2007 5:10 pm**

IYAHNP...
If you want to go to JP Nagar and auto guy takes you to JC Nagar...
you might R2I

If you give a Rs.100 not to pay a Rs.50 fare and auto guy says ''change illa''...
you might R2I.

If it is 8 pm you want to go to Banaswadi and auto guy says''one und half''
you might R2I.

If auto guy cuts lane right in front of a speeding monster truck, and you heart goes ''boom bood boom''
you might R2I

Welcome home:cool: Enjoy the ride. Nothing like a Bengaluru auto guy.

Posted: **Thu Dec 27, 2007 2:59 am**

pdev11;67252Finding the best spot and letting your kid attend to Nature's Call.....When they yell toilet while driving on the countryside
Then you might R2I....
[/quote]

IYAHNP
Giving company to your kids (male) standing next to them "aiming for a farther target"..
Then you have R2I-ed :emwink:

Posted: **Thu Dec 27, 2007 3:27 am**

very interesting post.....lets keep going....

IYAHNP...

If you notice somebody banged your car from behind at a traffic light, you get down only to hear "sorry boss...swalpa adjust madkolli", you might R2I:confused:

If you want to go to City Railway Station and the auto guy says "one and half....waapas khaali barabeku", you might R2I:eek:

If you go 2 hours early to a movie theatre and even after being 10th in the line, you see the board "SOLD OUT" as soon as your turn comes at the ticket window, you might R2I:emcry:

Posted: **Thu Dec 27, 2007 3:50 am**

Just thinking the other way..... how about the ground realities of living in US:

IYAHNP.....
having parents in your house with no/minimum health insurance which doesn't cover existing problems
Then you can continue in US

having kids never speaking your language
Then you can continue in US

having kids celebrating Christmas and not interested in Sankranti/Pongal or Ugadi /new year's day
Then you can continue in US

having kids assuming America has a grear history and India is the land of snake charmers and rikshaw pullers
Then you can continue in US

having kids saying McDonalds job is also good and get mediocre jobs
Then you can continue in US

cleaning your bathrooms and toilets
Then you can continue in US

enjoying parties in basements and worry about carpet for any party at home
Then you can continue in US

fighting with a telemarketer for the wrong charges for hours
Then you can continue in US

fighting with insurance for every approval when someone in the family needs medical treatment
Then you can continue in US
when no one is "really there" for you when you get hospitalized
Then you can continue in US

when no one comes to help when you break your leg and can't drive
Then you can continue in US

not hanging out with your friends without your family
Then you can continue in US

worrying about the airport ride whenever you want to go to India or any time you are flying
Then you can continue in US

when you have to drive kids around every weekend for the classes
Then you can continue in US

in talking about weather and traffic with your colleagues all your career
Then you can continue in US

never talking about politics or state or country's situation or war with any non-desis
Then you can continue in US

when you don't understand why desis don't get to become managers those are really qualified
Then you can continue in US

attending non-sensical desi weekend parties
Then you can continue in US

just talking and unable to see them in person when parents are hospitalized
Then you can continue in US

parents being sick and knowing that any day you get the sad news
Then you can continue in US

never having festive environment around for any festival
Then you can continue in US

not having a newspaper which carry news
Then you can continue in US

watching the same news on TV news channels all day
Then you can continue in US

please feel free to add to this list too. :)

Posted: **Thu Dec 27, 2007 7:14 am**

Good one #6.

One more thing I noticed. After being in the US for 10 years, (app) I have finally
run out of things to do during Christmas. Just sitting at home like an idiot
watching 4 movies a day for 10 days with my wife. Thats when you know
its high time u R2Ied :-)

Posted: **Thu Dec 27, 2007 12:13 pm**

desihometown;67447Good one #6.

One more thing I noticed. After being in the US for 10 years, (app) I have finally
run out of things to do during Christmas. Just sitting at home like an idiot
watching 4 movies a day for 10 days with my wife. Thats when you know
its high time u R2Ied :-)[/quote]

agree with both OP and #6 but it is this stagnation and isolation that hits you most. .. that you dread having free time; dread spending holidays at home ( try switching off the internet and the TV). After a while it is like travel/TV/internet are only to numb your brain so you don't realize that "isolated feeling"!!

Posted: **Thu Dec 27, 2007 2:11 pm**

dhavala;67593agree with both OP and #6 but it is this stagnation and isolation that hits you most. .. that you dread having free time; dread spending holidays at home ( try switching off the internet and the TV). After a while it is like travel/TV/internet are only to numb your brain so you don't realize that "isolated feeling"!![/quote]

....... and add to that monotonous and mechanical lifestyle.

Posted: **Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:09 pm**

I compiled a few more of these. IYAHNP.....

When people try to get in without letting others get out of an elevator....
then you might R2I

When you see a motorist driving right in front of you (in the opposite direction)....
then you might R2I

When you share the same roadspace along with a cow, a dog, a Merc and a bigass BMTC Bus....
then you might R2I

when you (or your spouse) wake up in the middle of the night only to see a LIZARD right above you....
then you might R2I

When you drive out of an ITPL into the roads.....you kinda feel like you drove into Juarez, Mexico from El Paso, TX.
then you might R2I

When you skip work and decide to take your wife to a nice movie in a nice theatre ......only to find the movie is sold out for the MONDAY Morning 11:00 AM Show...
then you might R2I

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