You know you are from Karachi when…
This list was sent by a friend of mine, which I have made some minor edits to, but it pretty much covers quite a bit of the “I’m from karachi” experience…
1. You get shocked when someone stops at a yellow light
2. You never really know what to say when someone asks you what there is to see in Karachi
3. You give “missed calls”
4. You’ve never really seen a tourist
5. Its December and you attend 5 mehndis/shaadis in one night and end up meeting the same people at each of them 6. You use the phrases “whats the scene?” or “scene on hai”
7. You still have some of Everest Videos movies and dont plan to return them
8. You’ve met a Parsi
9. You feel you never have to wait in line if you are with “lay-diss” (ladies)
10. You’ve bought a dvd of a movie that hasnt even been released yet
11. You actually go “out for coffee”
12. You used to go for tutions even though didnt need them
13. You catagorize people as “burgers” or “melas”
14. You roll down your car window and you can actually touch the car next to you
15. You go by landmarks not street names
16. Your only argument in the Lahore/Karachi debate is “well we have a beach”
17. You never realized that North Nazimabad was actually in the North
18. You never have dinner before 1am in shaadi season
19. You’ve always wondered what “khayaban” meant
20. You know the “telefun” number by heart even though you dont know what “telefun” is/does
21. You blame everything on K.E.S.C
22. Your school gets closed when it rains
23. You know your city is a hole but you love it anyways
Have any more? Add them to the comments!
Your mobile phone must have been snatched at least ONCE
* You never bother to go Safari Park (commonly known as Supari Parak) or Mazar e Quaid (some kids belive that Quaid e Azam will not be available at night timings so better go in the morning)
Incidently, my cell phone has never been stolen/snatched (yet), but my father has lost his phone at least three times.
Interesting list though.
Oh boy this blog is a ‘killing field’
1. Where people spit all the time all over the place
2. Where scratching your marbles in public is an accepted thing.
3. Where men holding hands on the beach (pinky actually) are evident.
4. When you start considering pan pukes as graffiti.
5. Where ‘ben—-‘ (sister abuse) is a greeting.
6. Where no woman is safe
7. Where no young boy is safe too!
8. Where your house smells of onion and curry
9. Where if you open a car window a hand pokes in asking for money
10. Where stopping in the middle of a road is considered your right
11. Where walking in to someone house with a lit cigarette is considered stylish.
12. Where going to a ‘hotal’ is the best and only past time.
13. Where blackouts are part of life
14. Where littering both while standing and driving is ok.
15. Where only size matters!
16. Where standing in line is considered out of line
17. Where standing out of line is considered being in line
18. Where patience is taken as nut-less
19. Where aggression is taken as boldness
shoot I have to stop now……..
u agree to all the above
A lot of them apply to people from other cities too. I think the list should have been called, ‘you know you are from Pakistan when…”
when you get AK-47 as a birthday gift :P
90% of your adult life is waste in traffic jams
Nice Post Inspirex…..keep more of this coming…
Cheers
Nice list, inspirex. I don’t get the Parsi thing though..
Bozz, your list is hilarious.. touching your nuts is ok hahaha.
When you’re not shocked at seeing people riding on rooftops of buses!
Simply Awesome i can’t stop laughing :)
Well Pakistan’s quite the same …. same flavours all the way :>
1. Where wiping your fingers on your head hair after eating a pan is accepted.
2. Where men always have black hair
3. Where men have red nails and red beards!
4. Where flinging ‘jalebi’ out of your nose with two fingers is artful.
5. Where staring at women is an occupation
5. Where staring at women is an occupation
hahahaha
people with too much time
blatant lahori propaganda “Your only argument in the Lahore/Karachi debate is “well we have a beach”
who is your friend bowlshyting? true karachiites dont even know where lahore is :)
yeah yeah i know hate speach whatver you started it :)
true karachiites dont even know where lahore is
ROFL!
lolzzzzz!!!!
funny list inspirex!! good start to the morning :D
Inspirex – can you just continue adding on to the main post as more recommendations come in – somethign like
List additions –
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that would really make it interesting to read
if bapsi sidhwa is from Lahore then.. that must mean u have a Parsi population in lahore too?
hahahahahah tele-masteeeeee!
that ad was the ultimate upper… kaun bane ga CHAMPEEEEEAN?
When people have to go to a hospital (Aga Khan)
for a ‘lake side picnic’.
Power failure is a daily event
when you flash your lights and honk the horn at the same time
when you think occasional paan eating won’t permenantly damage your teeth
you have two cell phone, one for show offing and one just in case of snatch and run
you have seen whiskey bottles laying aorund the gali/street
you have witnessed a bus/car burning
you adress strangers with a HELLO(desi style)
you or someone in your house always bargains forever with pathan bhai kapra dukaan walas
you can find a photocopy shop open at midnight
you know people who haven’t stepped out of karachi in their entire lives
you know people who havent stepped in the ocean water in their entire lives
rest laterz M T V ENJOY!
“whiskey bottles laying aorund”
Hahaha..sounds really funny….but,on a serious note… the word is “lying” which means horizontally positioned…laying… means production of eggs…
“one for show offing ”
How about ‘showing off’?
“show offing” for a reason!
‘ You’ve met a Parsi’.
& a Bohri as well.
You never caught bus driver after committing accident cuz he always escape
You know what Sunni Tehrik and Kissan Taraqi Passand Party are…..
when you say “chorangi” instead of “chowk”….
When you subconciously know that every english word starting with an “S” but followed by a consonant is to be pronounced “ISS”. Examples, Isschool, Isstrike, Isspecial etc etc…
You know you are in Karachi, WHEN EVERY OTHER GUY IS A BEARDED AFGHAN, and will pee on every roadside, spit aanywhere, and offcourse as earlier said, stare at every pakistani women (i guess they only get to date guys in Afghanistan)
I must say that there is more than that meets the eye. We forgot about giving gifts to the needy (read. Police) and receive appreciation (read. Lathi Charge).
you people suck.
lol that was funny
i just came across this metblog for the 1st time today and i liked it.
iam living in Dubai for the last 2 years, almost and i really miss karachi.
i hardly get more then 2 chances to vist it and with this hectic life and horrible traffic in dubai i would happliy shift to karachi if i get even half the pay.
now i tell everyone in karachi that the traffic situation there is much better than it is here. i used to commute to SITE from DHA Ph-6 and it hardly ever took more then 50-55 Minutes and the distance to my office in SITE was almost 26 KM.
here 3-4 KM on dubai sharjah highway takes around 1 hour.
Now i LOVE KARACHI EVEN MORE!!!!!!
i just came across this metblog for the 1st time today and i liked it.
iam living in Dubai for the last 2 years, almost and i really miss karachi.
i hardly get more then 2 chances to vist it and with this hectic life and horrible traffic in dubai i would happliy shift to karachi if i get even half the pay.
now i tell everyone in karachi that the traffic situation there is much better than it is here. i used to commute to SITE from DHA Ph-6 and it hardly ever took more then 50-55 Minutes and the distance to my office in SITE was almost 26 KM.
here 3-4 KM on dubai sharjah highway takes around 1 hour.
Now i LOVE KARACHI EVEN MORE!!!!!!
Traffic – GUY / GALS, on you rupcoming visit to Dubai – ask any of your friend to take you to Dubai / Sharjah after 5 PM from Al-Mulla Plaza to Alafalah Plaza – 9 KM only.
Or – Ask someone what time in Morinign shall i leave home to catch a flight checkin time of 10 AM –
ONLY THEN – :) you will LOVE Karachi –
And for scratching marbles – :) thats a sign of PAKISTANI – you can identify anywhere on globe. Not restricted to Karachi, we see this on & off at Malls in UAE.