Business.dk launch
Last evening I have attended a reception meant to provide insight to medias regarding a new website called Business.dk , which is a sub-branch of the newspaper (and website) Berlingske.
This newspaper is against all tendencies of the market, not free. Probably because it targets a different niche in the market, being people interested in inside news from companies, and movements on markets rather than what Mr.Bush did lately. Going back to Business.dk , they had a very ambitious presentation, promising to have at least one update every 10 minutes, being by 2009 the best news website (business focused obviously) on the danish market. Now that’s a very nice… mission, but it depends very much on how much cash the mother-newspaper is able to pump into advertising it. Anyways, the cocktails were very very nice (had a few of those – there were free you know), and was in bed at about 10:30 for understandable reasons of course.
Now a bit of fun … they are not all true but … they are relatively interesting.
You Know You’re Romanian When…. |
You grew up on liver sandwiches…. and thought that was normal. You make your own noodles. You had to share a room until you were 21. Everything you eat is savored in garlic and onions. You try and reuse gift wrappers, gift boxes, and of course aluminum foil. You are standing next to the two largest suitcases at the airport. You arrive one or two hours late to a party – and think its normal. All your children have nick names, which sound nowhere close to their real names. You know someone with 20 kids You talk for an hour at the front door when leaving someone’s house. You can fit 10 people into a Dacia. Your parents never throw anything away and if you by some chance manage to get something to make it to the garbage can… it mysteriously appears back where it was again. You have lace curtains. You have lace tablecloths. You have rugs covering every inch of your house. You have or had rugs on your walls. Your mom tells you you’re too skinny even though your 30 pounds overweight. You ever heard of ‘stomach stew’. Girls cant have boyfriends when they are 17 but they have to be married at 18. You have curtains hanging across every doorway. Your parents tell you not to care what your friends think but they won’t let you do certain things because of what other ‘frati’ and ‘surori’ will think. You know someone that married his girlfriend of 2 months. Your mom is a doctor and force feeds you medicine for anything ranging from a headache, stomach ache to a stubbed toe. Your house is full of Romanian medicine that is probably illegal here. You and your friends have ever been kicked out of a restaurant or recreational park for being too loud or rowdy. Your mom recycles plastic cups and paper plates, and sandwich bags by washing them. You dont know how to use a dishwasher. You have a vinyl tablecloth on your kitchen table. You use grocery bags to hold garbage. Your dad ever butchered a pig or lamb. You keep leftover food in your fridge in as many numbers of bowls as possible. Your kitchen shelf is full of jam jars, varieties of bowls and plastic utensils (Got free with some household items). Going to the movies is a sin. Your parents call you farm animals when you get them mad. Your mom ever chased you with a rolling pin or a broom telling you to stop so that she could hit you. Your dad ever told you to smack yourself over the mouth for being disrespectful. You’re twenty years old and your parents are trying to send you to Romoville to get you married cause your old. Getting married at 18 is normal. Getting married at 16 actually happens. Your mom washes your clothing at 40. A new tax being passed by the government is simply a cover up because the end of the world is really coming. Asking if you can get a discount at a discount store on clearance items is normal and not embarrassing for your parents. You don’t use measuring cups when cooking. You feel like you’ve gotten a good deal if you didn’t pay tax. You can only travel if there are 5 persons at least to see you off or receive you whether you are traveling by bus, train or plane. You only make long distance calls after 11 p.m. If you don’t live at home, when your parents call, they ask if you’ve eaten, even if it’s midnight. When your parents meet strangers and talk for a few minutes, you discover you’re talking to a distant cousin. Your parents don’t realize phone connections to foreign countries have improved in the last two decades, and still scream at the top of their lungs when making foreign calls. You have bed sheets on your sofas so as to keep them away from getting dirty. It’s “normal” if your wedding has 600 people. You dont know half the people at your wedding cuz your parents invited them. You’ve seen the ground while inside the lavatory of a train. You have mastered the art of bargaining in grocery shopping. You walk out of the grocery store with no less then two packed shopping carts weekly. You’re proud to be Romanian – and you pass these jokes on to all your Romanian friends! |
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I had a good laugh while reading all this, although I don’t agree with most of them
. “When your parents meet strangers and talk for a few minutes, you discover you’re talking to a distant cousin.” – I found this to be one of the best… and yet, it’s never happened to me. As for the bowls in the fridge and the cut thumb, I don’t think we surpass the North-Americans
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