You know you are from Hawaii when....

[La_Serpiente]

-Nobody is sure exactly where "north" is …
-The state dog is the pit bull …
-On the street where you live every refrigerator has a bottle of shoyu inside …
-Your cousin is Japanese-Chinese-French-Filipino-Korean-Scottish-Portuguese-Hawaiian, plus some stuff too manini to mention…
-To go out on Saturday night and impress the girl, you wear your bestest shorts …
-Gobos is now just a bunch of green vegetables, not a rallying cry for the home team …
-Somewhere over the rainbow a big H flies …
-The most important thing to know about a person is where they went to high school …
-The second most important thing to know about a person is the year they wen’ grad …
-Your second home is the beach …
-Birds walk more often than they fly …
-Gambling isn’t legal, but you’d never know it during football season …
-You can’t see the forest for the political sign-wavers … It’s raining buckets on your picnic and everybody agrees, "It’s a blessing" …
-You’re nobody ’til somebody says you’re part of the ohana …
-Telling an ethnic joke is politically correct …
-Blowing off the tips of fingers, causing air pollution worse than Los Angeles and torturing household pets is considered a "cultural tradition" …
-Saying "Eh!" constitutes major oratory filled with profound implications …
-The Legislature is a daycare center for troubled adults …
-A pedestrian in a crosswalk, sheesh, some nerve that guy! …
-You watch your favorite shows "on top the TV"…
-If you’re a radio button-puncher, it sounds like the morning sky ought to be blotted out with so many traffic reporters flying around up there – but they’re both on the same plane …
-Stopping to smell the flowers can take all day …
-Nobody knows where the "fast lane" is on the freeway …
-The best cooks all use lots of mayonnaise …
-An approaching hurricane means only one thing – surf’s up, brah! …
-The name Duke means royalty …
-If you can make it here, why the heck would you want to be in Noo Yawk? …
-"You like beef" has nothing to do with what’s for dinner…
-Ethnic natives are treated like second-class citizens …
-The same guys always get the best tee times at a municipal golf course …
-Shopping is an art form …
-Las Vegas is Mecca …
-White rice is a sacrament…
-Spam is for special occasions…
-Beans are the perfect condiment for ice cream …
-The ukulele is a classical music instrument …
-A silver-haired ex-mayor is like your eccentric uncle –he keeps repeating himself and nobody pays any attention …
-Female volleyball players are major celebrities …
-The weather report says "mauka showers" …
-A lava rock gives you chickenskin …
-A stranger shares aloha …
-There are freeways going through the mountain
-The word "da kine" means "da kine"
-UH football is your life
-It is ok to be 30 minutes late
-You wear an Aloha shirt to the prom
-Instead of giving Corsages, you give a flower lei
-You eat AT the prom, not before or after
-The prom takes place at a fancy hotel. Aftewards, everyone goes to the beach at 1 in the morning.
-Waikiki is the place to party!!!
-You only eat white rice, not mashed potatos.
-You are a Democrat :-)
-You eat raw fish
-You don't harass the homeless.
-You're not a tight ass
-You know who is your aunt, uncle, grandparents, great grandparents, great great grandparents, parents, brothers, sisters, cousins, nieces and nephews.
-the roaches don't move when you turn on the light at night. Instead, the fly and attack you.
-A centipede can attack at any moment.

[Padraig18]

1. hehe.

I soooo want to come to Hawaii some day. :)

[La_Serpiente]

2. coolio

I'm sure everyone would like to as well, but not right now. It is pouring rain outside, and I am on the dry side of the island.

[Padraig18]

3. hehe.

My mate Chris from school is from Waipahu. That close to you? :)

[La_Serpiente]

4. when I am on the island of O'ahu for school

is he filipino?

[Padraig18]

5. A mix.

Portagee/Filipino/Japanese, I think...

[La_Serpiente]

6. lol

portagee :heeheehee:

Everyone from Waipahu is filipino. Mostly.

[Padraig18]

8. I see.

He's also gay, and cute as hell. :)

[La_Serpiente]

9. lol

neat. :-)

[citizen snips]

7. damn I need a vacation.

I got to go there some day.