1. Your name ends with 'More' e.g Lovemore, Givemore,Talkmore, Passmore,
Kissmore.(ha ha this one killed me! Kissmore? Veduwee?)
2. You think its fashionable to start all your sentences with the words
like
'basically', 'in fact' or 'actually'..
3. You refer to your cousins as 'cousin brother' or 'cousin sister'.
4. You like to call each other by weird sounding nicknames like
Dhiva(David),Stavho(Steven), Pure(Precious),
Lenso(Leonard),Givhi(Gift), Jonso(John), Jimalo(James) etc.
5. You used to buy all your clothes from Edgars,Topics,Express.
6. You remember buying a pair of mapata pata, maSandak, or matomi from
Bata.
7. You remember Civics day being an opportunity to showcase your BEST
outfit. (Not forgetting the dumbass who forgets its Civics day and wears
the
uniform)
8. You used to think 'sport' meant soccer and netball chete.
9. You remember chanting "iwe, iwe. iwe iwe" or "hee-hee hee," when
someone
was in trouble.
10. You remember eating sadza with your siblings or cousins from one
plate.
11. You only ate rice & chicken on Sundays & on Christmas Day.
12. You looked forward to Christmas because it meant a new clothes and
shoes.
13. You thought going on holiday means going kumusha/ekhaya..
14. You remember getting in trouble for kukwata as a kid (but you still
did
it anyway)
15. You used to get so excited seeing your parents coming home because
you
knew they always bought you a something from kutownd.
16. You were a border at least once in your life and remember your
"tuck"
17. The secondary/primary school you attended had a number e.g GlenView
High
1, Zengeza 7 High etc.
18. You thought 'property' meant a bed, a kitchen unit,a 2 plate stove
and a
wardrobe (inegirazi pamberi...)
20. You thought farming means kurima Chibage...
21. You started kudyara Chibage the moment you saw signs of rain
(whether
you stayed kutonaz or kuroots).
22. You think all baby showers & kitchen parties are about dancing to
Zairean music, getting drunk & vulgar & basically making a fool of
oneself...
23. You have never been to Kariba,Vic Falls,Great Zimbabwe or any other
tourist resorts.
24. You think a wedding is incomplete without masteps, and mafotos
kuHarare
gardens.
25. You bring at least 2 uninvited guests to any function that only you
are
specifically invited.
26. You had extended family members you didn't know who asked you
"Unondiziva here?" responded "ehe" then regreted it when they said
"Ndini
ani?"
27. You think grief at a funeral is only demonstrated by screaming &
wailing
loudly & generally making a nuisance of yourself (even if you didn't
know
the deceased very well!)
28. You think the whole of the UK is called 'London'.
29. You happily joined in singing 'pabhasikoro-o, bata
mwana adonha...!'
30. You have trouble counting from 1-20 or reciting the days of the week
nechishona.
31. You remember Nando's, Chicken-Liken, Wimpy, Kwamereki,...and your
mouth
is watering just thinking about it.
32. You read and laughed at everything above this because you know its
true!!
ahoyi !
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Mar 20
12:42 AM
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