LaBettyBoop
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How You Know You're Boricua!!
*You call all cereal "Con-Flay"
*You store clean pans inside the oven
*You store used oil for later use "Why let good oil go to waste"?
*You always say "Bendicion" to your parents, grandparents, aunts or uncles when you see them AND when you leave
*You call any sneakers "Tenis"
*You can`t leave a party without taking a plate of food with you
*Your mother swears that Vicks Vaporub is the cure for everything
*You go out to the corner store in "chanclas"
*La "correa" or "la chancleta" were used to whip you
*You have at least one cousin in jail
*You start clapping as soon as your airplane flight lands
*Your family plays "musica jibara" and go on "parrandas" on Christmas
*Your mother has big wooden spoons hanging on her kitchen wall
*Your mother or grandmother has a ceramic elephant on the living room table *You scream when you talk and the person is standing right next to you
*You cut words short, like pa` instead of para, estoy esmaya instead of tengo hambre, estoy halta instead of estoy llena, etc
*Your relatives take photos and videos at a wake.
*Your grandma`s couch is covered in plastic even though it`s older than you
*Your grandma makes you put on slippers because walking around barefooted will make you get sick
*You found out about a Saturday party on Wednesday
*You blast the music at 8am to clean the house on a Saturday
*Your Mom has two sets of dishes and bed sheets: One for everyday use and the other for "cuando llege visita"
*Your mother keeps the rice in a big green soda-cracker can and instead of a scoop inside , it`s a tea cup with a broken handle
*Your favorite dish is pegao