RDinME previously said:


Dominicans will always tell their american friends when some famous person is domincan "you know al horford?, that dude is Dominican"

greenpeace2 previously said:


You Know You're Dominican When...
People tell you to stop screaming when you`re really talking

You grew up afraid of something called El Cuco

You clap your hands while laughing

You're able to dance without any music

You learned how to dance merengue and bachata before you could walk

You point things out with your nose and mouth

You've gotten beat with any of the following: rubber slippers, extension cord, hanger (plastic or metal), big rice spoon

You waste ALL your money in the summer time buying frio-frio RED FLAVOR

You've gone outside in rolos and chancletas

Your parents go to a little room in the back of your local bodega pa juga lo numero of DR

You consider platanos one of the major food groups

You can smell chuletas cookin in your house from down the block

While in your country, you hear people on the block yellin se fue la luz!

Your house in DR has an oil lamp in every room

You grew up listening to Fernandito Villalona, Sergio Vargas, and Los Hermanos Rosario

Your dad or uncle claim to be dead broke, yet rock a cell phone and is laced with mad gold around his neck and wrists

You drink Presidente, Brugal, or Mama Juana like WATER

You've gotten whipped by a diablo cojuelo or lechon

You have at least 3 porcelain figurenes in your living room

Your sofas are covered in plastic

All the juices you have in your house are the type that come in powder, and you just mix with water, like Tang

You eat Mangu on a daily basis

You ate rice, beans and some type of meat for dinner yesterday, today and probably will tomorrow

You believe Vivaporu is the cure for EVERYTHING

You've been in a carro publico

You use an old t-shirt, towel, or anything as a mop, and use your feet to mop

You've let some one throw AGUA FLORIDA on you for good luck

Your house on the island has broken pieces of glass to keep away robbers

You refer to every cat as mishu

Your childhood games were called: el escondido, pollito pleibi, apara y batea, el gallo, or that game with a stick and a wheel

Your parents dressed you up for Halloween as a vaquero, campesina, gitana, OR hawallana

Your refridgerator has about 85 magnets on it

All your pots and pans are inside the oven

Your local bodega does lay-a-away/credit plans (fiao)

A frosted beer to you is vestida da novia or una fria

Your parents ever gave you aceite de bacalao when you were sick

You're proud to be Dominican - and you pass these jokes on to all your Dominican friends!