The Italian – Sicilian – American Page
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Buongiorno
Italian Girl 🙂
Good Morning & Salute ! 😉
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American Kids vs. Italian Kids 😉
American kids:
Move out when they’re 18
with the full support of their parents.
Italian kids:
Move out when they’re 28,
having saved enough money for a house,
and are two weeks away from getting married…..
unless there’s room in the basement for the newlyweds
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American kids:
When their Mom visits them,
she brings a Bundt cake,
and you sip coffee and chat.
Italian kids:
When their Mom visits them,
she brings 3 days worth of food,
cook, begins to tidy up,
dust, do the laundry,
and rearrange the furniture.
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American kids:
Their dads always call
before they come over to visit them,
and it’s usually only on special occasions.
Italian kids:
Are not at all fazed when their dads show up,
unannounced, on a Saturday morning at 8:00,
and starts pruning the fruit trees.
If there are no fruit trees, he’ll plant some.
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American kids:
Always pay retail,
and look in the Yellow Pages
when they need to have something done.
Italian kids:
Call their dad or uncle,
and ask for another dad’s or uncle’s phone number
to get it done.
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American kids:
Will come over for cake and coffee,
and get only cake and coffee. No more.
Italian kids:
Will come over for cake and coffee,
and get antipasto, wine, a pasta dish,
a choice of two meats, salad, bread,
a cannoli, fruit, espresso,
and a few after dinner drinks.
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American kids:
Will greet you with ‘Hello’ or ‘Hi’.
Italian kids:
Will give you a big hug,
a kiss on your cheek,
and a pat on your back.
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American kids:
Call your parents Mr. and Mrs.
Italian kids:
Call your parents Mom and Dad.
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American kids:
Have never seen you cry.
Italian kids:
Cry with you.
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American kids:
Will eat at your dinner table and leave.
Italian kids:
Will spend hours there,
talking, laughing, and just being together.
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American kids:
Know few things about you.
Italian kids:
Could write a book
with direct quotes from you.
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American kids:
Eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
on soft mushy white Wonder bread.
Italian kids:
Eat Genoa Salami, Prosciutto and Provolone sandwiches
on crusty Italian bread (for breakfast).
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American kids:
Will leave you behind if that’s
what the crowd is doing.
Italian kids:
Will kick the whole crowds’ ass
who left you behind.
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American kids:
Think that being Italian is cool.
Italian kids:
Know that being Italian is cool.
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American kids:
Will ignore this.
Italian kids:
Will Share it.
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That’s Amore !
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Who else got lucky besides us ? 😉
Who can relate to this ? Lol 😉
Here’s 9 minutes of “Boys will be Boys”
Enjoy some laughs with Il Volo while you relax and have your coffee this morning…
~~~La fine~~~
