(GRAZIE ZIO !!!!) I WILL LET YOU KNOW...
MOM, ZIO, ZIA, SONO SICURA KE QUESTO VI FARA' RIDERE:
You were born and raises outside of Italy as I was. The list below is intended to be humorous and applies to almost every Italian-American born child.
40 Things in the Life of an Italian Child 
1. You have at least one relative who wore a black dress every day for an entire year after a funeral.
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>2. You spent your entire childhood thinking what you ate for lunch was called "sangwich."
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>3. Your family dog understood Italian.
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>4. Every Sunday afternoon of your childhood was spent visiting your grandparents and extended family.
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>5. You've experienced the phenomena of 150 people fitting into 50 square feet of yard during a family cookout.
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>6. You were surprised to discover the FDA recommends you eat three meals a day, not seven.
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>7. You thought killing the pig each year and having Salami, Sausage, Pancetta and Prosciutto hanging out to dry from your shed ceiling was absolutely normal.
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>8. You ate pasta for dinner at least three times a week, and every Sunday.
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>9. You grew up thinking no fruit or vegetable had a fixed price and that the price of everything was negotiable through haggling.
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>10. You were as tall as your grandmother by the age of seven.
11. You thought everyone's last name ended in a vowel.
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>12. You thought nylons were supposed to be worn rolled to the ankles.
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>13. our mom's main hobby is cleaning.
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>14. You were surprised to find out that wine was actually sold in stores.
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>15. You thought that everyone made their own tomato sauce.
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>16. You never ate meat on Christmas Eve or any Friday for that matter.
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>17. You ate your salad after the main course.
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>18. You thought Catholic was the only religion in the world.
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>19. You were beaten at least once with a wooden spoon or broom.
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>20. You thought every meal had to be eaten with a hunk of bread in your left hand.
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>21. You can understand Italian but you can't speak it.
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>22. You have at least one relative who came over on the boat.
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>23. All of your uncles fought in a World War.
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>24. You have at least six male relatives named Tony, Dom, Frank, Joe or Louie.
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>25. You have relatives who aren't really your relatives.
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>26. You have relatives you don't speak to.
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>27. You drank wine before you were a teenager.
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>28. You relate on some level, admit it, to the Godfather and the Sopranos.
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>29. You grew up in a house with a yard that didn't have one patch of dirt that didn't have a flower or a vegetable growing out of it.
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>30. Your grandparent's furniture was as comfortable as sitting on plastic. Wait!!!! You were sitting on plastic.
>31. You thought that talking LOUD was normal.
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>32. You thought sugared almonds and the Tarantella were common at all weddings.
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>33. You thought everyone got pinched on the cheeks and money stuffed in their pockets by their relatives.
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>34. Your mother is overly protective of the males in the family no matter what their age.
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>35. There was a crucifix in every room of the house,
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>36. You couldn't date a boy without getting approval from your father----and he had to be Italian!
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>37. You called pasta "macaroni".
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>38. You dreaded taking out your lunch at school
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>39. Going out for a cup of coffee usually meant going out for a cup of coffee over Rita's house.
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>40. Every condition, ailment, misfortune, memory loss and accident was attributed to the fact that you didn't eat something.
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