1 . You unwrap all your gifts carefully, so that you can reuse the wrapper.

2 . You call a person you've never met before uncle or aunty.

3 .More than 90% of the music CD's and cassettes in your home are illegal copies

4 . Your garage is always full of stuff because you never throw anything away, just in case you need it someday.(a gum boot without a partner and the baby
walker - baby's now 12 and you are 48)

5 . You have a collection of miniature shampoo bottle from your stays at hotels. (Gocool, Sweet heart, African pride....)

6 . You have almost always carry overweight baggage when travelling by plane.

7 . If a store has a limit on the quantity of a product, then each member of the family will join separate queues to purchase the maximam quantity possible. (sugar,soap, rice,cooking fat etc etc during old good days)

8 . Children have annoying nicknames (De- Boy, De-Girl, Bomboy, Aboy)

9 . Nobody in your family informs you that they are coming over for a visit. ( uncle, wife, sis-in-law,two nephews and a neighbour have camped at home)

10 . You stuff your pockets with, mints and toothpicks at restaurants. ( Murray mints, wrappers, and salt shakers!)

11 . Your mother has a minor disagreement with her sister and does not talk to her for 10 years.

12 . You only make telephone calls at a cheaper rate at night (especially Flashers).

13 . You never have less than 20 people to
meet you at the airport or see you off even if it is a local flight.

14 . You keep changing your Internet Service Provider because the first month is free. (I know some people
O!.....)

15 . Office supplies mysteriously find their way to your home.(Yes,staple machine, office pins, punch
machine,cellotapes, post-its,etc. )

16 . When you are young, your parents buy you clothes and shoes at least two sizes too big so that they would last longer.

Note: Pass it on to other Africans, so they can know what truly makes them African.