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KäneKïHö`alu
Akahai
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 Posted - 02/24/2008 : 9:12:04 PM
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I came across this online and thought it was super funny. Everyone has probably seen it already but oh well. Some stuff might not make sense for mainlanders. Feel free to add to the list if you got anymore.
You know you're from Hawaiʻi if...
1. The possibility of a longshoreman strike makes you panic.
2. You don't understand why anyone would buy less than a 20 lb. bag of rice.
3. You would serve Spam as a meat for dinner.
4. You can taste the difference between teriyaki and kal-bi.
5. You know what a plumeria is.
6. You don't wear your shoes in the house.
7. You know why there are alphabets on trees or any posts on graduation day.
8. You know what and when "Lei Day" is.
9. You know what a "stink eye" is and how to give it.
10. You know what nationality girl (more than one) would put tape on her eyelids and why.
11. You can correctly pronounce Kalanianaole, Kalakaua, Aiea, Likelike, karaoke, and Pipeline.
12. You know the items in the Big Breakfast at McDonald's.
13. You know what one "huli huli chicken" is.
14. You can name 3 varieties of mangos.
15. You have (or know someone who has) at least one family member whose name is "junior boy" or "tita".
16. The words, "da kine," are a normal part of your conversation.
17. You know the difference between being "hapa" and being "hapai."
18. You give directions using mauka and makai.
19. You know what "Hawaii Pono'i" is (and you know the words).
20. You know what it takes to get into Kamehameha School.
21. Someone says da word "ʻuku" and your head starts itching!
22. You raise your chin fo say "wassup" instead of nodding.
23. When making "Shaka", the back of your hand is facing out.
24. You say, "Nori" not seaweed paper.
25. You say "Brah," not "Bro."
26. You despise the movie "North Shore."
27. Your jokes are 'bout Portugese people, not Polish people.
28. You laugh at couples wearing cheesy matching Aloha attire.
29. You get one pair "rubbah slippahs" (not flip flops).
30. You e-mail people in pidgin.
31. You know what (and where) "Morgan's Corner" is (and it still scares you!)
32. 70 degrees is "freezing!"
32. You use "tako" instead of worms or fluorescent pink fish eggs for bait.
32. You got lickins' with "da rubbah slippah" when you was small kidtime.
33. You can walk through Waianae and no get mobbed. (sometimes)
34. You know that "Kukui nut" is not one mental person.
35. You give Kahi Mohala's numba out to one guy/girl you no like.
36. You call it "saimin" not "Top Ramen" (Sapporo Ichiban mo bettah.
37. The surf report is on your speed dial and you always get one tide calendar on your wall.
38. Your local kids wear slippas and shorts in November in Chicago (inside da house, of course).
39. "Dressing up" means shorts and one Aloha shirt.
40. You call it "shave ice", not snow cone or shaved ice.
41. Rainbow Drive-Inn is a special date.
42. You go Kam, not Aloha, swap meet.
43. You know pineapples no grow in trees.
44. You know what Li Hing Mui is and you put it on everything.
45. You ask for shoyu and not soy sauce.
46. You call public transportation "Uncle Frank's limosine" or "da BUS" (and that's the official name too!)
47. You need one relative to get one state job.
48. Da Governor is your cousin (or your mother's brother's father's sister's uncle's son).
49. You know what da H3 is, but you scared drive on it cause stay haunted.
50. You search your car for pork before you go over da Pali.
51. You go to Neiman Marcus "jus fo look." (AKA - Needless Markups)
52. You can name da cast of Hawaii 5-O.
53. Da mainland people no can understand when you talk.
54. You ask for "fruit punch" at McDonald's in da mainland. (wat? nomo!).
55. You eat spam musubi on a regular basis.
56. You wear slippahs almost everywhere.
57. You can be wearing boros and nobody tinks nothin'.
58. You like ume, daikon, and kim chee betta than pickles.
59. When you gotta go bathroom, you say "I going shi shi."
60. When you try explain the location of something to your friend, you use landmarks instead of street names.
61. You go Kam Bowl to eat "OX TAIL SOUP"
62. You tink BAYWATCH HAWAII is stupid, cause they dunno how fo ack!
63. You know da difference between sushi and sashimi.
64. You know your hemajang pickup truck going pass da safety inspection cause you know da auntie of da cousin of da uncle of the uddah cousin of da uncle who's your "auntie" (he one mahu) and deyget one bruddah-in-law who work fo da service station.
65. When you hear the word kalua, you think of pig cooked in the ground and not alcohol.
66. You have a separate circuit breaker for your rice cooker.
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E mālama pono a e hoʻomaha ma ka maluhia o ke Akua,
Matt |
Edited by - KäneKïHö`alu on 02/24/2008 9:16:45 PM |
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808bk
Akahai
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Posted - 02/24/2008 : 11:29:16 PM
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61. You go Kam Bowl to eat "OX TAIL SOUP"
They just knocked down Kam Bowl this past week.
Sooo Sad |
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Admin
Pupule
USA
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Posted - 02/25/2008 : 03:25:51 AM
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Originally posted by 808bk
61. You go Kam Bowl to eat "OX TAIL SOUP"
They just knocked down Kam Bowl this past week.
Sooo Sad
No! Say it ain't so.  |
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ypochris
Lokahi
USA
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Posted - 02/25/2008 : 03:55:55 AM
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After 30 years in Hawai'i I still don't pass the test!
These I just didn't get. Is that because I only been O'ahu couple times? Please explain.
31. You know what (and where) "Morgan's Corner" is (and it still scares you!)
35. You give Kahi Mohala's numba out to one guy/girl you no like.
This one just doesn't apply- no relation to Lingle. Have to go all the way back to Rathburn for this to work!
48. Da Governor is your cousin (or your mother's brother's father's sister's uncle's son).
And these? Well, I just have better taste than that. Last time I went to McDonalds you could get a burger, fries, and a soda for a quarter- so let's just say it has been a while...
3. You would serve Spam as a meat for dinner.
12. You know the items in the Big Breakfast at McDonald's.
41. Rainbow Drive-Inn is a special date.
54. You ask for "fruit punch" at McDonald's in da mainland. (wat? nomo!).
Chris
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cpatch
Ahonui
USA
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Momi
Lokahi
402 Posts |
Posted - 02/25/2008 : 07:59:26 AM
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Originally posted by ypochris
After 30 years in Hawai'i I still don't pass the test!
These I just didn't get. Is that because I only been O'ahu couple times? Please explain.
31. You know what (and where) "Morgan's Corner" is (and it still scares you!)
35. You give Kahi Mohala's numba out to one guy/girl you no like.
41. Rainbow Drive-Inn is a special date.
Chris, don't feel bad. I don't get 'em all either.
Morgan's Corner is a spot in Nu`uanu that's said to be haunted. There's an old urban legend about a date gone horribly wrong there where someone was killed. It's not a good place to be caught after dark whether you believe the legend or not. Most of Nu`uanu is said to be haunted by spirits of warriors who died in that huge battle for supremacy of O`ahu.
Kahi Mohala is a rehab facility.
I'm going to open myself up for huge ridicule here, but I don't think I've ever been to Rainbow Drive In. A couple of musician friends (one from Kane`ohe!) were waxing poetic about the waffle dogs at a place in Waikiki, and looked horrified and pitying when I admitted I'd never had 'em! |
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Pupule
USA
4551 Posts |
Posted - 02/25/2008 : 08:13:38 AM
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Originally posted by Momi
A couple of musician friends (one from Kane`ohe!) were waxing poetic about the waffle dogs at a place in Waikiki, and looked horrified and pitying when I admitted I'd never had 'em!
Whoa, who knew?!?! Last waffle dog I had was at KC Drive In before they closed. A quick google found this. Now I gotta get back to Oʻahu! Can you get 'em at the Waikiki location or is it special order only? |
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guitarded
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 02/25/2008 : 08:32:07 AM
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Originally posted by Momi
I'm going to open myself up for huge ridicule here, but I don't think I've ever been to Rainbow Drive In.
Good. That's just one less longtime Hawaiian-style plate lunch landmark that you'd be homesick for, along with, among other mouth-watering dishes, their famous and succulent hamburger steaks covered in onions and brown gravy over hot rice with extra scoop mac salad, and their soft and juicy teriyaki beef plate lunches dripping with teri sauce also over hot rice with extra scoop mac salad on the side.
No biggie. |
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Momi
Lokahi
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Posted - 02/25/2008 : 09:11:53 AM
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Originally posted by Admin
[Can you get 'em at the Waikiki location or is it special order only?
I think you can get 'em at the Waikiki location w/o having to special order.
GS - you're cruel! |
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ypochris
Lokahi
USA
398 Posts |
Posted - 02/25/2008 : 3:00:55 PM
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Funny ting- I get all Menpachi's ones. Buggah mus be one beeg ilan boy.
Chris
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sm80808
Lokahi
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Posted - 02/28/2008 : 09:41:26 AM
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Y. You ask, "what high school you went?" when you meet new people.
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Auntie Maria
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 03/02/2008 : 08:58:58 AM
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Wow -- first time I saw this list (a shorter version at the time) had to have been 1994/1995, during the early online "cyber `ohana" days in the newsgroups. Still funny, more than a decade later! 
Saw something in one of the Honolulu papers this week, that was one of those "only in Hawai`i" items. It was a missing report, and the description included the info that the person has "ehu hair"...with no explanation for those who might not know that's _red_ hair.
Only in Hawai`i...! |
Auntie Maria
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Auntie Maria
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 03/02/2008 : 08:59:44 AM
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| Ooops...make that a "missing _person_ report"... |
Auntie Maria
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da_joka
Lokahi
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Posted - 03/03/2008 : 08:56:51 AM
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ho you guys ... now i stay all hungry! i miss KC Drive inn ... no foget da ono ono shakes. funny about da tako bait. we use ika sometimes, but wen we jus stay casting, ebi (shrimp) is da best :-)
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If can, can. If no can, no can. |
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ypochris
Lokahi
USA
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Posted - 03/03/2008 : 3:28:27 PM
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Funny how we use Japanese words like ebi, tako, ika- instead of Hawaiian- for bait...
Chris
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da_joka
Lokahi
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Posted - 03/04/2008 : 7:06:39 PM
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40. You call it "shave ice", not snow cone or shaved ice.
i no call um shave ice, it's "ice shave". |
If can, can. If no can, no can. |
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