You know you are a Nepali when ...

1) you use old newspapers to lay down the newly wrapped momos.

2) you are convinced that arranged marriage is the only way out of virginity.

3) you borrow money from anyone who appears before you when in need.

4) you have traveled nowhere in Nepal except Kathmandu or your own village/town and of course all   the other little towns/villages in between that you have passed through.

5) you narrate dialogue from Hindi movies to make a point.

6) you grow a pot belly soon after getting married or after arriving in a developed country.

7) you talk more than you listen though you know you have two ears but only one mouth.

8) you participate in a protest demonstration in front of Singha Durbar.

9) you have attempted reading the first novel in your life titled Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

10) you cannot differentiate between "loser" and "looser".

11) your monthly expenses on beer exceed that on haircut.

12) you try to come up with a percentage figure without any valid supporting data. Like saying, 80 percent of people think Panchayat era was better.

13) you think visiting dentist is something you do only if you have a toothache.

14) your friend working at Burger King starts making chicken sandwich when he sees your car pull over in the parking lot.

15) you want to share housing with a fellow Nepali only.

16) you try to end a Sajha thread by saying enough of this bullsh--.