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How to Raise a Greek Son
1.  Let him sleep around with whoever he wants, so long as his sister doesn't know about it.
2.  He can marry whoever he wants, so long as the father in law is from the same horio (village).
3.  Spoil them rotten as long as the grandparents pay for it.
4.  Fathers: Tell them you were wanted by all the girls in the 'horio' when you were their age, until there mother came along and ruined everything.
5.  Mothers: Tell them "don't end up a loser, a gambler, an alcoholic and a cheat like their father.".
6.  Always compare them to their rich cousins, point out they're a loser and will never amount to anything.
7.  Always insist that black flares, safari suits, wide collared white shirts and high heeled shoes - never go out of fashion.
8.  Tell them long finger nails on their pinkies is cool.
9.  Tell them you're not really bald even though your fringe starts at the back of your head.
10.  Tell them aftershave does not cost more than $3.95 a litre from the barber's down the road.
11.  Tell them to marry into a rich Greek family where the girl has plenty of 'prika' (dowry).
12.  Tell them "Don't be a malaka and work the rest of your life."
13.  Press them to marry a Greek girl with big tits. No lawyers or 'spoudasmenes' (graduates.)
14.  Make sure the nifi can cook and clean and wants plenty of grandchildren.
15.  No 'australezes, mavres(blacks) or kinezes (Chinese.)
16.  Let them run around naked as children and show their mates and girlfriends their photos at their 21st.
17.  Tell them manila is a real man's game and when they're married not to give any money to the nifi.
18.  What's wrong with the old Ford Taxi? It will still get you around.
19.  Tell them everyone's a malaka, we've got more money, a better car and a bigger house than them.
20.  Tell them you're being nice to people when you call them malaka (wanker).
21.  Tell them to kill any bloke that even looks at your sister.
22.  Tell them the zembekiko (aeroplane dance) is a man's dance and tsiftetelli (belly dance) is for women, but not your sister.
23.  Call all their mates one name, 'ton poosti' (the poofter).
24.  Let them stay at home until they're 50 or until they get married, whichever comes first.
25.  Their mother can do their cooking, washing and ironing.
26.  Force them to be a 'papadaki' (alter boy) at church, then join Paroula's dancing group and dress up as a 'tsolia'.
27.  Tell them "good Greek boys always take their sister out."
28.  Buy them a thick gold chain and a gold cross. Make them grow a moustache so they can look like their mothers.
29. Call him a pousti when he shaves his chest and back. Kill yourself when he starts plucking his eyebrows.
30.  Make him dance a zembekiko with you in front of all his mates and girlfriends.
31.  Tell them all Greek women root except your mother and sister
32.  Insist they go to university even though they have a TER of 36.
33.  Tell their mates you're a doctor, lawyer, accountant, nuclear physicist, stock broker....who is now semi-retired and working for the local council.
34.  Tell all your peers your son comes first in all his exams at school.
35.  Give him a 'hastouki' (slap) in public for no good reason at all, just to embarrass him in front of his cousins, mates or girlfriends.
36.  Insist he run the family business when he grows up even though he hates it. i.e. the fish shop, the taxi the fruit and veg business, the cleaning contract, the bakery, the kafenio, (cafe)............