25 things that prove you're a
Bombayite......if
you're proud
of being one, that is......
> 1.
You think Chowpatty & Juhu beaches as "nature."
> 2.
You say "town " and expect everyone to know that this means south of
Churchgate.
> 3.
You speak in a dialect of Hindi called 'Bambaiya Hindi', which only Mumbaikars
can understand
> 4.
Your door has more than three locks.
> 5. Rs
500 worth of groceries fit in one paper bag.
> 6.
Train timings (9.27, 10.49 etc) are really important events of life.
> 7.
You spend more time each month travelling than you spend at home.
> 8.
You call an 8' x 10' clustered room a Hall.
> 9.
You're paying Rs 10,000 for a 1 room flat, the size of a
>
walk-incloset and
you think it's a "steal."
> 10.
You have the following sets of friends: school friends, college
> friends,
neighborhood friends, office friends and yes, train friends, a
> species
unique to Mumbai.
> 11.
Cabbies and bus conductors think you are from Mars if you call
> the
roads by their Indian name, they are more familiar with Warden
> Road, Peddar
Road, ALtamount Road and the like.
> 12.
Stock market quotes are the only other thing besides cricket which
>you follow passionately.
> 13.
The first thing that you read in the Times of India is the "Bombay
>Times" supplement.
> 14.
You take fashion seriously.
> 15.
You're suspicious of strangers who are actually nice to you.
> 16.
Hookers, beggars and the homeless are invisible.
> 17.
You compare Mumbai to New York's Manhattan instead of any other
>cities in India.
> 18.
The most frequently used part of your car is the horn.
> 19.
You insist on calling Mumbai as Bombay, CST as VT, and Sahar and
> Santacruz
airports instead of Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport.
> 20.
You consider eye contact an act of overt aggression.
> 21.
Your idea of personal space is no one actually standing on your toes.
> 22.
Being truly alone makes you nervous.
> 23.
You love wading through knee deep mucky water in the monsoons,
> and
actually call it 'romantic'.
> 24.
Only in Mumbai, you would get Chinese Dosa and Jain Chicken.
> 25.
You call traffic policemen as 'Pandus" and expect of out of
> towners
to understand that.
> The
Bombay Limit is upto where the locals ply!!
>
Some
more things to prove that you are a Bombayite....
> You
travel every day by four modes of transport: auto, train, bus and lift.
> You
get your lunch delivered to you in the office through a dabbawala
> You
eat your lunch at the pavement stall
> You
buy a car so that you can continue travelling by train to office
> You
discuss the merits of the "roadside malai kulfi" versus
"Natural's"
> You
always walk briskly and purposefully, even while taking an evening walk
> You
think you are privileged if you can reach office within one hour
> You
do any one of the following while you are commuting: sing bhajans,
cut vegetables, stand on one leg, keep you
briefcase
above your head, grab a bite.