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You know you're Coptic when...
8:00 a.m. Liturgy, actually means 8:45
Your knees are more calloused than your feet.
You're up at 11:59PM the Saturday right before Easter getting ready to shovel down all that meat, eggs, and cheese.
You've slipped out an Amen after the Pledge of Allegiance
We all have 20 cousins. On each side of the family
You refer to everyone as "uncle" or "aunt"
You're eating beans for lunch and your friends ask why... You say you're fasting... they say "AGAIN!"
You make the sign of the cross every time you yawn
When someone asks what religion you are, you have to sit down and give them the explanation... All 45 minutes of it.
Holy oil heals everything...
You throw in an Arabic word into your conversation... Even at a job interview
You're an alter boy FOR LIFE
You've met at least one bishop in your life... and they always seem to remember you
You can say abogalamseese (apocalypse, in Arabic), and have stayed up all night to attend it.
You find yourself humming church songs and start tapping your hand to the beat of the cymbals when you're bored
Almost 50% of the church is related to you in some way or another
There always seems to be a problem with the microphone system
Fool or fava beans is a way of life
Just because you greet with a kiss on both cheeks doesn't mean you like them
You've tried to fall asleep during the sermon but the priest always seems to be addressing you
You get back from church at 1:30PM and people ask where you were. You tell them... They find it amazing that you can be at church for 3 hours
You can name off at least 3 of Jesus' miracles in the bible
You can also name at least 10 if not all of Jesus' chosen 12
If someone has a question about a bible story... They come to the bible whiz... YOU!
You know at least one sayedy joke
You also know at least one joke with a Sheik and an Abouna
Fasting for 2/3 of the year actually makes you laugh
Your T's become Z's. And if you don't have an accent, you can impersonate one
Speaking with your hands is not uncommon
Everyone is almost TOO nice to you
Its not just donuts and coffee after church...
If there's a visitor in church... You make sure to make them feel "welcome." But make sure that they know what page everyone is on.
During mass you've heard a "shhhhhhh" or "tsk" from the priest.
You've possibly been suffocated by excess of incense
EVERYONE in church is invited to the wedding
Little kids roam wild and free
"Bismisaleeeb" is a very commonly used word in your vocabulary.
Sunday School? Of course!
You get in trouble and your mom says "Im gonna tell aboona... (Thanks to Sarah Marcus)
When the moment u get a new car...aboona has to 'rosh it with maaaya" (Thanks to Sarah Marcus)
Mama says "Ihna ahsan nasss." (Thanks to Sarah Marcus)
When you take a saint picture to every single exam and professors let it slide (Thanks to Sarah Marcus)
When you get in a car and say bismisaleeeb (Thanks to Sarah Marcus)
You say a prayer before saying a prayer! (Thanks to Carmen Masry)
You say "Kola Sana wenta tayeb" to ANY occasion, wether it be a fasting time, wedding, birthday, Easter, Christmas, or just Sunday (Thanks to Shirley Fahmy)
You're at a wedding and you keep count of how many times people say "obaalik" (Thanks to Sherry-Maria Shenouda)
You know you're Coptic when family members and other adult Copts, after greeting you, proceed to ask you the following questions (Thanks to Esther Boulos):
1. Where do you go to school? (For all NJ people: any answer besides Rutgers sounds foreign to them.)
2. What are you studying to be in the future? (Any answer besides doctor, lawyer, engineer, etc is frowned upon.)
3. WHEN ARE YOU GETTING MARRIED?! (This question is usually followed by several suggested suitors. And when in the company of family, a group discussion is held on who you should marry. You then proceed to leave the room and come back 2 hours later to still find them planning out your future for you.)
You are eating at another Coptic's house (or Eygptian for that matter) and somehow "I'm full" to them, means "Here's more, Keep Eating!" (Thanks to Lara Guindi)
