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"You been away the Islands too long
eef..."
- Your family dog get papers
- You only wear Aloha Shirts to costume parties
- Your mainland husband or wife understands everything you say
- You don't use words like "da kine" any more
- You dress up to eat at home
- You wear socks and sneakers instead "go-aheads" with no socks
- Your mother has stopped sending you care packages from Hawaii with good Islands food stuffs for you and for impress your friends and neighbors that you from the Islands
- When you go picnic, you eat salami and cheese with sourdough bread and Caesar salad instead teriyaki spam sandwich wid rice and macaroni salad
- You no mind drive 45 minutes to go the store
- You buy cheap macadamia nut chocolate candy from Costco and think it taste OK
- Your teenagers no buy their dates carnation leis for the Prom
- You order Hot-links with your eggs instead of Portugese Sausage
- You sit the chair with your feet on the floor instead under your okole
- Your garage get ski's instead of surfboard(s)
- Your permanent burned in "Tan Line" on your lower back above your okole is gone
- You no even offer take your shoes off when you walk in someone's house
- You eat beef teriyaki on a stick once each year at a festival
- You eat ice cream after the movies instead one bowl "saimin"
- You forgot how good taste fresh made hot Malasadas from Leonard's Bakery Moilili
- Your feet hurt when you walk barefoot
- You complain when it rain .....
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