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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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