You know you're Bosnian when...

• your family owns a manual coffee grinder
• you take your shoes off when you enter the house, and every family member has his/her own slippers
• you start your day with a cup of coffee and a cigarette
• you have 17 consonants and 2 vowels in your last name
• your mother/nena won't accept the fact that you're not hungry
• you have "pita" or burek for dinner at least 4 days a week
• you're 6 and your father sends you out to buy him a pack of cigarettes and beer
• you chop up some onions and then decide what to cook for dinner
• your mother insists that "promaja" will kill you
• your mother tells you to wear "potkosulja", no matter what the temperature outside
• your mother tells you not to sit close to the TV, and not to use cell phones, because you'll get brain tumor
• your mother tells you that you'll get sick from drinking cold water
• your parents tell you that they had you and your sister/brother when they were your age
• a couple of days really means a week or so
• spring cleaning is really every two, three months, which includes washing the carpets, as well as the curtains
• the time is divided into "before" and "after" the war
• your father refers to all politicians with "djubrad", "lopovi", and "kriminalci"
• you don't want to talk about the war to anyone, but that's the only thing you talk about with other Bosnians
• parents keep telling you to shut up so they can hear the news on TV
• you eat baklava and hormasice at least twice a year
• you keep all your old unfit clothing until your relatives grow up, so you can give them something to wear