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Twelve Signs That You Have Greek Fever

4/10/2010

 
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It’s that time of year. The risk for contracting Greek Fever is at an all-time high. Not sure you’re infected? I’d like to use my medical skills to help you out. Look for these twelve signs:

1.       You can’t control your sudden urge to yell “Opa!” as your hands reach for the ceramic plates.

2.       You realize any food goes well with ouzo.

3.       Suddenly, iced Nescafe tastes better than your mocha frappuccino with double whip.

4.       You don’t understand anyone in your dreams, because they’re all speaking Greek.

5.       You ask your partner to dye his/her hair medium-dark brown, purchase olive-colored contact lens (the 24-hour kind so he/she can wear them to bed), and change their term of endearment for you from sweetie or honey to moro-mou or xriso-mou.

6.       The California sun just isn’t bright enough for you anymore.

7.       You’ve replaced breakfast with a cigarette (or with running outside to smell the smoke off of your co-worker’s), you now eat your main meal at 2pm, and you stay up all night long, every night.

8.       You’re repetitively humming this song or watching this video (Thank you, Anthony Skordi, for both!)

9.       You’re looking for the bathroom bin into which you throw your used toilet paper.

10.   You’re asking your kids to “close the light” and “take a decision.”

11.   If forced to choose between sunglasses and socks, in winter, you don’t hesitate: “sunglasses!”

12.   It’s March, April, May, June, July, or August.


Well, I hope it is of some comfort to you--you're in good company!

 
Global Greek World link
4/10/2010 04:37:52 pm

Perfect Rebecca mou! Almost as bad as hayfever but with positive results! Bring on the summer!
Look forward to seeing you soon! :) xxx

Rebecca link
4/10/2010 04:42:47 pm

Thank you, Sophia mou.
In the meantime, Anthony is feeding the big gaping hole in my soul with youtube video links (honestly, he's flooded my twitter DM inbox! Couldn't be happier :).
Looking forward to seeing you, too! xxx

Jenny Butler
4/12/2010 09:50:07 pm

Oh, this made me so home-sick and heart sore... xrish mou!!!!! he he!
Thank you!

Rebecca link
4/13/2010 06:40:52 am

Oh Jenny, I understand! I wrote it out of homesickness.
:)

Peter H. Fogtdal link
5/11/2010 01:21:44 am

To me Greece is the smell of retsina in a tavern on the harbor with toothless fishers mending their yellow nets. And then the scooters. And the yogurt with honey. And the souvenir shops with Greek gods for sale.

Rebecca link
5/11/2010 07:07:17 am

Yes, if you're mentioning toothless fishermen, then you've got it bad, Peter. Welcome to the Greek fever ward.


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