You know they're from Hawaii if:
 
1. They have separate circuit breakers for their rice cookers.
2. Only NOW they know that cilantro is the same as Chinese parsley.
3. They measure the water for the rice by the knuckle of their index finger.
4. They know which market sells poi on which days.
5. They know Char Sung Hut is closed on Tuesday.
6. They can handle shoyu with green mango, li hing gummy bears, and raw egg
on hot rice.
7. Their refrigerators contain half-empty jars of mango chutney from the '95
Punahou Carnival.
8. The condiments at the table are shoyu, ketchup, chili peppeh watah, and
kim chee. Also, Hawaiian salt.
9. They go to Maui and their luggage home includes potato chips, manju,
cream puffs, and guri guri for omiyage.
10. They think the four food groups are starch, Spam, fried food, and fruit
punch.
11. A balanced meal has three starches: rice, macaroni, and bread.
12. They know 101 ways to fix their rubber slippers, 50 using tape, 50 with
glue, and one using a stick to poke the strap back in.
13. They sometimes use their open car doors for dressing rooms.
14. They wear two different color slippers together and they don't mind.
15. "Nice clothes" means a T-shirt without puka.
16. They are barefoot in most of their elementary school pictures.
17. They have a slipper tan.
18. Their only suits are bathing suits.
19. They drive barefoot.
20. They have at least five Hawaiian bracelets.
21. They never, ever, under any circumstances, wear socks with slippers or
aloha shirts that match their wives' muumuus.
22. They still call the Blaisdell Center the HIC, and it's Sandy's, not
Sandy Beach.
23. They say "I going fo' lawnmowah da grass," when they mean "I'm going to
mow the lawn."
24. They can understand every word Bu Lai'a says.
25. They have a sister, cousin, auntie, or mom named "Honey girl."
26. Someone in the family is named "Boy," "Tita," "Bruddah," "Sonny,"
"Bachan," "Taitai," "Popo," or "Vovo."
27. They still chant "Hanaokolele" when a friend or co-worker goofs up.
28. They say, "shtraight," "shtreet," and "shtress."
29. They say "da kine," and the other person says "da kine," and they both
know what "da kine" is.
30. The "shaka" and the "stink eye" are worth 1,000 words.
31. They're shopping at Epcot Center at Disney World, and they may say
something to their sister, and a complete stranger says, "You're from
Hawaii, aren't you?"
32. They feel guilty leaving a get-together without helping clean up.
33. The idea of taking something from a heiau is unthinkable.
34. They call everyone older than themselves "Aunty" or "Uncle" and they
kiss everyone in greeting and farewell.
35. They let other cars ahead of them on the freeway and they give shaka to
everyone who lets them in. (And get mad if someone they let in doesn't say
thanks.)
36. Their philosophy on time is "Bumbai."
37. They would rather drag out the compressor and fill that leaking tire
every single morning than have to fix it.
38. The only time they honk their horns is once a year during the safety
check.
39. If a child needs a home, they give him one. He or she becomes "Hanai."
40. They can live and let live with a smile in their heart.
41. Their male best friends' names are Wade, Max, Nathan, Darren, or Melvin.
42. Own two types of slippers: da "good slippas" and da "buss-up/stay home
slippas."
43. They do not understand the concept of north, south, east, and west, but
instead give directions as Mauka, Makai, Diamond Head, and Ewa, and use
landmarks instead of street names.
44. The first thing they look for in the Sunday paper is the Long's ad.
45. They take off their slippahs before going into the house.
46. You ask what year they grad and where they grad from, and then you say
"eh, you know so and so?"
47. When it's done they say "pau!"

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