Yasas! I thought I was the only one that is Greek here. I love traditional Greek foods and deserts. One of my favorites is Melomakarona. Try that shit lol.
Just a little something I found: Why I am proud to be Greek
* Because we are European Champions in Soccer
* Because we are European Champions in Basketball
* Because Paparizou (singer) made us Eurovision Champions
* Because we buy whole watermelons and not in slices
* Because we buy whole lambs and not in pieces
* Because when we buy feta we buy at least a kilo and not 150gr.
* Because nights in Greece finish in the morning
* Because flirting is our national hobby
* Because we are world champions in sex
* Because we always moan about the public sector and everyone seeks to get a job in it
* Because we go out almost every night even if we are penniless
* Beacuse we respect our Grandmothers more than our wives
* Because we know how to spend better than we know how to save
* Because we never visit others empty-handed
* Because there is no way to explain to foreigners what "kapsoura"
is... (a burning desire for someone)
* Because we do not share the cost of petrol with those we give a ride
* Because for the sake of a woman we would wage war for 10 years
(Trojan war)
* Because we are everywhere around the planet
* Because we love and hate with passion
* Because the word "filotimo" (a synonym of honor, helping someone
because it is the right thing to do) doesn't exist in any other language
* Because whenever the foreigners cannot find a word, they bloody
steal one of ours
* Because we spend our high and low times with our friends and
family, not with therapists and counsellors
* Because Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle were Hellenic and the whole
world still quotes them .
* Because we invented theatre
* Because we gave birth to Democracy
* Because we discovered logic
* Because we jumpstarted science
* Because we are proud of our culture, not of our wars
* Because Jesus Christ's best friends were Greeks
* Because when others were discovering meat, we already had cholesterol
* Because when we were building the Parthenon, the others were still
sleeping under trees
* Because when others created wars, we created Games to stop wars
* Because we have a distinction between Eros (falling in love) &
Agape (innocent love), while we feel both passionately
* Because we don't use ketchup or mayonnaise with our food . It
tastes damn good anyway!
* Because we tossed our ancient alphabet to the Romans and our
medieval alphabet to the Slavs
* Because we get angry quickly but forget all about it even quicker
* Because we are not ashamed to cry
* Because we dance when we are sad and party when we are happy
* Because we work to live and we do not live to work
* Because 97% of the stars' names are Hellenic
* Because we always talk about starting a diet after we had our meal
* Because although we know danger well, we dare
* Because when you shout "brother" in the streets, everyone turns
around
* Because "Greeks do not fight like heroes, heroes fight like Greeks"
(Winston Churchill, 1941)
* Because we speak loudly and laugh even louder!!!
*Because we won’t allow our Greek Heritage & Language to be forgotten …next time we’ll write this whole thing in GREEK !!!!
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