Friday, April 7, 2006

tayybeen tante!


this one's for annie..
tante: tayybeen tante..taste one!
l: merci, i'm so full..
tante: walaw tante?!!! kirmeli!
l: thanks 3an jadd, plus i don't really like akadeneh
(immediate killer look from both tante and mom across the table, now scary-mommy eyes move from me to the akadeneh back to me back to akadeneh)
tante (already shoving some in my plate): tayyeb taste them (frowning a bit), how can you say you don't like them when you haven't even-
l: but i've had them befor-
tante: ...tasted them?! yalla sa7tein..nifra7 minnik ya rabb..yalla now you have no excuse, you're done with your studies, zakiyyeh smalla, it's time for you ta tirja3eelna, time for marriage and kids, maheik ya tante? (blank look from l)... eh shou laken, a7la shabb byitmanna 3laiki..yalla, taste the akadeneh..(moving to the next victim)...who didn't have some yet?
l (munching an akadenyeyeh):...merci tante...

14 Comments:

Blogger rouba said...

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6:43 PM  
Blogger rouba said...

oh my god torture
like hansel and gretel

6:45 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

and they would never give up would they? and somehow they link food to how screwed up we are. it's in my family too. my granma goes more like, you need to stop smoking and you'll find a nice guy to marry you. and would i dare say, teta i'm not looking. hell breaks lose if i do..

7:54 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

and now i really want akadenya

8:05 PM  
Blogger Dry Gin Martini said...

yalla ya sabeya, sirtou kbar sar wa'et titzawwajo kilkon. khalas ba'a ni7na ma 3inna banet bi 3isho barra la 7alon hek, ok? yalla 3al balad, zawej, wled, tabekh, 'ahwe wsarsara lsobo7! haha

8:48 PM  
Blogger Fouad said...

wa777yet elmama! bra7777met jiddak! biz3al! oum kol. yalla oum kol. shou baddak tekol. shou minjiblak? baddak farrouj meshweh? lahem meshweh? shou baddak? oum killak mawzeh. tayyeb berd2aneh. ma bi seer ma tekol fawekeh. la snenak. shou derra2at bel berraaaad, bi shahhoo! yalla mama oum kol. OUM KOL. wejjak addel tikk. tayyeb shou min jiblak...

ehhhhhh...same broken record everytime :) drives me crazy laila, CRAZY, but wouldn't trade for the world :)

9:25 PM  
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9:54 PM  
Blogger Dry Gin Martini said...

or as others my see, "backwards"

12:48 AM  
Blogger Laila K said...

R and M, help!
LC, bass wla
fouad, i was laughing out loud, that's hilarious!
samer, yeah right, let's ask you again after a few weeks here :)
anny, did they ever? :P i'm back on the 19th, if they agree to release me before easter!

5:57 AM  
Blogger Ghassan said...

hahaha. that awesome

3:24 PM  
Blogger Mar said...

#1 reason for gaining weight every time I visit lebanon. Yalla kele, hayda killo ma btklee honik, el amarken by3mlo akil hek, akid la'!Not to mention the voluntary over eating :)

9:32 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

layoul come back!!

5:14 PM  
Blogger Eve said...

Ms Akidinya, you've been tagged :)

5:40 PM  
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