You know you are in chennai when

(Actually i read this off a blog. But i decided to write one for my very own chennai !!)

1).You get 4 hours of powercuts a day AND you know that tamil nadu exports electricity to other states YET you are not fazed !

2).You have an account on orkut but don't know what facebook/my space is

3). On finding an auto with a working meter your jaw hits the floor

4) Yet out of sheer habit you start haggling with him too about the price !

5) You have seen more men in lungis than you have in jeans

6) You made a flippant joke once about rajnikant/kamal hassan while travelling in MTC bus and you get beaten by a dozen people or at the very least got dirty looks and stares from all present.

7) Your friends can recite 2000+ shlokas.

In shuddh sanskrit.

Even when woken up in middle of night.

All this by the age of 6

8) Everyone is a macha/machi.

9) All hot chicks are referred "samaya/sappa figuures"

10) Travelled in a MTC bus meant for 52 people but actually carrying 94

11) You have seen a swanky mercedes/ferrari/porsche pull up in front of a swankier club and then looked on in disbelief as a dark,fat, middle aged uncle in a whiter than thou lungi wearing a Red/lime green/pink shirt(top 2 buttons open ) walk out yelling on the phone at his wife for not making his lunch sambar right.

12) You grind your teeth at every north indian who thinks you actually say "Yenna rascala ....mind it"

13) You laugh at drivers wearing seatbelts/helmets and call them sissies/chickens

14) You stare with eyeballs hanging out whenever a girl walks by in *gasp* jeans or *double gasp* skirt or *heaven forbid* a mini skirt

15) Proudly said to visiting relatives " We have TWO Mc Donalds now"

16) You have hit 140kmph on ECR and later on encouraged your friends to "try it once macha....Samaya feel varun da"

17) Even the 8 year old street urchins know hard core tamil gaalis and no.... 'panne' 'pessase' 'yerame' dont count !

18) You've been to one of the mocha's and tried the vanilla flavoured hokkah atleast once.

19) On needing a pirated electronic device/ film you head straight to richie street.

20) Only hearing the word political party AIADMK or DMK come to your mind.

21) You have used the kathipara junction flyover atleast once .

22) You have bragged about IIT-M to your friends from other cities.

23) You have seen your family member/ friend bribe a policeman ATLEAST twice

24) You know the names of karunanidhi's 3 wives and their respective offsprings !

25) You see the police using the american style cruisers gifted to them by hyundai for shuttling the kids of their superiors to and from school

26) You've have had your school/college closed due to floods and summer vacations prephoned due to drought.... In the SAME year

29) You become angry when the corporation tries to put up a median in the street to encourage people to stick to one side of the street

29) All women from ages 8 to 80 wearing anything sarees to mini skirts have flowers in their hair.

30) Everyone from your maid to your neighbour's 13 year old neice has atleast 5 kancheepuram silk sarees and 13 gold ornaments.

31) You go to satyam and blur atleast twice a month.

32) You swear by the meals in "murugans idlis" and can vouch for the fact that they are better than those in any swanky 5 star hotel.

33) You've been pulled over for not wearing a helmet half a dozen times... By a motorcycle riding cop who himself isn't wearing one.

34) The roads in your locality turn into mini swimming pools during the monsoon.

35) The pizza guy reaches your house faster than the ambulance.

36) Whenever a party leader gets hospitalized you read about party members who committed suicide out of depression

37) People from other states are "mair pasangla".

38) You are sure that any of the auto drivers here could fill in the shoes of Micheal Schumacher AND Evel knevel combined.

39) On something unexpected happening you don't go "oh god" or "oh my gosh"... Instead you say "Ai yi yo "

40) On hearing the word "Ghajini" surya come to your mind. Screw aamir khan.

41) When somebody asks you what seasons does chennai have you answer "Hot,Hotter,Hottest". With a straight face.

42) You wake up at 5 in the morning for your jog.... And find that half the city is up

43) When inspite of all the faults you are proud to be known as a 'madrasi' !!! :P