Wiseguys

We Kuwaiti men (ones I know, la7ad ya7shir 3omra) are born made-men. Not necessarily Italian, but definitely Sicilian. Not exactly gangsters, but might just as well be.

You think I'm kidding? Think again, The Mafia and Kuwaitis both:

1. regard family as the most important thing in life
2. respect our fathers to the limits of fear
3. are spiritual/religious
   
4. drive our mothers crazy
5. have a place for friends to gather for LONG periods of time
   
6. have nicknames for the guys in our crews
7. love women
8. appreciate good food
9. treat women badly
10. have bad diets
11. have mad respect for our neighbourhoods
12. disrespect all other neighbourhoods
13. when we're kids, we wanna become the grown-ups around us
14. when we're grown-up, we want kids to be us
15. have nothing but our word
16. believe in the power of money
17. use foul language when it's uncalled for
18. have a certain dress code
19. enhalig when we dress casually
20. look REAL sharp when we're in our 'business/official' clothes
21. keep either hand in either pocket, or both
    
22. hated by most
    
23. deep down inside, we're all nice guys
24. love cars
25. most of us smoke real early
26. believe in tradition and try to keep it as old school as possible
    
27. have certain 'tests' for girls who are 'malot zawaaj'
28. have atleast 10 other words for 'girl'
    
29. have atleast 5 other words for 'car'
30. who we become when we grow up depends on who we grew up with
31. our biggest joy is to be among family and friends
32. don't fuck with each other's families
33. go by "your friend is my friend"
34. greet each other by kissing on the cheek
    
35. act totally different when we're with the "bosses" (el a3maam)
36. would rather keep marriage into and between "our own kind"
37. celebrations MUST have family even BEFORE friends
38. care about whether or not our wives can cook
39. try to do all the wrong things the right way
40. stick together for each other's fights
41. take loyalty seriously
    
42. become street-politicians by the time we're 14
43. know how to drive by the time we're 14
44. if we're not "men" by the time we're 14, we get smacked by our fathers till we are
    
45. neqaar 3ala ahalna
    
46. atleast one of our family members is a politician/lawyer - for a living
47. we travel in entourages
    
48. can be wherever whenever by a simple phone call - lots and lots of us
49. let's face it.. we're the best-looking bunch
50. have a certain decorum which can't really be learnt - you just have to be born into it
    
51. best for last: IT'S ALL ABOUT BEING CONNECTED

Based on wiseguys as shown in the movies. Not to be taken seriously. Wa6any il kuwayt salemta lel majde.