You Know You Are From Mumbai When...

I decided to join this group on Facebook.... when I went through the list I was amazed... There are more than 100 entries and I could relate to so many of them. You can check the complete list on Facebook. I am listing a few here that I loved the most, although that decision was very hard to make (as I am sure you will realize if you are a Bombayite..)

1. Train timings (9.27, 10.49 etc) are really important events of life.
2. You spend more time each month traveling than you spend at home.
3. You have the following sets of friend: school friends, college friends, neighborhood friends, office friends and yes, train friends, a species unique only in Bombay. (THIS IS MY MOST FAVORITE!!!!)
4. The first thing that you read in the Times of India is the "Bombay Times" supplement.
5. Your idea of personal space is no one actually standing on your toes.
6. You love wading through knee deep mucky water in the monsoons, and actually call it ''romantic'.
7. When you spent 6 hours of your day in school and another 3 hours in tuitions.
   
8. Your idea of a full body massage is what u get while trying to get off/ board a train at Dadar!!!
9. When there's no place to breathe in the trains but there's place to play cards and sing bhajans!
10. You know what the term "video coach" stands for in the local trains..
11. You aren't surprised when somebody throws a water balloon at you while you're walking on the streets during March.
12. You have hung on to dear life at the local train door.
13. You take the "Weight and Your Future for Rs.1 only" machines at the stations seriously. ... At least the Future bit, it always exaggerates about the weight.
14. You know that 'khamba' does not only mean pillar
15. Making a loud kissing noise is how you tease girls in Delhi, but making that same noise is how you hail an autorickshaw in Bombay
16. When ... you have argued with the TC that traveling first class after pass expires is legitimate since you haven't processed the railway concession yet!

I actually had a few more favs on the list here and then I deleted some. After doing that when I glanced through the list I realized that everything that stayed was mostly related to local trains :-) Yes... they sure are a big part of any Mumbaikar's life....