And yet one more ;-)

FRIENDS: Never ask for food.

 ITALIAN FRIENDS: Always bring the food..

 FRIENDS: Will say 'hello'.

 ITALIAN FRIENDS: Will give you a big hug and a kiss.

 FRIENDS: Call your parents Mr. and Mrs.

  ITALIAN FRIENDS: Call your parents Mom and Dad.

 FRIENDS: Have never seen you cry.

 ITALIAN FRIENDS: Cry with you.

  FRIENDS: Will eat at your dinner table and leave.

 ITALIAN FRIENDS: Will spend hours there, talking, laughing, and just

 being together.

  FRIENDS: Know a few things about you.

 ITALIAN FRIENDS: Could write a book with direct quotes from you.

 FRIENDS: Will leave you behind if that's what the crowd is doing.

 ITALIAN FRIENDS: Will kick the whole crowd's back-ends that left you.

 FRIENDS: Will knock on your door.

 ITALIAN FRIENDS: Walk right in and say, 'I'm home!

 FRIENDS: Will visit you in the hospital when you're sick

 ITALIAN FRIENDS: Will cut your grass and clean your house then come

 spend the night with you in the hospital.

 FRIENDS: Are for a while.

 ITALIAN FRIENDS: Are for life.

FRIENDS: Might ignore this.

 ITALIAN FRIENDS will forward this to their ITALIAN friends and those who

wish they were ITALIAN...*