You know you are Estonian when:
1. You can at times drink hot tea to hot food.
2. You know that going to the sauna is 80% about networking and 20% about washing.
3. You are nationalistic about Skype (it is actually an Estonian company).
4. You have been to Finland.
5. You think that any beverage below 20% is non-alcoholic.
6. Swimming in +18C water is a perfectly normal summer activity for you.
7. You check the thermometer before going out.
8. You’re proud that Ernst Hemingway wrote that you can find at least one Estonian in every harbour in the world.
9. You consider constantly smiling and friendly people high on drugs or just annoying.
10. You don’t think that terviSEKS is a funny word.
11. You declare your taxes on the internet like all modern people.
12. A person that speaks three languages isn’t the slightest bit impressive.
13. You think that the combination blue-black-white is cheerful.
14. You look in both directions before crossing the road, even if it’s a one-way street.
15. There can never be too much sarcasm.
16. Words like “veoauto”, “täieõiguslik” or “jää-äär” sound perfectly pronounceable to you.
17. Every year you believe, deep in your heart, that Estonia will once again win the Eurovision Song Contest.
18. It would not be surprising for English-speakers to find your name naughty (Peep, Tiit, Andres (sounds like undress)).
19. You put ketchup inside your pasta.
20. Your doctor prescribes a visit to a tanning salon.
21. It’s been years since you’ve seen your paper passport or paper bus pass and you barely remember that there are other forms of payment except electronic ones.
22. You split three times around your left shoulder for good luck.
23. When someone ask you “Where is Estonia?” you quickly reply that it’s located in Northern Europe close to Finland.
24. A foreigner speaks to you in broken horrible Estonian and you go on and on about how wonderful their Estonian is compared to “the Russians”.
25. You consider summer to consist of three weeks of bad skiing weather.
26. You look down to people who ask if Estonia along with the rest of Eastern Europe if Estonia belongs to the EU.
27. You grin when someone you know says that they bought a BMW.
28. You undress yourself as much as possible when the sun is shining.
29. Potato to you is the same as rice to Japanese.
30. Everyone in your family has pictures from funerals.
31. A mention of a city with a population of a million or more causes you to panic slightly.
32. You’d love to get your 12th grade exam results texted to you.
33. Most of your friends and/or their parents are divorced.
34. You don’t even expect a victory from the Estonian football team, but you still follow the game with great emotions.
35. You wear socks with sandals.
Pärast selle lugemist tekkis väga eestlase tunne küll. See oli selline lõbus ja naersin enda üle. Ja sellest, kui eestlane ma ikka olen vahel, sain veel paremini aru, kui lugesin läbi "Minu Eesti 2". See nii armas raamat, mulle nii meeldis ja üsna naljakas oli ka vahepeal, sest seal ikka sai aru, kui kummalistena me oma kiiksude ja veidrustega välismaalastele tundume. Aga mulle sellegi poolest meeldib eestlane olla ja olen endaga üpris rahul.
Seda Eesti teemat on viimasel ajal kuidagi palju mu elus, ilmselt selle pärast, et mõtlesin, et see võiks olla üks mu kirjanditeemadest ja seega hoian oma kõrvad ja silmad lahti selle koha pealt.
