Have you ever visited the site Stuff White People Like? It's quite hysterical, and uncomfortably on target. :-) We bought my brother a daily calendar last year for his birthday from this site, and one day he came over and gave us this poignantly correct entry that applied perfectly to us:
Renovations:
All white people are born with a singular mission in like in order to pass from regular whitehood into ultra-whitehood. Much like how Muslims have to visit Mecca, all white people must eventually renovate a house before they can be complete.
Of course, most people do not reach this goal until the are thirty-five or older. But the need to do it is as instinctual as walking. But it is important to note that white people have little or no interest in renovating a suburban home built after 1960(except in Southern California). All white people dream about buying an older property ("with character") in a city, and then renovating it so the insides look all modern, with a stainless steel fridge.
Please note that all white people went through a renovation when they were a kid. This is a good subject to bond over, perhaps a story about how you were embarrassed at a sleepover when a friend went to the bathroom and there was a contractor on the toilet. Embellish as necessary.
:-) And just for the record, we do not plan on installing a stainless steel fridge. :-)
