When do you stop being surprised?
Apr 8th 2013, 12:45 pm
#121
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Re: When do you stop being surprised?
We were passing through El Paso, as one does, and we'd stopped for some sodas and stuff at a Walmart, paying by card. The girl at the checkout asked for further ID, so I gave her my passport, which she's clearly never seen, but since passport was on the front, and "accept passports" was on her papers, she read it.
"Gee", she said. "You guys speak really good English"
"What language do you speak in England ?"
"Gee", she said. "You guys speak really good English"
"What language do you speak in England ?"
Apr 8th 2013, 1:58 pm
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Apr 8th 2013, 3:41 pm
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Re: When do you stop being surprised?
A colleague reports an identical conversation (in a shoe shop of all places), and when they replied with "well, coming from Eng-er-land we speak Eng-er-lish", the shop assistant shrugged and said "oh, I thought you all spoke French or something over there".
Apr 8th 2013, 5:51 pm
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Re: When do you stop being surprised?
Apr 8th 2013, 11:02 pm
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Re: When do you stop being surprised?
You should really blow her away and tell her the earth revolves around the sun.
