a client referred to me as that 'spanish looking teenage girl'

[minxnim]

alex's southern roots

 

[Kitty Star]

Spaniards and mexicans aren't known for getting along, like, ever. What are we every to do Joshy?

 

[goatschool]

i'm PC

 

[Novembers Paul]

can you teach me some spanish so we don't get killed/robbed/hungry/thirsty in mexico?

The MOST important thing you need to say in Mexico...

Tengo Diarrea


It could save your life.

 

[chupe666]

how can it save my life if they just laugh at me when i say that?

 

[coelacanth_M]

yesterday, i was getting harrassed by a entire group of puerto rican teens on the train who kept saying "NIHAO" over and over again for maybe 5 minutes straight, in hopes that I would respond to them. Then one of them suddenly had a revelation and exclaimed, "Man, she ain't Chinese, man!"

Then they got into some sort of weird repetitive duet thing where one of them kept repeating "nihao" over and over again despite the revelation, and then the revelatory kid would keep saying "man, she ain't chinese, man!" it went on FOREVER.

headache.

 

[minxnim]

 

[FalseTodd]

sounds like the experience at the church in philly

 

[xfer]

i have to confess i didn't realize there was a difference between japanese and chinese...














...until i was a good five years old!

 

[xfer]

.












...because five was the age where i learned the "Chinese, Japanese, dirty knees, look at these" song.

 

[xfer]

amanda, i have relatives named--NAMED--"Son", "Bub", and "Junior"

toby and i also co-own a plot of land in western virgina that's so far behind in back taxes that is essentially owned by the guy who owns the junkyard surrounding it, who resembles boss hog in every single way except the natty suit.

 

[minxnim]

i have a lebanese uncle who looks like boss hog and smokes cigars. i just went to his pig roast. i also love him and thing he's amazing.

 

[The Dope]

Alex, where in western VA?

 

[xfer]

i dunno the name of the town! i'll ask my dad the next time i see him. i haven't been there in well over ten years.

 

[The Dope]

xfer and I are totally cousins now!

 

[The Dope]

Not that I am personally from western VA, mind you. I'm from more or less the dead center of the state. It's just that my mom's family has a lot of ties to the Roanoke area as well as further west.

 

[xfer]

well, the farm could be in central virginia! i just remember as a kid it was HOURS from DC so i always thought of it as western!

 

[xfer]

clarification: nearby the junkyard is a (very nice) farm owned by some cousins, which is where we actually went to visit. the junkyard/shack was just a side trip.

 

[The Dope]

If it was like 3-4 hours from DC, then that would be central, while if it were 4-8 hours from DC, that would be what I'd consider western. You should find out what county you were in. Odds are, I've probably been there at some point, as I feel like I've seen almost every out-of-the-way town in this state.