I love the different cultures

Undertoad · 07-16-2008, 06:07 PM

At work we are like a little UN sometimes: represented are India, UK, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Colombia, China.

My group is headed out and we notice the golf cart of the guy who manages the office complex. I say "Folks, I'm just letting you know now... I put in an application with the offices here. I'm so tired of all the admin headaches... starting next week I'm driving that golf cart around."

Everybody laughs, except our Indian lady, who looks at me wide-eyed and says, "No, you are changing jobs???"

And now I understand why the Brits used to say the 'merkins didn't "get" irony. Yup, it seems to have to be bred into your culture somehow.

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J's brother's wife is Japanese. She absolutely positively refuses to see any horror film. They repulse her. But she loves the "Kill Bill" films. They tweak the violence over into cartoonish, and it makes the whole thing work for her.

HungLikeJesus · 07-16-2008, 06:45 PM

I have a friend who moved to the US from China several years ago and his English is pretty good. A group of us went to a comedy club. At the end of the night he said, "I could understand everything he (the comedian) said, but I didn't understand why people were laughing." It's all down to cultural differences.

skysidhe · 07-17-2008, 04:41 PM

I love the kill bills but I thought it was because the heroine is female.

BigV · 07-17-2008, 05:07 PM

NB: All heroines are female.

lookout123 · 07-17-2008, 05:52 PM

uh uh. i knew dis one dude, he had ta shoot up all da time or he couldn't function.

skysidhe · 07-19-2008, 04:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigV

NB: All heroines are female.

I realized it was redundant right after I posted and logged off. :p

I did!

07-16-2008, 06:07 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I love the different cultures At work we are like a little UN sometimes: represented are India, UK, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Colombia, China. My group is headed out and we notice the golf cart of the guy who manages the office complex. I say "Folks, I'm just letting you know now... I put in an application with the offices here. I'm so tired of all the admin headaches... starting next week I'm driving that golf cart around." Everybody laughs, except our Indian lady, who looks at me wide-eyed and says, "No, you are changing jobs???" And now I understand why the Brits used to say the 'merkins didn't "get" irony. Yup, it seems to have to be bred into your culture somehow. -- J's brother's wife is Japanese. She absolutely positively refuses to see any horror film. They repulse her. But she loves the "Kill Bill" films. They tweak the violence over into cartoonish, and it makes the whole thing work for her.

07-16-2008, 06:45 PM	#2
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I have a friend who moved to the US from China several years ago and his English is pretty good. A group of us went to a comedy club. At the end of the night he said, "I could understand everything he (the comedian) said, but I didn't understand why people were laughing." It's all down to cultural differences. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

07-17-2008, 05:07 PM	#4
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	NB: All heroines are female. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

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lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	uh uh. i knew dis one dude, he had ta shoot up all da time or he couldn't function. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

07-17-2008, 04:41 PM	#3
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	I love the kill bills but I thought it was because the heroine is female.

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