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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.

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.