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Writer's Block: Say What?
Mar. 6th, 2012 05:09 am[Error: unknown template qotd]
I have two!
One
The first one that comes to mind is, "How do you go up the stairs?"
Mom and I were taking a train, and a little kid - maybe 6 years old - approaches the stairs that happened to be near our seat and asks mom the above question. Mom's response was, "You go up the stairs."
Two
I was at the Subway (restaurant), standing in line. I placed my order. The customer behind me, a woman who appeared to be of Southeast Asian heritage, asked me, "Are you Indian?"
At first I thought I hadn't heard her correctly. Anyone who has seen me knows that my skin tone is the shade of Cool Whip, and I couldn't figure out why someone who appeared to be Indian herself was asking me if I was. So I asked her to repeat the question, and she did. I don't remember how I responded.
All I can think of was that I had ordered a veggie sandwich, and that many of my Indian friends over the years were vegetarians...so maybe she thought veg sandwich equals Indian heritage? That's the only explanation I can think of.
I have two!
One
The first one that comes to mind is, "How do you go up the stairs?"
Mom and I were taking a train, and a little kid - maybe 6 years old - approaches the stairs that happened to be near our seat and asks mom the above question. Mom's response was, "You go up the stairs."
Two
I was at the Subway (restaurant), standing in line. I placed my order. The customer behind me, a woman who appeared to be of Southeast Asian heritage, asked me, "Are you Indian?"
At first I thought I hadn't heard her correctly. Anyone who has seen me knows that my skin tone is the shade of Cool Whip, and I couldn't figure out why someone who appeared to be Indian herself was asking me if I was. So I asked her to repeat the question, and she did. I don't remember how I responded.
All I can think of was that I had ordered a veggie sandwich, and that many of my Indian friends over the years were vegetarians...so maybe she thought veg sandwich equals Indian heritage? That's the only explanation I can think of.
