Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Fat men and speedos.

I'm thinking the United Nations should pass a law making speedos on fat men illegal. Make it illegal all over the world, maybe make it a crime against humanity even. Yes, it is that bad.

When we checked into our little house here the light on the in-room safe read low battery so Dad went to the reception and asked for somebody to change the batteries. A lovely young Thai woman came and changed them then before leaving she asked, "Where you from?" and Dad said, "America". She then said very politely, without malice, just observation, "You little people!" I almost burst from laughter, inside, but didn't want to make her feel bad so did the only thing I could. I turned my back to admire the view from the windows and left Dad to deal with the problem. I knew he was having a difficult time and the silence was deafening. Then I heard him whimper, "Yes, we little people." The grammer was bad, but at least he was able to say something. As soon as she was off the porch we could hardly stop laughing. Not at her, she was innocent. We laughed at our ineptness and the humor of the situation. We wondered at her experience with Americans. Giants? No, we are not.

1 comment:

  1. You are such a great writer! It is almost like being there! You should put a link to your blog on facebook.

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