If they say, "How are you?" You MUST say, "Fine." Nothing else will do. Not "Great, thanks!" Not, "Awesome." Anything except the word "Fine" and you're going to get a weird look in return.
When they ask about your hobby you have some latitude: soccer, chess, stalking celebrities. You just have to have one. Which brings me to my new hobby. Reading English language T-shirts. I love it. Sometimes they are so good I'll go across the store to get Angie so she can read it too.
I guess I'll have to start making photos because they are SO FUNNY but I can never remember them when I get home. Finally I broke down and bought some shirts tonight for $3.50. The problem was that after finally finding some XL shirts I realize they are Asian XL which means they are for a person who weighs 140 and not 180 (he said optimistically).
So Caleb has inherited the new shirts but at least you can get a feel for my hobby:
Green Light is a brand name. The slogan "Loud Than Anywear" is why I bought the shirt. The slogans on shirts are just SO close that they are hilariously wrong. As a language student and full-time person who goes around maiming innocent words, its nice to look at a sign like the CLOSE sign hanging on Tony Roma's and laugh at someone besides myself for a change. (I mean what does that sign mean? Am I CLOSE to the restaurant? Am I supposed to CLOSE the door? No, its for after hours when they are CLOSED!)
So anyway, now you know my hobby. Transferring my aggression--I mean, T-shirt reading.
2 comments:
uuummm, would that be like when you are actually in the United States, and there is a broken horse at the Kroger, so the worker posts the all helpful "BROKE" sign. I am pretty sure that all the money we have put into those machines over the years, these people are really not that "BROKE"
Here is a good one for you! On the most beautiful place here, the boardwalk right on the water, there is a huge sign that takes up half a city block. The sign is well done with great photo quality and was obviously very expensive. The bummer is that it says: "Things aren't changing. THE only becoming better." I wonder what happened to the person doing the lettering on that sign? That's a bummer of a mistake to make! And yet the sign stays up!
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