I'd like to share a real-life conversation I overheard at work today.
The participants are Heather, a late-teens-or-early-twenties girl, and Donald, a late-teens-or early-twenties boy.
Heather is a self-titled "model" from Los Angeles who moved to Reno for reasons I haven't cared to discover. Rumor is her breasts are fake - if they aren't fake then they're the most perfect breasts I've ever seen, and it's weird. They look too good to be true, and it makes her whole body look kind of weird. Also, she changes her hair at least once a month, she has a "BFF" and uses this term in complete seriousness in front of real other people, I don't think I've ever seen her with the same cell phone for over a month at a time, and she's dumb as a pile of shit.
Donald is a young guy from Africa. He moved here recently with his family. He's been here about two months.
Here's the conversation. For all the parts that Heather says, use the "always asking a question?" LA model valley girl voice, otherwise you won't be able to truly appreciate the scope of this conversation.
Donald: [sits down at a table adjacent from Heather]
Heather: "Donald, where do you live?"
Donald: "I live over on such-and-such road over by such-and-such place (not really important).
Heather: "No, I mean where are you from? Are you from Africa? (more emphasis on the question thing)
Donald: "Yes, I'm from Africa."
Heather: "Wow, you speak really good English. Do they speak English in Africa?"
Donald: "In some places, yes."
Heather: "Is that the African language?"
Donald: [short pause] "No, Africa has many different languages. In the cities most people speak English, too."
Heather: "Oh. Did you live in the jungle?
Donald: [longer pause] "No, I lived in a city."
Heather: "What city?"
Donald: "Nairobi."
Heather: "Naah-rohh-bee?" (this is her trying to pronounce a very simple word in an overly complicated way)
Donald: [pause] "Just Nairobi."
Heather: "Naahhh-rooohh-beeee?" (it's getting worse)
Donald: "It's just Nairobi."
Heather: "Wow Donald, you lived in a jungle in Nairobi? That's so hot!"
I was on a 15 minute break and had to leave the break room 10 minutes in because I was afraid of losing it in a fit of uncontrollable laughter.
The participants are Heather, a late-teens-or-early-twenties girl, and Donald, a late-teens-or early-twenties boy.
Heather is a self-titled "model" from Los Angeles who moved to Reno for reasons I haven't cared to discover. Rumor is her breasts are fake - if they aren't fake then they're the most perfect breasts I've ever seen, and it's weird. They look too good to be true, and it makes her whole body look kind of weird. Also, she changes her hair at least once a month, she has a "BFF" and uses this term in complete seriousness in front of real other people, I don't think I've ever seen her with the same cell phone for over a month at a time, and she's dumb as a pile of shit.
Donald is a young guy from Africa. He moved here recently with his family. He's been here about two months.
Here's the conversation. For all the parts that Heather says, use the "always asking a question?" LA model valley girl voice, otherwise you won't be able to truly appreciate the scope of this conversation.
Donald: [sits down at a table adjacent from Heather]
Heather: "Donald, where do you live?"
Donald: "I live over on such-and-such road over by such-and-such place (not really important).
Heather: "No, I mean where are you from? Are you from Africa? (more emphasis on the question thing)
Donald: "Yes, I'm from Africa."
Heather: "Wow, you speak really good English. Do they speak English in Africa?"
Donald: "In some places, yes."
Heather: "Is that the African language?"
Donald: [short pause] "No, Africa has many different languages. In the cities most people speak English, too."
Heather: "Oh. Did you live in the jungle?
Donald: [longer pause] "No, I lived in a city."
Heather: "What city?"
Donald: "Nairobi."
Heather: "Naah-rohh-bee?" (this is her trying to pronounce a very simple word in an overly complicated way)
Donald: [pause] "Just Nairobi."
Heather: "Naahhh-rooohh-beeee?" (it's getting worse)
Donald: "It's just Nairobi."
Heather: "Wow Donald, you lived in a jungle in Nairobi? That's so hot!"
I was on a 15 minute break and had to leave the break room 10 minutes in because I was afraid of losing it in a fit of uncontrollable laughter.
when i went to college (in 1997, mind you), a girl who had never left manhattan asked me if we had cars and running water in idaho. ignorance is independent of coast. or even continent.