Her: Do these glasses make my nose look big?
Him: …
Her: You can say “No bigger than it normally looks” if you need to.
Him: It doesn’t make your nose look any bigger than those jeans make your…
Archive for 2009-12
What Not To Say
2009-12-30 17:54Lost in Translation
2009-12-12 00:14Alternate title: “Define Incomprehensible”.
5 hours of Swiss-German dinner theatre at my current level of German.
Cross Cultural / ESL Quiz
2009-12-08 20:04“Do you want pizza?” means:
- We’re ordering pizza. Do you want us to order you some?
- There is pizza here now, and we’re going to eat it unless you eat it soon.
Nick thinks: (1). Coworkers think: (2).
As Good a Reason as Any
2009-12-02 16:43Bought mushrooms at the store for supper today because they looked like the ones from Fantasia (with beige instead of red tops).
