[AccessD] OT Friday

Had a similar experience a few years ago holidaying in Key Largo. Went out
on a snorkelling boat with my kids and a few other familes of different
nationalities. Anyway the young (18ish) lad assisting on the boat struck up
conversation with a couple of Italian girls who spoke good English. This was
in my hearing, no word of a lie. Went something like:

"Where you from?"
"Italy"
"Where's that?"
"Europe"
"What language do people there speak?"
"Well each country has its own language"
"Wow, neat"

But that's not a jibe at antyone. It was just funny, and quite charming in a
way. Anyway, plenty of English people don't know where the next town is. No
country has a monopoly on ignorance.

But, look it's not Friday. I shouldn't be doing this, and neither should you
.

-- Andy Lacey
http://www.minstersystems.co.uk 



> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com 
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Ken Ismert
> Sent: 16 August 2004 18:47
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT Friday
> 
> 
> 
> Another dumb American story (sadly true):
> 
> An aquaintance of mine was from India, and had spent time in 
> the UK before moving with her family to Houston. She started 
> attending a local Houston high school, and one day there a 
> curious fellow student started asking her
> questions:
> 
> "So, where'd you live before you came to Houston?"
> 
> "In England."
> 
> "Oh. Where's that?"
> 
> "Umm, east of here."
> 
> "Oh really ... what language do they speak?"
> 
> At that point, she broke off the conversation.
> 
> -Ken
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brett Barabash [mailto:BBarabash at TappeConstruction.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 11:40 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT Friday
> 
> 
> Hey, at least you are aware that the US has neighbors to the 
> north, unlike another individual (not on this list) who 
> thought that Alaska was an island because her US map didn't 
> show any other land bordering it.
> 
> And besides, we have Curling too!
> 
> 
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