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Monday, August 14, 2006

Gay or just European?

I got an offer to be covered in grease today by one of the caterers at a company barbeque. He was in the midst of reloading a tray of hot food at the buffet.
Him: Can you move back a step please?
Me: Sure.
Him: I just wanted you to take a step back because it’s greasy.
Me: Got it.
Him: Not that you would look bad covered in grease.
Me: Umm, can I get another one of those? (to someone else)
Him: Another helping of grease?
Me: !?!
In retrospect, I think the problem was the Capri pants that I wore today which I bought in Sicily when I ran out of clothes. In Orange County the semantics of such an action are obviously umm... different than intended.

4 Comments:

  • At 10:29 AM, Blogger Amir said…

    hahaha:) man, maybe it wasn't the pants. maybe, just maybe.

     
  • At 8:42 AM, Anonymous Tushar said…

    Stop denying your love for the grease. You love the grease.

     
  • At 2:31 PM, Blogger KumbhaKarna said…

    may be grease cover pants would have overriden the default OC-based semantics that came with that sicilian pant you had on.

     
  • At 8:21 AM, Anonymous Congogirl said…

    You are not alone. There is a photo that you probably should see. I will email it to you.

     

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