It's Tuesday, so I'm participating in Tova's Totally Awkward Tuesday.
We were visiting Chicago - the college improv team, of which I was a part - so we could go see performances at places like IO! and Second City. I was driving the 15-passenger van and we needed to park it so we could go enjoy a show. We stopped at a pay-to-park lot and the man who came out to greet us had a thick middle-eastern accent of some kind. I rolled down the window to speak with him.
He said, "You geev me kees I park de car."
I crinkled my forehead, confused for a few seconds.
Then he said, again, ""You geev me kees I park de car.
I couldn't wrap my mind around this.
Finally, I said, "Uh... you want me to give you a kiss?"
It wasn't that I wanted to kiss this man. I was just thinking, "Is this what we're gonna have to do to park the van and make our show on time?"
Obviously, everyone in the van AND the parking lot attendant explained that really, all I needed to do was give him the KEYS to the van.
(The thickness of his accent had made "You give me keys, I park the car" into "You give me kiss, I park the car.")
This was a source of much laughter for the rest of the trip.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
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That is an awesome story! It made me snarf my tea!
ReplyDeleteomg! that's classic!
ReplyDeleteGiggles....now if he was really cute...you know you would've gone for the kiss :).
ReplyDeleteOh that's good. Thanks for the laugh. I'm liking your blog, I'll need to hang out and check out some of your other posts.
ReplyDeleteHave a great day,
Diane J.
Out of curiosity, do you know if this parking lot attendant had been to the wedding you mentioned in your earlier Totally Awkward Tuesday post?
ReplyDeleteThe Glamorous Housewife: I'll take that snarfing tea as a compliment! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteEbony: Thanks, as always, for reading. :)
FRANNIE: You raise an interesting point. Actually you MAKE an interesting point. Perhaps I should look around pay-to-park lots for someone to misunderstand... :)
Diane J: Thank you for coming! And for reading! I checked out your blog and it is very cool. I'm following you now. :)
Chad: You made me literally laugh out loud. Well-played, sir. Well-played.
haha that's hysterical! Nice blog! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Molly! I'm glad you stopped by and hope you'll come back again. (I'd love to follow your blog. Which one do suggest?)
ReplyDeleteI think I know that guy. He does that on purpose to see if girls will kiss him.
ReplyDelete(Okay, I admint it. That was really me.)
So awesome!! Thick accents have a way of creating awkwardness! :D
ReplyDeleteI've just come accross your blog...drawn by the Judy G image, and even though I'm not usually big on words in blogworld, I really like and agree with, the stuff you say 'about you': In my own life, escaping with a child, sensitiveness, and still seeing the joy and humour in life, is how I've survived it so far. Great to find a fellow survivor with laughter...and the wonderful capacity for school girl crushes!
ReplyDeleteThanks
Philippa x
Great post......If he had looked like Johhny Depp I think that crinkled forhead would have looked ironed!
ReplyDeleteGingeyginge, if he had looked like Johnny Depp, I wouldn't have wasted any time asking for clarificaiton. I probably would've handed over the keys and leaned out the window with lips puckered. BTW, in reference to something on your blog, I WOULD stop in the middle of nowhere to give Johnny Depp a lift. :)
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