Me and Hugga Bear. If she charges at you for no apparent reason, play dead.
It has been brought to my attention that there is some confusion about the Hello Kitty telephone. Two questions keep coming up:
1- Is the phone for sale?
2- What are you doing in a Birkenstock store?
The answer to the second question is Abby likes Birkenstock shoes. If your wife wants to check out a Birkenstock store in Taipei, you check out a Birkenstock store in Taipei. End of discussion.
The answer to the first question is the phone was not for sale . It is the store's phone. The stranger part is the store manager. He looks like a hardcore ex-military guy. When people came into the store, he sternly asked everyone to take off their shoes. People were scared NOT to take off their shoes. So you can imagine my shock and dismay when he STARTED TO USE THE PHONE! In a crowded store, I blurted out,
"Oh no, you didn't! You did not PUT THAT HELLO KITTY PHONE TO YOUR EAR!!!!!!!"
And I said it in Mandarin.
The human brain is an amazing instrument during times of duress.
4 comments:
But is your mastery of the language subtle enough that you could pronounce the Mandarin equivalent of "didn't" to make it sound hip and street, like "dih-unt"?
The answer to your question is yes. I was so TRAUMATIZED that perfect, hip-hop east coast flavored Mandarin with a Taiwanese dielect came out!
After the adrenaline left, I reverted back to "Hello", "Thank you" and "I love you".
james these are really funny!...I didn't know you were SO funny. I just thought you were ..you know..funny
That phone, does not look like a phone..
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