socially insensible hokums!!
Stand-Alone Dreamer | 27 July 2004, 4:52pmI do know that being highly preoccupied with other stuff has got nothing to do with decent blogging (whatever 'that' is), so my apologies to anyone who has been peeking in and out of this place for the past week, anticipating something clever or witty or insightful. ;-)
In more "I couldn't give a crap" news:
I am surrounded by Chinese engineers these days...Since most of us, including yours truly, cannot pronounce those names properly and out of sensitivity for the shortcomings of our pronunciation skills they introduce themselves as john, mike, sharon etc...
There is an old politically incorrect russian joke that goes: Do you know how Chinese people name their children?
(pause...)
They throw some silverware down the stairs and name the child by the resulting sound.
Well, as an enlightened soul with a supposedly profound knowledge about more subtler things in this wide vast world, I dismissed them as a culturally insensitive nonsense.
Just the other day, during a working lunch (I hate 'em!!) my friend inadvertently dropped a spoon in our room, and this Chinese guy (who introduces himself as john) suddenly responded from his table down the hall, 'yes'..!!
We looked at each other!!!
Bewildered, I thought, is there anything to this? Does it deserve a follow up experiment?
Scene II: 3 hours later..
Couple of other colleagues of mine were around this time, so I say this with the weight of 6 ears. I happen to accidentally clank my cup on the table. This time John was in his seat inside the cabin. 'Yes', he said but then walked over to the door and checked to see if anyone was there.
It must be that he has highly sensitive ears and quietly knocking friends..!!!
Current Mood: Wicked
Current Music: its what we are all about...
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1. By Stupendous Man | 27 Jul 2004, 5:52pm
Ah. and you're back again.
this one was quite amusing!
2. By Mayavi | 28 Jul 2004, 11:07am
Wakao!
I am not chinese.