Foot-In-Mouth Moments
Team meetings. Indians, Chinese, Americans. Talk, talk, talk. Time for a break.
I turn to the Chinese Biostatistician sitting next to me. "So, do you know Kung-Fu?"
Team Lunch. Everyone is gulping Italian food. The conversation is about different countries and their culture. I turn to my Chinese friend. "So, do you know Kung-Fu?"
Then, sometime after this, I was with a friend of mine who was talking about how a Chinese friend of his came and asked him if elephants walk about on Indian roads, to which he asked if all of China knows Kung-Fu. And both smiled and went their respective ways.
"But, whats wrong with asking if he knows Kung-Fu?"
"Dude, its offensive. How would you feel if someone asked whether Indians roam around on flying carpets. Or if India is about cows and elephants?"
Ok, that explains why my year-end bonus was not what I expected it to be.
In a slightly off mood with a friend over not getting some stuff done right.
She: Ok, ok, lets forget it and get on with what we have at hand?
Me: No!
She: No?
Me: No! Coz everything you and I end up doing is not gonna last right for more than 2 minutes.
[Silence]
She: (grinning) 2 minutes eh cowboy?
Me: OK! Not EVERYTHING!!
My company had a lay-off sometime ago. Some of the people who got laid off, got a good 6 months of salary in severance, took 2 months of vacations and joined a sister company when they came back.
After hearing this, the great me goes public with the sentence, "I should have got laid!!"
Many more 'funny' moments coming up soon - coz Iyer will be in Baltimore over this weekend. Any ideas on how I should give him a warm welcome? Not turning up at the airport to receive him would be a good start, no?
I turn to the Chinese Biostatistician sitting next to me. "So, do you know Kung-Fu?"
Team Lunch. Everyone is gulping Italian food. The conversation is about different countries and their culture. I turn to my Chinese friend. "So, do you know Kung-Fu?"
Then, sometime after this, I was with a friend of mine who was talking about how a Chinese friend of his came and asked him if elephants walk about on Indian roads, to which he asked if all of China knows Kung-Fu. And both smiled and went their respective ways.
"But, whats wrong with asking if he knows Kung-Fu?"
"Dude, its offensive. How would you feel if someone asked whether Indians roam around on flying carpets. Or if India is about cows and elephants?"
Ok, that explains why my year-end bonus was not what I expected it to be.
In a slightly off mood with a friend over not getting some stuff done right.
She: Ok, ok, lets forget it and get on with what we have at hand?
Me: No!
She: No?
Me: No! Coz everything you and I end up doing is not gonna last right for more than 2 minutes.
[Silence]
She: (grinning) 2 minutes eh cowboy?
Me: OK! Not EVERYTHING!!
My company had a lay-off sometime ago. Some of the people who got laid off, got a good 6 months of salary in severance, took 2 months of vacations and joined a sister company when they came back.
After hearing this, the great me goes public with the sentence, "I should have got laid!!"
Many more 'funny' moments coming up soon - coz Iyer will be in Baltimore over this weekend. Any ideas on how I should give him a warm welcome? Not turning up at the airport to receive him would be a good start, no?
posted by APOO at 2:16 AM
9 Comments:
i had people here in charlotte asking me if there were monkeys on the streets of india...
and... yeah right!!! that warm welcome idea is really funny :)
I'm pretty sure when you said "I should have got laid", you meant every word of it! Dont pretend as if it was some 'foot-in-mouth' kinda moment!!! :P:P
#Iyer: Its gonna be funnier when you actually dont find me at BWI!
#Medha: *Ignored*
[Iyer] But there are monkeys all over the place in Agra, why only the streets? They have ruined the back-wiper of my car, and no one's mobike/scooter seats are safe!
Visit my office once, and see a jungle full of them! (And I meant it not as some joke pointing to my colleagues, but state this in earnest; the simian trouble here is way beyond normal proportions!)
[Apoo] - Finally a new post! LOL@'I should have got laid'and a bigger LOL @ Medha's comment
#Deepak: Now I wish I worked in Agra. I would have lots to blog about - apart from hanging out with my fellow mates (the monkeys)
hahaha i liked ure idea of a warm welcome - touching!
2 mins eh apoo? uve done all interested females a favor by admitting to that :P now they can look elsewhere!
2 min? U are just as good as instant noodles! Well at least, we dont have to pour hot water on you... :-P
#Mahima: Anything between that particular individual and me would last for 2 mins. Does not mean its 2 mins between me and everyone! Wanna give it a try? :P
#Anjali: LOL!
I shudnt have put this 2 min thing up!
#kung fu: smooth!
#2 mins: all the best! ;)
#laid: sacchai zubaan pe aa hi gayi.. :D
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