So in true trying-to-be-casual-with-new-people-and-also-funny-fashion, I had one of many Alaska Yankee in King Arthur's Summer Home type blunders.
Scene: Outside The Porter, a pub in George Street (that's right, in George Street, not on)
Characters: Me (Jessi), Matt (new friend from the MA)
Awkward pause, like those common in pubs worldwide
Me: Did you know that every time there's a pause in the conversation, somebody's thinking about Abraham Lincoln?
Another awkward pause. This time it's my fault.
Matt: Yeah, are you quite sure that works over here?
Me (internally): Doh.
Why do I cling so to that joke? It's not even that funny in the States.
8 comments:
Maybe if you said, "...someone is thinking about William Wilberforce." It might have landed better?
You are the only other person besides me that I have ever heard say that! People think I am so weird...
Well, I thought it was funny.
I once told a Canadian (also in a British pub BTW) that Canadians and Americans were basically the same creature. He just stood up and walked away with a disgusted look on his face. Akward moments make us stronger! Love the pics!
PS -that's how we say awkward in Texas but not how we spell it ;)
then did you say, '....Centrsal America...hmmm.moving on'
You might want to switch to; " Besides many animals, you know what gets real scared when you wave a torch in front of it? An old man."
I am glad your still you!
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