Cringe!Chickenlady winces, "I told a Hugh Grant/Divine Brown joke to my dad, pretending that Ms Brown was chewing gum so she'd be more American. Instead I just appeared to be still giving the blow-job. Even as I'm writing this I'm cringing inside."
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chthonic, Thu 27 Nov 2008, 18:58)
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Can I have your money?Just after my A-levels, I went on an expedition to Ecuador. The first stage of this involved staying on a farm run by a mad expat Belgian called Piet and working for him. We lived and ate with the family.
The food was basic, but good. A typical breakfast would involve mango, papaya, and pineapple all fresh from the tree; on a couple of occasions, it involved little doughnut things. These were still hot and were all-round wonderful.
All they needed was a bit of sugar. I asked Anna, who was sat next to me and who spoke more Spanish than I (I'd got through the Teach Yourself book, but wasn't confident), what the word for sugar was.
"Sucre," she told me.
It sounded reasonable.
"¿Señora, tiene sucre?" I stammered.
La Señora looked at me oddly. I repeated my question. She looked at me more oddly.
The Spanish for "sugar" is "azúcar".
Sucre is the name of the local currency.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Tue 2 Dec 2008, 12:12,
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