I woke up before dawn this nice Saturday morning to the sound of a drunk Brit pounding on doors and screaming for "Simon you f-ing c-nt, open the f-ing door!"
"Simon" never appeared, but the whole neighboorhood now knows that Simon has this guy's keys, phone, and shoes. WTF.
i hope simon stays hidden. his friend sounded pissed, in both senses of the phrase. good morning. happy weekend.
ReplyDeleteHaha good morning to you too!
ReplyDeleteI wanted to say how much I enjoy your BLARG! Your style of expression is interesting and the differences in culture and customs has always interested me. You should compile these into a book. I was in Japan for a week in 1968, R&R from Vietnam. I don’t know if they still do this, but in a store the merchandise is rung up on a Soroban, which is a Japanese abacus. It is faster than using a calculator! The gal’s fingers would fly across the beads adding up whatever junk I was buying, that then turn the Soroban around so I could see what I owed. I would shove all the money I had at her so she could take whatever she wanted. I finally bought one an learned how to use it. Do they still use those?
ReplyDeleteThanks, Bill! I'm glad you're following it :)
ReplyDeleteCan't say that I've seen anyone use an abacus here, but I have seen them displayed in some stores. Nowadays they type your total on a simple desk calculator and show it to you! Maybe that's just for foreigners, not sure! Haha yeah they're pretty honest here so you can actually hand them everything you've got and they'll give back all the change! I bet you had an interesting trip, yourself!
Good to hear from you!! :D