Comments on: tales from the goldfish bowl http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2004/11/23/tales-from-the-goldfish-bowl/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:52:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: vitriolica http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2004/11/23/tales-from-the-goldfish-bowl/#comment-965 vitriolica Sat, 27 Nov 2004 11:14:45 +0000 http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2004/11/23/tales-from-the-goldfish-bowl/#comment-965 geetanjali, i commend you for not telling the moron she was an idiot nor smacking her. once when I was in the states I was talking to a fifteen year old boy who was the son of a college professor. He asked where I lived... "London" I said... "Oh, right... that's in Paris, huh?" ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? geetanjali, i commend you for not telling the moron she was an idiot nor smacking her.

once when I was in the states I was talking to a fifteen year old boy who was the son of a college professor. He asked where I lived… “London” I said… “Oh, right… that’s in Paris, huh?”
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]]> By: Geetanjali http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2004/11/23/tales-from-the-goldfish-bowl/#comment-962 Geetanjali Sat, 27 Nov 2004 04:45:57 +0000 http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2004/11/23/tales-from-the-goldfish-bowl/#comment-962 The comment about the encounter with the American was left by me !:oops: I forgot to fill in the deets!:oops: The comment about the encounter with the American was left by me !:oops: I forgot to fill in the deets!:oops:

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2004/11/23/tales-from-the-goldfish-bowl/#comment-961 Anonymous Sat, 27 Nov 2004 04:41:12 +0000 http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2004/11/23/tales-from-the-goldfish-bowl/#comment-961 Stumbled onto your blog through some other blogs - this is great stuff! :smile: I had a similar experience in a cafe on the Rue de Rivoli, when I was in Paris last year..this is how the exchange went:- Bimbo (B) : I wanna see the Danish palace.... Geetanjali (G) : *smile* B : Do you know where it is? G : I am not from Paris..what does your guide book say? B : Is it in Paris or in Denmark? G : I wouldn't know..I'm not from France or Denmark!!! B : Well I wanna see it... G : Why don't you look up a guide book and see what it says? Or ask one of the guys in the cafe? B : What city in the US did you say you are from by the way? G : I didn't say I am from the US... B: But you speak good english... G : There are other countries in the world apart from the US where people speak excellent english... B : So where in UK are you from? G : Guess again... B : Then it must be Australia...thats the only other country... G : Nopes wrong again...I'm from India... B : But isn't that a small village in Asia? G : (Mentally) I wonder what the sentence for murder is???? *fake smile* No it isnt..It's a big country with a lot of very intelligent people who speak better english than most Americans...excuse me I need to use the loo.... ARGHHHHHHHH!!!!!! Stumbled onto your blog through some other blogs - this is great stuff! :smile:
I had a similar experience in a cafe on the Rue de Rivoli, when I was in Paris last year..this is how the exchange went:-
Bimbo (B) : I wanna see the Danish palace….
Geetanjali (G) : *smile*
B : Do you know where it is?
G : I am not from Paris..what does your guide book say?
B : Is it in Paris or in Denmark?
G : I wouldn’t know..I’m not from France or Denmark!!!
B : Well I wanna see it…
G : Why don’t you look up a guide book and see what it says? Or ask one of the guys in the cafe?
B : What city in the US did you say you are from by the way?
G : I didn’t say I am from the US…
B: But you speak good english…
G : There are other countries in the world apart from the US where people speak excellent english…
B : So where in UK are you from?
G : Guess again…
B : Then it must be Australia…thats the only other country…
G : Nopes wrong again…I’m from India…
B : But isn’t that a small village in Asia?
G : (Mentally) I wonder what the sentence for murder is???? *fake smile* No it isnt..It’s a big country with a lot of very intelligent people who speak better english than most Americans…excuse me I need to use the loo….

ARGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

]]> By: M.J. http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2004/11/23/tales-from-the-goldfish-bowl/#comment-954 M.J. Fri, 26 Nov 2004 17:39:21 +0000 http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2004/11/23/tales-from-the-goldfish-bowl/#comment-954 You never cease to entertain me. Please be certain that all Americans, though most perhaps, are not this way. You never cease to entertain me. Please be certain that all Americans, though most perhaps, are not this way.

]]> By: Claypot http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2004/11/23/tales-from-the-goldfish-bowl/#comment-938 Claypot Thu, 25 Nov 2004 15:35:05 +0000 http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2004/11/23/tales-from-the-goldfish-bowl/#comment-938 Suziboo - priceless!:lol: Suziboo - priceless!:lol:

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