So here’s my comedy skit for the day. A while back an Asian friend of mine was asking another friend how to say certain colors in Spanish. She was telling him azul is blue (which I kinda thought everyone knew, but I digress), and that rojo is red, etc. He then said, “Oh, that one girls first name is Blanca and Lucy’s last name is White, I think from now on I’m going to have people call me Luke Negro.” To which I respond, “You want your name to be Luke Black?!?” He said, “Yeah, lots of people have the last name Black.” To which I respond, “Yeah, but they usually aren’t Asian!” He then looks thoughtful pondering this new thought. I think I was so outspoken mainly because I’m bi-racial (black & white), so the negro statement was a little alarming, though not insulting, I just realized he’s a dork (I think he may have some social inadequacies).
My second event was yesterday while making one too many visits to the local FedEx Kinkos (I really need to get my printer fixed). An older man came in with a shipment and told the little FedEx guy that he simply needed his John Henry on the form. It took everything in my not to a) start laughing until I peed myself a little and b) correct him and say, “I think you mean John Hancock, and the 70’s called and asked us not to use that outdated phrase anymore, thanks.”
