6th May 2004, mid-morning | Comments (34)
Here’s a funny thing. You know how Americans and Brits have common words that mean different things in each language? Like ‘fanny’ or ‘bum’? Well it turns out that ‘hello’ is another one.
It’s true, I swear.
I’m sitting in a cafe on Union Street when the guy next to me says hello.
I glance at him, say hello
back, and then carry on working on my computer.
An innocent conversation, the British among you may think. A simple exchange of pleasantries, welcoming a newcomer to the table? Oh, how little you stay-at-home hobbits know…
In San Francisco it seems that if a man sitting next to you in a cafe says hello, and you say hello back to him, what you’re actually saying is Hello, perhaps you’d care to scoot quite close to me, stare into my eyes in an uncomfortable way, and then place your hand on my upper, inner thigh while you show me a flyer for your pornographic male photography exhibition?
Funny, huh?
They never tell you stuff like this in the guidebooks.
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