Two great peoples divided by a common language, or something like that.
I'd love to have seen his face. And her blush when she learned what she'd said.
Did he offer to "knock her up"? (Chris, did I get that right?) <g>
--Bob
On Jan 6, 2012, at 9:43 AM, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
> I believe it was Winston Churchill who described us as "..two peoples
> separated by the same language." Brings to mind the story of our former lab
> supervisor Linda. Her daughter was in London for a time studying and
> working at the Tate Museum. Linda went to visit for a while and one evening
> a group went to a pub which included Linda's daughter's boss. He was about
> Linda's age and the two struck up a conversation at the bar. He asked her
> what she did for fun in South Carolina and Linda responded..."I just love
> to shag!" (popular dance in coastal SC). Poor man fell off his stool.
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