Not so sagacious advice from his elder
A gentleman in his 70s boards a crowded Red Line train at North/Clybourn, pulling a wheeled suitcase. A young college student gave up his seat by the door for him immediately.
The guy thanked him and sat down. Then he asked in a thick Eastern European accent: "Are you foreign-born?"
"No," replied College Guy.
"Well, you broke one of the most famous customs of (country whose name I couldn't hear)."
"Oh?"
"Yes. Hold what you have."
We're glad College Guy didn't.
A "thick" eastern european accent? Would you call it a "thick" french accent or a "thick" italian accent? How about an old guy with a hard life joking with the nice young man giving up his seat. That's a deadpan delivery of a thank you joke.
From one who knows.
Posted by: NoGiftsPlease | April 21, 2008 at 06:29 PM