At the final dinner of an international conference, an American delegate turned to the Chinese delegate sitting next to him, pointed to the soup and asked somewhat condescendingly, ‘Likee soupee?’
The Chinese gentlemen nodded eagerly.
A little later, it was ‘Likee fishee?’ and ‘Likee meatee?’ and ‘Likee fruitee?’ and always the response was an affable nod.
At the end of the dinner the chairman of the conference introduced the guest speaker of the evening: none other than the Chinese gentleman who delivered a penetrating, witty discourse in impeccable English, much to the astonishment of his American neighbour.
When the speech was over, the speaker turned to his neighbour and, with a mischievous twinkle in his eye, asked, ‘Likee speechee?’
this is great…but likely to be true! There is always one of these buffoons in every tour group. The story first made me laugh…then cringe. I think I know that person… 🙂
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Bless you…one finds them in many ‘cultures’…..I assure you, that kind is no rarity over here…. 😉
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yes…a human trait is rudeness.
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The more baser part of humans… 😉
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Rubbed it in nicelee
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Ha! Ha! Good one, Peter.
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