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This really happened to me....
Living in Israel with people from all over the world can lead to some unusual misunderstandings. I'm from America and was staying in a volunteer house with two people from England. Since our native language is English, you would think that we would have no difficulty understanding one another. But this is not necessarily so.
For example in America an afghan is a knitted or crocheted blanket. In England these blankets are not called afghans. I don't know what they are called, but it definitely is not afghan. In England an afghan is a dog---a very very large dog.
One day I went to work in the rain, and since my coat was soaked through I laid it over a chair by a heater to dry. Later when I picked up my coat to leave I found that my coat was stained on the front. An afghan draped over the back of the chair had stained my coat.
The next morning as I was walking to the bus stop, I remembered that my coat was stained and returned home to change. When I walked into the kitchen one of my two roommates from England asked, Why did you come back?
I said, My coat is stained and I came back to change.
The other asked, How did it get stained?
I said, Yesterday it rained and I laid it over an afghan to dry.
What???!!! they asked in unison. You laid your coat on an afghan?
Yes. My coat got wet and I laid it down next to the heater to dry. I didn't think about the afghan staining my coat.
How could an afghan stain your coat?
Well my coat was wet and when I laid it on the afghan it ran.
Whaaat!!! How could that stain your coat?
Well you know how some colors are when they get wet they run.
Whaaaauut!!! How could the color on an afghan run?
Well I guess it wasn't color-fast.
It wasn't COLOR-FAST?? What are you talking about!? OK, let's start again. Where were you?
In the office.
What was an afghan doing in the office?
Oh! we have lots of afghans in the office. It's cold and people have been using them to keep warm.
Whaaaaat?!!! OK. OK. Now just a minute. Where was the afghan in the office?
On the back of a chair.
On the BACK OF A CHAIR??!!!!! How could an afghan be on THE BACK OF A CHAIR?
Well it was just hanging there.
Was it dead?
Whhhaaaat??!!! What are YOU talking about? It was hanging on the back of the chair, I put my wet coat on it and the color ran and it stained my coat. I have to go or I'll miss my bus.
That night as I came home my two English friends were waiting for me at the door. OK, they said. This has been bothering us all day. Now tell us about this afghan!
Norma Archbold
Author of the Mountains of Israel
norm_a@netvision.net.il
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