Monday, December 15, 2014

Fielding Odd Questions

The other day I walked into the office that I occasionally work in, carrying my lime green water bottle. I sat on the edge of the desk, as I only had a couple of questions to ask the accountant of the ONG. While he was finishing up his work, he glanced at my water bottle and asked me if there was mary-wanna inside.

Huh? I asked.

Mary-wanna. Mary-wanna.

???

Mary-wanna!

OH! Marijuana! No, I did not put liquid marijuana in my water bottle before coming in to work today, thanks buddy.

It's in moments like these that I don't know to be the American who can correct and instruct, or the American who is ignorant and innocent. 

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