From today:
Woman: Do you have any videos on body repair?
MBC: Body repair?
Woman: Yes, body repair videos.
MBC: So, like, information about how the body heals itself?
She was not impressed with this guess, because clearly what she meant was AUTObody repair.
From a few months ago:
Man: Where are all the people?
MBC: The people?
Man: Yeah, I thought there would be more people.
MBC (in head): There are people all around us. It is a Friday morning so there are fewer people than normal, but we've got people . . .
Man: I looked on the shelf and a saw some people but not the people I want.
MBC: Do you need an issue of People magazine?
Man (as if this is soooo evident): Yes, but I can't find the one I want.
3 comments:
Ha ha. And I always wonder if it's us on a bad day, or just them. I like to think it's them.
I feel so skilled when I successfully decode something cryptic my three-year-old daughter says. I fill in the blanks aloud and smile knowing that I am helping her make steps in her language development. It seems not so charming when one is dealing with an adult.
I've been thinking that I don't have many marketable skills, but perhaps I should consider myself qualified to read minds, at least small ones.
Poor MBC...but you made me laugh at your misery.
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