Must...Not...Laugh...

[jlk512]

True story: Years ago, a co-worker asked me "what day does Easter Sunday fall on this year?"

[Broomjockey]

True story: Years ago, a co-worker asked me "what day does Easter Sunday fall on this year?"

The only thing I can think of is they meant date. Some foolish people use day and date interchangably.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Call me crazy (and many have and do), but doesn't minstrone have beans in it too? Those big dark red kidney or navy beans? (I never remember which is which.)

I don't think our minestrone did. We had pasta e fagioli, minestrone, and then at some point, added an escarole, bow ties and sausage soup (which was AWESOME.)

My mom makes minestrone with beans. The Garden either had a different recipe, or else I brought her the escarole. Can't remember, it was a while back.

I don't care much for minestrone. Can't say too much what's in it. But I sure remember that exchange, though. It boggled my mind.

[varmintjane]

Conversation in Olive Garden:

SC: This pasta e fagioli (pronounced fag-lee-OH-lee, of course.) has beans in it.
Me: (holy crap, stop the presses! ) Um. Yes?.

How do you pronounce it?

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Pasta Fashzool, usually. I'm originally from New Jersy, and that's how we all pronounced it.

[Tanasi]

Pasta Fashzool, usually. I'm originally from New Jersy, and that's how we all pronounced it.

Well it's certainly not pronounced like it's spelled. I guess I'd also have a hard time with it.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Heheheh...no, it isnt'. And in all honesty, I can hardly blame the customers for mispronouning it. In fact, if fewer of them had been sucky, I'd probably feel bad for enjoying that little private chortle at their stumbling over that word.

[baybee]

This lady came into the office the other day while I was playing a CD by Juanes, my favorite singer. He's from Colombia, and therefore was singing in Spanish. She listens intently for a moment and remarks: "Oh, you're listening to Italian music?"
I reply nicely, "Oh no, it's in Spanish."
She then looks at me pityingly and says, as though she were speaking to a five-year-old, "Um, no, honey, it's Italian."
I just kinda looked at her and was like, "Actually, he's from Colombia, and he's singing in Spanish..."
She listens again and says, "Oh, well, 'poco' means little in Italian."

uh, ok? He doesn't say "poco" once in that song (not to mention it means the same thing in Spanish). I guess she just felt the need to display her obvious foreign language prowess.

[Pagan]

Had a guy looking for a certain Sarah McLachlan CD. I couldn't remember if she was a "Mac" or a "Mc" or if she used and "h". After telling him I need to grab one of her CDs, off I go to grab one of the CDs so I could type it into the computer right. That's when Sparky decides that he's *smarter* than me and proceeds to spell it for me, "It's M-a-c-L-a-u-g-h-l-i-n" in a tone that insinuates how stupid I am. I went ahead and looked it up and we did have it, in the backroom still, so I go back there to get it. Come back out and he's still spelling it wrong. I finally had enough and said, "Sir, what you spelled sounds like MacLauflin, her name is McLachlan, hard ch like in loch." He said, "well how would you know?" It was with great satisfaction that I replied, "Well, I'm the former editor of the newsletter for the St. Andrew Scottish Society of NM, the current NM Commissioner for the Clan Hamilton Society, and I'm of Scottish ancestry." The look on his face was priceless! And I didn't laugh until he left!

[friendofjimmyk]

I made such a slip once....

I was talking to my friends about burning CDs and said I wanted a "copulation" CD rather then "compilation" CD.

[Tria]

I made such a slip once....

I was talking to my friends about burning CDs and said I wanted a "copulation" CD rather then "compilation" CD.

Be glad I wasn't the friend.... I would've probably given you a nice "copulation" CD....

[chryso]

I made such a slip once....

I was talking to my friends about burning CDs and said I wanted a "copulation" CD rather then "compilation" CD.

Oh, that's a good one! I may have to accidentally say that myself.

[Dreamstalker]

*cue cheesy porno music*

What?