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@housecor My favorite "stranger in a strange land" story: I went with my parents to Costa Rica, to visit my sister (studying abroad). We went to KFC for dinner the first night...cuz that's what you do when you are visiting a strange place, I guess, is find some place comfortable. ...Permalink On twitter.com
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@housecor I wanted an order of mashed potatoes and gravy, but didn't know how to say gravy in Spanish...so I ordered "just an order of potatoes." I got just an order of potatoes, no gravy. I tried to find ways to describe gravy ("the brown stuff in the picture"), to no avail. ...Permalink On twitter.com
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@housecor Cut to five minutes later, my dad screaming at the top of his lungs in English - "HE JUST WANTS! THE MASHED POTATOES! WITH GRAVY!!!!" Whenever I think about feeling lost and unable to communicate, I think about how scared and frustrated my dad was that it got to that point. ...Permalink On twitter.com
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@housecor PS this story is way more fun to tell in person, when I get to yell "HE JUST WANTS! THE MASHED POTATOES! WITH GRAVY!!!!" at the top of my lungs.On twitter.com
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Mood +6 🙂