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East Vs. West

Warning: Potty Mouth Language

This morning I called a business back East and their computer operator was recorded by a woman with a very heavy accent. To me, it sounded like she said: “If you know your potty’s extension, you can dial it now.”

I imagined an Easterner and Westerner discussing Friday night plans…

Easterner: Are you going to the potty?

Westerner: Huh?

Easterner: The potty. Are you going?

Westerner: Well, no.

Easterner: Ah come on. It’ll be fun.

Westerner: But I don’t really need to go.

Easterner: How could you miss it! It’ll be great.

Westerner: But, I don’t need to use the phone. (At my office, 2 of 3 stalls are filled with cell phone users.)

Comments

  1. ROFL!

    I can't even say anything. I'm ashamed to say I had a hideous accent like that before my high school theatre teacher decided I could never perform. I'd ruin whatever monologue I attempted. My freshman final, a monologue from Mary Queen of Scots, was hideous.

    "Da devil has no children. You have none, could have none, wood have none pahaps."

    Ha, ha. Yea. I know all about the potty.

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  2. LOL!

    I had an experience with some Boston people like that. My boss at the time was trying to give me directions to a hotel called the Lord Wakefield. I kept hearing "laud". I'm thinking, laud??? What the heck is a laud? LOL!

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