This was just too funny… I had to share it:
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On Creativity: Serious vs Solemn, by John Cleese
An incredible lesson on the difference between SERIOUS and SOLEMN by Monthy Python’s John Cleese.
Now the party can get started (or how an accent can ALMOST get you in trouble)!
The place: downtown San Francisco, Federal Building
The occasion: taking my US Citizenship test
The story…
After I go through security (much like in the airport) and register in the lobby to take my test, I head to the elevator. Next to me is a law enforcement officer holding a tray with cookies.
Being how I am (I seem to need to talk to everyone), I make the comment:
“Now the party can get started!”
with a smile on my face. I was thinking of her colleagues having fun with the cookies upon her arrival.
She looked at me, upset, puzzled… like she’s not understanding. Then says:
“I don’t work in deportations.”
It took me a few moments, and then I realized what had happened. She had understood that I said:
“Now the deporting can get started!”
(of course I would have not said that, or if I had, I would have not smiled while saying it).
I got to my floor and as I got off the elevator I tried (moot point) to explain what I meant. Anyway…
The lesson learned: when in a Federal building don’t joke about cookies with a Law Enforcement Officer (when you have an accent)! š