Skip's (B)log

Not so much a boating log as the random musings of an inland skipper.

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Location: United Kingdom

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Before tourists come...third spasm

Questions I got asked a lot:

How old are you? Are you married? How many children do you have?
- Seventy-two, widower, no children.

How long since your wife died?
- Seven years.

And you haven't re-married? But who looks after you?
- I do.

No, I mean who cleans your house?
- I do.

And who cooks for you?
- I do.

But what about the dishes?
- I wash them.

Yes, but who washes your clothes?
- I have a washing machine.

Ah! But who puts your clothes in the washing machine?
- I do.

At this point the Bangladeshi male gives up, mentally adjusting to having met one of those fabled English eccentrics. He starts again...

Have you come here to invest in a business?
- No.

But it's so easy to make money in this country.
- So why isn't everybody rich?

Well, you see, this is a poor country, vastly over-populated, and there are no jobs...

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