Person A: What country was that?
Person B: Guatemala.
Person A: Don't we own them?
Person B: No, we own Guam.
Person A: Oh yeah. The Caribbean island we own is Puerto Rico. That's right. We own them and they better like it!
Me: Actually, we don't own them, they are a United States Commonwealth.
Person A: Oh. Well we still own them, right?
Me: Not quite. They have most of the benefits of the fifty states, they just don't vote for federal issues.
Person A: Sounds like we own them to me. How do you know so much?
Me: I'm Puerto Rican.
Person A: (Silence)
It never ceases to amaze me.
6 comments:
You sat on a speeder bike? You lucky dog! Where was that?
Dude...you're Puerto Rican? (Just kidding ;)
I feel your pain. With a husband from a "geographically confusing" part of the globe, and living in another country, I frequently find myself in similar conversations. Although I am ashamed to admit as Americans we are living up to our bad reputation for lacking in the areas of geography and world issues. That's where good teachers like you guys come in handy...:)
Miss you guys,
Lisa
I have the same thing happen when I tell people I am German.
Do we know person A?
No. It is was someone I encountered.
i guess they don't get any more pc when they move on to high school, huh?
my favorite comment last week..You is nasty.
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