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Re: CHAT: A pretty bad language joke :]

From:D Tse <exponent@...>
Date:Thursday, April 12, 2001, 6:35
> > > > > Ah, what an excellent opportunity to field my frustrations with Paris ;) > > I > > remember going to a restaurant (brasserie) with an Australian friend. > > He > > noticed a "hamburger" on the menu, and ordered it. When it came, there > > was a > > single meat slice with an egg on top (a "hamburger"), plus salad and > > stuff, > > plus French bread separate (intended as hamburger bread?); I laughed > > big-time when I saw that plate come. He was very angry, and asked me to > > have > > a word with the waiter (as I spoke French, but not him). So when I made > > a > > polite suggestion to the waiter that the Australian would like his > > hamburger > > served with the proper bread and salad inside, he just snapped back, > > in > > passing: "C'est pas le MacDo ici, hein!" Jeez. The poor Australian was > > just > > boiling mad, and hardly even ate his 40-50-something-franc meal; we left > > he > > place in extreme frustration. > > >
When I sent the above to a friend, he said that he had a similar experience while in Greece. Imperative