Amusing an Australian
I found out an interesting tidbit of information the other day. The Wa's Hometown Hiking Club (WHHC) had gathered and were having a chat before our latest hike. Okay, the WHHC is actually a figment of my imagination. What was going on is that the same group of people from our first hike--our family, Michael and Matthew--had gathered for a second hike together. (more on that in another post) We were sitting in Michael's office/sitting room chatting with each other and his wife, Joan, who was a bit under the weather. At one point Joan had asked what everybody missed from home. Yau Neih replied that she really could go for some waffles. At this Matthew burst out laughing. Apparently we Yanks (Matthew, for the record, is Australian) are stereotyped as eating big pancake or waffle breakfasts. The fact that an American actually did desire a big batch of waffles was, to him, incredibly amusing. Me, I'm just glad we're upholding up the reputation of our people. (mmm, waffles....)
posted by John @ 1:32 AM
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