When a wrong number caller who obviously doesn’t speak English seems determined to have a conversation with yours truly, I try to learn their native language as fast as I possibly can despite speaking any language but English.
Short and sweet people — I actually think I did a pretty good job.
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Words for My Enjoyment is the official blog of writer Paul Davidson. He lives in Los Angeles where, well, the magic happens.
Wow I bet you can’t believe that he stayed on the phone so long.
That’s because he was pranking you and has the same thing on his site.
Comment by JM — March 5, 2006 @ 4:35 pm
Keep them coming. I should get my dog to call you. That’d be one wicked conversation
Comment by Daniel Nicolas — March 5, 2006 @ 5:00 pm
JM is right. I just finished watching this weeks episode of the Super Terrific Happy Hour..and they had a recording that sounded just like this one.
Comment by H.F. Peterman — March 5, 2006 @ 5:33 pm
Finally! I was having podcast withdrawals. This was beautiful. It actually sounded just like the “there are no drums” guy from days of yore…
Comment by ginger — March 5, 2006 @ 5:58 pm
awesome
Comment by Jaclyn — March 5, 2006 @ 6:15 pm
or should I say, “Koolie acheen.”
Comment by Jaclyn — March 5, 2006 @ 6:16 pm
HF, :O.
Comment by Glen — March 5, 2006 @ 6:16 pm
You have GOT to find out what language that was and have someone tell you what you two were actually saying! You were probably giving away government secrets or solving a physics problem.
Comment by susan — March 5, 2006 @ 6:28 pm
i totally heard some breathy laughter in there. you better keep your shit together, paul.
Comment by kristine — March 5, 2006 @ 8:07 pm
Kristine - There may have been a brief guffaw in there, but yeah, I gotta keep my you-know-what together next time.
Comment by Pauly D — March 5, 2006 @ 8:25 pm
I’m pretty sure you two guys were speaking Swahili.
He will arrive at your house with the inflatable paddling pool and a bag of lime next thursday.
Comment by Pierce — March 6, 2006 @ 2:13 am
Your podcasts are the best.
Everyone else made the funny comments I was thinking of.
Thanks for teaching the world (or at least your readers) how to have fun in every possible situation in life!
Comment by Jacquie — March 6, 2006 @ 5:02 am
I am still laughing, that was so cute!
Yes, it reminds me of a story.
When I was a teeny girl growing up with three older sisters, we used to get dressed in our crinoline slips and pretend we were French ballerinas. We would sit at the table with cigarettes (crayons) and wine (colored water) and speak French (gibberish) like there was no tomorrow. Hor d’oeuvres (little bread balls) were tres bon!
Mon Dieu!
Comment by nic — March 6, 2006 @ 9:32 am
Cute? That was “so cute”?
I don’t know how to feel about that review.
Comment by Pauly D — March 6, 2006 @ 9:33 am
It WAS cute in the way that it reminded me of how cute WE were, Gibberhead.
Comment by nic — March 6, 2006 @ 9:37 am
What exactly is a “gibberhead”?
Comment by Pauly D — March 6, 2006 @ 9:38 am
Quoi vous le cheau pas, mon petit.
Comment by nic — March 6, 2006 @ 9:48 am
Paul, I just translated the conversation. You unknowingly agreed to switch your long distance carrier.
Comment by The Centaur — March 6, 2006 @ 11:08 am
hmmm… he sounded vaguely japanese. I am such an expert because I once went to about, oh… five Japanese classes. That’s all it takes. Five hours of night night school.
Next time he calls, try yelling “Abunai!” over and over. It means “danger! watch out!” And that’s all you really need to know in Japanese, when you think about it.
Comment by jodi — March 9, 2006 @ 10:28 pm
It was Korean.
Comment by Adri — March 10, 2006 @ 8:26 am
I don’t know whether to laugh or frown, and it sounded like Korean.
Comment by Kathleen — March 11, 2006 @ 1:32 pm