Sometimes it takes me a while to get American pop culture references. Today, in the parking lot, a colleague asked me, hey, how's your clown car doing. I said, what clown car? Are you calling me a clown? That's funny, he he. No, you aren't? Why clown car then? No, I don't know what a clown car is. Okay...go on. I see. Uhuh. So what you are saying is, when you asked me how my clown car was doing, you were, in fact, referring to the tiny car frequently featured in old-style American comedy flicks and cartoons that pulls up to the curb, followed by a heavy exodus of clowns from its interior, the sheer number of which, when compared to the disproportionately small size of the car, provides the humorous effect.
Oh okay, I get it now. I own a small car.
Alright then, I am glad we resolved this issue. Shall we go on inside now?
2 comments:
You have a small car in the land of the big? Wow, it's a wonder your colleagues talk to you at all :P
They only speak to me for my funny accent which brightens up their morning. I was brought up in a 3-seater rickshaw culture so to me, this is a big car.
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