[A joke for all Mandarin speakers. I don't really want to translate it because it loses its meaning in English and it won't be funny...but if you really want to know, ask me!]
I received my monthly mailer from Harrods this evening, and blazoned across the red letter were the words ’10% off this weekend exclusively for Harrods members’.
I casually told the husband, “Hey, Harrods 叫我去shopping.”
And I certainly didn’t see this coming..
“叫Harrods去死。”
Suffice to say I was speechless for about two seconds before bursting into hysterical laughter.
There you go, the difference between us.
[Ok maybe it wasn't funny to you, even if you understand Mandarin, but you should have seen M deadpan.....Oscar-winning moment!]
Hahahaha, that’s a good one. Sounds even worse in Cantonese though.
thenakedlistener: It sounds funny in Hokkien too!! Lol..
Hahahaha, jokes, and yes, it’s even funnier in cantonese! LOL
Lucy L: I’m going to get someone who speaks Cantonese to say it to me….
Ah the universal dilemma between husbands and wives everywhere!
yAnn: Teehee, I know! He can’t understand why I need so many bags, he just accepts it now I guess.
Oooh. I’m a little taken aback at M’s ‘outburst’. So feeeeeirce! Heh.
miss ene: It was more like him deadpanning – I thought it was really funny. Think Jay Chou talking…
Indeed the universal difference between the men and women of the house. Whenever I wanna buy something, he will go, “is there an urgency for this? we stay in a small house.” I will go, “no, there is no urgency. there is never any urgency for much. I just want it.”
Mrs Ergül: That’s a BRILLIANT answer from you!!
This was funny! As for me, I just don’t tell J who I go shopping with… He still doesn’t understand why the need for xxx bags/shoes/clothes, etc. ;p
Lady J: Neither does M. But I think he gets my bag fetish now…maybe because I haven’t worked up an appetite for shoes and clothes!! =p
I literally burst out laughing when I read this. Hahahahahaha.
Eunice: Me too, about two seconds after M replied. hehe