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colombian by accident...

the "not colombian enough" post reminded me of something that happened towards the beginning of my time here at work. while being interviewed, i don't remember exactly how it came up, but we were talking about all manner of things, and what motivated me to go to work each day. i must have included that i was working on bringing my wife home, the paperwork and such. a couple of weeks later (obviously after getting the job), my coworker is laughing a bit about some confusion here. somehow it had gotten out in the word of mouth info about the new guy, that he was colombian, and my coworker, after talking with some of these people that i had also dealt with, said that they thought it was impressive, that my being colombian, that my english was so good, and almost no trace of an accent. we both laughed a good one, and i spent about week telling people that no, that my wife was colombian. oh well, accidentally colombian for a week...

dan
The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. - mark twain

By famsearch on Jan 31, 2007, 19:36 in Friendly Talkzone.

goin_south says on Jan 31, 2007, 20:33:

Sh*t, Dan.... that would have been fun to play along for awhile don't ya think?

Was it "Ollie or Lena" who thought you were so unusually cool, 'to have NO ACCENT'?

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goin_south says on Feb 1, 2007, 05:33:

and, how is your new wife feeilng now, about those sub-zero temps that are beginning to invade the Great White North??

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famsearch says on Feb 1, 2007, 11:27:

they aren't here quite yet... and they probably won't be as bad as when i was a kid (hmm, perhaps i could be the gringo version of elmo, but stuck in a frozen wasteland...), only with single digits below zero for a low.
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goin_south says on Feb 2, 2007, 00:06:

Was it "Ollie or Lena"
dos pesos mio,... pequito de nada

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famsearch says on Feb 2, 2007, 18:26:

it was a good one... good for a laugh or two. when i told my wife it was -16c this morning, she just burrowed a little more under the blankets... lol
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goin_south says on Feb 2, 2007, 19:35:

.did you explain to her yet,... .about the ground hog? (What did happen up there in Pawtunksie or 'keepsie or ..... ?)

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goin_south says on Feb 3, 2007, 05:19:

looks like about -32 this morning... Dan, just wondering if you can find her? lol
maybe have to look in the fireplace? burning?

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