Got milk?
"Bonjour Mme (H)ideg, Comment-allez vous?"
"Très bien merci, et vous?"
"Oui, très bien aussi. Je m'appelle Françoise et je vous appelle de La Maison du Bon Vin à Bordeaux. Aimez-vous le bon vin?"
"Non."
::pause::
"Et pourquoi ça, madame?"
"Parce que je suis américaine, on n'aime pas le vin."
"Oh... "
::Elle comprend toute de suite::
"Et qu'est-ce que vous mettez sur la table quand vous avez des invités?"
"Du lait."
::pause::
"Du lait?"
"Oui, madame. Du lait. Merci de votre appel."
ENGLISH VERSION
Hello Madame Hideg, how are you today?
Very good, thanks. And you?
I'm good. My name is Françoise and I'm calling from the House of Good Wine :) in Bordeaux. Do you like good wine?
No.
::pause::
Might I ask why not?
Because I'm American, and we don't like wine.
Oh...
::understands::
and what do you serve when you have guests over?
Milk.
::pause::
Milk?
Yes, madame, milk. Thanks again for you call.
"Très bien merci, et vous?"
"Oui, très bien aussi. Je m'appelle Françoise et je vous appelle de La Maison du Bon Vin à Bordeaux. Aimez-vous le bon vin?"
"Non."
::pause::
"Et pourquoi ça, madame?"
"Parce que je suis américaine, on n'aime pas le vin."
"Oh... "
::Elle comprend toute de suite::
"Et qu'est-ce que vous mettez sur la table quand vous avez des invités?"
"Du lait."
::pause::
"Du lait?"
"Oui, madame. Du lait. Merci de votre appel."
ENGLISH VERSION
Hello Madame Hideg, how are you today?
Very good, thanks. And you?
I'm good. My name is Françoise and I'm calling from the House of Good Wine :) in Bordeaux. Do you like good wine?
No.
::pause::
Might I ask why not?
Because I'm American, and we don't like wine.
Oh...
::understands::
and what do you serve when you have guests over?
Milk.
::pause::
Milk?
Yes, madame, milk. Thanks again for you call.
posted by Natalie @ 2/22/2007 02:28:00 PM
6 Comments:
At 9:03 AM,
MilkJam said…
LOL!!! did you get a telemarketer??? that is hilarious!!!!!
(hey my freebox should be up and running in the next few days, i'll send you the phone number :) hehe)
At 12:08 AM,
Wanderlusting said…
Ha, what a great way to get a French telemarketer off your back! Brilliant.
At 5:32 PM,
Anonyme said…
vraiement?!!
At 5:11 PM,
Anonyme said…
Here is what I thought it said:
Hello Ms. Hideg. How are you?
Very well, and you?
Yes, very well also. My name is Frank and I live in a mansion in borddeaux. Where do you live?
Nowhere.
For real? Miss?
Well, I'm just American and we don't live anywhere.
Oh.
I understand you so well!
You should join my table with all my invitees!
Too late.
-pause-
Too late?
Yes...too late..Thanks for your vote though!
-Cami
At 11:51 AM,
The Late Bloomer said…
Hi there! Got your blog from Kyliemac, and just wanted to stop by. I heard you're going to be joining us for Tori next week, so I'm looking forward to meeting you!
This is a funny exchange... I have to admit that you're kinda giving us Americans a bad name, though, because I just so happen to LOVE good wine! But it's definitely an acquired taste. When I was a student in France I only appreciated sweeter white wines, but I gradually warmed up to reds, and now I prefer them, particularly Bourgogne (Gevrey-Chambertin especially, but very expensive) as well as Graves in the Bordeaux region. But there are so many good wines, it's nearly impossible to keep track of them all!
But I agree it's definitely a good way to get the gosh-darn telemarketer off your back. Smart move!
Milk -- ha!
At 11:31 PM,
Mrs B said…
Oh, I love to play the "stupid foreigner" card. Just last week, some weird guy wearing a sideways baseball cap and a fanny pack over his arm like a purse randomly decided to talk to me in the grocery store. So I played the "sorry, I don't understand card" and got rid of him.
Because if the sideways baseball cap isn't horrible enough as it is, combine it with a baseball cap and really now, you can't get much worse.
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