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So we had a friend over a few weeks ago who is of Chinese descent. Me and my BF start quoting lines from the movie, and invariably, "the Chinaman is not the issue here" comes out. No problem, we're laughing, having fun, move on to the next thing.
About two weeks later, said friend calls my BF and is all, Dude, is K racist against Chinese or something, cuz when I was up there, she was saying Chinaman in like a derogatory way and, well, doesn't she know that's an offensive term?
Obviously, he is not a golfer! He said he had seen the movie, but apparently not enough to get the reference.
So what I wanna know is, has anyone else been misinterpreted while quoting the Big L???
About two weeks later, said friend calls my BF and is all, Dude, is K racist against Chinese or something, cuz when I was up there, she was saying Chinaman in like a derogatory way and, well, doesn't she know that's an offensive term?
Obviously, he is not a golfer! He said he had seen the movie, but apparently not enough to get the reference.
So what I wanna know is, has anyone else been misinterpreted while quoting the Big L???
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Re: Has this ever happened to you?
Fri, May 18, 2007 - 4:06 PMMost of my Chinese friends are cool, and like to make Chinese jokes.. -
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Re: Has this ever happened to you?
Mon, May 21, 2007 - 2:47 PMAlso, Dude, chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please. -
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Mon, May 21, 2007 - 2:59 PMMost people get scared at me when I mutter, then yell: fucking dog has fucking papers.. OVER THE LINE! -
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Re: Has this ever happened to you?
Tue, May 22, 2007 - 4:05 PMIt's bush league psyche-out stuff! Laughable man! Ha! Woulda..
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Re: Has this ever happened to you?
Fri, May 25, 2007 - 6:03 PMI've quoted the movie in real life situations and had people look at me like I grew a second head but I don't think I ever really offended anyone. -
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Re: Has this ever happened to you?
Tue, May 29, 2007 - 2:38 PMI found myself using "Hey man, there's a beverage here!" way too may times over the holiday weekend. -
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Tue, May 29, 2007 - 4:00 PMWhen I ask my niece (--holding up a paper of hers inside a plastic bag), "Is this your homework?" she doesn't get it.
"Three-thousand years of beautiful tradition from Moses to Sandy Koufax" confuses people who aren't sure whether it's a joke or an astute observation! -
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Tue, May 29, 2007 - 4:15 PMI told some friends that their rug "Ties the room together" - Then my wife outed me as a Lebowski freak..
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