Friday, January 13, 2006

Overheard In Sydney, Part II

Tween girl: Do you watch [Australian] Idol?
Woman: Um...no.
Tween girl: I love Idol.
Woman: That's nice.
Tween girl: I'm gonna name my daughter Ricki Lee!
Woman: Oh well, dear, I'm sure that's a long way off.
Tween girl: Nope, I'm due in May!

-- Bankstown Line


Toddler in stroller: [pointing at woman] NANA!
Mother: No, that's not Nana.
Toddler: [pointing at another woman] NANA!
Mother: No, that's not Nana either.
Toddler: [pointing at Asian girl] NANA!
Mother: No honey, Nana isn't Chinese.
Asian girl: I'm Korean. [Walks off train]

-- North Shore Line



Overheard by: Jon Jon
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3 comments:

  1. emlaSaturday, January 14, 2006

    HA!!

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  2. CristinSaturday, January 14, 2006

    greatest EVER.

    Wait, they have asian people in Sydney?

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  3. ZanderSunday, January 15, 2006

    Oh lord, do they. According to some, Asians will actually be the majority in Australia in a few decades.

    Just imagine, in 2050 America will be Mexicans and Australia will be Asians. We should all move to Djibouti just to fuck with world demographics a little bit more.

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