Conversations with a Polish boy, part 6.

him: you know that song "not in me, not in you" by roxette?

me: no.

him: we heard it on the radio earlier.

me: we heard "knowing me, knowing you" by abba.

him: yeah, that's the same song.

[....obviously.]

him: i feel like i've been digging ditches 5 days in a row.

me: what?

him: i said i feel like i've been digging ditches 5 days in a row.

me: have you?

him: of course not.

me: what does that mean?

him: it means i had to wake up early today and i'm tired...obviously.

[.....again, obviously.]

him: i worked for an american company once. it was so strange but strange in a good way.

me: how was it strange?

him: nobody called the men 'sir' and nobody called the women 'madame'.

me: .....i don't think anyone in america calls anyone 'madame'.

him: so what do you call women, formally?

me: ma'am.

him: ma'am instead of madame? that's funny. must be a southern thing.

[yeah, because i hear in the northern states, everyone says 'yes, madame' and ‘no, madame’.]

  

him: what do you call the yellow part of an egg?

me: the yolk.

him: so when you're making breakfast and you hand someone a plate of eggs do they say, "Yooooooo.....lk. Thanks for the yolk." ?

me: no. they do not say that.

[i should mention there were cool hand gestures involved in his question.]