A funny story…well kind of…

07Dec06

For today’s blog posting, I thought I’d share a little anecdote with you….

A couple of months ago, I was at a dinner party with some friends.  During the course of the evening one of the other dinner guests came up to me and asked me if I’d like a drink.  Before I could even answer the question, one of my friends intercepted and said “she doesn’t drink, she’s Muslim.”  I guess it took him a while to realize that I really don’t drink, because he came back a couple of more times asking me the same question.

The End

No, I’m only joking with you…there’s more to the story.  Actually the funny part occurred at the end of the evening.  Before leaving, this particular guest came up to me and said, “Samira, I just wanted to congratulate you for…” and then went on to mumble something about being brave, taboo…

First of all what is this taboo nonsense?  And second of all, why is he congratulating me?  I can’t think of anything too out of the ordinary that has happened in my life that would warrant a congratulations…hmmm maybe he’s just congratulating me for being the fabulous person that I am…

Something tells me that that’s not the case, so to get to the bottom of this mystery, I blurted out “what are you congratulating me for?”

He replied “I’m congratulating you for coming out tonight, I know how it’s taboo, and I thought it was really brave of you”

Wha??  Is he kidding me?  He can’t be serious!!!  Taboo??  What exactly is that suppose to mean?

Now here’s the scary part, this individual holds the highest academic degree possible in the field of sciences.  You would think that someone that educated would be a bit more enlightened, but sadly that was not the case.

The End (for real this time)

-sk

 

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