Dear Scottish Friends
Dear Scottish Friends,
I love each and every one of you and you are very wonderful. But I really wish that you'd never told me that "pants" is a naughty thing to say in public. I can still see you cringing when I told you about my 'fancy pants' that I'd brought specially from Canada to wear to Christmas dinner. I recall how you looked at me in horror when, upon falling on Dun I, I loudly exclaimed that I had dirty wet pants. How when I told the nice bed and breakfast lady that I needed to wash my pants, she coloured up slightly. And when I told you that my pants were falling down because they were too big, you laughed.
Now that I'm back in Canada, everytime I mention my pants I cringe. When I hear others talking freely about their pants, I'm embarrassed on their behalf. The problem is, when I talk about my trousers, everyone looks at me blankly.
with love from your culturally appropriate friend,
Lisa
are you a confused non-Scottish reader? Look here.
I love each and every one of you and you are very wonderful. But I really wish that you'd never told me that "pants" is a naughty thing to say in public. I can still see you cringing when I told you about my 'fancy pants' that I'd brought specially from Canada to wear to Christmas dinner. I recall how you looked at me in horror when, upon falling on Dun I, I loudly exclaimed that I had dirty wet pants. How when I told the nice bed and breakfast lady that I needed to wash my pants, she coloured up slightly. And when I told you that my pants were falling down because they were too big, you laughed.
Now that I'm back in Canada, everytime I mention my pants I cringe. When I hear others talking freely about their pants, I'm embarrassed on their behalf. The problem is, when I talk about my trousers, everyone looks at me blankly.
with love from your culturally appropriate friend,
Lisa
are you a confused non-Scottish reader? Look here.
posted by Lisa at 9:05 p.m.
4 Comments:
HA HA
It could be worse - you might have mentioned 'fanny packs', or how you like men in suspenders...;-)
Thanks Lisa, that really made me smile :-)
A Scottish friend of mine emigrated to Australia and started work as a hairdresser; she was shocked beyond measure when her new boss asked her not to wear pants to work ...
Well, somewhere recently I heard the word 'Pants' as a sort of slang meaning something of a cross between 'O Heck' and 'Hurray!' Has anyone else heard of this????
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