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Crazy Conversations

Conversation yesterday with Alex, the driver:
Alex: Ma'am do you know Saddam Hussein?
Me: No, not personally but I know of him.
Alex: I don't understand what you mean. You don't know Saddam Hussein?
Me: Yes, I know who you're talking about.
Alex: Do you know his cousin?
Me: No
Alex: He's a very rich man and he's staying in your building. My co-driver drives for him.
Me: Really. Are you sure?
Alex: Yes ma'am, he has a penthouse on the 26th floor. Have you seen him?
Me: No, I don't know who he is.
Alex: Okay, ma'am.

We took a day trip to Tagaytay which is about an hour and a half. They are known for having the world's smallest active volcano. It's in Taal Lake. While there, Dwayne and Danae rode on a horse. Because Danae is so small, a young man helped lead the horse to ensure there were no accidents. The following is a conversation between Dwayne and that boy:
Horse Boy: What is your name sir?
Dwayne: My name is Dwyane.
Horse Boy: Dwayne?
Dwayne: Yeah like Dwyane Wade. (He used this example because Filipinos are crazy about basketball)
The horse boy then started to tell all of his friends that Dwayne was Dwyane Wade. So, the boy's friends greeted Dwayne as Dwyane Wade.
Horse Boy's Friend: Do you know Kevin Garnett? Do you know other basketball players?
Dwayne: No, my name is not Dwayne Wade. My name is Dwayne G-----.
HB's Friend: Oh, Dwayne G-----. I bet I can beat you in basketball.

Conversation yesterday with Lucy, the Yaya:
Lucy: Ma'am, can I ask you a question. Why do you use cocaine?
Me: (blank stare) Excuse me.
Lucy: I read somewhere that all Americans use cocaine and I was wondering why.
Me: Lucy, all Americans do NOT use cocaine. I've never used it or even seen it outside of drug prevention days in school.
Lucy: But ma'am I heard that all Americans use drugs.
Me: Lucy, that's not true. Trust me. There are some people in America who use cocaine but most people don't.
Lucy: Do you know anyone who uses cocaine?
Me: I know someone who used to but he's clean now.
Lucy: Ma'am, is he crazy now?
Me: No, he's quite normal. Thankfully, he was able to kick that habit.
Lucy: I also heard that when people smoke marijuana they go crazy too.
Me: No, that's not true. I know a lot of people who smoked weed (yeah I said weed but I'm going to omit the part where I had to explain that terminology) and they're normal people now. It was just something they tried in their youth.
Lucy: Ma'am, why would they try something that would make them go crazy.
Me: Lucy, they are NOT crazy now. They're okay.
Lucy: But ma'am, I know a man who smoked marijuana and now he's crazy.
Me: He got a hold of some bad stuff.
Lucy: But ma'am, I still don't understand why all Americans use cocaine.
Me: We don't Lucy. Let's change the subject.

These folks can give you a straight up headache. They are crazy.

Comments

Mrs. Glenn said…
LOL!! Too funny!! I can't believe how close minded they seem to be...even after you try to explain things to them. I see now that you are definately gonna have your hands full for a while. LOL!!
10:06 AM
Anonymous said…
I know that has to be annoying trying to explain things to people who just don't understand. That is soooo funny thought. Dwayne should have given some autographs. :)
Keisha
11:52 AM
Anonymous said…
O.K. Those are some wierd converstations. It is so unfortunate that people talk about Americans like that - "all use cocaine" and people believe it. Common sense tells you that cannot be true. I don't think there is anything that we can say everyone in a country does.
9:59 AM
Anonymous said…
Too funny. I have some rather bizarre comments from this month on ER but I'll save those for the gazette. But wow a mess. If I were Dwayne i would have just gone with it. And yeah it's funny how the media taints the image the world has of Americans. that's why despite the ongoing debate that there's nothing wrong with the N word in music, and poor images on tv and in movies we as americans have to realize that's how the world views us. Most other parts of the world have a much more homogenous society and differences are not tolerated so in America we have a unique situation of having so many people who are so vastly different from each other in appearance, culture, custom, and economics this is not how it is in much of the world so it's very hard for ppl not to generalize.
Lonna
10:24 PM
Anonymous said…
LOL!!!LOL!!!LOL!!! I can't stop LOL!!!

Charissa
8:41 PM
Anonymous said…
LOL for real!!! everyone uses cocaine? That may explain some of the craziness in our country, ya think?

How come you didn't tell her some people get their drugs legally? for example, prozac, viagra, etc...

Ayana
9:34 PM
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