This Is How Things Go
Just before I left, someone left a comment to the Obama entry below that read simply, “Racist.”
I thought it was odd, and I’ve spent the last three weeks (oh, you wish I was kidding) conjuring up a witty rebuttal. It was along the lines of, “Ha! I actually went to Asia! Now don’t you feel silly, anonymous commenter person!”
Zing?
Luckily, upon revisiting the comment it turned out just to be AJ, who we don’t count anyway. So danger, racism and wit averted yet again.
And, it’s a good thing that I’m not racist because then I wouldn’t have enjoyed Singapore, Thailand and Cambodia so much.
Instead I would have chuckled merrily along with the Darwin police officers who stopped Sam and me in the park at the beginning of my trip. They helpfully suggested that we might want to go home to wash after using the seesaws, as Aboriginals use them and they carry diseases.
Thank you, helpful officer man! I hope your supervisor enjoys the letter he’ll be receiving this week conveying my feelings about your useful tips!
Look soon for other entries that will recount my adventures, including: eating everything in sight, getting felt up by a man on a bus, visiting a horrible political prison, and, most excitingly, my body’s extreme intolerance of sea lice!
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