Americans (in my humble opinion) tend, in general, to be provincial. By that, I mean their world view is narrow and most of us assume that the rest of the people on our planet do things pretty much the way we do (or, we think they should.)
For example:
What is “wrong” with this carton of eggs that I bought today?
Also, should I have assumed that a package of napkins on the shelf would ring up at the register? If the price was unknown and there was no bar code, why the heck were they on the shelf?
And, if the tram says it’s number 22, should I assume that it will not take the usual route? Or that hot, cold, or any water at all will always come out of the tap? Or that a scheduled meeting at a school would be forgotten? Or that the promised 24-hour protection of my American deodorant would withstand the stifling heat in a Russian city? (nope…)
Hope you are laughing along with me. Yes, I still have my sense of humor. When a door closes, another opens. When there’s no running water, I have pre-moistened towelettes. And when my deodorant isn’t working anymore, well … let’s just say I’m not alone.
As for the carton of eggs. This is what you will get if we change to the metric system–like the rest of the civilized world. 😉
Math has never come easy to me, but I would love to be civilized and eat those beautiful brown eggs, even if there are only ten of them.
I would be glad to share them with you!
Hahaha, Jeanette, I am laughing at your todays story! Finally something hilarious I was looking forward to, I love your humour and your observer’s wit!
So glad I made you laugh!
Hehehe…thanks for the giggle today. And my eggs regularly look like that–always coming in random numbers depending on if we can find where the chickens laid them! :0)
Maybe I can bring back a few 10-piece egg cartons for your random collections.
LOL! living as your “nieghbor to the north,” i feel i should go on record here Jeanette and say not ALL metric countries sell eggs by the 10’s. Ours come in dozens. even 18 packs. our clocks on the other hand? 😉
Those eggs by the dozen most likely a carryover from British influence. LOL!
shhhhh dont tell the queen, okay? :p
Funny post! Maybe the last 2 eggs were golden & the hen held them in because she’s no dummy…? (Can’t really fault her for that!)
Maybe! Or…she had never seen the film, Cheaper by the Dozen! LOL!
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