One Too Many

Oh, I am a charmer.

After popping yet another allergy pill to deal with my 4 week cold and drinking copious amounts of merlot, it was decided by my mates and I to go to Wan Chai for a mini-stalk, a dance or two, and some food at the local Western diner.

All I recall from the latter parts of the evening was eating a divine cheeseburger and getting mustard under my fingernails and making one of my dear friends embarassed because I, apparently, was a slightly rude to a gentleman who refered to me as "American". All in all, burger eaten, man properly told off and a cheap cab ride home makes for a perfectly pleasant evening in the red light district of Hong Kong.

This morning after having a ritualistic conversation re: last night's events, I apologized to my good friend and passed it off as being no big deal. To which she replies with a chortle,

"Oh! Let me say one word to you. Does 'Barbie' ring a bell"?

Of course, I have no clue to what she is refering and say, "Um, we were doing a rendition of Barbie Girl in the bar"? I really had no idea what she meant.

"Well, let me remind you. Us three girls walked into the diner and this nice man simply said 'You girls all have the same eyes, you must be sisters' (a completely civilized and nice thing to say, I admit). You, my dear, ripped a strip off him by saying, 'Same eyes? Same eyes? How is that possible. What, you're saying we are Barbie dolls? Same. Same. Same. Are you calling us generic? We aren't even related, for God's sake!'"

I pause, then laugh at how totally unbelievable it is and the memory of the eyes comment trickled back...then my friend goes on to say...

"You didn't stop there. I tried to be polite and change the subject and asked him where he was from and he said, 'Well certainly not America'. And you latched on to that one with a 'OH! So now he assumes just because of my accent that I am American.' He took his food then left the diner".

Oops.

Friendly Reminder: anti-histimines and merlot...not a great combination if you are wanting to socialize and meet new friends.