I live in Africa. The fisrt question that was asked to me when I came back to Europe was "So do often see lions and Girrafs(sp?) in town?" Of course, and I have an elephant living in my room and my talking pet monkey is called Tchita! ALA
So they're trying to be nice by saying: "Did you get a haircut?" I'd much rather hear: "I see you got a haircut, it looks nice."
Every time I go to the Dollar Store...it never fails...someone will ALWAYS ask..."Wow, how much is this?!?"
That reminds me of when I was a freshman. This guy jokingly asked the teacher "Does masturbaiting really make hair grow on your hands?". As soon as he said it this guy on the next row started checking his palms. I almost fell out of my chair laughing.
My girlfriend said somebody during sex ed in high school asked "What are blue balls and do they really exist?" The teacher then said "Sexual slang is not allowed and I won't answer questions that use sexual slang." The student then asked "What are blue testicles and do they really exist?"
Good for them. How are you supposed to have a sex ed class if you can't ask the questions that are really on high school students' minds?
This came from a neighbor of mine for the past six years. "You're Asian??? I always thought you were Chinese". ...
Not at the Dollar Tree here. The huge signs all over the wall say in huge letters, "WHERE EVERYTHING'S $1"