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Topic: PULLEEAASE - just laugh!!

Hestia
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Registered: Jun 2001

posted 12 June 2001 23:43

This anecdote has been around (in Slovenia) for quite some time; it is supposed to have happened to a Slovene (certainly not slovenly..!)interpreter. Anyway: she was at this intl. conference, held in Slovenia, and the speaker - an inarticulate politician - thought it would be a good idea to make a joke. Unfortunately, the joke was totally untranslatable. So she decided to whisper in everyone's ears: "Sorry: the gentleman just made a joke but it's untranslatable. PLEASE - just laugh..!" Sure enough - the sheer surprise of this intimate announcement made the whole conference room burst into laughter. Boy, was he pleased with his own wit..! (Later, he found out what had happened - and he turned out to be a good sport and a gentleman indeed: he bought the interpreter a big bouquet and thanked her.)
Cute .. just cute, isn't it?

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