Re: Unexpected Questions Asked By Iranians

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Are there punctuation rules in Farsi poetry, or had your coworker been reading E. E. Cummings?

Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 07- 7-05 2:52 PM

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I'm pretty sure there are punctuation rules in Farsi poetry.

Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 07- 7-05 2:55 PM

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Wait. You work with another Iranian, or you are the Iranian in question?

Posted by SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 07- 7-05 2:57 PM

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Iranian co-worker.

Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 07- 7-05 2:58 PM

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"But what is there to do after you learn all the dates?"

You have to start drawing the figs.

Posted by chris | Link to this comment | 07- 7-05 3:53 PM

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Alternative answer: no one will ever know.

Posted by eb | Link to this comment | 07- 7-05 3:57 PM

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don't you already know how to swim?

Did you explain to her you're really just doing it to pick up chicks?

Posted by Michael | Link to this comment | 07- 7-05 4:50 PM

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I bet ogged would love to rehearse the story of the grad student to his mom. Or the Swede demanding that he look at her ass, say.

Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 07- 7-05 4:57 PM

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