WHO'S ON FIRST?

never send a man to do a woman's job...

i've had plenty of lost in translation moments since being in asia (there was the time i thought a client said "fuck us on the pro dick" when she was saying "focus on the product"...  there was the time that i asked if it was possible to photograph some of the whores in a redlight district and the person got confused, thinking i said "horse"...)

... but this one here takes the Abbot and Costello cake. someone asked me to pop in a store and see if i could find a perfume for them.  the name of the perfume is "cologne" by Thierry Mugler:




do you see where this is going?  this would have been bad enough in and of itself, but throw in the language barrier and all sorts of fireworks fly


dan: hi, i'm looking for a perfume... by Thierry Mugler...?
woman: sure what is the name of the perfume?
dan: cologne
woman: sorry, cologne. what is the name of the cologne?
dan: no, it's a perfume. it's called cologne.
woman: it is a perfume for a man?
dan: no for a woman. a perfume.
woman: you don't know the name?
dan: yes, it's cologne

silence and blank stares

i wish i could make shit like this up, i would be able to write books and screenplays for days..

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here's the never-get-old-always-funny-classic:

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPrm6luPmME